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[UK] Covid: Africa travel restrictions over variant fear
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carlosrox
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It's the new retardation.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
This shit is never going away, huh?
McCheese
Member
It's pretty terrifying from what I'm told, it's far more mutated than it should be and they suspect it's already the main variant in that region in just a matter of days. Probably not umbrella corporation level bad, but I hope you are all prepared for another lockdown.
Supposedly it barely resembles the original variant, and almost every change is for the worst - they are questioning if Rockstar games released it
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T8SC
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BouncyFrag
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T8SC
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nush
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BouncyFrag
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They voted themselves out of the EU, who TF still pays attention to what the Brits say? In 100 years they lost their empire, their politics is dominated by rich boys coming from privileged background with no connection to reality. Honestly now.
Yeh and because of it managed to get their vaccination programme in order and faster.
fran.fernandez
Member
Luckily here in japan people are getting vaccinated (80% in 6 months?) and virtually everybody is using mask, even in big parties, not only client but even the dj 
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cases are down to 2 digits in Osaka and no deaths. Strange that here with huge old population the news about dying people are mostly around 20-30 years old (no vaccinated).
.cases are down to 2 digits in Osaka and no deaths. Strange that here with huge old population the news about dying people are mostly around 20-30 years old (no vaccinated).
They've said this before, AZ too.
But if that is 100 days to push the start button on mass production that is too long as it'll be many more days before you've got it into any meaningful number of arms and you're still just hoping that regulators go 'sure, why not' instead of waiting for trials etc.
I still find it strange we're jabbing people based on the original Wuhan sample and not a tweak for Delta. Whilst the efficacy is still good for hospitalisations and deaths, any bump is surely worth it and can be a trial run for such tweaks.
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DeepBreath87
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If you think broader societies will accept getting a shot every six months for the rest of their lives to participate in basic functions like holding a job or entering a store, you’re naive. Further, your comparison is ridiculous to the point of parody. When they start telling people they can’t work unless they prove that went to the dentist in the past six months, you’d have an argument.“You telling me I might have to spend five minutes every six months getting a safe and effective jab?
”Rage against the dying of the light! Riot! Riot against them and their evil five minutes every sixth month mandate!”
Come on lad, stop being silly. No-one apart from the fruitcakes is going to give that much of a fuck about semi-regular jabs until covid is under control.
You get your teeth checked just as much
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Cockles & Whelks
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Wasn't Omicron a Transformer?
Putonahappyface
Member
Another Christmas lock down incoming.
DeepBreath87
Banned
Not for me friend. Hopefully not for you either.Another Christmas lock down incoming.
Putonahappyface
Member
I won't have much of a say in it if Boris and the groovy gang decide otherwise.
DeepBreath87
Banned
I don’t think Boris and his friends can stop you from seeing your family on Christmas.
Cyberpunkd
Member
No, it’s because they made a gamble and put all their eggs in one basket with AZ. EU has nothing to do with it.
funkygunther
Banned
UK got Pfizer too
Rayven_king
Member
They haven't locked out Hong Kong as wellWow. Incredible how the UK didn’t lock out India when delta started to spread, but somehow it’s different with Africa?
Wonder what the difference was?
Fuck off Boris.
Woopah
Member
We got used to people having influenza jabs every single year, so I think we'll get used to it with COVID.
doesn’t matter , it probably is everywhere already and this explains the rise in the EU for the past 2 weeks, the question is why didn’t the smart scientists detect it early with all those PCr tests ..They haven't locked out Hong Kong as well
Cockles & Whelks
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And instead of just urging people to get AZ, Von-Useless used it as a political football in Europe. So people never turned up for their jabs.
Because Europe doesn't do much testing compared to UK. Germany is one of the worst, hence their figures are likely way, way worse.
that’s why I said smart scientists.. most think they can outsmart this all
i am Dutch and our numbers are terrible , we went into evening lock down since yesterday . Hospitalization is also bad , this is with a close to 87% vaccinated population btw Germany has lower vaccination numbers .
