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If COVID becomes sexually transmitted they will need to call the variant Sigma Tau Delta (STD)
Coronavirus. The n(in)th sequel.
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If COVID becomes sexually transmitted they will need to call the variant Sigma Tau Delta (STD)
thetrooper
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El oh el! When northeners say 'store throat' they mean hungover caused by too much moonshine.
Berzerker
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Joe Rogan got covid, both articles I read didn't mention if he had already been vaccinated
he said he took a cocktail of drugs/vitamins and had one rough day but feels fine 3 days afterward.
he said he took a cocktail of drugs/vitamins and had one rough day but feels fine 3 days afterward.
An interesting side-effect of the perma-shutdown is that lack of sunlight seems to be triggering premature puberty in girls aged about 6. 
stfoskey12
Emperor of Foskania
I did the math, and if we each got the same amount of land (there's no way the state legislature would adopt such a socialist policy) we'd each have 11.6 acres, or 4.7 hectares.
EnglishEdward
Deity
An interesting side-effect of the perma-shutdown is that lack of sunlight seems to be triggering premature puberty in girls aged about 6.
Some manufacturers added hormones to shampoos.
That ought to be illegal, but if not; the parents should
make sure that young boys and girls do not use it.
I was thinking in terms of isolation as protection from Covid 19.
Logically less populated states and countries should have lower infection rates.
In the UK, Cornwall was doing quite well until they hosted the G7 there.
I expect Glasgow will get impacted by the climate change conference.
Density is now negatively correlated with Covid cases in the US. As in less dense places, have more COVID. More a function of who lives in rural areas (unvaccinated, anti-mask, anti lockdown people).
EnglishEdward
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I know.
There are places where logic does not work.
There are places where logic does not work.
It's fascinating how the narrative I'm seeing out of Melbourne and even Sydney from a lot of people now keeps being "rule breakers are causing the spread", as opposed to the problem being a version of the virus where you're infectious 2 days before you have symptoms, which infects nearly all unvaccinated close contacts, and people still need to do essential work.
The govt in Vic has also shifted to saying lockdown can't get this version back to zero. Lockdowns to zero are no longer reliable due to delta, and full containment through TTIQ isn't reliable either.
The ACT might have a chance at getting to a temporary zero and lifting the lockdown further, for a bit, before the vax targets are met. For the current outbreak, probably due the peculiar economic structure here, the Reff is below 1 and cases 10 to 20ish a day.
But even if it does end up locally eliminated this time, short lockdown still didn't do it and we can't behave as if local elimination will last at all. For now, given lockdown is going to last at least 5 weeks, we've shifted to more outdoor activity and socialising being allowed just for peoples sanity, so a less strict lockdown than initially.
Goal is to keep leading the nation in vaccination so when NSW and Vic are ready to lift restrictions, we are well protected too. Should be close to 90% of over 16s when the country gets to 80%.
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EnglishEdward
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According to the Guardian the UK has 64% fully vaccinated.
News, sport and opinion from the Guardian's UK edition | The Guardian
According to the Guardian the UK has 64% fully vaccinated.
News, sport and opinion from the Guardian's UK edition | The Guardian
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Snowygerry
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What happened in the UK ?
You had a head start of two months or so, we've hit 70% by now.
You had a head start of two months or so, we've hit 70% by now.
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tjs282
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That value is only for the 16-19 demographic.
What's more interesting to me is the decrease in 'fully vaccinated' percentages, across the board, in the 60-64 and (to some extent) 65-69 bands.
Too young to be early-priority candidates, but a higher proportion of antivaxxers than the general population?
EnglishEdward
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The policy in the UK had been to not vaccinate children unless they have an additional risk complicating factor.
And the UK had the live virus worse than many places so there are an awful lot of people who took the view that
because they had already had the real thing, they were quite happy to be at the back of the queue for the jab.
Many people had it, but just stayed quietly at home for a couple of weeks, and never had their details in the system.
I know of one such who only went to get vaccinated because he is planning a foreign journey requiring such evidence.
There also seems to have been a high level of cultural resistance to vaccination from ethnic minorities.
And the UK had the live virus worse than many places so there are an awful lot of people who took the view that
because they had already had the real thing, they were quite happy to be at the back of the queue for the jab.
Many people had it, but just stayed quietly at home for a couple of weeks, and never had their details in the system.
I know of one such who only went to get vaccinated because he is planning a foreign journey requiring such evidence.
There also seems to have been a high level of cultural resistance to vaccination from ethnic minorities.
EnglishEdward
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Quite so, I had misread the spreadsheet.
Snowygerry
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We're seeing that in Brussels yes - to the point they now have a different Covid regime than the rest of the country on account of low vac percentages.
EnglishEdward
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In general the UK government does not tend to record where foreigners are living in the UK unless
they are claiming benefits and many guest workers are reluctant to volunteer because they might get taxed.
This means they often escape the letters, phone calls and texts to get vaccinated.
they are claiming benefits and many guest workers are reluctant to volunteer because they might get taxed.
This means they often escape the letters, phone calls and texts to get vaccinated.
I am not convinced. My call for vaccination was via my GP, and medical records are fortunately kept separate from tax records. The recent (as in the last decade or so) push to get johnny foreigner to pay for their use of the NHS may well have had the same effect however.
Snowygerry
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In Brussels they resorted to vaccinating in shopping malls - not a great success though.
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2021/0...to-be-offered-jabs-while-theyre-out-shopping/
These national averages may hide serious local differences that was the case throughout the the affair.
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2021/0...to-be-offered-jabs-while-theyre-out-shopping/
These national averages may hide serious local differences that was the case throughout the the affair.
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amadeus
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Some for humans, some for horses. Since Rogan is a horse’s ass, it’s probably a good balance.
It was an age based eligibility rollout using the locally produced Astrazeneca with a 12 week second dose, and imported Pfizer with a 4 week. That dip in fully vaxxed status is an age cohort who became eligible more recently, but only for AZ due to limited supply while more of the 40 to 60 bracket had Pfizer.
So a larger group of 60 to 70s are still getting their second dose after a first dose two or three months ago.
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