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Re: The Coronavirus Thread

Post by JimC » Sat Nov 27, 2021 8:04 am

I don't think we will get back to a pre-covid normal for a long time. With variations from place to place, it might approximate it in terms of relatively normal living, but there will always be a certain nervous watching of the news, for further outbreaks, for changed medical advice, for information on variants and tweaked vaccines...
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Re: The Coronavirus Thread

Post by Sean Hayden » Sat Nov 27, 2021 8:09 am

aufbahrung wrote:
Sat Nov 27, 2021 1:20 am
What's the logic behind calling it Omicorn? Lucky name from a hat or something more sinister the bods at the centre of the storm alone know?


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Post by pErvinalia » Sat Nov 27, 2021 8:30 am

Sean Hayden wrote:
Sat Nov 27, 2021 7:44 am
pErvinalia wrote:
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Sean Hayden wrote:
Sat Nov 27, 2021 1:14 am
Do you hear yourself?

"Emergent variants aren't normal in the context of the pre-pandemic."

Uh, you mean before the emergence of covid?

Before there was a virus there were no new versions of the virus and that's what they mean by normal...
Normal as in normal. No need for social distancing, no need for masks, no need for QR code check in, no lockdowns, less fear of dying from a transmissible disease.
Yeah, that's the normal we're talking about.
No, you were talking about virus variants being normal. A totally different thing.
"What are you looking for" before returning to normal?
I have no idea what this is supposed to mean.
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Re: The Coronavirus Thread

Post by Brian Peacock » Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:03 am

I believe The Omnicron and humans can live together in peace.
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:07 am

More fuel for the dictators. I bet you a new variant will appear (by chance of course) every three months.
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Post by pErvinalia » Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:11 am

Fairy dictators. Why do they keep relaxing restrictions? They're a bit shit at this dictating thing.
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Re: The Coronavirus Thread

Post by Svartalf » Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:33 am

Brian Peacock wrote:
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I believe The Omnicron and humans can live together in peace.
will still take time for us to reach a modus vivendi, and by that time, I expect the variants will have reached samekh or shin
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Post by Tero » Sat Nov 27, 2021 4:35 pm

Really? This is news? Of course the fairy virus is here.
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Post by JimC » Sat Nov 27, 2021 7:56 pm

When you see on the news that the Omega variant has been discovered, then it's time for :hairfire:
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Post by Brian Peacock » Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:46 pm

"Omicron is potentially more contagious than previous variants, although experts do not know yet if it will cause more severe illness."

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Re: The Coronavirus Thread

Post by aufbahrung » Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:57 pm

Most people are optimists, omicron optimism is what keeps hope alive. Reality is what ever it will become however. Stock up on toilet rolls before the bubble of optimism is burst by some unfortunate fact. The panic returns and only Chris Whitty is holding back the flood.
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Re: The Coronavirus Thread

Post by Woodbutcher » Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:41 pm

aufbahrung wrote:
Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:57 pm
Most people are optimists, omicron optimism is what keeps hope alive. Reality is what ever it will become however. Stock up on toilet rolls before the bubble of optimism is burst by some unfortunate fact. The panic returns and only Chris Whitty is holding back the flood.
I'm keeping track of my toilet paper consumption. 5 sheets a day. See how long certain rolls last.
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Re: The Coronavirus Thread

Post by Hermit » Sun Nov 28, 2021 12:22 am

JimC wrote:
Sat Nov 27, 2021 7:56 pm
When you see on the news that the Omega variant has been discovered, then it's time for :hairfire:
Remain relaxed until the arrival of the Andromeda strain.
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Re: The Coronavirus Thread

Post by macdoc » Sun Nov 28, 2021 3:00 am

some good news
It presents mild disease with symptoms being sore muscles an ..

Read more at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/arti ... aign=cppst
Following on - if it is more infectious and less virulent than Delta....might actually be a win. :think:
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