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Cockles & Whelks
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that’s why I said smart scientists.. most think they can outsmart this all
i am Dutch and our numbers are terrible , we went into evening lock down since yesterday . Hospitalization is also bad , this is with a close to 87% vaccinated population btw Germany has lower vaccination numbers .
Bizarelly in the UK, we hit 50k cases, but the hospitalisations are still going down. Hopefully if that trend continues we might escape total lockdown. Omicron not included.
Wife had it a few weeks ago, 1 day feeling shit, and then was fine. It's screwed up her sense of taste which she's pissed about. Few other friends have it at moment, all pretty much same feedback. Light flu and sense of smell/taste gone. All double vaccinated.
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FunkMiller
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You wait til they start telling people they have to give them money every month, and put belts on in cars, and not take cocaine… otherwise they’ll actually get arrested! They’ll riot then! Definitely.
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Of course they’ll accept it if they have to get a jab regularly. Because it’s not a big deal in the slightest. Only a hardcore group of loony anti-vaxxers will keep kicking off about it. Most people just won’t care, and have other more important things to worry about.
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FunkMiller
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Gasp. An actual, sensibly written article on Sky News that doesn’t sensationalise unnecessarily for the sake of fear porn clicks:
chromhound
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The virus is probably everywhere already lol
Cyberpunkd
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I don’t negate EU also screwed up with AZ rollout, but the company promising and then not delivering didn’t help.
Putonahappyface
Member
If a curfew is put in place police will be driving around to issue huge fines, or possibly even detain people.
And Moderna.
DeepBreath87
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You sure love your false comparisons. Of course none of them are even remotely as invasive as saying you must be vaccinated to hold a job so they aren’t even worth addressing. This is a vaccine they clearly falsely represented as both highly effective and durable. One that apparently may already be irrelevant if what they’re saying about “omicron” turns out to be the case.
But any conversation with you is a dead end. I remember you from the covid thread, so I knew that before I entered into the conversation. Hopefully your next booster can be a suppository so you can both literally and figuratively bend over and take it up the ass as you clearly are so eager to do. I think you’ll find most people aren’t nearly as comfortable with the sensation as you are.
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Whitecrow
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Thing is, people who braggs about saying that the government is the evil, that wants to end freedom and wants people fucked up wont ever change opinion.
Sure, the government are not saints, but as in everything, the truth is in the grays.
If I must take a shot every 6 months to give my two cents to the global health, i do it, even if I think im sucking farma's dicks.
I just help as I can and move on with my life.
Better preventing, that having the chance to fuck someone up because my ideology.
Sure, the government are not saints, but as in everything, the truth is in the grays.
If I must take a shot every 6 months to give my two cents to the global health, i do it, even if I think im sucking farma's dicks.
I just help as I can and move on with my life.
Better preventing, that having the chance to fuck someone up because my ideology.
DeepBreath87
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The question isn’t whether they are evil. The question is whether someone should be required to take a medication they don’t want to hold a job or function in society. Whether they should have to provide “proof” to eat in a restaurant or sit in a theater. Whether that is a direction you want society to go. Because it’s not a power I want the government to have personally.
I don’t have a problem with the shots. I got my first two. I might get another, although I also had breakthrough covid a month ago, so I don’t need to worry about covid for a while. Regardless, the question isn’t whether requiring shots is a good idea or whether it will help the pandemic. Covid isn’t really that big of a deal compared to completely changing the nature of human society.
Maybe you don’t remember 2 years ago, but I do. The idea in 2019 that the governments in free countries would be forcing people to take medicine against their will or remove them from society was completely unthinkable. I am fundamentally against giving the government that much power over day to day life of people. The government doesn’t need to know whether I’ve been a good boy when I’m going out for lunch.
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T8SC
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Two cases of new variant of Covid detected in UK - BBC News
To the surprise of nobody. Introverts rejoice, you can stay inside again.
Sybrix
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I am/was all for getting vaxed, im double jabbed, will get booster when im called up for the following reasons:
1. I want complete protection
2. I dont want to suffer severe Covid
3. Protect others (if im vaxxed, my immune system will suppress and or not worsen by symptoms thus reducing the chances of me spreading it)
However, given the Omicron variant and many other inevitable variants that will come, it will lead to further boosters to counter these new mutations............ where does it end? How does it end?
