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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Well, I've been slammed for my views in real life by people I never though would do so. Covid sure has brought out the worse in people... We told you earlier about the tennis players confined to their hotel rooms for two weeks before the Australian Open, having arrived on a flight with infected travellers....then again it just reminds me of what I got told over 50 years ago - What goes in sober, comes out drunk. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19369 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Report: Anti-Vaccine Groups Collected Federal Covid Relief Funds Several groups that have misleadingly questioned the safety of Covid-19 vaccines earned over $850,000 in federal coronavirus relief funding last year, the Washington Post reported Monday, leading some critics to question why organizations that could erode public health efforts qualified for large government-backed Paycheck Protection Program loans. Key Facts |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11414 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
Report: Anti-Vaccine Groups Collected Federal Covid Relief FundsSeveral groups that have misleadingly questioned the safety of Covid-19 vaccines earned over $850,000 in federal coronavirus relief funding last year, the Washington Post reported Monday, leading some critics to question why organizations that could erode public health efforts qualified for large government-backed Paycheck Protection Program loans. Why not, the inmates are running the asylum. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36608 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
At the end of the last reporting period the world's case tally has reached 95,994,967 while 2,048,631 deaths have been registered. :-( Now for the latest case race place changes. Cyprus has taken 103rd spot from Australia with Cameroon, Zimbabwe and Mozambique in a race to see who's next to pass Australia while Zambia jumped over Estonia and Uganda into 98th (though Uganda hasn't reported in for a while due to their dubious elections), Latvia nudged Montenegro out of 91st as Nigeria knocked Libya out of 77th, Slovenia and Guatemala passed Greece to claim 66th and 67th respectively and Malaysia flew over Palestine, Moldova, Egypt and Kuwait to land in 61st. Bolivia removed Costa Rica from 54th as Belarus slipped past Croatia to claim 48th, Lebanon displaced Georgia from 44th while Japan swept Jordan out of 39th, South Africa blew Iran from 15th and Spain is breaking records as it tries to chase down Italy and Turkey. Meanwhile in the U.S. California has passed 3 million infections along with over 33,700 deaths which has prompted the air quality regulator to temporarily suspend cremation limits for LA County amid 'backlog' from pandemic. Well that's it for now. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30981 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Meanwhile in the U.S. California has passed 3 million infections along with over 33,700 deaths which has prompted the air quality regulator to temporarily suspend cremation limits for LA County amid 'backlog' from pandemic. The press does is usual terrible job reporting this. Having 4 permits on the wall, it specifies the number of pounds that can be cremated per month. The amount is far in excess of the amount the cremation chamber can actually do. Perhaps some places sought permits with lower limits but that is rather short sighted. In any case the permit fees are two components, one is a fixed amount to exist. The second is a fee based on the limit in pounds. The first is 99% of the cost and the second is 1%. Much easier and smarter to pay for some unused capacity. It comes in handy when all of a sudden all you get are obese cases and one of your competitors is down to fix equipment. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
My question to you all is; would you get either of the currently available vaccines? I will choose to wait at least 6 months and see what, if any, side effects turn up. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11414 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
I'll take the first one that is offered to me. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36608 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I'll take the first one that is offered to me.Me too. ;-) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21129 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
I'll take the first one that is offered to me.Me too. ;-) Personally, for myself, the choice is a "no-brainer": Simply yes, get vaccinated, at the first opportunity. The contents of the vaccines are vastly less dangerous than the multiple variants being randomly spread around by ignorant[*] people around the world. Stay safe folks! Martin *: "Ignorant" in the meaning that the people concerned are unaware and unknowing in that they cannot know for a few days that they themselves are infected and spreading yet more of the virus. Only later, far too late, do they start to notice any symptoms for themselves... See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19369 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
I'll take the first one that is offered to me.Me too. ;-) And me. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22504 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
As soon s it comes round for me, which I guess is another couple of months..... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36608 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I just have to wait until health/emergency workers and retirement/nursing home residents get done before I get mine. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Patel In a video call obtained by Guido Fawkes, the home secretary told Tory supporters she was an "advocate" of closing the borders 10 months ago.Bozo Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer asked Boris Johnson during Prime Minister's Questions why he "overruled the home secretary" on closing the borders last year.So why overrule her? History is filled with stable doors closed late. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36608 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
There are still some numbers missing from the last reporting period, but it's time for another update. The world's total case tally has now passed 97.2 million while the total death tally passes 2,081,600. :-( In the case race Zimbabwe has removed Australia (after 4 days without a locally acquired case being reported here and maybe the 5th depending on Western Australia's numbers being added for today) from 104th place with Mozambique following right on their heels and both ready to make more overtaking maneuvers (Mozambique more so), Sri Lanka replaced Afghanistan in 93rd while Norway nudged Singapore out of 88th, Honduras displaced Myanmar from 70th as Malaysia took 60th from Armenia, Lithuania slipped past Kazakhstan to claim 58th and Tunisia knocked Costa Rica from 55th. Slovakia jumped over Croatia and Azerbaijan to claim 48th after Belarus took 47th place from Azerbaijan while Lebanon removed the U.A.E. from 43rd, Panama became the 41st country to pass 300,000 cases and Switzerland became the 33rd to pass 500,000, Portugal took over 27th from Israel, Romania became the 23rd country to pass 700,000 infections as Czechia became the 21st to pass 900,000, Indonesia swept the Netherlands out of 19th and Italy blew Turkey out of 7th quickly followed Spain who is still setting new daily case records (over 41,500 now) and is positioned to blast Italy away next. In the death race Germany has now removed Colombia from 11th spot. Meanwhile the U.S. is now less than 1.4 million away from passing the combined totals of India (2nd), Brazil (3rd), Russia (4th) and the U.K. (5th). :-O |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21129 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
... [USA (1st),] India (2nd), Brazil (3rd), Russia (4th) and the U.K. (5th). :-O Here's hoping that at last, long long too late but at least at last, Boris is sounding like he is getting a little more serious to clear COVID from the UK: Covid: 'Too early' to say if lockdown will end in spring - Boris Johnson ... Speaking after a study suggested infections might have increased at the start of the latest lockdown in England, Mr Johnson said it was "absolutely crucial" that people observed the restrictions. Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36608 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Well since my latest update Spain has slipped in another correction of a massive 103,912 cases that took them well past Italy and 2.5 million cases and into 7th spot before setting themselves another new daily case record of 44,357 which took their current total past 2,560,580. :-O |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
It's not a house, so... In a statement, the school said its hall had been leased out. What the local Mayor had to say He added: "Unfortunately, similar events have taken place even at this venue before and we need to be really clear how unacceptable it is. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21129 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Somewhat deadly slow to the party, here in the UK we finally have perhaps the first clear message to go out, months after the event: Press release - New hard-hitting national TV ad urges the nation to stay at home wrote: Government launches new national campaign featuring hospital staff and COVID-19 patients to remind the public of the extreme pressures still facing the NHS. Will that convince the public to get serious about the continuing ongoing COVID pandemic to at long last get serious enough to put a stop to spreading it further? Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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