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Haha so ******* true.
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) discussion
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Haha so ******* true.
Yes, it actually is. COVID is not some magic disease that bypasses physics. It's an airborne/droplet spread disease. Masks that are effective against all other diseases of this type are—surprise, surprise—effective against COVID too.
Get your head out of your ass.
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US Energy Department report concludes calling it the Chinese Virus is fair, it probably WAS the result of a laboratory leak at the Wuhan Institute.
No doubt the WHO will still walk on eggshells in awe ( or something) of their friends in China.
news.sky.com
No doubt the WHO will still walk on eggshells in awe ( or something) of their friends in China.
COVID-19 most likely leaked from Wuhan lab, says US Energy Department
A classified intelligence report concluded that the virus which sparked the pandemic probably came from a Chinese lab but was not part of a weapons program.
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US Energy Department report concludes calling it the Chinese Virus is fair, it probably WAS the result of a laboratory leak at the Wuhan Institute.
No doubt the WHO will still walk on eggshells in awe ( or something) of their friends in China.
COVID-19 most likely leaked from Wuhan lab, says US Energy Department
A classified intelligence report concluded that the virus which sparked the pandemic probably came from a Chinese lab but was not part of a weapons program.
Just catching up on the years media are we Chris?
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It was in this morning's papers, here's but one example:
www.express.co.uk
Covid pandemic caused by 'unintentional Wuhan lab leak'
The US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee report asserts that the pandemic "was, more likely than not, the result of a research-related incident".
www.express.co.uk
Nothing in your link about the US Energy Department saying anything about calling it the "Chinese virus".US Energy Department report concludes calling it the Chinese Virus is fair, it probably WAS the result of a laboratory leak at the Wuhan Institute.
No doubt the WHO will still walk on eggshells in awe ( or something) of their friends in China.
COVID-19 most likely leaked from Wuhan lab, says US Energy Department
A classified intelligence report concluded that the virus which sparked the pandemic probably came from a Chinese lab but was not part of a weapons program.
Whether it came from a lab leak in Wuhan has no bearing on naming it. The alternative is that it came from a wet market in Wuhan. What difference would knowing definitely where it came from change the naming convention?
What is it about the name "Covid" that you find difficult?
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It is constructed to hide its origins for political reasons. The World Health Organisation have been useless and pandered to China from the start, probably from before the published date of the start.
Any global organisation whose head wanted the butcher Robert Mugabe as their "Special Envoy" has to be treated with disdain and total distrust. Even Tedrhos' election is mired in controversy.
Any global organisation whose head wanted the butcher Robert Mugabe as their "Special Envoy" has to be treated with disdain and total distrust. Even Tedrhos' election is mired in controversy.
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What are you blathering on about now?
Probably that it doesnt have any racist overtones to it.
Pound shop Trump.
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As far as the WHO goes they've far from covered themselves in glory with this pandemic and often shown themselves not fit for purpose even baring in mind sometimes there are other reasons for why they might give advice which at face value looks wrong as they have to balance a whole raft of considerations like the impact on poorer parts of the world economically, etc. etc.
As far as the origins of this virus I'd speculate if a lab leak may have originated almost anywhere in the world as it has likely been through a number of steps before becoming something which was notable, even if there is a connection to the Wuhan labs though the most simple explanation is those labs. For instance Italian and Chinese researchers were working together on various developments involving these kind of viruses, including live, in recent years.
As far as the origins of this virus I'd speculate if a lab leak may have originated almost anywhere in the world as it has likely been through a number of steps before becoming something which was notable, even if there is a connection to the Wuhan labs though the most simple explanation is those labs. For instance Italian and Chinese researchers were working together on various developments involving these kind of viruses, including live, in recent years.
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So you are saying its the Italian virus then? Gotcha.
Where do you believe it originated from Tony?
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The outbreak? China.
So you are saying its the Italian virus then? Gotcha.
I suspect it was pulled to avoid a potential witch hunt than anything dubious but there was a lot of relevant material pulled in the early days of the pandemic related to research in Italy along the lines of stuff like this:
An efficient method to make human monoclonal antibodies from memory B cells: potent neutralization of SARS coronavirus - Nature Medicine
Passive serotherapy can confer immediate protection against microbial infection, but methods to rapidly generate human neutralizing monoclonal antibodies are not yet available. We have developed an improved method for Epstein-Barr virus transformation of human B cells. We used this method to...
www.nature.com
Some of them involved manipulating live viruses and had links to Wuhan. There is also an open/disputed question as to how early traces of COVID or a related virus existed pre the supposed start of the pandemic in Italy.
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These anti mask lot are pretty desperate.
Face masks may raise risk of stillbirths, disputed study claims
The German academics who carried out the research believe masks create a pocket of dead space between the mouth and mask, which traps the toxic gas.www.dailymail.co.uk
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Though the local district hospital is seeing a minor surge the virus seems to have gone non-existent around here and you'd barely know COVID was a thing. Wonder how long it'll last.
I'm guessing a lot of people who are links in the chain had it around Christmas and/or booster/vaccination and still has enough of an immune response to limit its activity for now.
I'm guessing a lot of people who are links in the chain had it around Christmas and/or booster/vaccination and still has enough of an immune response to limit its activity for now.
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Presumably the fact that the newer variants of XBB are almost identical to the first version of it is probably playing a part too.
Looks like the wave we just had since Feb/March was a little flatter compared to previous ones -
health-study.joinzoe.com
Latest Daily UK COVID-19 Data: Vaccines, Cases, Trends | ZOE
COVID infection & vaccination rates in the UK today, based on public data and reports from millions of users of the ZOE Health Study app
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Since having Covid, my reactions to mosquito bites are awful. GP said the last time I had bad bites, I have Skeeter Syndrome. An allergy to a component in mozzie salvia.
Has anyone else noticed bad reactions to any insect bites since having Covid
Has anyone else noticed bad reactions to any insect bites since having Covid
Seems a bit difficult to attribute that purely to covid. I've had bites from insects resulting in varied reactions, from mild to big blistery things and that was before covid.
Not saying you are wrong as such, just think some people have become hyper aware of everything where in the past they wouldn't have stopped to think about it.