| Corona Virus 22:39 - Mar 7 with 583058 views | SgorioFruit |
Sorry for new thread,
But how bad do you lot reckon it’s going to get here in the UK?
I just been watching the news. Looking nasty in Italy. |  |
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| Corona Virus on 19:01 - Apr 26 with 3048 views | Neath_Jack |
| Corona Virus on 18:07 - Apr 26 by exiledclaseboy |
Trump has stopped his daily press briefings now because they were asking him hard questions. It’s safer all round to be honest. |
They should fly, A Fans Dad in to do them. |  |
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| Corona Virus on 19:03 - Apr 26 with 3038 views | DJack |
| Corona Virus on 19:01 - Apr 26 by Neath_Jack |
They should fly, A Fans Dad in to do them. |
https://imgur.com/rSG77mU |  |
| It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. - Carl Sagan |
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| Corona Virus on 19:05 - Apr 26 with 3032 views | Highjack |
| Corona Virus on 18:07 - Apr 26 by exiledclaseboy |
Trump has stopped his daily press briefings now because they were asking him hard questions. It’s safer all round to be honest. |
The daily briefings are utterly pointless, with or without Trump. Apart from the death figures and any new advice which they could just put out in a statement it’s just the same nonsense everyday. |  |
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| Corona Virus on 19:18 - Apr 26 with 2996 views | exiledclaseboy |
| Corona Virus on 19:01 - Apr 26 by Neath_Jack |
They should fly, A Fans Dad in to do them. |
They couldn’t be any less mental. |  |
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| Corona Virus on 19:53 - Apr 26 with 2940 views | airedale |
| Corona Virus on 19:18 - Apr 26 by exiledclaseboy |
They couldn’t be any less mental. |
In my experience, there’s always a resident mental case on PS.
What happened to the two we had last year, the EastEnders bloke and the other one? |  | | |
| Corona Virus on 19:56 - Apr 26 with 2938 views | exiledclaseboy |
| Corona Virus on 19:53 - Apr 26 by airedale |
In my experience, there’s always a resident mental case on PS.
What happened to the two we had last year, the EastEnders bloke and the other one? |
Feck knows. This place has always had its fair share of lunatics. Some of them lovable, some of them not so much. Fan’s dad is just hilarious. | |
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| Corona Virus on 20:01 - Apr 26 with 2928 views | Jackinexile1 |
Tracker? |  | | |
| Corona Virus on 21:32 - Apr 26 with 2856 views | waynekerr55 |
| Corona Virus on 18:20 - Apr 26 by Humpty |
And the press couldn't cope with his withering sarcasm. Or something. |
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| Corona Virus on 21:37 - Apr 26 with 2849 views | Professor |
| Corona Virus on 18:06 - Apr 26 by Lohengrin |
I could well be wrong here but I thought they had been talking about the TB inoculation rather than Rubella, or have both rated a recent mention? |
More TB than rubella. It’s a relatively recently discovered phenomenon called trained immunity. So as you probably know the immune system has memory. This is in the adaptive response and we have memory T and B lymphocytes that activate cellular and antibody responses respectively.
This is long-term and for some pathogens is lifelong. Trained immunity is more short term and involves stimulating cells of the innate immune system ( mainly macrophages) that respond more effectively to future challenges. It is non specific, but certainly helps early responses. It is not really an answer but may help |  | | |
| Corona Virus on 22:22 - Apr 26 with 2803 views | Lohengrin |
| Corona Virus on 21:37 - Apr 26 by Professor |
More TB than rubella. It’s a relatively recently discovered phenomenon called trained immunity. So as you probably know the immune system has memory. This is in the adaptive response and we have memory T and B lymphocytes that activate cellular and antibody responses respectively.
This is long-term and for some pathogens is lifelong. Trained immunity is more short term and involves stimulating cells of the innate immune system ( mainly macrophages) that respond more effectively to future challenges. It is non specific, but certainly helps early responses. It is not really an answer but may help |
Thank you for that, sir. Having paid attention to the BBC World Service in the wee small hours for the last week in work I’m able to boast a breezy familiarity with most if not all of the terms you employed. 
In all seriousness though I have been listening with the aim of increasing an understanding of what it is we’re dealing with that’s all but absent. I am genuinely interested in acquiring a modicum of understanding and your informed response was much appreciated. |  |
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| Corona Virus on 22:30 - Apr 26 with 2785 views | Lohengrin |
| Corona Virus on 18:26 - Apr 26 by londonlisa2001 |
They’ve been talking about the BCG, but they’ve now started noticing an effect of the Rubella apparently. I found it interesting because of this weird women vs men difference. Even for women over a certain age where it can’t be explained by oestrogen...
You’re the same age as me - girls in school used to get rubella vaccine but not boys if you remember. Apparently the way it works is by stimulating a more generic immune response rather than specific to that virus. |
” You’re the same age as me - girls in school used to get rubella vaccine but not boys if you remember.”
Yes I do, love. I can remember it well. That, for you and I, was forty years ago now!
Can you imagine...    | |
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| Corona Virus on 22:55 - Apr 26 with 2740 views | Professor |
| Corona Virus on 22:22 - Apr 26 by Lohengrin |
Thank you for that, sir. Having paid attention to the BBC World Service in the wee small hours for the last week in work I’m able to boast a breezy familiarity with most if not all of the terms you employed.
