Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (5 Viewers)

[Grendel]

That's positive - was everybody subject to the same control though, i.e. exposed to a similar level risk of reinfection?

the study says 5 months immunity for most and if it was a vaccine it would be 83% effective

 

[Grendel]

The problem with population density on a country wide level is that it ignores the spread of people within that country, e.g. Canada is low population density but in any case, most of its population actually live in big city urban areas.

Well yes I thought that would be obvious

Brazil and actually the US are some of the least densely populated countries in the world but in reality they really are not

 

[CCFCSteve]

Good news that 20m doses of the vaccine are in UK, a lot still needs to be batch tested and put in vials but good to know that the key component is available !

Keep your chins up all...the numbers won’t be pretty in the coming days but there is light at the end of the tunnel

 

[jordan210]

Good news that 20m doses of the vaccine are in UK, a lot still needs to be batch tested and put in vials but good to know that the key component is available !

Keep your chins up all...the numbers won’t be pretty in the coming days but there is light at the end of the tunnel

A small glimmer of light is always nice. Hopefully we have a way to speed up batch testing and packaging.

The figures will in theory go up for deaths as the positives start to tail off. But remember the death figure the news uses does still include back dating.

 

[shmmeee]

That study is the one my missus is part of. She got Covid around April time and had her antibodies tested in November and they were still pretty high.

AFAIK it's not that 'immunity only lasts five months' it's that the trial has only been going for five months so they can't say any more at this point.

Was curious so did a quick google for data on population density and how it relates to covid rates. Found this which would suggest the link isn't as great as you would think.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Deaths

Explore data on COVID-19 deaths across the world.

ourworldindata.org

John Burns Murdoch did a good piece on this saying that it's total number of major metropolitan areas that correlates rather than average population density. He also points out that as viruses don't respect borders, categorising by country isn't particularly useful.

 

[David O'Day]

Outrage as people in Coventry offered Covid jab over 100 miles away

News that people have been invited to travel to Manchester comes amid fresh criticism of vaccination programme

www.theguardian.com

FFS

 

[Deleted member 4439]

I wonder, did God create religions as a means of managing the human population?

Up to 1m Hindus gather in India as festival goes ahead amid Covid fears

 

[chiefdave]

Outrage as people in Coventry offered Covid jab over 100 miles away

News that people have been invited to travel to Manchester comes amid fresh criticism of vaccination programme

www.theguardian.com

FFS

Suspect the ones that have been offered Manchester is down to someone entering some wrong data somewhere.

In any case 'outrage' is a bit over the top. The offer of vaccination at one of the mass vaccination centres is an optional way to get done sooner, if you prefer to have it done locally you still can and you're are still the same place in the queue locally.

 

[Deleted member 4439]

I'm not sure that people were ever outraged before the invention of twitter.

 

[Ian1779]

I'm not sure that people were ever outraged before the invention of twitter.

They sent letters to Points of View

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

They sent letters to Points of View

They’re the sort of people who complain about the Queen’s deep fake

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

How beautiful is this? And sad of course

Covid-19: Bracknell couple's 'final meeting' in hospital

The couple, who both have coronavirus, were given "precious" time together, their daughter says.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Ian1779]

A daily reminder that the Tories are c****

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Just read the first 11 pages. Nothing too embarrassing for me. Some opinionated people got things completely wrong.

Problem with the deaths figures. They’re probably too high so want to manipulate them a little bit

 

[fernandopartridge]

A daily reminder that the Tories are c****

Harry Cole is his missus' ex

 

[Brylowes]

The problem with population density on a country wide level is that it ignores the spread of people within that country, e.g. Canada is low population density but in any case, most of its population actually live in big city urban areas.

Same thing with Australia and i would think NZ to a certain extent.

 

[Grendel]

A daily reminder that the Tories are c****

The bombshell is you believing something Carrie Symonds former lover says and takes as gospel

 

[Skyblueweeman]

Massive, massive, massive overreactions globally.

Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk

I saw Pete had 'laughed' at the above!

Happy to admit I totally wrote it off as a bit of flu.

I remember being with two ex colleagues at the time in a Heathrow hotel and one of them was following the story from January. She said we should be stockpiling loo roll etc and I laughed it off and to stop be crazy.

Little did I know that it would have such a life changing effect on everyone.

Guess I need to take some things a little more seriously going forward. Lesson learnt!

 

[Ian1779]

The bombshell is you believing something Carrie Symonds former lover says and takes as gospel

Yeah I am definitely taking the words of a Sun journalist as gospel...

