Coronavirus - Overall
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Good news on the vaccine front. Bad news is virus has developed a new strain in Denmark after transmitting to minks and then back to humans and becoming more virulent and potentially less susceptible to vaccine along the way. Danes concerned enough to be culling 17 million farmed minks.
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@dogmeat said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Good news on the vaccine front. Bad news is virus has developed a new strain in Denmark after transmitting to minks and then back to humans and becoming more virulent and potentially less susceptible to vaccine along the way. Danes concerned enough to be culling 17 million farmed minks.
seriously?
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@Kiwiwomble yup heard it a couple of days ago - can't find the source but Norther Denmark is in lockdown after 236 people became cross infected from mink.
However just looking for the link the hot off the press news (2 hours ago) is that it's all an over-reaction and this mutation is already known so the minks have a stay of execution - well until they're gonna get killed anyway
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@dogmeat said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Kiwiwomble yup heard it a couple of days ago - can't find the source but Norther Denmark is in lockdown after 236 people became cross infected from mink.
However just looking for the link the hot off the press news (2 hours ago) is that it's all an over-reaction and this mutation is already known so the minks have a stay of execution - well until they're gonna get killed anyway
...what were they doing to/with the mink?
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@Kiwiwomble said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@dogmeat said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Kiwiwomble yup heard it a couple of days ago - can't find the source but Norther Denmark is in lockdown after 236 people became cross infected from mink.
However just looking for the link the hot off the press news (2 hours ago) is that it's all an over-reaction and this mutation is already known so the minks have a stay of execution - well until they're gonna get killed anyway
...what were they doing to/with the mink?
Coats?
Then people from PETA can throw ink / dye on them. I think that is how it works. -
@Kiwiwomble said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@dogmeat said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Kiwiwomble yup heard it a couple of days ago - can't find the source but Norther Denmark is in lockdown after 236 people became cross infected from mink.
However just looking for the link the hot off the press news (2 hours ago) is that it's all an over-reaction and this mutation is already known so the minks have a stay of execution - well until they're gonna get killed anyway
...what were they doing to/with the mink?
Bury them in the earth for 250milion years until they turn into oil and then we can make faux-fur coats out of polyester from them.
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@Tim said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@taniwharugby That is the one NZ govt has a purchase deal for.
Looking into the results now.
Think they said they had level 3 results. What, if any, remaining tests/approvals required?
And not given much press, but given storage at -70 degrees, if Oxford vaccine also proves effective, presume both will be used in parallel, at least initially?
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Recent talk suggests we are pretty close to a vaccine. Is anybody worried about unknown future side effects given the rush to find a vaccine? Not sure I would be 100% confident.
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@Crazy-Horse im not really worried, not because i dont think there is a chance of side affects...im just sick of worrying about stuff
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@Kiwiwomble yeah worried is probably not the right word. Maybe more like 'it's crossed my mind'.
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@Crazy-Horse I guess the difference between this one and other vaccines that take much longer is there has probably been more $$$ invested and more collaboration than ever before, which is why something has been found sooner than expected?
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also, lets not discredit the side effects might include superpowers
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@Kiwiwomble said in Coronavirus - Overall:
also, lets not discredit the side effects might include superpowers
Are they still superpowers though if every bastard gets them?
An excellent follow on effect of this would be that the only people without these powers would be the anti-vaxxers
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@Kiwiwomble said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@voodoo i'd like to think so because i'd hope we'd all get something different
I'm willing to entertain this dream