Coronavirus outbreak

[D.B Cooper]

24 minutes ago, Alflives said:

Why don’t you guys exercise outside?  On the farm we worked in freezing cold and boiling hot.  Are young people today so soft they need indoor heat and air conditioning to exercise or something?  

Your screen gets too foggy when out in the winter Alf.  
The kids can’t see their Tik Toks on a frosty screen.  

[stawns]

2 minutes ago, JM_ said:

 

I wish I could post a pic of what my grandfather looked like. One of his first jobs in Canada was stacking beer kegs in a brewery, which he could only do because he grew up on a farm. The guy was ripped. My mom used to walk on his back when he came home from work.

 

But I guess thats not pec day worthy. 

 

 

But was he "defined"?

[JM_]

Just now, stawns said:

But was he "defined"?

I suppose. "Hey go get the Polish kid" was said a lot when they needed a hard worker. Thats a type of defined. 

[AbbyNux]

30 minutes ago, stawns said:

I'd love to see you join me for a night of moving beehives.  Over 15000 lbs in one night, and you're getting stung all night long.........probably 30-40 times on average

They don't have machines for that? 

[King Heffy]

1 minute ago, AbbyNux said:

They don't have machines for that? 

Well they do have machines for trolling, so you should be a little concerned.

[AbbyNux]

35 minutes ago, Tortorella's Rant said:

The flaccid dad bods in this thread don't understand that you cannot achieve the same type of strength and muscle building routine outside doing "whatever" or using bodyweight exercises, especially when you are conditioned to a weight room with actual weights. 

You ever met farm boys from Abbotsford or Chilliwack? I mean the real farm boys. They look like Brock Lesnar. 

[AbbyNux]

Just now, King Heffy said:

Well they do have machines for trolling, so you should be a little concerned.

Is this your attempt at it? 

[Kurgom]

1 hour ago, -DLC- said:

China locking down cities with 1,000,000 people for....3 asymptomatic cases.  Did I just hear that correctly on the news?

Lying about numbers, letting people starve, people eating cats to survive, pregnant women having miscarriages because they're denied health care due to lock downs, beating peoples family pets to death.

 

If one good thing has come out of this pandemic, it's that people have really woken up to how evil the CCP is. Nothing they do is sensible, right or for their people.

[rotiman187]

https://twitter.com/CheckNewsfr/status/1478413202375512069?s=20

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-04/qld-coronavirus-covid-cases-testing-delays/100735662

Edited January 5, 2022 by rotiman187

[Elias Pettersson]

2000 pages...  

[KoreanHockeyFan]

3 hours ago, Tortorella's Rant said:

The flaccid dad bods in this thread don't understand that you cannot achieve the same type of strength and muscle building routine outside doing "whatever" or using bodyweight exercises, especially when you are conditioned to a weight room with actual weights. 

What kind of terrible fitness advice is this. You can easily maintain strength and muscle mass with resistance band workouts, just go buy yourself a nice yoga mat and you're good to go. 

 

Youtube tutorial videos are your friend.

Edited January 5, 2022 by KoreanHockeyFan

[thedestroyerofworlds]

23 minutes ago, KoreanHockeyFan said:

What kind of terrible fitness advice is this. You can easily maintain strength and muscle mass with resistance band workouts, just go buy yourself a nice yoga mat and you're good to go. 

 

Youtube tutorial videos are your friend.

Something Something  Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. 

[Elias Pettersson]

'We can't jab the whole planet every six months' | The Province

 

'We can't jab the whole planet every six months'

 

There is no point in trying to stop all infections, says the head of Britain's vaccine body: 'Society has to open up'

 

Fourth COVID jabs should not be offered until there is more evidence they are effective, the head of Britain’s vaccine body has warned, as he said giving boosters to the whole population every six months was “not sustainable”.

 

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Prof Sir Andrew Pollard, the chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI), said that in future “we need to target the vulnerable” rather than giving boosters to all over-12s.

 

Sir Andrew said there was no point in trying to stop all infections, and that “at some point, society has to open up”.

 

He also suggested that “misinformation” about the risks of the AstraZeneca vaccine spread by European leaders including France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Angela Merkel was “highly likely” to have cost lives in Africa.

