[Chi_archie]

Lockdowns keep coming as they battle this Covid Scourge


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-57633457

[jjgold]

man its bizarre

World is fukked if this new variant affects vaccinated people

[shari91]

Yeah it’s not good. We just got out of lockdown where I live but I’m sure we’ll be plunged straight back in soon. Over 170 days of lockdown in the past 16 months where I am. And people keep asking why I’ve been quiet on here lately… I’ve been looking at the same walls for way too long now. Nothing to say because we were stuck at home and now that we’re free the rest of the bloody country has the spicy cough so we’ll be f’d again soon

[VeggieDog]

It's only for 2 weeks to flatten the curve.

[flyingillini]

When the news comes out that the vaccines don’t work for the variants the world will be in complete chaos. The biological weapon that was designed so that no vaccine can keep up with the variants. Only China will ever have the true vaccine to protect from the variants.

[RudyRuetigger]

Archie just throwing bait out there to see who bites


wow


archie do you want me to bite?

[Emily_Haines]

LOL

basically Canada2

[RudyRuetigger]

When the news comes out that the vaccines don’t work for the variants the world will be in complete chaos. The biological weapon that was designed so that no vaccine can keep up with the variants. Only China will ever have the true vaccine to protect from the variants.

I bet it comes around election time

[capitalist pig]

man its bizarre

World is fukked if this new variant affects vaccinated people

In the bbc link above it says that less than 5% of Australia is fully vaccinated, maybe that’s the problem.

[shari91]

It's only for 2 weeks to flatten the curve.

Yeah sure. Our last (4th) lockdown we were told we’d only need a 6 day “circuit breaker”. Seven weeks later we’re just finally a bit free. Still masks indoors though. So f’n sick of these masks and crap

[RudyRuetigger]

Mental and physical health are big time problems that will (is being) be created

Big pharma drugs will need to be prescribed to help this problem...thank god we have big pharma to save us




I am inside 16months of the year anyway so does not bother me but many lives will be fukked up from this

[semibluff]

The UK went into lock-down before Christmas. We were hoping to come out of it in April. That wasn't close to happening. The next date for re-opening was June 19. The UK government had to make a decision 7 days in advance of that date. By late May the daily positive test numbers had dropped from 25K+ per day to under 1K and everyone thought re-opening was a certainty. At the end of May the delta variant was detected in Manchester, (3rd largest UK city). By June 12 the daily positive numbers were up to 7.5K. The government pushed back the full re-opening date by 4 weeks with certain events, (such as Euro football matches and the F1 British Grand Prix), exempt from restrictions as a trial. 17 days later daily positive tests are now at 22.5K. There is little chance of a full re-opening in July. Almost all of the new cases are people with 1 or 0 inoculation jabs. Masks are mandatory in shops. Almost everyone over 30 wears a mask when in a shop. A sizeable minority of under 30-year-olds do not. They don't social distance either. Almost all cases are under 30-years-old. The attitude here for the majority of under 30-year-olds seems to be that they don't care.

I'm not telling people in other countries how to handle things. The UK is a high population density environment. What does, or doesn't, work here won't necessarily be replicated elsewhere.

[flyingillini]

What’s going to happen when it hits America , will things close again ..

[VeggieDog]

The UK went into lock-down before Christmas. We were hoping to come out of it in April. That wasn't close to happening. The next date for re-opening was June 19. The UK government had to make a decision 7 days in advance of that date. By late May the daily positive test numbers had dropped from 25K+ per day to under 1K and everyone thought re-opening was a certainty. At the end of May the delta variant was detected in Manchester, (3rd largest UK city). By June 12 the daily positive numbers were up to 7.5K. The government pushed back the full re-opening date by 4 weeks with certain events, (such as Euro football matches and the F1 British Grand Prix), exempt from restrictions as a trial. 17 days later daily positive tests are now at 22.5K. There is little chance of a full re-opening in July. Almost all of the new cases are people with 1 or 0 inoculation jabs. Masks are mandatory in shops. Almost everyone over 30 wears a mask when in a shop. A sizeable minority of under 30-year-olds do not. They don't social distance either. Almost all cases are under 30-years-old. The attitude here for the majority of under 30-year-olds seems to be that they don't care.

I'm not telling people in other countries how to handle things. The UK is a high population density environment. What does, or doesn't, work here won't necessarily be replicated elsewhere.

