WHO: Saying the incredibly obvious is not "taking a leadership role", just so you know. Take leadership. Or get out of the damned way.
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Radegast74
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Not only that, but it is going to get worse before it gets better:
Doctors fear health care collapse amid omicron surge
Many hospitals across the country are in crisis as cases surge and staffing is at critical lows.
arstechnica.com
Taking a leadership role would mean helping to reinforce the messages that people need to know. LIke, wear a mask (N95 if you got it, if not, get one), restrict your get togethers, and take care of yourself, because you don't want to have to go anywhere near a hospital.
So theyre saying they dont want more boosters, they want a better vaccine. I didn't really think about that, I just assumed what we have is the best we can do, and the boosters were filling in the gaps as new variants emerged.
COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets* from today, Tuesday 11th of January 2022:
*claims made by headlines or articles are those of the outlets and have not been independently verified, or in some cases even read, by myself.
- World: Global Confirmed 311,193,617 Global Deaths 5,499,275
- US: U.S. Confirmed 61,719,456
- Study: Covid loses 90% of ability to infect within five minutes in air – study
- Europe: Half of Europe to catch Omicron - WHO
- UK: 100 invited to Downing Street lockdown drinks
- UK: Downing Street party: What Covid rules would it have broken?
- UK: Military called in to help ambulance service
- UK: Police staffing under pressure amid Covid outbreak
- UK: One in 12 teachers off as Covid drives up absence
- Chile: Chile starts fourth Covid jab dose as cases rise
- Italy/India: Italy-India passenger Covid tests 'were faulty'
- France: France confirms record 368,149 new cases
- Turkey: Turkey warns of Omicron danger after record new cases
- Italy: Italy reports record 220,532 new cases
- UK: UK health officials backtrack on US Covid isolation comparison
*claims made by headlines or articles are those of the outlets and have not been independently verified, or in some cases even read, by myself.
- World: Global Confirmed 311,193,617 Global Deaths 5,499,275
- US: U.S. Confirmed 61,719,456
- Study: Covid loses 90% of ability to infect within five minutes in air – study
- Europe: Half of Europe to catch Omicron - WHO
- UK: 100 invited to Downing Street lockdown drinks
- UK: Downing Street party: What Covid rules would it have broken?
- UK: Military called in to help ambulance service
- UK: Police staffing under pressure amid Covid outbreak
- UK: One in 12 teachers off as Covid drives up absence
- Chile: Chile starts fourth Covid jab dose as cases rise
- Italy/India: Italy-India passenger Covid tests 'were faulty'
- France: France confirms record 368,149 new cases
- Turkey: Turkey warns of Omicron danger after record new cases
- Italy: Italy reports record 220,532 new cases
- UK: UK health officials backtrack on US Covid isolation comparison
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What the hell do they want the Pharma's to do? What we have is the best they could do on short notice. This is normally a 10 year process in the best scenario, and it was shrunk down to months. That was almost the next best thing to a miracle. And by the way... (speaking to the WHO again) it's our tax dollars that pay for all this, so just make sure you don't ask for them to shutdown our economies at the same time.
I thought ex-president Trump had pulled US tax dollar funding to the WHO?
This is the huge problem of mutations. What one version has and the vaccine is targeted at, others might not have. Even your own immune system may not respond to a mutation as well as it would the original infection.
People complaining about the vaccines should be thankful for what we do have. EVEN WITH the mutation, the vaccine helps protect people from major illness and hospitalization. That said, it could mutate even farther away from the original with the large number of infections we have and one even worse could come about...
Get vaccinated, be responsible. If you have the sniffles, cold, flu, etc... Stay home.
People complaining about the vaccines should be thankful for what we do have. EVEN WITH the mutation, the vaccine helps protect people from major illness and hospitalization. That said, it could mutate even farther away from the original with the large number of infections we have and one even worse could come about...
Get vaccinated, be responsible. If you have the sniffles, cold, flu, etc... Stay home.
It was all theater. He can't pull funds appropriated by congress. He can "impound" funds for up to 45 days but then it goes back to congress to approve or deny.
