Reply to: 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...

[_V_]

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

Get to 30 and you are recycled .

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.

[Great Britten]

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

Get to 30 and you are recycled .

Yes, I don't believe any of this will happen. We've been listening to doom laden portents about the "New Normal" right through this pandemic and now it looks like they are rolling back all around the world. The much vaulted Green Pass in Israel, for instance, (which was going to serve as a blueprint for us) has now been scrapped.

I predict a full return to normality - apart from a small minority that will continue to wear masks even after the mandate has been lifted.

[mallisarealperson]

That is definitely on the cards. There will be an annual carbon allowance, and if it is exceeded, there will be lockdowns, smart meters will limit energy and cut of those that exceed it. Food rationing, banning of animal products, limits to clothing.

But to prevent the climate catastrophe, I welcome all of this, and hope the govt does the right thing here.

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/wor...ys-2021-05-14/

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

Get to 30 and you are recycled .

[_V_]

We will get lockdowns for a long time , there are also going to be climate lockdowns

That is definitely on the cards. There will be an annual carbon allowance, and if it is exceeded, there will be lockdowns, smart meters will limit energy and cut of those that exceed it. Food rationing, banning of animal products, limits to clothing.

But to prevent the climate catastrophe, I welcome all of this, and hope the govt does the right thing here.

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/wor...ys-2021-05-14/

[GigiBronz]

We will get lockdowns for a long time , there are also going to be climate lockdowns

Hope you are not implying that they raise the temperature of the planet...