The media minister has said that “people who are important” should be entitled to avoid tough quarantine rules when travelling to the UK.

[semibluff]

The media minister has said that “people who are important” should be entitled to avoid tough quarantine rules when travelling to the UK.

As ever, rules made by politicians apply to everyone equally...except politicians...and their friends...and people who can pay to avoid them...or important people...and/or __________ [fill in the blank]. The UK recently hosted the G7 summit, and all 9 leaders, (seriously don't ask me why there were 9 people there), were leaders from countries on restricted travel lists that required them to isolate for 14 days after travel. Yeah, fukk those rules. The UK government is extremely unpopular with the public. We recently had 2 By-Elections. 1 was in a constituency dominated by the main opposition party and the other held by the in-government party. Both parties holding seats were absolutely kicked by voters. Politicians from both parties are currently viewed with utter contempt not seen since the Tottenham riots some years ago.

[KVB]

Lockdowns keep coming as they battle this Covid Scourge


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-57633457

COVID 19 bleeding well into the second half of 21

[semibluff]

Apologies for switching attention away from Australia. Lock-downs are tough on everyone going through them, and Australia also seems to have had a bad time of it with fires, floods, and drought in the past 12 months. From the outside Australia seems to have dealt with things better than some other countries. Good luck to Australia.

[masr]

What’s going to happen when it hits America , will things close again ..

Not in Florida or Texas
It's been open the whole pandemic time

[jjgold]

The delta variant deadly

[semibluff]

The delta variant deadly

It's difficult to tell from here. Most of the people getting it here are people whom you would expect to survive it and the number of deaths is currently extremely low. As with all variants we don't know what the long-term effects will be. We don't have official numbers on those who have related medical issues months after contracting the virus. We 'think' the number of survivors having issues 6 months later is around 1 in 25, but that number could be way off. We don't know if having had the disease will cause people problems later in life or shorten life expectancy. Maybe it'll be like flu and there won't be any long-term effects for young, healthy people.

[Brock Landers]

Lockdowns DO NOT work

mRNA vaccines, on the other hand, do

[WalkingLuckCharm]

i mean, we only have 100 people outta millions that have it, and no deaths.

but thanks 🙏

[flyingillini]

Lockdowns DO NOT work

mRNA vaccines, on the other hand, do

I got the Pfizer vaccine because or yours and JJ’s Input

[Brock Landers]

I got the Pfizer vaccine because or yours and JJ’s Input

Reports today show it's very likely to have long-term protection as well

[jjgold]

The Delta variant could shut down the United States late fall that’s what experts are predicting because not enough have the shot

[lakerboy]

As a canadian I feel good knowing we have a country more paranoid then us.

[lakerboy]

The delta variant deadly

Stop. 25 people a day dying in England. 20k cases. All my cousins in India laughing at this garbage. Only old people die.

[KVB]

As a canadian I feel good knowing we have a country more paranoid then us.

[jjgold]

India has been destroyed by Covid

Stop. 25 people a day dying in England. 20k cases. All my cousins in India laughing at this garbage. Only old people die.

[spro23]

The government will never take their boot off the necks of citizens on this one.

I can't believe anyone believes this crap anymore.

Oh no more scary things on the news please government save me and lock down my liberties!!!!

Stop being a weak pussy

[Enkhbat]

When the news comes out that the vaccines don’t work for the variants the world will be in complete chaos. The biological weapon that was designed so that no vaccine can keep up with the variants. Only China will ever have the true vaccine to protect from the variants.

Yeah right, like stuff made in China works.

[flyingillini]

Yeah right, like stuff made in China works.

Your perception of China is distorted. China is light years ahead of America in everything.

[Runeblade]

I pray every day that China will be held to account for poisoning the entire fukking world....

[d2bets]

The government will never take their boot off the necks of citizens on this one.

I can't believe anyone believes this crap anymore.

Oh no more scary things on the news please government save me and lock down my liberties!!!!

Stop being a weak pussy

Aren't you in the USA? What are you whining about? Everything is open now. Biden reopened everything.

[lakerboy]

Aren't you in the USA? What are you whining about? Everything is open now. Biden reopened everything.

Biden did what? I thought each state does there own thing? How long did the 100 day mask request last? Biden lol. Bro you are much smarter then that.