Winnie the Flu

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The facts about Covid-19 are slowly coming to light, especially since there is no longer censorship on all forms of media.

Originally Posted by JoeP

The situation:
The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak started sometime in December, at (probably) a seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, Hubei province, central China.

The deadly version ov C19 does seem to start in Wuhan, but there is no way it came from a wet market.

Originally Posted by Kevlar

Africa handled COVID better than the rest of the world because they had already been through Ebola. They were already familiar with masks, social distancing, and hand washing... the things so many Americans scoffed at. That's right, they acted smarter than us.

None of that turns out to be not true.

Cold viruses may have helped curb Africa’s Covid-19 deaths | The University of Edinburgh

While. nobody is certain why Africa (and a few other regions) simply did not have a C19 pandemic, the reasons are most likely many and some of them are not approved by Bog Brother.

[Ari]

It’s real!
The funny part is, this was apparently designed before covid so the face mask doesn’t seal but instead just flows purified air over your face.

This is the Dumbest Product I've Ever Reviewed -...

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Woo hoo!

COVID-19 can cause brain cells to ‘fuse’ - Queensland Brain Institute - University of Queensland

[JoeP]

Short circuits! in the brain!

[JoeP]

Covid test sales have increased by a third, says Boots | ITV News

Nothing to see here. Just the likely semi-permanent background level of covid plus people being cautious before flying to summer holidays.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Woo hoo!

COVID-19 can cause brain cells to ‘fuse’ - Queensland Brain Institute - University of Queensland

Woo hoo! Neurodegeneration!

Long COVID is devastating and far from rare. As infections rise again, why are we still ignoring it? | Salon.com

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Big Stuff needs you to keep buying big stuff.

[ceptimus]

Former Covid medical officer Van-Tam takes role at vaccine maker Moderna | Pharmaceuticals industry | The Guardian

No one will be surprised that one of the medical advisors who regularly appeared alongside Boris Johnson during the period of the daily government COVID briefings, urging everyone to take all their booster shots, has now accepted a well-paid job with one of the firms manufacturing said shots.

Of course, he was first knighted for 'his work on the pandemic', along with the other government advisors. They have all largely disappeared from our screens since then, and certainly have nothing to say about persistent cases of high excess deaths in all age groups we've seen over the last two years.

[ceptimus]

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[specious_reasons]

Originally Posted by ceptimus

Former Covid medical officer Van-Tam takes role at vaccine maker Moderna | Pharmaceuticals industry | The Guardian

No one will be surprised that one of the medical advisors who regularly appeared alongside Boris Johnson during the period of the daily government COVID briefings, urging everyone to take all their booster shots, has now accepted a well-paid job with one of the firms manufacturing said shots.

How common is this in the UK? In the US, the rotation of people between an industry and the bureaucracy regulating it is extremely common.

[ceptimus]

It's super common here too - especially with industries like pharmaceuticals and military equipment, where the government not only controls the regulatory framework, but is also the main customer.

"Yes, that all looks legal and effective to me. Here's a billion pounds of taxpayer's money. By the way, do you have any well-paid jobs available?"

[ChuckF]

If you can think of a better way for us to capture our regulators, I'd like to hear it. No, seriously, I really would.

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Make Trump President

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Originally Posted by ChuckF

If you can think of a better way for us to capture our regulators, I'd like to hear it. No, seriously, I really would.

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Former Premier

Look who's new on the board of directors now.

[ChuckF]

That's basically what board seats are for.

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[ShottleBop]

Originally Posted by -FX-

Second posting of a tweet making an inapposite comparison between a vaccine and a condom, because idiocy

Didn't get enough of a reaction the first time you posted it to this thread?

s gonna

[ShottleBop]

Unvaccinated women who contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy were at a higher risk of stillbirths. They also were more likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit, give birth prematurely or die. Yet their greatest protection — the COVID-19 vaccine — sat largely untouched, buried under doubt, polluted by disinformation.

"COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn't Have to Happen” ProPublica

[ChuckF]

My husband went to a conference last week and brought the plague back into our home. He hasn't tested positive yet, but one of his group did and he has a sore throat, so only a matter of time. I am resigned to it as the probability of getting Covid is basically 1, but we managed to avoid the prior waves.

[Ensign Steve]

Oh yeah did I mention I had it a couple weeks ago? No one else from the wedding had it, but our housesitter did, so I'm guessing I picked it up from the house after we got back. Two days of ucky flu-ish symptoms, several more days of just generally dragging ass. I'm privileged enough that it didn't cause any insurmountable setbacks in my life.

[ceptimus]

I probably had it a few weeks ago. It was bad for about a week. Never got tested (what's the point?) but I had most of the reported symptoms. Sore throat was *very* sore, making it painful to swallow anything - even small tablets.

[ChuckF]

I still don't have any symptoms. Husband still hasn't tested positive, though I don't think he tested today - like cep says, why? - but still feels pretty rough. No cough, mainly just tired and congested. I'm just staying home so I don't spread it around. Maybe it's just a cold, or maybe I've just lucked out so far. We've been treating it like Covid only because one of a group of 6 who rode in his car at the conference has tested positive. But no one else in the group has so far. Pick any group of 6 people right now and there's a pretty good chance one of them will be positive at any given moment, I guess.

[viscousmemories]

We had a big party for my sister's 60th last Sunday and at least four of the attendees have since become sick and tested positive, but as far as I know about 20-30 others haven't and some of those who did interacted outside of the event, so it's hard to know whether people got it from the event or just coincidentally. Btw @ceptimus the super sore throat was the worst part of this latest experience for me, too. Thankfully that part only lasted a couple days but that can seem like an eternity when every swallow hurts.

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You should have got the fourth booster