When will this shit end?

[Ryan1984]

2 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

When did the ache start? I haven’t got that yet and it was an hour ago.

About 4.30/5 so a good four hours after the jab but it’s really not too uncomfortable.

[august1]

35 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

While it's low, I'm not sure 15 is a good thing still.

Article is behind paywall so duno if it breaks down where those 15 infections come from. Indoor snooker/business event or outdoor event, did they catch it at the event or somewhere else before or after. Lots of questions!

[august1]

Also says 

It is understood some of those people were tested before events, meaning they were not able to attend. Others tested positive afterwards.

[Crazyfool01]

32 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

My area (Home Counties/on the commuter belt an hour outside London) has one of the highest vaccination acceptance rates in the country but also a significant Nepalese population.

A little bit worried about the forthcoming ‘Nepalese variant’ she’s pitching here and what that would mean for our rates in a month or so... Good chance it will become ‘the thing’ just ahead of 21st June? 

Only if those numbers start climbing 🧗‍♀️ .......... Like the sherpas 

Edited May 20, 2021 by crazyfool1

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

14 minutes ago, zahidf said:

 

 

 

"When will this shit end?" 

[zahidf]

4 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

"When will this shit end?" 

Fake SAGE getting a second wind to keep us locked down longer

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Just now, zahidf said:

Fake SAGE getting a second wind to keep us locked down longer

The state of that wording: "triple mutant". Fuck sake, we'll be in hazmat suits for life at this rate

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, zahidf said:

Fake SAGE getting a second wind to keep us locked down longer

I think they’ve started trolling this thread now 🙂 

[JoeyT]

22 minutes ago, zahidf said:

This is straight out of the “they aren’t scared about the Indian variant anymore, what shall we do?” playbook.

 

[rascalpete]

5 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

This is straight out of the “they aren’t scared about the Indian variant anymore, what shall we do?” playbook.

 

100%, we aren’t in a good place as long as variants keep grabbing MSM headlines and peoples fear, this is what worries me

[Ozanne]

14 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

I think they’ve started trolling this thread now 🙂 

Maybe fake SAGE have their own message board where they post some comments from this thread with their own nicknames for us. 

[zahidf]

 

[Kusy]

Guardian: 

[st dan]

Vaccine take up percentages will understandably start to fall as we more down the age groups, as the likelihood of death or serious illness from Covid drops to almost zero - so having ‘mutant variants’ in the headline suits the narrative of trying to boost vaccine numbers in this population, which is the only way we really get out of this mess and back to normal. 

[rascalpete]

1 minute ago, st dan said:

Vaccine take up percentages will understandably start to fall as we more down the age groups, as the likelihood of death or serious illness from Covid drops to almost zero - so having ‘mutant variants’ in the headline suits the narrative of trying to boost vaccine numbers in this population, which is the only way we really get out of this mess and back to normal. 

The whole cycle is really really tiring!

[st dan]

Just now, rascalpete said:

The whole cycle is really really tiring!

It really is - we are nearing the final straight though and the finish line is in site thankfully! 

[philipsteak]

 

[gizmoman]

Just now, zahidf said:

 

 

 

Triple mutation? Three intermediate hosts?

[dotdash79]

Just seen this from our council 

over 18s

[squirrelarmy]

One or two mutations isn’t enough for us Tykes. We always do things in 3’s

Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Yorkshire!

[thewayiam]

1 hour ago, Barry Fish said:

No proof they came from the event 

Well some tested positive after and negative before so....

1 hour ago, crazyfool1 said:

given some already had it and some could have picked it up easily in the intervening time id say it is 🙂 

If some had it that tells you all about pre testing reliability. So what did tells you is that if you go to an event you've got a chance of catching it. That chance is higher than if you were vaccinated before going.

[BobWillis2]

1 hour ago, thewayiam said:

While it's low, I'm not sure 15 is a good thing still.

Christina is that you? 

[thewayiam]

2 minutes ago, BobWillis2 said:

Christina is that you? 

You have no room to talk after the shit you've been sprouting the past week. I'd rather not get ill  thanks

[BobWillis2]

3 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

You have no room to talk after the shit you've been sprouting the past week. I'd rather not get ill  thanks

1 in 3,800 is an extremely low risk. 

[Reckoner]

Outrage nation: The rapid decay of discourse (smh.com.au)

The article itself is probably not of much interest to anyone unless you want to understand the discussion on COVID risk appetite in Australia, but i thought this paragraph was interesting.

To do that would be to succumb to what American philosopher Agnes Callard has called “messaging culture”, where every utterance is scanned for ulterior motives, then reduced merely to an agenda, which is then categorised as a political ally or enemy. The end result, Callard says, is that “literal content can barely be communicated”. Accordingly, the meaning of people’s words, the actual details and nuances of their arguments are not even engaged.

We respond in bad faith because we presume bad faith from everyone else we deem not to be on our side, and democratic debate simply disintegrates. The result is a public discussion that risks becoming overrun with nonsense.