Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Tonster]

I'm depressed by the latest COVID-19 news. Expert virologists predict that this disease will be with us for years to come, perhaps decades - similar to influenza except more deadly. I hope that the virologists are wrong - but I have faith in science/experts... and so... it's simply hope.

On the bright side - science broadly speaking is still experiencing a sort of exponential growth in capability - advances in computer science enhance advances in biology and this synergy feeds an unprecedented, exponential growth in medical advances. So it's very possible that some sort of silver bullet may emerge.

Like a vaccine?

 

[N1985]

Party time in Monton this morning. Every man and his dog with a coffee and their household bubbles of 18 people, half mask less and about 3 inches from the next. Queues outside coffee shops for a brew. Rubbish already collecting on pavements and fences. How the fuck are coffee shops essential?

 

[blueparrot]

More on England 258 hospital deaths:

By region

53 Midlands, 53 NE & Yorks, 46 South East, 37 East, 25 London, 23 North West, 21 South West

Mid Essex 12, Buckinghamshire 11, Mid Yorkshire 10 only double figures today

7 in Liverpool only significant NW number today

By age

20 - 39 (1) 0.4%

40 - 59 (22) 8.5%

60 - 79 (113) 43.8%

80 PLUS (122) 47.3%


Not much change still very much the over 60s but with the gap between them continuing to narrow and pushing two weeks now since the over 80s have been above 50%

Early days but still what you might expect to see at this stage.

Won’t it get to a point were everyone over 60 has been vaccinated and under 60 with underlying conditions too and the % age won’t change. Then it will be the numbers we’ll have to watch not the % ages.

 

[blueparrot]

Party time in Monton this morning. Every man and his dog with a coffee and their household bubbles of 18 people, half mask less and about 3 inches from the next. Queues outside coffee shops for a brew. Rubbish already collecting on pavements and fences. How the fuck are coffee shops essential?

If coffee shops are serving outside the door and queues are 2 metres does it matter ? Same as Greggs are doing.

 

[Eds]

Are Palestinians getting any vac?

Ask the Palestinian health minister. It isn’t Israel’s responsibility despite what you think.

 

[N1985]

If coffee shops are serving outside the door and queues are 2 metres does it matter ? Same as Greggs are doing.

If only they were eh? Watched at least 3 people walk straight in and out whilst sat at traffic lights. They're a magnet for crowds to congregate, for a brew and a chat.

 

[KS55]

Ask the Palestinian health minister. It isn’t Israel’s responsibility despite what you think.

Another one who claims to know what i think becos i asked a q. Grow up.

 

[johnnytapia]

You didn't say that when you lived there.
You never been the same since the residents got you evicted

Ha! Ha! True.

 

[Eds]

Another one who claims to know what i think becos i asked a q. Grow up.

I am very grown up thanks. But I will give you an opportunity to explain, why did you ask about whether or not the Palestinians are being vaccinated, it’s a total non sequitur.

 

[True_Blue69]

If only they were eh? Watched at least 3 people walk straight in and out whilst sat at traffic lights. They're a magnet for crowds to congregate, for a brew and a chat.

How dare people stop and say hello in the street, the worlds gone mad.