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[martinuzz]

Ah good!  They already banned the sale over here in the Netherlands, and Belgium followed the example a week later.  Germany was still a problem, because all the unhappy fireworks hooligans could still buy illegal fireworks over there.

My cats will have a nice and quiet New Year's eve for once.

[King Zultan]

Those +2 Cations could somehow, maybe, render the viral capsids incapable of attaching to your delicate mucousa!

Tin can be +4. So can lead.

So solder some pewter into your mask and you'd be even safer!

But would I be safer if I wore a solid lead plague doctor's mask?

[Mech#4]

Those +2 Cations could somehow, maybe, render the viral capsids incapable of attaching to your delicate mucousa!

Tin can be +4. So can lead.

So solder some pewter into your mask and you'd be even safer!

But would I be safer if I wore a solid lead plague doctor's mask?

You'd probably get a rather sore neck.

[martinuzz]

Our prime minister is going to announce further lockdown measures this evening.
It is expected that all non-essential shops will be closed, primary schools and highschools will shut down, and the few cultural venues that weren't closed yet, like musea and theatres, will be closed too.
They should have done that sooner.

[martinuzz]

Facepalm.

Our government didn't really think things through it seems.
Stores will close, so people are going to order online en masse..... but.... most package delicery points are inside the stores that are closed, and the supermarkets do not have the storage capacity to take that all on.

[TamerVirus]

Vaccines are being deployed out to frontline workers what with the governor making a big show with a nurse getting the jab

Obviously people still won't get it because it comes with complementary mind control 5G nanobots from Lizardman Bill Gates or something 

[ChairmanPoo]

Vaccines are being deployed out to frontline workers what with the governor making a big show with a nurse getting the jab

Obviously people still won't get it because it comes with complementary mind control 5G nanobots from Lizardman Bill Gates or something

Honestly, at this point I'd take the vaccine even if the excipient list openly displayed 5g mind control nanobots AND the only way to administer it was via lizardman sex

[wierd]

I have seen all the bullshit being circulated about the vaccines. All are obtuse and silly.  The most dangerous potential side effect is anaphylaxis.

Even if the vaccine causes straight up sterility, it would not impact me personally in a meaningful way, since I am asexual anyway.

Give me the damn vaccine. I need to see a dentist. If both myself, and the dentist are both vaccinated, it makes it safe (enough) for me to go get the care I need, so I can continue to provide care to others that need it.

[Starver]

There was talk over here of combining the AZ treatment[1] with Novichok Sputnik V. I'm not sure how serious it was, except as belt-and-braces[3], or if there was even a seriously meant export offer.



[1] The one with half-strength first dose[2] seemingly pushing it up to ~90%, though double-full-strength is just 70%...

[2] There's precedence for this, BTW. Early anti-cholera attempts found attenuated then exalted injections gave the best immune response in some circumstances, albeit that was bacterial and not pure molar quantities of annidentical thing being stepped up.

[3] US: "strap and suspenders"? But that sounds kinky to my British ears... 

[ChairmanPoo]

We were talking about the upcoming situation at rhe department. The general feeling is that goverments and people are getting overconfident and Ireland might get the devastating covid tsunami it has been spared so far.

[martinuzz]

Ah, it only took our government 4-5 hours to realize the parcel delivery problem.  They have now said that places were packages are delivered will remain open, although they do admit they are not sure how that will work in practice, like, if they will allow those places to serve their retail purpose as well (mostly bookstores and gift card stores), if only because it is impossible to enforce giving out parcels, but not selling books.  Police have better things to do with their limited manpower.

[Starver]

A light-hearted (for us, and in hindsight) Covid precaution-breaking story...

Do you think she thinks he's a 'keeper', when everything else has settled down?

[martinuzz]

Kinda hard to blame the guy for wanting to see his newfound love.  Less hard to blame him for going out to drink after arriving.
I guess he's lucky that it's 2020 though.  In 2021 he would have been shot when trying to make landfall if he survived the sea mines.

[feelotraveller]

Near-miss or effective mutation?  Too early to tell for sure.

The changes or mutations involve the spike protein of the virus - the part that helps it infect cells, and the target Covid vaccines are designed around.

[hector13]

That’s the same thing that happens for the seasonal ‘flu, if I’m not mistaken.

Interesting times ahead.