Wuhan Killer Sneeze (thanks Tea)

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Mr. Tea

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And in political terms, wars invariably benefit incumbents, so Trump and Johnson are bound to get a big boost no matter how badly they manage the crisis (pretty fucking badly so far, is the general medical consensus).
 
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baboon2004

Darned cockwombles.
Mr. Tea said:
I guess it does feel a bit like that, but I just get frustrated at the idiocy of anthropomorphizing a small piece of RNA encased in a microscopic protein shell as if it were a human enemy, with "goals" and a "strategy" that we can understand in human terms, and then not even doing that correctly. I mean, to the extent that the virus "wants" anything, then it obviously would love nothing better than for us to all carry on as normal and spread it rapidly through close personal contact. That way it really will "win".
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This is part of why I love that 'protein printer goes brrr' meme/distortion of meme. It captures something about the idiocy of this anthropomorphising. Also many other things
 
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I think its far too early to make political predictions. Wars may favour incumbents, but national suicide doesnt. Mass graves aren't a great look in an election year.
 
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I think it could be more like Weimar or something, like everything gets devalued and there's a lot of shagging and some good art. Along with some dark shit, then the rise to power of some new thing
 
Mr. Tea

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baboon2004 said:
This is part of why I love that 'protein printer goes brrr' meme/distortion of meme. It captures something about the idiocy of this anthropomorphising. Also many other things
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Yeah it was a good one that, especially after the one about printing money.
 
Mr. Tea

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luka said:
I'm doing some spring cleaning trying to get the place shipshape feels good
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I just unclogged the kitchen sink! Took apart the pipes underneath and everything (although they're plastic and come apart easily without tools).

Now I'm a dad I have certain expectations to live up to.
 
luka

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It's mad how filthy a place can get without you really noticing. I mean, sort of noticing, but deciding it's not very important. Or is that just me?
 
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I thought if I have to sit in this place all day in this state I'll be dead before the virus can get me I need to get to work
 
HMGovt’s Glorious Return!

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Covid19 causes anosmia (and no other symptoms) in some. Of the infected, 66% in Germany presented with anosmia. A useful marker in the otherwise asymptomatic.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There is the potential to reduce COVID-19 transmission by requesting that individuals with new onset of anosmia self-isolate. A lost sense of smell as marker of COVID-19 infection... for full details see below <a href="https://t.co/udkBMwwJ1F">pic.twitter.com/udkBMwwJ1F</a></p>— ENT UK (@ENT_UK) <a href="">March 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Also, appears to attack testes, potentially causing infertility and low testosterone.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The novel <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#coronavirus</a> may cause testicular damage and male infertility, Chinese experts found, recommending infected men take tests for semen quality and hormone levels. <a href="https://t.co/MC4jPAHueT">pic.twitter.com/MC4jPAHueT</a></p>— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) <a href="">March 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Oh, Covid19, you are a one!
 
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I've heard nothing about different strains. I thought it was all the same virus, it's more that it affects different people different ly
 
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baboon2004 said:
i heard something on twitter that i can't verify about them counting deaths in a different way - due to underlying health conditions rather than coronavirus. No idea if that's bullshit or not. Yeah, their numbers are strikingly low, and they do have more beds etc than most countries, so who knows
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We were talking about Germany a couple of pages back
 
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