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DOOM: "Omicron Covid cases ‘doubling every two to three days’ in UK"

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    #41
    Well yes, it's obviously different or else it wouldn't be novel, but it is still a strain of flu!

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      #42
      Originally posted by mattster View Post
      Well yes, it's obviously different or else it wouldn't be novel, but it is still a strain of flu!
      "Flu" just like "Coronavirus" are classes of viruses.

      SARS-CoV-2 is a coronavirus, but it's not a strain of MERS which also is (or was) coronavirus.

      Any more questions, son?

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        #43
        Originally posted by AtW View Post

        Any more questions, son?
        No, I am giving up.

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          #44
          Originally posted by mattster View Post
          No, I am giving up.


          Winners never give up - you should have been more diligent in your Bio 'n Chemical Weapons 101 course.

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            #45
            Originally posted by AtW View Post

            Winners never give up - you should have been more diligent in your Bio 'n Chemical Weapons 101 course.
            Those Russians....
            "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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              #46
              "BBC exclusive: The number of people needing hospital treatment from the Omicron variant may reach at least 1,000 a day in England by the end of the year without extra restrictions being put in place - Sage scientists have told ministers. 1/n"


              Thread: https://twitter.com/jim_reed/status/1468593513034039299


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                #47
                Originally posted by NigelJK View Post
                Is this the same Professor who ignores nearly 200 years of immunology research that says that if you have had Covid you are immune from catching the same strain again?
                Yes, and I think he's the same professor whose doom-laden advice led to the needless slaughter of tens of millions of healthy animals during the last Foot & Mouth epidemic
                Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ here

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                  #48
                  It's worth looking back at some of the threads over the last 2 years see who provided correct information and who ridiculed anything that upset them.
                  …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                    #49
                    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

                    Yes, and I think he's the same professor whose doom-laden advice led to the needless slaughter of tens of millions of healthy animals during the last Foot & Mouth epidemic
                    Any sort of role where you have to advise on how to prevent a potential bad outcome that isn't 100% certain to happen either way is a very tough gig. Whatever you advise is going to annoy someone, get it "right" and prevent the bad outcome, and some people will think the measures taken were too harsh, get it "wrong" and allow the outcome, and everyone will be on your back. See also: Climate change, IT security, Y2K etc.

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                      #50
                      Originally posted by mattster View Post
                      Well yes, it's obviously different or else it wouldn't be novel, but it is still a strain of flu!
                      Even if that is the case, so what? Laurel is a type of cherry but you wouldn't eat a big bowl of the berries.
                      Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                      I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                      Originally posted by vetran
                      Urine is quite nourishing

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