Coronavirus: COVID-19

OccultHawk · 01-19-2021, 07:56 PM

To get this straight it’s not that the variants are any more lethal or otherwise harmful after they’re contracted it’s just that the increase in their contagiousness means we can expect the spread to almost certainly outpace the vaccine?

Obviously that’s a huge concern but I can’t help but worry with the virus having had and apparently will continue to have so many opportunities to mutate something is going to come along that beats the vaccine and/or becomes more dangerous once contracted.

Along those lines, it’s still a battle to keep up antibiotic resistant superbug bacteria. Ultimately, that may not even be a long term winnable war because the ability to mutate is endless but the variations on more and more effective antibiotics is not.

**Exo** · 01-19-2021, 08:06 PM

Anybody else getting the feeling that we're in for a LONG ass pandemic? Like 3-4 more years? I just don't see how numbers get down enough to start forming en masse again.

The Batlord · 01-19-2021, 08:29 PM

Can I start advocating for a certain person's death tomorrow?

**Exo** · 01-19-2021, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Can I start advocating for a certain person's death tomorrow?

Be specific.

**Janszoon** · 01-19-2021, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo

Anybody else getting the feeling that we're in for a LONG ass pandemic? Like 3-4 more years? I just don't see how numbers get down enough to start forming en masse again.

New Covid-19 cases declined 11% after hitting a peak last week

I looks like we're coming out of the holiday spike right now, and I think the combination of the vaccines and the weather getting warmer will mean the numbers will go down a lot more once we're well into spring. Not saying there might not be another spike in the fall, but I'm optimistic that it won't drag on as long as you're talking about.

**Exo** · 01-19-2021, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

New Covid-19 cases declined 11% after hitting a peak last week

I looks like we're coming out of the holiday spike right now, and I think the combination of the vaccines and the weather getting warmer will mean the numbers will go down a lot more once we're well into spring. Not saying there might not be another spike in the fall, but I'm optimistic that it won't drag on as long as you're talking about.

These variants are freaking me out.

OccultHawk · 01-19-2021, 08:58 PM

Ain’t nobody know the future.

ando here · 01-20-2021, 01:38 AM

Yeah, we do. Just don't think we can change it.

~~jwb~~ · 01-20-2021, 03:51 AM

It's been a good 100 years but we've seen this sorta thing before. It can't last forever.

tbh if we're still in the same spot a year from now i'll join the anti mask people and just say **** it let everybody get it and god sort out the winners and losers. so done with this ****.

The Batlord · 01-20-2021, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Exo

Be specific.

Starting noon can I profess a desire to shove an electric turkey carver into Donald Trump's eye socket and push through to his brain?

01-19-2021, 07:56 PM	#3481 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	To get this straight it’s not that the variants are any more lethal or otherwise harmful after they’re contracted it’s just that the increase in their contagiousness means we can expect the spread to almost certainly outpace the vaccine? Obviously that’s a huge concern but I can’t help but worry with the virus having had and apparently will continue to have so many opportunities to mutate something is going to come along that beats the vaccine and/or becomes more dangerous once contracted. Along those lines, it’s still a battle to keep up antibiotic resistant superbug bacteria. Ultimately, that may not even be a long term winnable war because the ability to mutate is endless but the variations on more and more effective antibiotics is not. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

01-19-2021, 08:06 PM	#3482 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Anybody else getting the feeling that we're in for a LONG ass pandemic? Like 3-4 more years? I just don't see how numbers get down enough to start forming en masse again. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

01-19-2021, 08:58 PM	#3487 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Ain’t nobody know the future. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

01-20-2021, 01:38 AM	#3488 (permalink)
ando here Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: NY, NY Posts: 1,802	Yeah, we do. Just don't think we can change it.

01-20-2021, 03:51 AM	#3489 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	It's been a good 100 years but we've seen this sorta thing before. It can't last forever. tbh if we're still in the same spot a year from now i'll join the anti mask people and just say ** it let everybody get it and god sort out the winners and losers. so done with this **.