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bv
One year ago today:
Thursday March 12, 2020. Norway went into lockdown, like most other countries in the world. Toilet paper and canned food sold out in stores. I heated my newspapers in my oven for 15 minutes before I read them, and did my shopping at 8am, when shops were empty.
One year on, today, we are on our way into the third wave. The variants from UK, South Africa and Brazil are building up, they spread among children, a lot more, and we need to close down one more time. Hopefully the last time this year.
I am an optimist. March and April will be tough. We need to stay 2m apart, with masks, but schools may still be open, and vaccines will be going out by the numbers. Then during the summer and the rest of the year, the younger population will be vaccinated as well.
I am sick tired of being at home for a year. Even more boring, I had a major biking accident just the same week as I arrived home from the US tour Sept 2019, so I have stayed at home for 18 - eighteen - months now. Booooooring!
I miss my friends, and I miss having a beer outside in the sun, on tour, or with friends at home. I miss the pit, and I miss the buzz of another tour. But some time, during the next twelve months, there will be great news, I hope. New dates, and the next tour is on. We just need to get rid of the virus first.
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CaptainCorella
The rate of people getting blood clots (and the other symptoms listed) in the general population exceeds the rate of people getting these symptoms after the injection.
So, arguably, getting the injection makes you less likely to have a problem.
This has blow up out of all proportion to a sensible consideration of the evidence. In any large event involving a millions of people something will happen - not because of the event but because of the large numbers.
Yes, it may turn out to be an issue, but based on the published numbers, it's not.
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angee
Yes, he may well convince some people.
He's saying this weekend that if we relax the standards now, we could be in for a fourth wave, at least in the States.
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angee
Yes, he may well convince some people.
He's saying this weekend that if we relax the standards now, we could be in for a fourth wave, at least in the States.
Our chief medical officer is saying much the same.
[www.theguardian.com]
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Nate
Are these people suffering from the blood clots straight after receiving the vaccine or some weeks or even months after?
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TheflyingDutchman
Statistically these cases are a storm in a glass of water but good that the professionals have a close look at it. I hope they startup again asap in Holland.
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georgie48
Experts are always right. I always trusted the virologists, never trusted any other b*llshit. And here we are again ... the well in advance predicted third wave (just like before the correctly predicted second wave) is on the move.
My goodness, I truly hope the virologists have mercy on the masses and do not predict any more bad news.
You see, dogs are dogs, no matter what they say. But ... there is some substantial difference between the dog behaviour of a poodle at that of a greyhound. The same can be said about virusses. The flu virus that killed 60.000 Americans in the year 2017/2018 is a virus allright, and so is Covid-19, but it killed well over 500.000 Americans in a year. The same dramatic difference in Europe and Latin America. Poodle vs greyhound ... flu vs covid