Saying that if it was bollocks then why did journalist have a transcript of Steve Bakers email, and why did he feel the need to pull back from his position 2/3 hours later....

 

[Grendel]

Yeah I am definitely taking the words of a Sun journalist as gospel...

Saying that if it was bollocks then why did journalist have a transcript of Steve Bakers email, and why did he feel the need to pull back from his position 2/3 hours later....

Yeah Steve baker what an influencer oh and for some balance

'Boris having affair with the partner of one of his most loyal supporters' - Dorset Eye

According to the wonderful Daily Politik and the equally wonderful Zelo Street Blogspot Boris’ wandering willy and the all round family man has been setting an example to British morality yet again: ‘Guido blogger & Sun columnist, Harry Cole has spent the past few years promoting both Brexit and...

dorseteye.com

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

I saw Pete had 'laughed' at the above!

Happy to admit I totally wrote it off as a bit of flu.

I remember being with two ex colleagues at the time in a Heathrow hotel and one of them was following the story from January. She said we should be stockpiling loo roll etc and I laughed it off and to stop be crazy.

Little did I know that it would have such a life changing effect on everyone.

Guess I need to take some things a little more seriously going forward. Lesson learnt!

Sorry just looked at the first 11 pages was quite interesting. Everyone’s personalities came across brilliantly

 

[Ian1779]

Yeah Steve baker what an influencer oh and for some balance

'Boris having affair with the partner of one of his most loyal supporters' - Dorset Eye

According to the wonderful Daily Politik and the equally wonderful Zelo Street Blogspot Boris’ wandering willy and the all round family man has been setting an example to British morality yet again: ‘Guido blogger & Sun columnist, Harry Cole has spent the past few years promoting both Brexit and...

dorseteye.com

To be honest I don’t give a fuck either way. The Tories are still c****

 

[Grendel]

To be honest I don’t give a fuck either way. The Tories are still c****

what a marvellous balanced teacher you must be to your pupils

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

what a marvellous balanced teacher you must be to your pupils

Have you read some of the earlier comments on here?

 

[David O'Day]

Have you read some of the earlier comments on here?

he's just looking for attention

 

[Ian1779]

what a marvellous balanced teacher you must be to your pupils

If I ever need to teach them ‘whataboutery’ I’ll be sure to give you a call.

 

[Grendel]

Have you read some of the earlier comments on here?

?? Not even sure what that means

 

[skybluetony176]

what a marvellous balanced teacher you must be to your pupils

I suppose he could always balance it up by telling them that when they leave school they’ll be the laziest workers in the world. Wait, that’s Tory propaganda, they’ll still think Tories are cunts.
Got it. Tell them how tories voted to end free school meals during school holidays. No that won’t work either.
erm. How about when they cheered when they voted to deny NHS staff a pay rise.
Or how their top advisor said if Covid kills their gran then tough.
Struggling to find an angle here where Tories aren’t looking like cunts.

 

[shmmeee]

what a marvellous balanced teacher you must be to your pupils

Sir, this is a football forum.

 

[Grendel]

Sir, this is a football forum.

Odd at times I think it should be named Teacher Talk

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

?? Not even sure what that means

Some of your comments early on this thread make interesting reading. Almost as far off the Mark and me and mr Burge

 

[Grendel]

Some of your comments early on this thread make interesting reading. Almost as far off the Mark and me and mr Burge

I still don’t know what you mean. The point I’m making is that people frequently lambast the social media world when it suits but then quote absurd sources as credible to suit an argument

 

[Ian1779]

I still don’t know what you mean. The point I’m making is that people frequently lambast the social media world when it suits but then quote absurd sources as credible to suit an argument

I said nothing about it’s credibility at all. And although you call it out as absurd, this is the party that today announced that they were instructing schools not to provide FSM in the half-term holidays.... less than 24 hours after saying they would sort out the previous shitshow over food packages and their dear leader attempted to mock Starmer for being less of an opposition than Marcus Rashford.

This sir is that absurdity you were looking for.

 

[shmmeee]

I still don’t know what you mean. The point I’m making is that people frequently lambast the social media world when it suits but then quote absurd sources as credible to suit an argument

You think Harry Cole doesn’t have sources in the Tory Party?

 

[skybluetony176]

I still don’t know what you mean. The point I’m making is that people frequently lambast the social media world when it suits but then quote absurd sources as credible to suit an argument

That’s a fair point. The author is a brexiteer and the source served as chairman of the ERG. Two very absurd and incredible sources.