 

Sir Andrew’s comments come as England and Wales go back to work after the festive break and schools start to return amid concerns they could be shut down by the spread of Omicron.

 

Ministers will meet to finalize plans to keep the economy, hospitals and schools running by fast-tracking tests to up to 10 million “critical” workers through their employers.

Up to 50 per cent of staff in some front-line services including care homes and the police have been forced off work by COVID. The shortages have been exacerbated by staff having problems accessing lateral flow tests or getting PCR results.

 

Nadhim Zahawi, the Education Secretary, yesterday promised tests would “absolutely be there” for schools, after ordering 45 million test kits to be delivered within the first two weeks of term.

 

However, he faced demands from Tory MPs and parents to cut self-isolation for school children to five days to minimize lost learning.

 

Boris Johnson said yesterday Britain “has got to stick with Plan B” rather than impose new restrictions, but warned that the NHS would face “considerable” pressures for several weeks.

 

The greatest risk is still the unvaccinated

 

It came as the Department of Health yesterday reported a further 157,758 cases, up 44.6 per cent in a week. But scientists suggested infections may have peaked in London, as the number of people admitted to hospital fell by 28 per cent to 314 from 437 last Monday.

 

Speaking to mark the first anniversary of the AstraZeneca vaccine roll-out last January, Sir Andrew said: “The worst is absolutely behind us. We just need to get through the winter.”

 

He said he wanted lockdowns to be consigned to history, adding: “At some point, society has to open up. When we do open, there will be a period with a bump in infections, which is why winter is probably not the best time.

 

“But that’s a decision for the policy makers, not the scientists. Our approach has to switch, to rely on the vaccines and the boosters. The greatest risk is still the unvaccinated.”

But Sir Andrew cautioned against blindly following Israel and Germany, which have given the green light to a second set of boosters to all over 60s. “The future must be focusing on the vulnerable and making boosters or treatments available to them to protect them,” he said. “We know that people have strong antibodies for a few months after their third vaccination, but more data are needed to assess whether, when and how often those who are vulnerable will need additional doses.”

 

Vaccines can rapidly be adapted to fight new variants, but he said: “We can’t vaccinate the planet every four to six months. It’s not sustainable or affordable. In the future, we need to target the vulnerable.”

 

Sir Andrew left little doubt that he believes vaccine misinformation cost lives. “Let’s just say that comments made in mainland Europe affected people in Africa,” he said.

[NewbieCanuckFan]

48 minutes ago, KoreanHockeyFan said:

What kind of terrible fitness advice is this. You can easily maintain strength and muscle mass with resistance band workouts, just go buy yourself a nice yoga mat and you're good to go. 

 

Youtube tutorial videos are your friend.

I stick to porntube tutorial videos.

[gizmo2337]

4 hours ago, Alflives said:

Maybe these outbreaks are in the patients?  Lots of those people can’t wear masks of any kind.  So are we counting those already in hospital for something else to be Covid patients even when they catch Covid while in hospital?  That could be dozens of people who aren’t really in the hospital for Covid, right?  But what if there in there for something else, catch Covid, and then Covid becomes their biggest reason for being in hospital?  Sounds complicated.  

Or you could just count all the cases properly and do the easy math instead of fudging the numbers. To me, it appears as a complete failure of their own health policies. They would be too embarrassed with the real covid numbers, because it indicates they didn't do their job. And that would be correct - they didn't do their job. 

Even the WHO admits covid is airborne now, and we still aren't wearing N95 in the hospitals as the most important safety measure. 
Don't take my word for it though. You don't need a twitter account. Just go to twitter dot com and search Bonnie Henry "latest tweets". Those aren't crazy people - half of them are verified doctors and experts in their field. Her implemented policies that don't follow the science are a large part of the problem.

[GSP*]

7 hours ago, gizmo2337 said:

Or you could just count all the cases properly and do the easy math instead of fudging the numbers. To me, it appears as a complete failure of their own health policies. They would be too embarrassed with the real covid numbers, because it indicates they didn't do their job. And that would be correct - they didn't do their job. 

