Corona Thread |OT| Nu variant, who dis?

[james]

US ticking up again. We should hit 100k next week. Thanksgiving will be a super-spreader, and we will hit 125k shortly after.

Another James promise made and promise kept

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1466245319100977158

 

Can we hit 222,222 by Christmas?

We can and will.

[james]

Omicron is learning

https://mobile.twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1466272802122579971

Clever girl

[chronovore]

Omicron is learning

https://mobile.twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1466272802122579971

Clever girl

Feigl-Ding has been caught repeatedly making inaccurate, sensationalist claims:

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/01/china-coronavirus-twitter/605644/

This was the ecosystem in which Feigl-Ding’s thread landed. No wonder it took off. Unfortunately, there were some mistakes. While Feigl-Ding included quotes and screenshots of the paper, which was preliminary and not peer-reviewed, he omitted some context, primarily that other infectious diseases such as measles also have very high R0 numbers. He also made a clear error: “Ding claimed that the new virus was eight times as infectious as SARS, when in fact SARS had an R0 ranging from 2 to 5, very comparable with these estimates for the new coronavirus,” the science journalist Ferris Jabr, who watched Feigl-Ding’s thread wing around the internet that Friday night, told me. Feigl-Ding deleted the SARS tweet once he realized the mistake.

[Nintex]

US ticking up again. We should hit 100k next week. Thanksgiving will be a super-spreader, and we will hit 125k shortly after.

Another James promise made and promise kept

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1466245319100977158

 

Can we hit 222,222 by Christmas?

We can and will.

James/Nintex pandemic analysis -> WHO / CDC

We should create our own lobbying/consulting/thinktank/media firm like McKinsey but better.

[Nintex]

LOCKDOWN FOR THE UNVACCINATED IN GERMANY

https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1466410760377180163

[james]

India has fallen.

Omicron ready to FEAST

[Nintex]

Me: "We have to close the office at 17:00"
Them: "No we haven't listened to most of these rules, people are free to do what they want etc. they haven't explicity called out our sector" 
Me: "Do you know that scene from Der Untergang, when the Nazi's hastily burn everything in the streets? I'm only covering my own ass at this point, do as you wish don't call me if you get arrested" 

Them:

[james]

They were averaging 300 daily cases 3 weeks ago

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1466455961246306304

[Raist]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av-embeds/59505975/vpid/p0b7rh72

[james]

 

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1466442999030812675

[Potato]

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1466442999030812675

Imagine how unlucky you are to be that guy...you leave your house for the first time in a year and you get COVID.

[james]

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1466439678886875151

When was freedom day again

[Nintex]

"This Christmas is going to be considerably better than the last one"

Is Boris' new line, let's see how long he can keep that up.

Chances are higher that we're at war with Russia, suffering through hyperinflation and dying from COVID than Christmas being 'significantly' better than last year.

[Nintex]

Omicron doesn't care about your booster Optimus Prime

https://twitter.com/megtirrell/status/1466454777529839618

[james]

Fuck. Do I get boosted next week as planned or not?

I hate needles

 

[Nintex]

Fuck. Do I get boosted next week as planned or not?

I hate needles

 

If you didn't get any bad side effects from the previous 2 it probably doesn't hurt.

[james]

Fuck. Do I get boosted next week as planned or not?

I hate needles

 

If you didn't get any bad side effects from the previous 2 it probably doesn't hurt.

I got Johnson previously

[tiesto]

Yesterday (day after booster) kinda sucked for me, I had the chills and the shakes and a headache. Now today I feel fine, even the arm soreness has gone away... just a bit tired since I didn't get much sleep last nite.

[team filler]

the necrOmicron is the chad version of covid   

[Lonewulfeus]

I still haven’t gotten my booster but I think it’s time

[Nintex]

Not sure if anyone followed with OMICRON doing the rounds but there was some news about scientists finding the cause behind the Astra Zenica blood clots.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/02/covid-scientists-blood-clots-astrazeneca-covid-jab-vaccine-side-effects-pandemic

[Tripon]

Fuck. Do I get boosted next week as planned or not?

I hate needles

 

Just close your eyes.

[team filler]

Fuck. Do I get boosted next week as planned or not?

I hate needles

 

Just close your eyes.

and pretend you're shooting up that good fentanyl 

[Transhuman]

I don't care about needles when they're putting stuff in, but when they're sucking it out it I don't like it.

[Nintex]

Some research into the excess deaths among the elderly unearthed some alarming news.

Even though the symptoms are milder, people still die of COVID just the same, despite being vaccinated.
One researcher described it as: "Not dying of COVID, but with COVID".
COVID doesn't necessarily kill them but they usually die after they've gotten sick because they are too weak to recover.

