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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #3425 on: November 24, 2020, 12:06:07 PM »
Quote from: Beyoncé Castle on November 24, 2020, 11:20:37 AM
Anti-anti-vaccinator* petition.
*I refuse to call them "anti-vaxxers", because that's what they want to be called: they think that giving themselves an eccentrically-spelled abbreviation normalises them.

Twats, the lot of them.
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« Reply #3426 on: November 24, 2020, 08:49:20 PM »
Some dickhead on Twitter wrote "Covic is one big lie". I couldn't help myself and answered "Covic? Isn't he a tennis player?"

Though my Twitter profile is mainly about football, especially West Ham, sometimes I'll reply to idiots in the political sphere. Today I wrote a few. Some serious and sarcastic. You can see my profile here (or if you're just curious to see what I look like).

https://mobile.twitter.com/pauljk75
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« Reply #3427 on: November 24, 2020, 08:58:37 PM »
Quote from: ad_orientem on November 24, 2020, 08:49:20 PM
Some dickhead on Twitter wrote "Covic is one big lie". I couldn't help myself and answered "Covic? Isn't he a tennis player?"
My hat is doffed
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #3428 on: November 25, 2020, 07:12:49 PM »
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #3429 on: November 25, 2020, 07:36:43 PM »
Trail of incompetency, bits of corruption


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55061183
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #3430 on: November 26, 2020, 07:44:29 AM »
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #3431 on: November 26, 2020, 08:35:30 AM »

And the impact on women and unpaid care work

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55016842
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« Reply #3432 on: November 26, 2020, 01:25:58 PM »
Looks like there are questions over the claims made for the Oxford vaccine

https://www.ft.com/content/4583fbf8-b47c-4e78-8253-22efcfa4903a

In particular, their claim for 90% effective with the 1/2 dose and full dose treatment is questionable.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #3433 on: November 26, 2020, 07:31:42 PM »
While net worth does not mean cash in hand, the following stat is mind boggling: If Jeff Bezos gave every Amazon employee $105,000, then he would worth the same as he was pre Covid.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #3434 on: November 26, 2020, 11:05:46 PM »
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« Reply #3435 on: November 27, 2020, 06:52:08 AM »
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #3436 on: November 27, 2020, 10:46:53 AM »
CRAZY!  >:(
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #3437 on: November 27, 2020, 11:38:22 AM »
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« Reply #3438 on: November 27, 2020, 11:59:40 AM »
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Before we work on Artificial Intelligence shouldn't we address the problem of natural stupidity.

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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #3439 on: November 27, 2020, 12:05:07 PM »
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« Reply #3440 on: November 27, 2020, 12:57:00 PM »
Is there no end to their bullshittery?
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #3441 on: November 27, 2020, 01:03:18 PM »
Quote from: Trentvoyager on November 27, 2020, 12:57:00 PM
Is there no end to their bullshittery?
Yes the Huffington Post is absolutely full of it.
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« Reply #3442 on: November 27, 2020, 02:05:37 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on November 27, 2020, 12:05:07 PM
Wtf!


https://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/amp/entry/oxford-university-astrazeneca-vaccine-uk-flag-union-jack_uk_5fbfdd14c5b68ca87f827a0e/?ncid=other_twitter_cooo9wqtham&utm_campaign=share_twitter&__twitter_impression=true


But why? Though the Oxford vaccine was highly regarded and was one of the front runners in the race...it has had severe problems.  Pfizer and Moderna have beaten it to the post.

Also, there is  considerable confusion on whether its efficacy is 62% or 90 % or what  exactly.  There seems to have been some mistake on the doses given to some people which thereby brought out the higher efficacy. All very uncertain.

They plan to redo the trials I think.

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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #3443 on: November 27, 2020, 02:06:15 PM »
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« Reply #3444 on: November 27, 2020, 02:07:11 PM »
Quote from: Sriram on November 27, 2020, 02:05:37 PM

But why? Though the Oxford vaccine was highly regarded and was one of the front runners in the race...it has had severe problems.  Pfizer and Moderna have beaten it to the post.

Also, there is  considerable confusion on whether its efficacy is 62% or 90 % or what  exactly.  There seems to have been some mistake on the doses given to some people which thereby brought out the higher efficacy. All very uncertain.

They plan to redo the trials I think.
I think the request predates the issues with the results
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #3445 on: November 27, 2020, 02:14:41 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on November 27, 2020, 02:07:11 PM
I think the request predates the issues with the results

Well...ok.  They will probably withdraw the request in a hurry.....
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« Reply #3446 on: November 27, 2020, 07:46:41 PM »
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #3447 on: November 27, 2020, 07:48:43 PM »
Quote from: Sriram on November 27, 2020, 02:05:37 PM

But why? Though the Oxford vaccine was highly regarded and was one of the front runners in the race...it has had severe problems.  Pfizer and Moderna have beaten it to the post.

Also, there is  considerable confusion on whether its efficacy is 62% or 90 % or what  exactly.  There seems to have been some mistake on the doses given to some people which thereby brought out the higher efficacy. All very uncertain.

They plan to redo the trials I think.
What are the severe problems? I agree that the 90% figure is suspect, but they’ll just do more trials to get to the bottom of it.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #3448 on: November 27, 2020, 08:21:31 PM »
Quote from: jeremyp on November 27, 2020, 07:46:41 PM
There are no plans to put Union Jacks on doses. Somebody might have suggested it, but clearly the idea was never taken seriously.
Congratulations for agreeing on what was said
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« Reply #3449 on: November 27, 2020, 11:47:48 PM »
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I once tried using "chicken" as a password, but was told it must contain a capital so I tried "chickenkiev"
On another occasion, I tried "beefstew", but was told it wasn't stroganoff.
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