Nom de plume Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 19 minutes ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: Well, at least you won't be lacking in company then. You shine on too you crazy diamond. I absolutely love getting off my tits btw ... just not on the back of Covid doom mongering. Malbec, dark rum and brandy for me ... often on the same sesh. God awful place in NDP world after one of those nights mind ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Nom de plume said: He doesn't need to of course BUT it would be prudent to perhaps at least warn the sector that they should prepare to initiate ID & Covid Pass entry checks at their establishments given we are 'highly likely' to follow Westminster law. Who'd have thought you'd need a mask, driving licence and Covid pass just to sit and have a Flat White. The world is proper madly off it's tits. The first cracks in the CTA appear. You will now have to take five daily tests on arrival in Ireland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Ramseyboi said: Even if this isn’t it it could be a step in the right direction. Let it rip. The more you "let it rip" the more likely it is to produce variants. I don't think you've thought this through... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeCurious Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 I heard our glorious leader on the radio call the new variant - Oh..micron. Maybe it is a small problem then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, CallMeCurious said: I heard our glorious leader on the radio call the new variant - Oh..micron. Maybe it is a small problem then? It is a small 'o', unlike Omega, which is a big one. Expected here by the start of 2023 I suspect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 32 minutes ago, wrighty said: It is a small 'o', unlike Omega, which is a big one. Expected here by the start of 2023 I suspect. Are we booking variants now then? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danoo Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 43 minutes ago, P.K. said: The more you "let it rip" the more likely it is to produce variants. I don't think you've thought this through... You are always going to create variants, whether you let it rip or hide it away in a box for a while and then let it escape slowly. We have lived with endemic coronaviruses that mutate themselves into homeostasis for millenia, nothing different here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 6 minutes ago, Danoo said: You are always going to create variants, whether you let it rip or hide it away in a box for a while and then let it escape slowly. We have lived with endemic coronaviruses that mutate themselves into homeostasis for millenia, nothing different here. Exactly. Everything is mutating a little bit everyday. Sometimes the mutations aren't beneficial in any way and are effectively dead ends. Other times they are beneficial and this is evolution. If this didn't happen with everything, we'd still be bio-soup. Or of course, god did it. This also why there is a different flu shot every year. This is not unexpected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 29 minutes ago, Passing Time said: Are we booking variants now then? omicron is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet, omega the 24th. Given the rate of variant production, end of next year or 2023 is probably about right for omega. And that'll be the end of the pandemic as there are no more letters left 😉 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 From Wikipedia: "The word literally means "little O" (o mikron) as opposed to "great O" (ō mega)." Be very afraid if there is a variant called Omega. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Omega watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 We're winning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 The 50-60 age group are winning atm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 59 minutes ago, Danoo said: You are always going to create variants, whether you let it rip or hide it away in a box for a while and then let it escape slowly. We have lived with endemic coronaviruses that mutate themselves into homeostasis for millenia, nothing different here. The virus infects cells in, say, the human body and then replicates itself over and over. It is during this process that there may be a slip in the replication and a variant is produced. Which then goes on to replicate itself. So the more people who get infected, as in "let it rip", the more mutations there are likely be. Which is very risky as some mutations may fail and fall by the wayside but others may be more successful by being more infectious as per Omicron. Now that's how I simplistically understand it works. Which means the very last thing you should do is just let it run amok. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 1 hour ago, hissingsid said: The 50-60 age group are winning atm. Good for them. They've been overlooked for so long... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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