Reply to: Covid Vaccine fiasco

[Old Greg]

Life's a bitch, and then you die.

Unless life’s pretty good. And then you die.

[BR14]

Life's a bitch, and then you die.

[minestrone]

Life is conception.

[malvolio]

Whether a virus is classed as a living organism is a debatable subject in the scientific world. An just to put the spanner in the works, some (rare) viruses can attract or make the conditions suitable for bacterial infections.

Agreed. "Life" requires reproduction and exhibiting negative entropy: since a virus is basically a chunk of RNA or DNA in a protein shell, it can do the former but not the latter since they don't feed, getting their energy by subverting the host cell. I'm not sure that the relevant authority has included them in the plant or animal Kingdoms yet, although they have their own taxonomy. But it's been a long time since I had to take an interest in such details!

[Paddy]

I'd say yes. Whether it is alive is another matter.

Whether a virus is classed as a living organism is a debatable subject in the scientific world. An just to put the spanner in the works, some (rare) viruses can attract or make the conditions suitable for bacterial infections.

[ladymuck]

Is a virus an organism?

I'd say yes. Whether it is alive is another matter.

[Old Greg]

You do know bacteria and viruses are different organisms?

I suggest you dig out a GCSE textbook so you understand this.

Is a virus an organism?

[minestrone]

We are weeks ahead of the Europeans. And Americans.

There is cleary British level shiftiness going on.

Coronavirus: Israel leads vaccine race with 12% given jab - BBC News

I'm guessing Israel and us got the same initial volume. The numbers look right.

MI6 and Mossad must have have blackmailed the same person.

France though.

[malvolio]

Nah, more fun winding up the blowhards who remember more of their education than I.

That's not fun, merely tedious time-wasting. And making you read a long boring post or two from someone who's not been fooled for a minute. As for boasting about it, that's merely showing off

[Hobosapien]

You do know bacteria and viruses are different organisms?

I suggest you dig out a GCSE textbook so you understand this.

Nah, more fun winding up the blowhards who remember more of their education than I.

If they are AI sockies then that is a tad embarassing however.

[malvolio]

That's not nice.

True. Apologies for over-reacting. However...

I think he needs to go back to basics - after all everyday is a learning day.

There's been enough written about the vaccine and how it works (it's not a killed or live attenuated one like smallpox or flu, it triggers the human immune response directly by imitating viral transfer RNA. Bacteria are fought with chemicals that attach to key proteins within the bacteria and kill them or prevent them reproducing directly) that comments such as Hobosapien's are only demonstrating an unwillingness to learn. Or deliberate feigned ignorance which is every bit as stupid and counter-productive.

[jayn200]

Less than 1% get into medical school, then it's 5 years, then it's 2 years of 100 hours.

And then you get hit with "may not realise"

Show me 1% stats... I bet it's above 10% and might even be as high as 30-40%.

Just talking raw acceptance rates. Since most apply to multiple schools i bet the number applying who get accepted to at least 1 med school is above 50%...

Now if you mean out of total population going to University in general well then you can say that about a bunch of degrees... Of course it's a specialized area only a small sub segment of the population will even apply to go to med school but your <1% figure is just wrong.

[SueEllen]

Seems you understand f*** all about the subject. Probably best keep quiet.

That's not nice.

I think he needs to go back to basics - after all everyday is a learning day.

[SueEllen]

So like the actual covid it only takes a small amount to get a foothold in a weakened vulnerable person, so why are they faffing around with two stage doses when they can just aerosol the fake virus in care homes and public places and let the immune system do its thing like what happens when catching the real virus.

If the fake virus, aka vaccine, was as good as the real thing it would be as effective in the elderly as the real thing when distributed the same way.

Seems they rushed out a piss-poor fake virus that is barely fit for purpose.

You do know bacteria and viruses are different organisms?

I suggest you dig out a GCSE textbook so you understand this.

[malvolio]

So like the actual covid it only takes a small amount to get a foothold in a weakened vulnerable person, so why are they faffing around with two stage doses when they can just aerosol the fake virus in care homes and public places and let the immune system do its thing like what happens when catching the real virus.

If the fake virus, aka vaccine, was as good as the real thing it would be as effective in the elderly as the real thing when distributed the same way.

Seems they rushed out a piss-poor fake virus that is barely fit for purpose.

Seems you understand f*** all about the subject. Probably best keep quiet.