Nom de plume Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-54619730 Well how about that for a turn up? The Chinese are selling a vaccine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 32 minutes ago, Nom de plume said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-54619730 Well how about that for a turn up? The Chinese are selling a vaccine. Wow, who'd have guessed they had a vaccine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 49 minutes ago, Nom de plume said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-54619730 Well how about that for a turn up? The Chinese are selling a vaccine. Developed by Huawei? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Probably comes with a portion of boiled rice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelslike Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 7 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: I was probably over-simplifying far to much but the underlying idea is that if someone who lives with an infected person has a 16% chance of catching it, then if there are three people living with them the second and third also have a 16% chance each, so (simplifying) the chance of someone getting it is 3 x 16% = 48% ie about half. Actually it's a bit less, because the probability of at least one of the three getting it is 100% - (84% x 84% x 84%) = 41%, but the exact figures don't really matter, the basic point is the commonsense one that the more people there are to be infected, the more likely one of them will be. That's really not how those percentages work. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, quilp said: Probably comes with a portion of boiled rice. I was going to say it was No. 32, but thought that may be inappropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambon Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 10 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: No it isn't I'm afraid. COVID-19 is thought to spread mainly through the respiratory route (both droplet and aerosol), after an infected person coughs, sneezes, sings, talks or breathes. Of course the nearer you are to an infected person and longer you are near to them, the more likely you are catch it that way. And it is also possible to catch it from contact, but the main route is through droplets/aerosols. The quote misses off snogging and shagging. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Cambon said: The quote misses off snogging and shagging. That is probably alien to a few on here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 3 hours ago, Nom de plume said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-54619730 Well how about that for a turn up? The Chinese are selling a vaccine. I'm sure it'll come with a rigorous safety study and an accurate Patient Information Leaflet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Well, just been doorstepped. A nice Eastern European guy and a pleasant Irish lady with a clip board of names and addresses. Apparently the names are randomly generated each morning and hand written on the form. They didn’t ask to see any ID. Apparently they’ve got 1600 in quarantine on the list. Ive got 48 hours to go. And of course it’s not 14 days. It expires at midday on the 14th day. It can be as much as 13.5 days or as little as 12.5 days. Day of arrival counts as day one. So arriving at 23.59 day one only lasts a minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, Lxxx said: I'm sure it'll come with a rigorous safety study and an accurate Patient Information Leaflet. There was something about this on Sky News last night. They've been injecting students including a 20yr old now based in UK for studies who was interviewed. So their guinea pigs are clearly free-range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barlow Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 When I was a student you could make a few quid to supplement your grant by going to a flu farm, or donating sperm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog's Dangly Bits Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 4 hours ago, Nom de plume said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-54619730 Well how about that for a turn up? The Chinese are selling a vaccine. It'll be cheap and crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 21 minutes ago, The Dog's Dangly Bits said: It'll be cheap and crap. Can't see it being crap, they will want it to perform in order to sell gallons of the stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Has IOM done anything to contact students to check how many coming home for Xmas as Guernsey have done? https://guernseypress.com/news/2020/10/21/about-400-students-plan-to-return-to-guernsey-for-christmas/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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