And the next headline I read is: "Hurray, mild symptoms reported for Omicron" 

[james]

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1466827456447397891

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1466828201947238414

45% increase in hospitalizations in one week = its mild ?

[Nintex]

We fall for the dirty tricks of this virus every time (well not me and James, but mostly other people)
First you get cases, 1000's every day. But look no one is dying, so it's a mild variant bois. We don't have to do anything

Then ~1 - 2 weeks later a whole bunch are admitted to the hospital and some land in the ICU right away.
Wait, how did this happen? 

Next the elderly and obese with weak immune systems start dying.
With those people already mostly locked indoors their immune systems get weaker as this drags on.

Another problem with the ICU's is that a recovery from COVID can take up to 3 to 4 weeks. So someone who lands in the ICU and responds well to treatment, will still be there for weeks.
This is much different from the usual ICU admissions that are really focused on short term emergencies where the patient either dies quickly because of a heart failure or something or can be moved to regular hospital care after staying in the ICU for a few days.

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1467239909547286545

Can Rutte add the death of our former queen (who was quite popular) to his resume? 

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/LevineJonathan/status/1466842125400776705

[HaughtyFrank]

https://twitter.com/CarlynnGreene/status/1467332190128201734

[Madrun Badrun]

Ontario cases have doubled over 2 weeks

[HaughtyFrank]

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1467253094404743173

 

[james]

Some dumbass brought Omicron onto a cruise ship

The Louisiana Department of Health has identified seven additional COVID-19 cases on the "Norwegian Breakaway" cruise ship.

This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases identified among passengers and crew to 17, as of Sunday evening.

State health officials also said Sunday that one of the 10 cases previously reported involves the emerging Omicron variant. That case involves a crew member who is not a Louisiana resident. The crew member did not leave the ship, according to LDH.

https://www.wdsu.com/amp/article/ldh-10-covid-19-cases-detected-on-cruise-ship-approaching-new-orleans/38430507

[Nintex]

"This Christmas is going to be considerably better than the last one"

Is Boris' new line, let's see how long he can keep that up.

Chances are higher that we're at war with Russia, suffering through hyperinflation and dying from COVID than Christmas being 'significantly' better than last year.

https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1467195366525358097

[BIONIC]

"This Christmas is going to be considerably better than the last one"

Is Boris' new line, let's see how long he can keep that up.

Chances are higher that we're at war with Russia, suffering through hyperinflation and dying from COVID than Christmas being 'significantly' better than last year.

https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1467195366525358097

Suck a dick, Jesus 

[james]

We're winning the war on Christmas get fucked conservatives

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/L0gg0l/status/1467940151456415746

It's another mild one!^TM

[james]

As mild as day 2 of cancer

[Potato]

https://twitter.com/L0gg0l/status/1467940151456415746

It's another mild one!^TM

Is the doubling because of increased cases or because of increased severity of disease?

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1468209536175640585

[Madrun Badrun]

I was suppose to go to Vancouver for a confernce in Feb.  Just went all virtual . 

[Nintex]

I was suppose to go to Vancouver for a confernce in Feb.  Just went all virtual . 

I certainly hope the twice delayed Hans Zimmer concert will take place in March, but I guess it won't 

Meanwhile in German, latestagecapitalism / Pandemic cross-over

[jorma]

I was suppose to go to Vancouver for a confernce in Feb.  Just went all virtual . 

I certainly hope the twice delayed Hans Zimmer concert will take place in March, but I guess it won't 

Meanwhile in German, latestagecapitalism / Pandemic cross-over
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i really hope that impfen means fucking

[Nintex]

Hey I heard you were a mild one

[Kurt Russell]

Took part in a clinical trial today for new strain Covid vaccines. I got 1 of 3, but I obviously don't know which one, or what strain and I have to go back once every few weeks for them to take my blood and see what's happening.

Holy shit, boys. If you thought the last lot of vaccine side effects were bad, just wait until these bad boys are approved.

[james]

Took part in a clinical trial today for new strain Covid vaccines. I got 1 of 3, but I obviously don't know which one, or what strain and I have to go back once every few weeks for them to take my blood and see what's happening.

Holy shit, boys. If you thought the last lot of vaccine side effects were bad, just wait until these bad boys are approved.

How much are they paying you 

[Kurt Russell]

How much are they paying you 

[Nintex]

Took part in a clinical trial today for new strain Covid vaccines. I got 1 of 3, but I obviously don't know which one, or what strain and I have to go back once every few weeks for them to take my blood and see what's happening.

Holy shit, boys. If you thought the last lot of vaccine side effects were bad, just wait until these bad boys are approved.

