Coronavirus & stuff

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Rocsteady** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 11:42 am

Buffalo wrote:Nobody is going to bother returning to a mask again if they’ve stopped already. Not a chance.

I think the majority will. People follow the crowd and if Covid kicks back up a notch, masks will come back.

Already seen it in Poland. A month or two ago no one was wearing them, now they're everywhere again.

Dual wrote:Why they calling it Omicron though?

There's actually been loads of named variants since Delta, they're just not publicised here since not a concern. Apparently it actually jumped 2 names next in the list, Nu and Qi - Nu was skipped because it was considered to be too confusing, and Qi because it would lead to negative connotations with China - so next on the list was Omicron.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Grumpy David** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 11:49 am

Dual wrote:Why they calling it Omicron though?

twitter.com/PaulNuki/status/1464310918389587974

Very much doubt "stigmatising a region" was the actual reason, rather it was to avoid embarrassing Xi Jinping and the CCP. Mu is a Chinese family name like Xi but that didn't get skipped, it's just a variant that hasn't been able to out compete Delta.

Nu in French is Nude and in Dutch it's Now so it's not just the English language where confusion would happen.

The naming scheme was introduced well after the Kent variant, South African, Brazilian and Indian variants all got named and would be 6 months ago roughly when the decision to rename them was made.

The remarkable speed of new variants popping up means we're already more than halfway through the Greek alphabet so the system for naming new variants probably only has a year or two at most before needing replacing.

Safe to assume that the "Chi" variant is likely to be skipped too!

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Oblomov Boblomov** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 12:30 pm

Will the Omega variant be the one that evades all vaccine protection and has a 100% kill rate?

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Cuttooth** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 12:34 pm

The Psi variant headlines write themselves.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Xeno** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 1:16 pm

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:Will the Omega variant be the one that evades all vaccine protection and has a 100% kill rate?

Wishful thinking.

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:
Return_of_the_STAR wrote:Anyone else think it's going to be really hard to enforce face masks again after Boris went out of his way in the summer to repeatedly tell people that restrictions had ended and there was no going back? I said at the time that was a big mistake to announce it the way they did. But he that's just bumbling lovely Boris.

Are you suggesting that our twat Prime Minister might have not handled things in a very good way? I wonder if he's ever strawberry floated up before?

I don't think so. That's why I'm willing to give him the benefit of doubt. You know doing his best etc

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Vermilion** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 2:21 pm

I guess this means there will be a chance of pi...

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **captain red dog** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 4:32 pm

Once again the plan sounds utterly shonky. So from next weekend you have to mask to go into a supermarket, where transmission rates have been one of the lowest on the charts. But pubs, restaurants and nightclubs which are one of the highest vectors, no masks required. :lol:

It make no difference if you think masks work or not. I can tell you now that mandatory masks just in supermarkets will make absolutely no difference to infection rates, because supermarkets and shops are irrelevant in the wider picture.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Stuart** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 5:56 pm

There was a Doctor interviewed on Marr saying patients with Omicron seem to have mild symptoms so far, perhaps the mutation will actually weaken the virus if we're fortunate.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Squinty** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 6:04 pm

Dual wrote:Why they calling it Omicron though?

It will always be Unicron to me.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Neo Cortex** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 6:38 pm

Squinty wrote:
Dual wrote:Why they calling it Omicron though?

It will always be Unicron to me.

Always that gooseberry fool David Bowie game to me

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Grumpy David** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 7:18 pm

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/anti-vax-zealot-may-face-charges-after-death-of-covid-19-patient-41095894.html

Anti-vax zealot may face charges after death of Covid-19 patient

(Original video that went viral in the article).

This nut is even further gone than I realised. He's chosen to represent himself in court.

Judge Raymond Finnegan asked if he had a solicitor and he replied he had no legal representative.

He told Judge Finnegan: "I don't give jurisdiction to this court. I can represent myself."

He then attempted to hand paperwork to Judge Finnegan but the judge said he was not accepting it.

Mr Mureddu, who did not wear a facemask at any stage of the sitting, claimed he had items stolen by gardaí at Letterkenny garda station.

Judge Finnegan again told the accused he strongly recommended getting legal representation.

Mr Mureddu replied: “Absolutely not. I don’t give any consent. I am the king and you are the public servant.”

Sounds like he's making that ridiculous freeman of the land magna carta argument that I thought was exclusively used in the UK (and has never worked).

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **captain red dog** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 9:17 pm

This third case of Omicron is a bit weird. The person is no longer in the country. So either they broke the rules and left whilst with a positive test, or they had the variant weeks ago and completed isolation.

Not sure which is more worrying. :dread:

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Squinty** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:31 am

Aunt, my cousin and her husband have this now. My Nannie is staying with my Aunt and could leave, but stays put. Woman has a death wish.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Grumpy David** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:20 am

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59457332.amp

Covid in Scotland: Six cases of Omicron variant identified

Some of the people identified have no travel history and have caught the virus variant in the community.

:dread:

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Oblomov Boblomov** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:24 am

Very initial data seem to suggest it is extremely contagious but actually quite mild. If that's true, perhaps it could end up being as least gooseberry fool as possible (if you see what I mean) in terms of causing minimal suffering/death (hopefully no death at all, of course) but providing additional immunity in the form of antibodies via infection.

Any clever people around to clarify if this is likely?

Of course, it's very early days yet, so it could all turn to mega gooseberry fool. But it's nice to try and be optimistic for now.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Drumstick** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:26 am

Get out of here with your positivity and optimism.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **LewisD** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:53 am

My oldest has tested positive this morning.
Myself, missus and youngest have tested negative.

LEGOOOOLAAAAAAAND!!!

He's really upset bless him. He's worried that he's going to have infected Father Christmas at Legoland :cry:

LewisD wrote:My oldest has tested positive this morning.
Myself, missus and youngest have tested negative.

LEGOOOOLAAAAAAAND!!!

He's really upset bless him. He's worried that he's going to have infected Father Christmas at Legoland

I should probably test myself then

Hope he’s not too unwell.

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