Coronavirus COVID-19 Thread

[Vavrik]

No No NO, won't somebody think of the property tycoons please

Just a sec... Ok.. no wait, there's that other guy ... Ok thought of him too. Lemme know if I missed anyone else.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets from today, Thursday 11th of November:

- World: Global Confirmed 251,672,962 Global Deaths 5,076,863

- UK: Hospital overcrowding caused deaths, say doctors

- Isle of Man: Four more Covid deaths confirmed on Isle of Man

- Vaccines: New Ebola vaccine trials at University of Oxford

- Romania/Bulgaria: Morgues fill up in Romania and Bulgaria amid low Covid vaccine uptake

- US: Ten US states sue over vaccine mandate for healthcare workers

- Israel: Israel to hold world’s first drill to test readiness for new Covid variant

- Sweden: Sweden again charts novel path with no-test stance for the vaccination

- Netherlands: Netherlands registers record high daily cases amid calls for lockdown

- Australia: Austrian lockdown for the unvaccinated is days away, chancellor says

- Africa: Diabetes problem makes Africa more vulnerable to Covid death, says WHO

- Germany: German parliament debates new Covid measures as cases soar to record level

 

[Vavrik]

US: Ten US states sue over vaccine mandate for healthcare workers

Texas is suing separately by the way. Americans, from what I can tell, are dead set on having the shortest life expectancy in the G20, and the States will actively take steps to ensure they maintain that position.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

Texas is suing separately by the way. Americans, from what I can tell, are dead set on having the shortest life expectancy in the G20, and the States will actively take steps to ensure they maintain that position.

When not doing what your asked to do is a way of life, it stands to reason it'd be a way of death, too.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets from today, Friday 12th of November:

- World: Global Confirmed 252,236,993 Global Deaths 5,084,129

- Vaccines: AstraZeneca will start to draw an income from its Covid vaccine

- UK: TikTok supermarket star lands dream West End role

- Netherlands: Partial lockdown in Netherlands amid record Covid cases

- UK: Johnson urges people to get boosters as he warns of ‘storm clouds’

- Australia: Austria province to place millions of unvaccinated people in lockdown

- Latvia: Latvia bans unvaccinated lawmakers from voting and docks their pay

- Germany: Germans told to avoid large gatherings as top scientist says it is 'five past midnight' on new Covid wave

- UK: One in 60 in private households in England had Covid last week

- Norway: Norway reinstates Covid measures and plans third vaccine dose for all adults

- China: China reports first positive Covid test among athletes taking part in Winter Olympic test events

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets from today, Saturday 13th of November:

-World: Global Confirmed 252,830,384 Global Deaths 5,093,639

- US: U.S. Confirmed 47,029,901

- Netherlands: Dutch anti-lockdown protesters face water cannon

- Germany: Reports suggest 12,000 soldiers will be mobilised by Christmas

- US: Conservative judges block Biden’s vaccine requirement for businesses

- Europe: Why is Europe returning to the dark days of Covid?

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets from today, Sunday 14th of November:

- World: Global Confirmed 253,224,606 Global Deaths 5,099,548

- Austria: Austria confirms national lockdown for unvaccinated

- UK: 1m Covid jabs given to 12 to 15-year-olds in England

- Australia: Care home tragedy: ‘We are still finding out things we weren’t aware of’

- US: ‘Detox’ routines won’t undo Covid vaccine, experts tell anti-vaxxers

- Israel: Israel announces vaccine drive for children aged 5 to 11

- Germany: Germany to return to work from home amid rising infections

 

[Skrufsnus]

Looks like Europe will have a resurgence again

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets from today, Monday 15th of November:

- World: Global Confirmed 253,543,995 Global Deaths 5,103,757

- New Zealand: Maori tribe tells anti-vaccine protestors to stop using popular haka

- UK: Covid booster doses will be offered to over-40s

- World: Online hate speech rose 20% during pandemic

- UK: Scotland, Student ball linked to spike in Covid cases

- Ireland: Ireland to decide measures over rising Covid cases

- China: Outrage in China after Covid disinfectors kill dog

- Belgium: Belgium to act amid rising cases and hospital admissions

- Austria: Austrian police carry out routine checks as unvaccinated enter lockdown