Do these give you the magnet powers?

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/bencoates1/status/1468487129445679106

So uh, come February 1st the 3rd booster will be mandatory for travel in Europe and you have to get a new booster every 9 months.
This is like that scene from Schinders list, when the people have papers but suddenly those papers are invalid and they need new papers.

But the schedule for the boosters is this:


At this rate people younger than 60 won't get their boosters before February and it will probably take until May/June until everyone is vaccinated.

[james]

Got boosted.

If there are side effects I'm voting Trump

[Nintex]

"This Christmas is going to be considerably better than the last one"

Is Boris' new line, let's see how long he can keep that up.

Chances are higher that we're at war with Russia, suffering through hyperinflation and dying from COVID than Christmas being 'significantly' better than last year.

https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1467195366525358097

The saga continues

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1468646655629090824

[chronovore]

https://twitter.com/bencoates1/status/1468487129445679106

So uh, come February 1st the 3rd booster will be mandatory for travel in Europe and you have to get a new booster every 9 months.
This is like that scene from Schinders list, when the people have papers but suddenly those papers are invalid and they need new papers.

But the schedule for the boosters is this:
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At this rate people younger than 60 won't get their boosters before February and it will probably take until May/June until everyone is vaccinated.

Jesus, you can be such a hyperbolic nincompoop. Godwin's Law? Seriously?

Here's a clue: the Nazis were killing people, and this is the government mandating that others take precautions to save others' lives.

[james]

Counterpoint, the nazis were selective about who they killed

[team filler]

the nazi's had a way of seeing into the future and were trying to stop the zionists from destroying palestine 


they accidentally proved why you can't just go back and kill baby hitler, it'll only make the event much worse   

[james]

30% positivity 

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1469000055751385094

[Pissy F Benny]

the nazi's had a way of seeing into the future and were trying to stop the zionists from destroying palestine 


they accidentally proved why you can't just go back and kill baby hitler, it'll only make the event much worse   

[Nintex]

Jesus, you can be such a hyperbolic nincompoop. Godwin's Law? Seriously?

Here's a clue: the Nazis were killing people, and this is the government mandating that others take precautions to save others' lives.

The vaccines help in a way that you get less ill and are more likely to survive when you catch COVID.
They don't do much to stop transmissions. So why is a regulation aimed at limiting transmissions tied to the vaccination status and not tests?

How will that save lives? It won't.

Even now excess deaths not caused by COVID are rising faster than excess deaths caused by COVID.
The only reason we're doing this, is because China did it and some people get more powerful and rich.

Take a look at our healthcare system. Our government did nothing to improve it before or during the pandemic, nothing.
Instead they started to implement a police state throughout the EU the founders of the DDR could only dream of.

[chronovore]

Jesus, you can be such a hyperbolic nincompoop. Godwin's Law? Seriously?

Here's a clue: the Nazis were killing people, and this is the government mandating that others take precautions to save others' lives.

The vaccines help in a way that you get less ill and are more likely to survive when you catch COVID.
They don't do much to stop transmissions. So why is a regulation aimed at limiting transmissions tied to the vaccination status and not tests?

How will that save lives? It won't.

Even now excess deaths not caused by COVID are rising faster than excess deaths caused by COVID.
The only reason we're doing this, is because China did it and some people get more powerful and rich.

Take a look at our healthcare system. Our government did nothing to improve it before or during the pandemic, nothing.
Instead they started to implement a police state throughout the EU the founders of the DDR could only dream of.

The last I read, the virus has a two week incubation period. So if you’re saying people need to have a negative test within the last 2 to 3 days whenever they want to go outside, that’s a particular level of impracticality. You can get vaccinated, and carry the proof around with you when you need it.

But you still dodged the responsibility for dragging Nazis into the conversation because you don’t want to have to show papers. And you’re then claiming that milder symptoms and lower death rates don’t save lives. So you’re just talking nonsense.

Sure, Omicron and Delta appear to be better at evading the immune system, but the vaccine still prevents these known variants from killing people out right, and we suspect that weakened symptoms also imply there is less long-term organ damage. The vaccine also prevents transmission of the main virus which is still out there in the wild. There are also unknown mutations of the virus that may be being stopped short by bumping into our group immunity.

Anyway, I don’t need one more asshole in my life politicizing the virus and the steps that people are taking to get past it. Yes, the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poor. But citizens can still do their part to try and help their neighbors not catch this horrible disease, and that’s what this is about. I won’t be arguing politics with you any further.

[benjipwns]

Hey I heard you were a mild one

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Uh, did anyone notice where the trend lines start on the Y-axis AND X-axis.

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/JimmyTraina/status/1468981212169523211