Freedom Day

[OwlHoot]

OY! Mods, when will this forum be freed from Gricer menace?

I find most of his posts quite interesting, and I think we should live and let live. It isn't as if he is trolling

[GJABS]

Oh I don't know, who wouldn't enjoy terrifying the great, great, great grandchildren.

Is he turning into a tree?

[_V_]

I'd rather be recycled at 30 than live to 150

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...arch-suggests/

Oh I don't know, who wouldn't enjoy terrifying the great, great, great grandchildren.

[ladymuck]

Then we will progress to like "Logan's Run"

Get to 30 and you are recycled .

I'd rather be recycled at 30 than live to 150

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...arch-suggests/

[mallisarealperson]

How does South African variant and Indian variant both presumably more transmissible and dangerous play along with that logic?

I assume as the virus evolves it comes into contact with more people, and individuals develop immunity/or not. I thought a variant got it's name because of where it was first detected.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...2Fvariant.html

[Great Britten]

Inneresting.

Glad to see I've taken up yet more of your time, Greenfly

[ravenshaw]

It won't be when I am quaffing endless glasses of Croft Original in the BA lounge at Heathrow.

Inneresting.

Last year, after having enjoyed a surfeit of Croft Original in the evening sunshine

To be honest, I was kind of on autopilot as I didn't sleep last night & I was feeling the 5 glasses of Croft Original.

As you al know, I personally don't indulge in the amber nectar myself (except a small glass of Croft Original on special occasions)

I think I may have overdone the Croft Original last night

[GigiBronz]

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00396-2

How does South African variant and Indian variant both presumably more transmissible and dangerous play along with that logic?

[mallisarealperson]

I wouldn't worry too much about that. Covid will probably still be with us 5 years from now but with potentially stronger mutations. There isn't a strong incentive to stop it as you see. More to patch an attempt...

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00396-2

The coronavirus is here to stay — here’s what that means

A Nature survey shows many scientists expect the virus that causes COVID-19 to become endemic, but it could pose less danger over time.

In January, Nature asked more than 100 immunologists, infectious-disease researchers and virologists working on the coronavirus whether it could be eradicated. Almost 90% of respondents think that the coronavirus will become endemic — meaning that it will continue to circulate in pockets of the global population for years to come

[GigiBronz]

I think that is a good long term plan to save the planet. I'm sure the next virus to accidentally escape from a viral research lab will be better targeted.

I wouldn't worry too much about that. Covid will probably still be with us 5 years from now but with potentially stronger mutations. There isn't a strong incentive to stop it as you see. More to patch an attempt...