In addition to what @Jolly_Green_Giant said, you forgot something. You and I have the same queen. I just happen to live in the US because my wife is allergic to snow. That makes no sense, Texas gets as much snow as where most of the people in B.C. does but it is what it is.
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I didn't vote for her! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some... farcical aquatic ceremony!
I get what you mean but looking at what the masses have put in that top position latey across the world...
There ain't nothin so stupid as the wisdom of the crowd, and given the average IQ of a TESTie is in the area of "push-button-to-see-what-happens" no way TEST Squadron would be able to work that way.
All hail Montoya, Glorious Leader!
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Apologies for quoting myself but the above got me thinking and an analogy came to me which is a bit crude but I think covers the recent world of Politics.
Imagine one day a politician realises to get 100% of the vote all they have to do is promise to the electorate that what they need to be happy is all men to have a rib removed so they can all bend over and perform fellatio on themselves and all women to be provided a state issued mains powered vibrator.
Of course they win with a land slide victory and the operations are performed and the toys are delivered to the grateful masses.
Okay, then what?
And this it appears is what has happened in some places in real life. The citizenry has been offered the opportunity to toss themselves into senselessness and took it and now they have that it becomes a little clearer that people who think about nothing but self pleasure aren't necessarily going to be the ones able to run an entire country.
Voter Male: "Wait, I can't get to work any more because the trains are arseholed"
Winner Politician: "You can still suck your own dick, right?"
VoterM: "...yeah..."
WinnerP: "I promised, you received, tell me I'm wrong."
Voter Female: "Wait, the hospitals are crumbling because they are jammed with blokes having their ribs removed and I am going to give birth soon"
WinnerP: "You get that package in the mail?"
VoterF: "...yeah..."
WinnerP: "I promised, you received, tell me I'm wrong."
But after a while those who weren't that interested in self pleasure grow bored of the novelty, and those who were in to it big time get bad backs or friction burns limiting their pleasure and the imagined utopia isn't quite as pleasurable as once first thought. Some are still living the dream, and some are willing to put up with the pain of a bad back but the down sides become clear to everyone even those willing to accept them.
VoterM and VoterF: "Look, it was nice and everything but we'd like running trains and working hospitals please."
WInnerP: "Hey, you voted self pleasure you got self pleasure there are plenty of people still happy and accepting of the arrangement... I'll do what I can but I'm an expert in self pleasure and that's where the focus is and shall remain, not in trains or hospitals. Tell me I'm wrong."
The wisdom of the crowd, eh? What can ya do about it?
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COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets* from today, Wednesday 12th of January 2022:
*claims made by headlines or articles are those of the outlets and have not been independently verified, or in some cases even read, by myself.
- World: Global Confirmed 314,861,126 Global Deaths 5,509,531
- US: U.S. Confirmed 62,656,634
- UK: PM: I offer my heartfelt apologies over party
- UK: Government's PPE 'VIP lane' unlawful, court rules
- UK: About 4.3 million Covid infections estimated in UK
- UK: Military called in to help Lincolnshire hospitals
- UK: Northern Ireland: More than 9% of police officers off due to Covid
- UK: £150,000 starting salaries as firms fight for staff
- Australia: Novak Djokovic admits breaking isolation while Covid positive
- China: Chinese woman gets locked down with blind date
- Germany: Germany reports record number of daily Covid cases
- WHO: Omicron remains 'dangerous', especially for the unvaccinated - WHO
- Germany: Germany’s Scholz urges compulsory Covid-19 jabs for all adults
- Denmark: Denmark to offer fourth Covid jab while easing restrictions
- Switzerland: Switzerland halves quarantine time to five days
*claims made by headlines or articles are those of the outlets and have not been independently verified, or in some cases even read, by myself.
