TheScarf Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Do variants of a virus not get weaker as they mutate? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Do variants of a virus not get weaker as they mutate?Typically they seem to become better at spreading but less deadly. Or so I remember someone saying when the Kent Variant appeared. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, TheScarf said: Do variants of a virus not get weaker as they mutate? There is no pattern. Some do some don't. It's worth bearing in mind that the virus is mutating all the time. Lots of these will be identified but will not have concerning features (specific spikes that indicate higher tranmissability or lethality amongst other stuff) so they are not reported. The ones that are reported will tend to have features that could identify them as variants of concern (none of which as yet have proven to be concerning, but they do have these features that increase tranmissability, lethality, potential for vaccine escape etc - again tho, none have proven to be as concerning as first thought in the end up) Edited June 3, 2021 by madwullie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 37 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: New variant just dropped Slightly concerned that the expert the mail is quoting is this boy. Spoiler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheJTS98 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 33 minutes ago, SlipperyP said: YES @Tight John McVeigh is a tit daily league tables were the boss, untill the UK took it serious. Some dafty said it was cringe, he got about 20 greens. Shit was getting real Some pretty good 'The boys will be home by Christmas' chat in the early days of this thread. Weirdly, doesn't seem all that long ago. I remember Malaysia getting on the board with a proud fondness. WE WERE THERE AT THE START! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Got my second jag yesterday - in -oot in 15 mins. It was supposed to be at TECA on Saturday afternoon but that would interfere with my golf so went online and booked a slot at Inverurie (which is closer) Such an easy process changing it to a time and venue that suits. Feel fine this morning, which is a relief as I felt dreadful for 2 or 3 days after my first jag 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elric Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Sturgeon has asked for furlough to be kept as long as necessary. Why? We are never going to get back to normal as long as businesses do not reopen because they can claim furlough for the workers. Does this mean she is going to impose further restrictions on the hospitality and entertainment sectors? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, Elric said: Sturgeon has asked for furlough to be kept as long as necessary. Why? We are never going to get back to normal as long as businesses do not reopen because they can claim furlough for the workers. Does this mean she is going to impose further restrictions on the hospitality and entertainment sectors? Any easy (and popular) demand when you aren't in charge of funding it. I agree it's ridiculous. Once restrictions on hospitality/retail etc are fully gone, furlough goes as well. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Furlough stopped being necessary when any threat of the NHS being overwhelmed was stopped by vaccine rollout. It's long past time that this spending on the never-never was kicked away to leave Clownshoes Leitch's beloved restrictions twisting in the wind. End furlough and the rest of the SG's 'near normality' pish falls apart. We can get normality instead then. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Furlough ends September. Even worst case scenario it won’t be needed after then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 1 hour ago, SlipperyP said: Before c***s Harsh but true. I was thinking Before Covid but you've nailed it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 11 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: Lol Doom mongers gonna doom! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) Government well and truly clamped with their invented ScArY VaRiAnT. Basically, it's the Indian variant they're still shitting themselves about. Which (surprise surprise) has managed to find its way to most of Europe. Called it on the last page. Edited June 3, 2021 by Michael W 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Hopefully this gets more attention. The Telegraph seems to be the only paper willing to do any reporting on the methodology of defining the pandemic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deegee Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I thought we were not to “label” the variants as it could be offensive and racist? Hence Nicola quickly jumped on the bandwagon and rebranded the Indian version as “April 02” which, for whatever reason is now “Delta”. To avoid upsetting some unknown Nepalese restaurant owner who happened to pick up the Daily Mail this morning , I presume today’s latest twist on Variants might be re-badged as “Echo”? However won’t that upset the feelings of people suffering from tinnitus? Maybe we ought to follow Nicola’s lead and call this version “June 03” for consistency and that’ll give her 365 options for upcoming unnamed and unseen variants! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PedroMoutinho Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Elric said: Sturgeon has asked for furlough to be kept as long as necessary. Why? We are never going to get back to normal as long as businesses do not reopen because they can claim furlough for the workers. Does this mean she is going to impose further restrictions on the hospitality and entertainment sectors? The problem is if we’re not fully open by August, we won’t be back to normal this year imo. In September you’ve got schools going back, unis going back, more indoor mixing and seasonality coming back into play so cases will naturally rise. I can’t see Sturgeon opening up fully in those circumstances. Our best hope is that furlough ends as planned in September and she is forced to open as otherwise it’ll be dragged on longer as ‘we just don’t know’. Edited June 3, 2021 by PedroMoutinho 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Lol So rather than simply reporting on every non-entity of a variant which appears, the media are now at the point of just making things up completely?This is becoming beyond parody. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Doom mongers gonna doom!Click baiters gonna bait. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Marshmallo said: New variant just dropped W.H.O saying there is no such variant as the Nepal variant and that the daily mail are talking pish.edit. see Todd posted WHO response. Will these scaremongering c***s be taken to task by the rest of the media or political parties. Edited June 3, 2021 by dirty dingus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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