I'm not keen on getting booster shots every 6 months to battle every variant that causes issues, along with possible restrictions.
We'll see how Omicron changes Xmas this year, the way govt and the world is reacting now i can see restrictions being brought back in within weeks.
1. I want complete protection
2. I dont want to suffer severe Covid
3. Protect others (if im vaxxed, my immune system will suppress and or not worsen by symptoms thus reducing the chances of me spreading it)
However, given the Omicron variant and many other inevitable variants that will come, it will lead to further boosters to counter these new mutations............ where does it end? How does it end?
I'm not keen on getting booster shots every 6 months to battle every variant that causes issues, along with possible restrictions.
We'll see how Omicron changes Xmas this year, the way govt and the world is reacting now i can see restrictions being brought back in within weeks.
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DeepBreath87
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People say this stuff like they’re passive observers in their own society. You want to know how it ends? It ends when we decide to put people in charge who will choose another path. When people speak up a bit and demand answers to obvious questions like the ones you asked here, then we will actually get somewhere.
Sybrix
Member
Speak up where/when?
Polling booth 2024?
Also, what i said is coming to my mind now, i haven't been thinking about this for the past 2 years, im all for govts imposing lockdowns etc for the benefit of the country.
But now im asking how many and whats the endgame?
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DeepBreath87
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If you’re all for lockdowns, then why should it matter how many? Or how many boosters? You clearly aren’t all for them or you wouldn’t even ask. You’d just dutifully comply like a good boy. What difference does it make how many or how long? You’re all for it anyway.
And yes, you speak with your votes. Stop voting for people that refuse to answer basic questions. Stop voting for people who treat basic rights like leaving your home as a privilege you only get to exercise if you validate that you’ve complied with their rules that haven’t worked out like the promised anyway. Talk to you friends and family. Don’t preach. Just get them thinking about where this is all headed and whether that’s a place we want to go.
I’m not saying to march in the streets. Im saying ask the right questions. Talk to people around you. Don’t just sit back and passively go along with everything. Your question about where this is going is a reasonable one and we all deserve an answer to it.
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Sybrix
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I ‘comply like a good boy’ because I believe that measures such as lockdowns were the right response to the pandemic.
I’m free to change my mind on lockdowns whenever I want dependent on the information at the time.
I don’t see the Labour Party offering much different or any other party for that matter offering alternatives to how things are being done now.
As far as I can see, you leave the nation to go about restrictionless and no encouragement on getting vaxxed then the NHS is overrun and cannot function as a service
DeepBreath87
Banned
I encourage you to ask where this is going and whether it is somewhere you actually want to go.
Kenpachii
Member
So what is your solution then? to stop hospitals from dying out?
DeepBreath87
Banned
Hospitals from dying out? I assume you mean becoming overcrowded? Oh I don’t know. But there are plenty of places with lax restrictions where that is not happening. So I don’t think it’s a choice we even have to make.
And look, if this omicron shit turns out the be the Black Plague, so be it. Shut it down. But I am not just taking the word of these people who have been wrong time and time again. South Africa will need turn into Europe circa 1350 for me to be on board with this lockdown nonsense.
Kenpachii
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What are those magical places? i bet its something like norway where u got like 3 trillion miles of land with 10 people living on it. In my country this new covid shit will 100% force us into lockdown if it enters our country. I am for all travel bans.
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ManaByte
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If that's all true/accurate then it's going to spread, simple as. No amount of fuckery with lockdowns and isolation will stop it.
Lets all place bets on where the next mutation will originate. I'm going with Turkmenistan.
I'm thinking the American South East where dumbasses won't get a fucking shot. Maybe the Appalachian area. They can call it the Mountain Dew Mouth variant.
DeepBreath87
Banned
That’s weird you would say that. Those dumbasses have the lowest rates of covid on the country right now. And very very few, if any restrictions.
FunkMiller
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As posted in other thread... this *COULD* be a much milder variant of covid... which would make perfect sense, as it would mean the disease is behaving like other coronaviruses.