- World: Global Confirmed 314,861,126 Global Deaths 5,509,531
- US: U.S. Confirmed 62,656,634
- UK: PM: I offer my heartfelt apologies over party
- UK: Government's PPE 'VIP lane' unlawful, court rules
- UK: About 4.3 million Covid infections estimated in UK
- UK: Military called in to help Lincolnshire hospitals
- UK: Northern Ireland: More than 9% of police officers off due to Covid
- UK: £150,000 starting salaries as firms fight for staff
- Australia: Novak Djokovic admits breaking isolation while Covid positive
- China: Chinese woman gets locked down with blind date
- Germany: Germany reports record number of daily Covid cases
- WHO: Omicron remains 'dangerous', especially for the unvaccinated - WHO
- Germany: Germany’s Scholz urges compulsory Covid-19 jabs for all adults
- Denmark: Denmark to offer fourth Covid jab while easing restrictions
- Switzerland: Switzerland halves quarantine time to five days
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Radegast74
Space Marshal
Just saw this:
edition.cnn.com
From the article:
Canada says vaccine mandates work as Quebec's 'unvaxxed tax' leads to spike in first-dose appointments | CNN
One day after the Canadian province of Quebec announced it would financially penalize residents who are unvaccinated, the province's health minister said Wednesday first-time appointments spiked in the hours following the announcement.
edition.cnn.com
Gotta get them where it will hurt...
Funny but true. Knee'em in the beer belly or kick'em in the wallet. That's the way to make friends in La Belle Province.
I can only imagine what the first clue was for realising this:
"Hey boss, this whole neighborhood caught COVID except for this one house which we went to investigate and found a skunk farm in the attic and the police went in and arrested them all, and this other neighbourhood where... The same... And another neighbourhood... Wait..."
Like looking for snowless roofs in the winter I'd giggle if it turned out COVID was a Ganj informer.
COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets* from today, Thursday 13th of January 2022:
*claims made by headlines or articles are those of the outlets and have not been independently verified, or in some cases even read, by myself.
- World: Global Confirmed 317,589,381 Global Deaths 5,516,175
- US: U.S. Confirmed 63,262,416
- World: Lower-income countries forced to reject 100m short-date expiring vaccine doses in December
- UK: Self-isolation in England to be cut to five full days
- UK: Van-Tam to step down as government medical adviser
- UK: Government official suggests Covid rules were "too tough"
- UK: Next (fashion brand) cuts sick pay for some unvaccinated staff
- UK: Boris Johnson cancels visit after family member tests positive for Covid
- Canada: Unvaccinated Canadian loses right to see his child
- Isle Of Man: Covid death toll rises to 70
- France: French teachers hold mass strike over Covid rules
- Australia: Novak Djokovic included in Australian Open draw as visa call delayed
- France: French health minister tests positive for Covid-19
- Finland: Finland latest country to cut quarantine times over Covid pressures
- Senegal: Senegal authorises jabs for over-12s and boosters for vulnerable adults
- Germany: STIKO recommends booster jab for 12 to 17-year-olds in Germany
- UK: Face masks make people look more attractive, study finds
*claims made by headlines or articles are those of the outlets and have not been independently verified, or in some cases even read, by myself.
- World: Global Confirmed 317,589,381 Global Deaths 5,516,175
- US: U.S. Confirmed 63,262,416
- World: Lower-income countries forced to reject 100m short-date expiring vaccine doses in December
- UK: Self-isolation in England to be cut to five full days
- UK: Van-Tam to step down as government medical adviser
- UK: Government official suggests Covid rules were "too tough"
- UK: Next (fashion brand) cuts sick pay for some unvaccinated staff
- UK: Boris Johnson cancels visit after family member tests positive for Covid
- Canada: Unvaccinated Canadian loses right to see his child
- Isle Of Man: Covid death toll rises to 70
- France: French teachers hold mass strike over Covid rules
- Australia: Novak Djokovic included in Australian Open draw as visa call delayed
- France: French health minister tests positive for Covid-19
- Finland: Finland latest country to cut quarantine times over Covid pressures
- Senegal: Senegal authorises jabs for over-12s and boosters for vulnerable adults
- Germany: STIKO recommends booster jab for 12 to 17-year-olds in Germany
- UK: Face masks make people look more attractive, study finds
I guarantee you if this was a news cycle for a couple days the amount of people wearing masks will double at a minimum.
Still waiting for Bojo to not be a thing. How was that Covid party of his?