OT: Coronavirus 4 - or is that thread 2.75?

[hblueridgegal]

Yikes



I really miss traveling the world but can't imagine signing up for that.

I think I dread the next 3 months the most of this mess due to the forthcoming wet winter weather especially if they have to shut everything down again. At least, when the quarantine arrived it was already spring weather here and one could hang out on the patio or walk around outdoors easily.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Yikes



I really miss traveling the world but can't imagine signing up for that.

I think I dread the next 3 months the most of this mess due to the forthcoming wet winter weather especially if they have to shut everything down again. At least, when the quarantine arrived it was already spring weather here and one could hang out on the patio or walk around outdoors easily.

If 1000s of people attended large, indoor campaign rallies, I’m sure they will have no problem finding volunteers for this.

I’m with you though, I wouldn’t do it.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

A limited capacity, socially distanced cruise under normal circumstances would be the bomb. All the fun of a cruise without those pesky "other people".

 

[MinJaBen]

A limited capacity, socially distanced cruise under normal circumstances would be the bomb. All the fun of a cruise without those pesky "other people".

Below decks cabin prices starting at $15k per person....

 

[Lempo]

A limited capacity, socially distanced cruise under normal circumstances would be the bomb. All the fun of a cruise without those pesky "other people".

The problem is that if your ship gets compromised, you're forever cursed to roam the seas with no harbor accepting you.

I understand there were cruise ships where the fun kind of evaded after a while because of that when the corona pandemic hit.

 

[RibFrabcus]

A limited capacity, socially distanced cruise under normal circumstances would be the bomb. All the fun of a cruise without those pesky "other people".

I think the rich call this "having a yacht" haha

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

I think the rich call this "having a yacht" haha

True, but big yacht!

I like cruises for casinos and restaurant choices. I see it more like a theme park, something a yacht doesn’t necessarily provide.

 

[Lempo]

Fodder for thought: a Finnish paper polled nurses on the Covid vaccination.

Majority of those answering are against mandatory Covid vaccination, though they stress they generally are pro-vaccination. In this case they rather get terminated than vaccinated.

The quoted answers are mainly about the nurses refusing to be guinea-pig for the new Covid vaccination. The practically mandatory annual influenza vaccination is already a borderline case for many.

 

[hblueridgegal]

Might be a while longer...this is one of the smaller ships

 

[Lempo]

Pfizer estimates that they can manufacture 1.3 Billion vaccines during the next year.

The rich countries have already made preliminary contracts worth of 1.1 Billion vaccines.

 

[Lempo]

Covid cases from past fortnight per 100,000.

I'm barely in the green.

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

Covid cases from past fortnight per 100,000.

I'm barely in the green.

HARDCORE ENVY.

On a personal note, I GOT MY BONUS PAYMENTS FOR SPRING, F-YEAH.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Can't come soon enough.

Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine highly effective in late trial

 

[MinJaBen]

Can't come soon enough.

Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine highly effective in late trial

And it won't. It'll be a year before a substantial portion of the 1st world population is vaccinated with these mRNA vaccines. Probably two or three years before less developed areas of the world see it due to cold storage requirements and the need to for two shots.

 

[WreckingCrew]

And it won't. It'll be a year before a substantial portion of the 1st world population is vaccinated with these mRNA vaccines. Probably two or three years before less developed areas of the world see it due to cold storage requirements and the need to for two shots.

While this is true, just getting healthcare and high-risk individuals the vaccine will cut substantially into the severity and spread of COVID. Given that we really don't know how many have had it but been asymptomatic (and never tested), you'd hopefully be looking at everyone else being fairly low-risk spread or having some amount of "herd immunity". Before anybody assumes, I'm NOT advocating for removing restrictions and going for the herd immunity approach, just noting that you don't NEED to vaccinate the whole world in the next few months for it to be fairly effective...it's not doom & gloom until we get 8B vaccines (though obviously that's the end goal), if we can get the at-risk groups taken care of we're on our way to breathing a bit easier and planning our recovery vs constant panic/anxiety. Do that and you have the ability and increased resources to focus on those harder-to-reach areas and getting to the general population

 

[hblueridgegal]

Bon Bini



The internet is fairly fast and reliable there for WFH situations. Below the hurricane belt as well.

 

[Bunch of Jurcos]

Covid cases from past fortnight per 100,000.

I'm barely in the green.

Protect Lempo at all costs!

 

[Navin R Slavin]

The Moderna vaccine is stored at the same temperature as the chicken pox and other vaccines, so doctor's offices should be ready to handle it under similar protocols.

Finally some reasons for optimism.

 

[Lempo]

Sweden tells COVID-19 was the most common cause of death in the month of April and the third most common cause of death in the period of January to June, after cardio-vascular diseases and cancer.

The amount of deaths from Jan to Jun was visibly higher than in previous years: men +16 % and women +12 %.

The first half of the year saw the deaths of 25,925 men and 25,609 women, of whom 2,987 men and 2,565 women had Covid-19 as the cause of death.

The average age of those dead of Covid-19 was 80.4 years for men and 85.0 years for women.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Good news for those of you with young children. They just announced that Santa Claus has a natural immunity to the Coronavirus and thus, won’t be spreading the disease this Christmas.

Turns out he’s chock full of Santibodies.

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

Good news for those of you with young children. They just announced that Santa Claus has a natural immunity to the Coronavirus and thus, won’t be spreading the disease this Christmas.

Turns out he’s chock full of Santibodies.

Our Christmas is covered by Baby Jesus, so we're fine as well. No need for physical travel, when you are the miracle worker.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

You don’t want to wear a mask you say?

Despite being a trivial matter for patients in intensive care units (ICUs), erectile dysfunction (ED) is a likely consequence of COVID-19 for survivors,

Addressing male sexual and reproductive health in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak

 

[Joe McGrath]

You don’t want to wear a mask you say?

Despite being a trivial matter for patients in intensive care units (ICUs), erectile dysfunction (ED) is a likely consequence of COVID-19 for survivors,

Addressing male sexual and reproductive health in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak

Ahhhh so this whole thing was about population control. Or selling more Viagra.

 

[MinJaBen]

You don’t want to wear a mask you say?

Despite being a trivial matter for patients in intensive care units (ICUs), erectile dysfunction (ED) is a likely consequence of COVID-19 for survivors,

Addressing male sexual and reproductive health in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak

Imagine being in the ICU for weeks, barely surviving and then when you get out the doctor says to you: "Ma'am, you probably need start taking viagra."

 

[AD Skinner]

Get Marley drug on the phone