Even the WHO admits covid is airborne now, and we still aren't wearing N95 in the hospitals as the most important safety measure. 
Don't take my word for it though. You don't need a twitter account. Just go to twitter dot com and search Bonnie Henry "latest tweets". Those aren't crazy people - half of them are verified doctors and experts in their field. Her implemented policies that don't follow the science are a large part of the problem.

Bonnie’s stubbornness to adapt and reliance on empty platitudes outstayed their welcome long ago. 

[stawns]

8 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said:

'We can't jab the whole planet every six months' | The Province

 

'We can't jab the whole planet every six months'

 

There is no point in trying to stop all infections, says the head of Britain's vaccine body: 'Society has to open up'

 

Fourth COVID jabs should not be offered until there is more evidence they are effective, the head of Britain’s vaccine body has warned, as he said giving boosters to the whole population every six months was “not sustainable”.

 

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Prof Sir Andrew Pollard, the chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI), said that in future “we need to target the vulnerable” rather than giving boosters to all over-12s.

 

Sir Andrew said there was no point in trying to stop all infections, and that “at some point, society has to open up”.

 

He also suggested that “misinformation” about the risks of the AstraZeneca vaccine spread by European leaders including France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Angela Merkel was “highly likely” to have cost lives in Africa.

 

Sir Andrew’s comments come as England and Wales go back to work after the festive break and schools start to return amid concerns they could be shut down by the spread of Omicron.

 

Ministers will meet to finalize plans to keep the economy, hospitals and schools running by fast-tracking tests to up to 10 million “critical” workers through their employers.

Up to 50 per cent of staff in some front-line services including care homes and the police have been forced off work by COVID. The shortages have been exacerbated by staff having problems accessing lateral flow tests or getting PCR results.

 

Nadhim Zahawi, the Education Secretary, yesterday promised tests would “absolutely be there” for schools, after ordering 45 million test kits to be delivered within the first two weeks of term.

 

However, he faced demands from Tory MPs and parents to cut self-isolation for school children to five days to minimize lost learning.

 

Boris Johnson said yesterday Britain “has got to stick with Plan B” rather than impose new restrictions, but warned that the NHS would face “considerable” pressures for several weeks.

 

The greatest risk is still the unvaccinated

 

It came as the Department of Health yesterday reported a further 157,758 cases, up 44.6 per cent in a week. But scientists suggested infections may have peaked in London, as the number of people admitted to hospital fell by 28 per cent to 314 from 437 last Monday.

 

Speaking to mark the first anniversary of the AstraZeneca vaccine roll-out last January, Sir Andrew said: “The worst is absolutely behind us. We just need to get through the winter.”

 

He said he wanted lockdowns to be consigned to history, adding: “At some point, society has to open up. When we do open, there will be a period with a bump in infections, which is why winter is probably not the best time.

 

“But that’s a decision for the policy makers, not the scientists. Our approach has to switch, to rely on the vaccines and the boosters. The greatest risk is still the unvaccinated.”

But Sir Andrew cautioned against blindly following Israel and Germany, which have given the green light to a second set of boosters to all over 60s. “The future must be focusing on the vulnerable and making boosters or treatments available to them to protect them,” he said. “We know that people have strong antibodies for a few months after their third vaccination, but more data are needed to assess whether, when and how often those who are vulnerable will need additional doses.”

 

Vaccines can rapidly be adapted to fight new variants, but he said: “We can’t vaccinate the planet every four to six months. It’s not sustainable or affordable. In the future, we need to target the vulnerable.”

 

Sir Andrew left little doubt that he believes vaccine misinformation cost lives. “Let’s just say that comments made in mainland Europe affected people in Africa,” he said.

Yeah, I'm thinking we shouldn't take the Brits advice anymore than the Americans

[JM_]

1 hour ago, GSP* said:

Bonnie’s stubbornness to adapt and reliance on empty platitudes outstayed their welcome long ago. 

thats your take. I'm glad we've had her here. No leader has handled covid perfectly. 

[RUPERTKBD]

9 hours ago, NewbieCanuckFan said:

I stick to porntube tutorial videos.

Problem with that is that it only works one muscle.....

[RUPERTKBD]

6 minutes ago, JM_ said:

thats your take. I'm glad we've had her here. No leader has handled covid perfectly. 

Yep. Awful lot of Monday morning quarterbacking going on ITT.....