Coronavirus (2021) thread

[i kne albert davy]

Chinese govt really are a bunch of cunts.

You can't say that well certainly not in China.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Not going to plan down under, or is it ?

"‘A shambolic mess’: the only example Australia is giving the world now is how not to manage Covid | Coronavirus | The Guardian" https://amp.theguardian.com/comment...ving-the-world-now-is-how-not-to-manage-covid

The draconian lockdowns there always struck me as short term thinking and ultimately a massive mistake.

What people in Melbourne in particular were subjected to was nothing short of inhumane.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Wasn't anti gear though. What a fucking tool.

Id wager that was the main contributor,with Covid being the cherry on top.

 

[Gabriel]

Not going to plan down under, or is it ?

"‘A shambolic mess’: the only example Australia is giving the world now is how not to manage Covid | Coronavirus | The Guardian" https://amp.theguardian.com/comment...ving-the-world-now-is-how-not-to-manage-covid

’Not going to plan Down Under’ … ‘shambolic mess’…

Thought I’d gone into the Cricket Thread! You little ripper indeed…

 

[SWP's back]

Not going to plan down under, or is it ?

"‘A shambolic mess’: the only example Australia is giving the world now is how not to manage Covid | Coronavirus | The Guardian" https://amp.theguardian.com/comment...ving-the-world-now-is-how-not-to-manage-covid

Load of kiwis and aussies where I live and they all hate their governments.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

What's your fucking point here? Countries aren't just knocking out boosters for the sake of it. They're being administered as - like Sam said - they're deemed necessary. Talk of a 4th jab (second booster) in Israel is probably because they were pretty much the first country in the world to do boosters and so those getting their booster early on will probably now be experiencing waning immunity just as Omicron is exploding around the world.

None of your lot ever moaned about millions of people getting the flu jab in the UK every year so what's your fucking problem with boosters?

because there's minimal commercialised propaganda for a flu jab and most normal people don't bother with it and are free to go about their day with no restrictions if they catch flu. There's no stigma attached to not having a flu jab and people are treated the same whether they've had one or not.

Extend the same courtesy to Covid boosters and there'd be less of an issue. Instead we get "everyone must get boostered" propaganda yet the triple jabbed still catch it, still transmit it, still isolate and thus far no evidence in normal people that they're any better off than someone who's double-jabbed.

So either treat it as a flu jab and target the old and vulnerable and leave everyone else be to live their lives, or stop having a dig when you want to treat it differently with little weight behind you.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Regarding Djokovic......how has he received an exemption to allow him to compete in the Australian Open?

 

[joe123]

Not going to plan down under, or is it ?

"‘A shambolic mess’: the only example Australia is giving the world now is how not to manage Covid | Coronavirus | The Guardian" https://amp.theguardian.com/comment...ving-the-world-now-is-how-not-to-manage-covid

interesting that the article is railing against the "let it rip" policy, which some people seem to be advocating here.

 

[twosips]

Not going to plan down under, or is it ?

"‘A shambolic mess’: the only example Australia is giving the world now is how not to manage Covid | Coronavirus | The Guardian" https://amp.theguardian.com/comment...ving-the-world-now-is-how-not-to-manage-covid

Deaths are really low tbf still so what's the problem? Seven day average on Jan 1st was....nine.

 

[hilts]

Regarding Djokovic......how has he received an exemption to allow him to compete in the Australian Open?

Coz he's good at tennis probably, if he was the Icelandic number 1 I think the words fuck off may have been used.