- Japan: Japan now one of most Covid-immunised countries in the world

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets from today, Tuesday 16th of November:

- World: Global Confirmed 254,146,094 Global Deaths 5,112,021

- Therapeutics: Pfizer to allow developing nations to make its treatment pill

- Ireland: Pubs curfew returns in Ireland

- US: Amazon to pay $500,000 for not sharing Covid data

- UK: Workers call the shots as job vacancies boom

- Germany: Germany set to follow Austria in effort to fight fourth wave

- World: Covid now a pandemic of poor nations, WHO envoy tells UK MPs

- Hong Kong: JP Morgan chief skips Hong Kong quarantine

- Slovakia: Slovakia plans curbs on unvaccinated people as hospitals fill up

- Germany: Germany set to tighten rules for unvaccinated as Covid cases rise

- Portugal: Portuguese PM warns restrictions may return before Christmas

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets from today, Wednesday 17th of November:

- World: Global Confirmed 254,723,729 Global Deaths 5,120,194

- UK: Northern Ireland ministers vote in favour of Covid passports

- Germany: Germany hit by full force of Covid, warns Merkel

- Austria: exceeds 14,000 new cases

- Germany: has 52,826 new cases

- Hungary: Hungary reports 10,265 infections

- New Zealand: Easing of New Zealand rules could lead to summer crisis, experts warn

- US: Fauci: US can get Covid under control by next year with more jabs

- Sweden: Sweden to introduce Covid vaccine passes for indoor events

- Czech Republic: Czech Republic to ban unvaccinated people from public events

- Germany: Germany's acting health minister: Covid has increased economic dependence on China

 

[Bambooza]

- US: Fauci: US can get Covid under control by next year with more jabs

If the US continues to not get it under control then I will not have to move back to California anytime soon and will continue to work from home which is a good thing.

 

[Vavrik]

If the US continues to not get it under control then I will not have to move back to California anytime soon and will continue to work from home which is a good thing.

Not having to pay to live in California is a great thing. Last time I was there, I got a nosebleed looking at the price of a taco.

... Apologies to anyone living in CA.

 

[Bambooza]

Not having to pay to live in California is a great thing. Last time I was there, I got a nosebleed looking at the price of a taco.

... Apologies to anyone living in CA.

And here we are looking at having to buy a 2 million dollar home that looks like this. (3 Bedroom 2 bath, 1500 sqft built in the 1970's)

 

[Montoya]

And here we are looking at having to buy a 2 million dollar home that looks like this. (3 Bedroom 2 bath, 1500 sqft built in the 1970's)

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Check out this millionaire! He has a lawn!

Way to flex on the rest of us.

 

[Vavrik]

Check out this millionaire! He has a lawn!

Way to flex on the rest of us.

Is that ice plant? Stuff was hella fun to play in when I was a kid, but it turned everything I wore some kind of a shade of green.

 

[Jolly_Green_Giant]

Check out this millionaire! He has a lawn!

Way to flex on the rest of us.

He has a little tree, and gutters!

 

[Bambooza]

Check out this millionaire! He has a lawn!

Way to flex on the rest of us.

I think the lawn is painted. Water restrictions are brutal.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets from today, Thursday 18th of November:

- World: Global Confirmed 255,384,254 Global Deaths 5,129,500

- World: Mask-wearing cuts Covid incidence by 53%, global study finds

- UK: 50 firms got VIP fast-track Covid contracts

- UK: Covid cases highest in younger children in England

- Isle Of Man: Isle of Man Covid-19 death toll rises to 66

- Greece: more restrictions for unjabbed

- Austria: daily infections hit a new record

- Variants: Offshoot of Delta variant more likely to cause asymptomatic infections

- UK: Rollout of third Covid jabs in England condemned as ‘shambolic’

- Germany: Germany set to tighten rules for unvaccinated as Covid cases rise

- Hungary: Hungary to make booster jab mandatory for healthcare workers

- Slovakia: Slovakia to impose lockdown for the unvaccinated

- Germany: RKI director: Germany is 'heading toward a serious emergency' and 'a really terrible Christmas

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

Oi, @Bambooza

Hope you find this one interesting, I know we've had many conversations about this

- World: Mask-wearing cuts Covid incidence by 53%, global study finds