Coronavirus...post your thoughts here...

[LostBear]

The fact is the planet is overpopulated with humans and whenever you have large populations of any creature, there is a risk of disease outbreaks. This happens on farms, in fish tanks, aviaries, and in human towns/ cities. Combine that with global warming, fires destroying the bush, people hunting and eating wild animals, and the pH in the oceans about to drop, I don't have a lot of hope left for the human race or any other species on the planet.

I agree with you Colin. Our greed and fecundity and sheer hubris have made us agents of our own destruction. Perhaps we have unwittingly slowed global waeming though.

In the UK our Beloved PM "cancelled Christmas" because of the new, virulent strain, and gave an 8 hour window before the restrictions came into effect. Cue the selfish idiots CRAMMING onto trains to get out to family in other parts of the country. (My word - who could possibly have expected that to happen?) They will, of course, carry it with them.

So we will have more deaths and tougher lockdowns = more loss of business/jobs = no money = no spending = reduction in manufacturing = less fossil fuel emissions = lower rate of global warming. Also greater starvation globally, including developed countries, and healths services being overloaded increasing the deaths and reducing the population. Our politicians will get what they want - a desperate labour force struggling for survival, and they will be personally cushioned against the worst effects. However I think the ship sailed long ago re:stopping the global warming rot altogether.

 

[itiwhetu]

I don't like rushed vaccines, if people would have done what they were told this vaccine roll out would not have been needed. NZ is covid free because we listened to the government and then looked after each other by staying away.

 

[LostBear]

I don't like rushed vaccines, if people would have done what they were told this vaccine roll out would not have been needed. NZ is covid free because we listened to the government and then looked after each other by staying away.

You are also blessed with a PM who puts the country before personal aggrandisement and personal again.

 

[seangee]

Perhaps we have unwittingly slowed global waeming though.

Or made it worse.
The first lockdown was great for air quality and the difference was really noticeable, even more so for me as I live between Heathrow and Gatwick. Today the traffic is pretty much back to normal levels. Lots of people are working from home and lots of people are not working at all but...

People are understandably reluctant to use our overcrowded and overpriced public transport system for commuting. So suddenly a lot of people are using cars when they would normally use public transport, and I believe that around the major cities air quality is actually worse than BC (before covid).

 

[snailaquarium]

There's a pretty good chance I will be in the 99 group.

People are understandably reluctant to use our overcrowded and overpriced public transport system for commuting.

I think with the loss of income the price of train tickets will go through the roof. I once found it cost just as much for me to drive to my train station in Northampton, park there for the day, buy a return ticket to london for same day travel which was in itself off-peak times, as it was for me to drive 60 miles to london and buy a day car park ticket which itself cost like £25. Plus in my car I get the luxury of parking wherever I like near my destination and not prat about with the underground. I went from Northampton station to Havant (I think) station once, took like 5 hours.

 

[seangee]

I think with the loss of income the price of train tickets will go through the roof. I once found it cost just as much for me to drive to my train station in Northampton, park there for the day, buy a return ticket to london for same day travel which was in itself off-peak times, as it was for me to drive 60 miles to london and buy a day car park ticket which itself cost like £25. Plus in my car I get the luxury of parking wherever I like near my destination and not prat about with the underground. I went from Northampton station to Havant (I think) station once, took like 5 hours.

Technically I am based in the city. When we were working in the office I used a local office (comfortable cycling distance). But for me to get the 34 miles into the city took 2.5 hours each way and cost over £50 - so I confess, it was motorcycle every time. Not surprisingly that still takes longer than it took when I worked for the big credit card company in your neck of the woods (85 miles away), and at least that was a pleasant ride if you stayed off the motorways.

 

[LostBear]

Or made it worse.
The first lockdown was great for air quality and the difference was really noticeable, even more so for me as I live between Heathrow and Gatwick. Today the traffic is pretty much back to normal levels. Lots of people are working from home and lots of people are not working at all but...

People are understandably reluctant to use our overcrowded and overpriced public transport system for commuting. So suddenly a lot of people are using cars when they would normally use public transport, and I believe that around the major cities air quality is actually worse than BC (before covid).

Good point. I hadn't thought of that.

 

[snailaquarium]

I worked for the big credit card company in your neck of the woods (85 miles away),

If you mean Barclaycard I worked there very briefly.

 

[emeraldking]

The new mutation of the virus has showed up overhere as well. Now the the goverment is worrying wether the vaccins that will be used in January will be sufficient enough.

 

[LostBear]

The new mutation of the virus has showed up overhere as well. Now the the goverment is worrying wether the vaccins that will be used in January will be sufficient enough.

I'm so sorry. This is just awful for everyone.

 

[Naughts]

The new mutation of the virus has showed up overhere as well. Now the the goverment is worrying wether the vaccins that will be used in January will be sufficient enough.

According to our news there is no indication that the vaccine won't be effective on this strain of the virus. The big panic is that it is spreading faster and pushing the R rate up. Cases here are expected to double weekly. I hope you have better management so that you can stop the spread before it goes too far to control.

 

[eatyourpeas]

I found this interesting:

Thread by @WheatNOil on Thread Reader App

@WheatNOil: The mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) are kind of brilliant at a science level. I’ve had a few people in my real non-Twitter life ask me to explain how it works so I’m going to try...

threadreaderapp.com

 

[snailaquarium]

Well the UK likely to be in another national lockdown thanks to the new strain ?

 

[Colin_T]

The eastern half of Australia is closing borders again due to another outbreak in New South Wales. The idiots don't get it or don't care because people are crossing state borders while they have the virus and the dumb government lets them.

Seriously, if the virus is in a state, don't let anyone out of that state. How hard is that?

It does my head in, idiots that go around deliberately spreading it, and idiot governments saying, the virus is here so we will close the border in a couple of days time. If you want to go interstate, do it now before we close the border.
What The Fuplie. Why let them out when they have the virus?

AHHHH AHHHHH GOING NUTS

 

[Kyle E.]

pushing the R rate up

What is an "R rate"?

NO ONE wears masks when they don't have to around here. They just don't care. Like comon people just use half a brain cell for once.