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[King Zultan]

Why can't boomers even keep their masks on or over their noses?

I've seen more young and middle aged people doing this than old people.

[MonkeyHead]

So, the UK is getting cut off from the rest of the world...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55391289

[Caz]

So, the UK is getting cut off from the rest of the world...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55391289

It's been cut off from the rest of the world (mentally) for years.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

"That's the old tunnel to Britain...we don't go there anymore."

[King Zultan]

Escape from New York UK

[martinuzz]

Our government has told people that are currently stuck in the UK because of the travel ban will have to fend for themselves, they can expect no aid, exceptions can be made for people in dire circumstances (think people that have ongoing medical treatment in the Netherlands, or people that cannot afford a place to sleep.  Even those people in dire circumstances will not be brought back to the Netherlands, instead the ministry of foreign affairs will help them find their way in the UK, because the travel ban is absolute, no one leaves the island until the new mutation is under control.

Meanwhile in South-Africa, another new mutated variant of corona (different from the UK one) has been identified, a very contagious one that is now thought to be responsible for the second wave in the country.   It is unsure yet if this mutation will make the virus immune to the vaccines.
Countries all over the world are preparing travel bans from South Africa.

[ChairmanPoo]

The mutation is already in the continent. Has been gor months

[McTraveller]

The mutation is already in the continent. Has been gor months

Yeah, the F->G transcription errors are at an unusually high rate.

(Sorry, trying to inject some humor. Please take it as such and nothing more.)

[Naturegirl1999]

The mutation is already in the continent. Has been gor months

Yeah, the F->G transcription errors are at an unusually high rate.

(Sorry, trying to inject some humor. Please take it as such and nothing more.)

oh, humor. Ok. Had you not mentioned that I would have asked which nuclei acid you meant to type with the F, but you mentioned humor, so not literal

[TamerVirus]

The mutation is already in the continent. Has been gor months

Yeah, the F->G transcription errors are at an unusually high rate.

(Sorry, trying to inject some humor. Please take it as such and nothing more.)

Ironically, the new strain is called the GV strain

[Rolan7]

ROFL, my dad's SO just invited me over at the last minute tonight for another family get together, and also asked if I had plans for Christmas in addition.

I usually consider them relatively precautious, but they kept taking their masks all the way off at the get-together a few days ago, and apparently the idea of *not* seeing multiple other families from a hundred miles away for the holidays is completely incomprehensible.  My nephew and I were careful but they... damn, I mean, they're really gambling their lives and they somehow feel like they're being safe.

I'm feeling oddly sanguine about this, which is scary because the holiday spike is going to be truly gruesome and might hit my own family.  But I tried to explain things as calmly and nonjudgementaly as possible.  Water off a duck's back, but at least I turned them down.  Maybe it's that they're getting old anyway, and have enjoyed pleasant long retirements...  Damn, that's morbid.

(I *think* they're not grokking the idea of symptomless carriers.  They know the science, theoretically, but then they talk about how so-and-so feels healthy so it's probably fine to visit.)

[ChairmanPoo]

I have one. With underlying things supposed to be linked to severe covid. Yet 0 symptoms. Possible radiological covid, but otherwise OK. Finding it was a sheer coincidence. It´s one thing to know about these folks and another wholly different one to *see* one.

[Rolan7]

My mom called later with basically the same request for Christmas day, but including cousins from out of state.

There are a lot of feelings involved because I get anxious about family functions anyway, so I worry I'm just being a paranoid coward or whatever.  But defaulting to "not attending parties (IN PERSON)" seems like a reasonable fallback position.  When I do visit, it should be with the utmost gravity and care.  Things which my parents just... lack, based on their mask etiquette.

When I saw my mom yesterday she asked if it was okay if she didn't wear a mask.  I shrugged it off, but I damn sure kept mine on, because it's her I'm most scared for.  ...in retrospect, I'm glad I washed up when I got home, because I *really* don't want covid with a bruised rib.  I don't want extreme congestion and lung damage at all!  But I'd probably survive, they wouldn't.

[scriver]

The mutation is already in the continent. Has been gor months

Yeah, the F->G transcription errors are at an unusually high rate.

(Sorry, trying to inject some humor. Please take it as such and nothing more.)

Ironically, the new strain is called the GV strain

Those are my initials

Oh noe

[Caz]

UK has 2nd highest number of new cases in the world after USA now. And this is all before any of this lockdown stuff will take any effect so I don't even want to know what it will be like in January, feb etc. -.-

Just as Christmas has been cancelled due to covid-19, Hogmanay has been cancelled and renamed 'Brexit Eve'. Activities will include sovereign jam construction (very high calorie) and racist chanting.

Continuing this madness while plague is ripping through the country is totally high seppuku. I looked at the interactive map last night and they had to add another colour to it again since the cases were getting so high.