Coronavirus (2021) thread

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It's pretty clear what's going to happen in my view.

Scientists: We want a lockdown!
Govt: No chance! The public would not tolerate it and we can't bloody afford it old chap.
Behaviour scientists: Ok we have a plan....
Project Fear: Did someone call?
People and Tory rebels: We want our freedom! No to lockdowns!
Project Fear: WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE FROM THIS HORRENDOUS VIRUS 'OVERWHELMED', 'HORRIFIC', 'EXPONENTIAL', 'RECORD', 'TSUNAMI'...etc etc
People: Oh I think I'm going to stay at home from now on
Hospitality: We need help! You've scared everyone to death and we have no customers - HELP! MONEY!
Govt (sucking air through teeth): Hmmm....we'd LOVE to help but we can only do that if we put you into lockdown because that's where the legislation sits.
Hospitality / people: PLEASE put us into lockdown - we need the help!!!
Govt: Ok....but only because YOU want it! Lockdown 4.0 starting January
Behaviour scientists: You're welcome.



Cynical? Moi?
 
davealvers said:
It's pretty clear what's going to happen in my view.

Scientists: We want a lockdown!
Govt: No chance! The public would not tolerate it and we can't bloody afford it old chap.
Behaviour scientists: Ok we have a plan....
Project Fear: Did someone call?
People and Tory rebels: We want our freedom! No to lockdowns!
Project Fear: WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE FROM THIS HORRENDOUS VIRUS 'OVERWHELMED', 'HORRIFIC', 'EXPONENTIAL', 'RECORD', 'TSUNAMI'...etc etc
People: Oh I think I'm going to stay at home from now on
Hospitality: We need help! You've scared everyone to death and we have no customers - HELP! MONEY!
Govt (sucking air through teeth): Hmmm....we'd LOVE to help but we can only do that if we put you into lockdown because that's where the legislation sits.
Hospitality / people: PLEASE put us into lockdown - we need the help!!!
Govt: Ok....but only because YOU want it! Lockdown 4.0 starting January
Behaviour scientists: You're welcome.



Cynical? Moi?
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Get well soon.
 
davealvers said:
It's pretty clear what's going to happen in my view.

Scientists: We want a lockdown!
Govt: No chance! The public would not tolerate it and we can't bloody afford it old chap.
Behaviour scientists: Ok we have a plan....
Project Fear: Did someone call?
People and Tory rebels: We want our freedom! No to lockdowns!
Project Fear: WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE FROM THIS HORRENDOUS VIRUS 'OVERWHELMED', 'HORRIFIC', 'EXPONENTIAL', 'RECORD', 'TSUNAMI'...etc etc
People: Oh I think I'm going to stay at home from now on
Hospitality: We need help! You've scared everyone to death and we have no customers - HELP! MONEY!
Govt (sucking air through teeth): Hmmm....we'd LOVE to help but we can only do that if we put you into lockdown because that's where the legislation sits.
Hospitality / people: PLEASE put us into lockdown - we need the help!!!
Govt: Ok....but only because YOU want it! Lockdown 4.0 starting January
Behaviour scientists: You're welcome.



Cynical? Moi?
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Spot on
 
One for the science boffins. It is possible to test blood to determine the strength of an individual’s T-cell immunity, so could that be done on scale, for example via commercially available test kits, or can it only be done in laboratories?
 
davealvers said:
It's pretty clear what's going to happen in my view.

Scientists: We want a lockdown!
Govt: No chance! The public would not tolerate it and we can't bloody afford it old chap.
Behaviour scientists: Ok we have a plan....
Project Fear: Did someone call?
People and Tory rebels: We want our freedom! No to lockdowns!
Project Fear: WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE FROM THIS HORRENDOUS VIRUS 'OVERWHELMED', 'HORRIFIC', 'EXPONENTIAL', 'RECORD', 'TSUNAMI'...etc etc
People: Oh I think I'm going to stay at home from now on
Hospitality: We need help! You've scared everyone to death and we have no customers - HELP! MONEY!
Govt (sucking air through teeth): Hmmm....we'd LOVE to help but we can only do that if we put you into lockdown because that's where the legislation sits.
Hospitality / people: PLEASE put us into lockdown - we need the help!!!
Govt: Ok....but only because YOU want it! Lockdown 4.0 starting January
Behaviour scientists: You're welcome.



Cynical? Moi?
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Then that would be a month too late. It crashes in January so bang goes your theory that the scientists manipulated it all.
 
Craig said:
Spot on
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Not really since most people are just getting on with their lives:

Project fear are the people who won’t take the vaccines. That includes some footballers being paid ridiculous amounts of money who are responsible for fans travelling across the country only to have matches cancelled at short notice. It also includes people who don’t work but are happy to increase the risks for others.

A lot of the people claiming everyone else is living in fear can’t even create an atmosphere at a football match, otherwise the Etihad would be rocking for every home game.

They also seem to want stewards to get a hard time at home games by not filing in online forms that it takes 2 mins to complete.

Btw I’ve got a packed weekend of events including a Christmas do, work, 5 a side and 2 Premier League football matches. Some peole might restrict their activities in the run up to Christmas and that’s their choice.
 
Gabriel said:
One for the science boffins. It is possible to test blood to determine the strength of an individual’s T-cell immunity, so could that be done on scale, for example via commercially available test kits, or can it only be done in laboratories?
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I think that would be more difficult than an antibody assay because I suspect that rather than just merely detect a specific antibody you would have to go further and see if the T cell fraction was then able to neutralise virus. In the case of antibodies to a certain virus we know what they look like (there are many).

This would be my guess based on limited knowledge of T cells. Antibodies receive much more coverage.
 
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