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He was, but from what then subsequently happened since March 2020 it still very much appears to be part of the tool kit.

As @Vavrik says, Hurd Immunity which we have been sold on the concept of since the first months of 2020. For some varients the current generation vaccines have been able to reduce transmission to a powerful degree as they were able to prompt an immune response that dealt with the virus before...

I don't think you or anyone else who have said that in the thread is wrong on that point, and I hope it will settle into a more predictable set of stable variants which can be controlled on an everyday level or even better as I say therapeutics will make it a mundane experience to catch a COVID...

COVID Catharsis Corner - Reports from around the world from today, Monday 2nd of August: - World: 198,707,823 confirmed cases and 4,229,662 confirmed deaths. - Beer: Heineken makes strong recovery back into profit following large losses last year, but still below pre-pandemic levels. - US...

Nope. I'm suggesting that the goal most of the world was/is aiming for should not be abandoned and forgotten about just because individually a person can be individually safe if they have been vaccinated but remain a risk to others.

To me it's no longer a pandemic when the world reaches the originally stated goal from pretty much every country going: To attain a level of immunity in the population with enough people who are resistant to the virus to be able to stop it from propagating through the population to the...

Huge thanks for explaining your viewpoint while taking mine into account, appreciate it and feel I do understand your angle a lot more. I'm in the UK where the government took a different approach, they basically put the country into suspended animation with Furlough to shelve workers and a fund...

From Reading the links Shadow shared 1,760 PS3's made a 500 tflop supercomputer, a current lower price GPU is about 10 tflops so I'd need 35 PS3's to match that. Out of my scope, but it's definitely an interesting idea and definitely something I'd give a thought to if there were a more...

So would an energy weapon which fired a ball or packet of super heated plasma or ionised radiation be able to fire at the speed of light? Would such a thing even be possible within the laws of physics?

Many thanks for all responses so far :-) Second hand I think I'd only really go for something from a known retail source with a warranty or from someone I know so would know their story is straight. I can imagine there have been a thousand 'only used on weekends' cards with a pound of dust in...

Thanks for continuing to discuss this with us, I can only imagine my continued questioning is frustrating, so thank you. I'm not trying to convince you otherwise, I'm just trying to understand your viewpoint: Again - it's not the sickness rate, it's not the the hospitalisation rate, it's not...

COVID Catharsis Corner - Reports from around the world from today, Sunday 1st of August: - World: 198,143,172 confirmed cases and 4,221,996 confirmed deaths. - Australia: YouTube suspends Sky News from uploading new content to the platform for a week following misinformation breaches. -...

...which aren't nVidia / AMD. I am impressed with their current generation of cards but, man, I can't afford them even at Recommended Retail Price and rumours are rife they don't want to cater to the budget market any more. What happened to the days when the best consumer card you could buy...

I'm a little confused, was the US strategy not herd immunity through immunisation? If not, no problem, but I'm sure I remember seeing that was the plan?

It shows that the Herd Immunity dream is still just a dream. The idea was you hit 70% vaccinated who can't harbour the infection and it runs out of easy routes to infect vulnerable people who can't/won't get vaccinated and the epidemic in that area cannot continue, there is an immune wall which...

[August '21 sub flair - Multitool] I'm interested, but I sub'd previously to get the multitool last time. If this one comes with a different default attatchment I'll be halla tempted... if it's the same multitool though... I'd pass.

COVID Catharsis Corner - reports from around the world from today Saturday 31st of July: - World: 197,665,605 confirmed cases and 4,214,090 confirmed deaths. - World: World Health Organization, World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund and World Bank issue a joint call for vaccine...

I think the main concern with this finding is Delta has shone the harsh light of reality on the dream of Hurd Immunity. Not this time bub, herd immunity is still the myth it has always been, try again. While infection can be passed between asymptomatic vaccinated persons it's still modifying...

Thank you, Glorious Leader! Sorry to hear of Board Gamers sad news, sincerest condolences it's so tough to loose a loved one even if it is expected.

COVID Catharsis Corner - Reports from around the world from today Friday 30th of July: - World: 196,995,824 confirmed cases and 4,203,926 confirmed deaths. - US: Leaked CDC presentation indicates Delta variant far more transmissible and is as contagious as Chicken Pox but spread via the air...