In all seriousness though I have been listening with the aim of increasing an understanding of what it is we’re dealing with that’s all but absent. I am genuinely interested in acquiring a modicum of understanding and your informed response was much appreciated. |
Thanks. It is my job and working life. Immunology is very complex, yet simple once you see the whole picture in its context. Taught very badly usually | | | |
| Corona Virus (n/t) on 18:47 - Apr 27 with 2487 views | perplex |
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| Corona Virus on 19:51 - Apr 27 with 2438 views | Garyjack |
Apparently Donald Trump has advised all weightlifters who cannot get to the gym because of lock down, to inject themselves with Mr Muscle. |  | | |
| Corona Virus on 20:29 - Apr 27 with 2396 views | sainthelens |
He puts the odds on planet extinction at 100/1.
How the fck would you collect the winnings? |  | | |
| Corona Virus on 20:42 - Apr 27 with 2375 views | Garyjack |
| Corona Virus on 20:29 - Apr 27 by sainthelens |
He puts the odds on planet extinction at 100/1.
How the fck would you collect the winnings? |
Ok the odds would be a bit lower, but you could cash out early when it becomes blatantly obvious it's all gone Pete Tong? | | | |
| Corona Virus on 20:47 - Apr 27 with 2357 views | Catullus |
| Corona Virus on 20:42 - Apr 27 by Garyjack |
Ok the odds would be a bit lower, but you could cash out early when it becomes blatantly obvious it's all gone Pete Tong? |
When you say cash out, do you mean....  and join the  | |
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| Corona Virus on 20:57 - Apr 27 with 2326 views | Garyjack |
| Corona Virus on 20:47 - Apr 27 by Catullus |
When you say cash out, do you mean.... and join the |
Angels?  Life after death is as believable as Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, but maybe that's for another thread. Just enjoy life while your here. Though thinking about it we may have already fvcked that up as well!  | | | |
| Corona Virus on 21:22 - Apr 27 with 2263 views | Catullus |
| Corona Virus on 20:57 - Apr 27 by Garyjack |
Angels? Life after death is as believable as Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, but maybe that's for another thread. Just enjoy life while your here. Though thinking about it we may have already fvcked that up as well! |
I didn't mean literally join the angels mun but there's no suitable emoji! | |
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| Corona Virus on 02:18 - Apr 28 with 2138 views | Jack123 |
| Corona Virus on 02:11 - Apr 26 by DJack |
Aha, D&B lovely stuff mate. BTW I'm very awake that is why I'm concerned for you as you seem salvageable...if you are not playing a very dangerous game. Take care. |
Must admit now it wasn't Dandelion and Burdoch, so time to apologise again. I was drinking that night, all jokes aside, I do feel better when I read stuff like that, with a more positive spin on it, because when you think of it, there is either a negative or positive spin, I have been reading today Prof Neil Ferguson says along the lines of relax the lockdown early and we will see 100,000 deaths,
I just prefer to go for the positive at the moment, and too be completely honest with you, I think that's the only way I''m coping with all this..
It may be all lies, but I will go for positive lies, all day long. |  |
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| Corona Virus on 09:05 - Apr 28 with 1996 views | Catullus |
| Corona Virus on 02:18 - Apr 28 by Jack123 |
Must admit now it wasn't Dandelion and Burdoch, so time to apologise again. I was drinking that night, all jokes aside, I do feel better when I read stuff like that, with a more positive spin on it, because when you think of it, there is either a negative or positive spin, I have been reading today Prof Neil Ferguson says along the lines of relax the lockdown early and we will see 100,000 deaths,
I just prefer to go for the positive at the moment, and too be completely honest with you, I think that's the only way I''m coping with all this..
It may be all lies, but I will go for positive lies, all day long. |
Trying to maintain a positive attitude can be really hard but, it really can work wonders.
However, drinking to much beer is easy and can do the reverse!
The lockdown has to stay and if people are increasingly breaking it then they are stupid. There are still a lot of unknowns around Covid-19 such as can we be reinfected or will it lay dormant and at some point be woken up.
Phillip Hammond may think we have to get the economy moving but I'd prefer to live, thank you. | |
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| Corona Virus on 09:13 - Apr 28 with 1986 views | Dr_Winston |
| Corona Virus on 02:18 - Apr 28 by Jack123 |
Must admit now it wasn't Dandelion and Burdoch, so time to apologise again. I was drinking that night, all jokes aside, I do feel better when I read stuff like that, with a more positive spin on it, because when you think of it, there is either a negative or positive spin, I have been reading today Prof Neil Ferguson says along the lines of relax the lockdown early and we will see 100,000 deaths,
I just prefer to go for the positive at the moment, and too be completely honest with you, I think that's the only way I''m coping with all this..
It may be all lies, but I will go for positive lies, all day long. |
I'm fairly sure that Neil Ferguson is choosing his figures from a tombola at this point. Someone else whose opinion needs to be taken with a pinch of salt in the future. |  |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Corona Virus on 09:51 - Apr 28 with 2685 views | Professor |
| Corona Virus on 09:13 - Apr 28 by Dr_Winston |
I'm fairly sure that Neil Ferguson is choosing his figures from a tombola at this point. Someone else whose opinion needs to be taken with a pinch of salt in the future. |
The ONS data suggests early lockdown could easily hit 60-100,000 deaths.
He does tend to go on the high side | | | |
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