“Together we can defeat this virus”

[IfIHadAHeart]

From Boris’s press conference.

I really don’t think this is a helpful message. A virus cannot be “defeated”. Not to mention that the strategy is completely impossible to understand due to being different across different nations/areas, and the measures themselves seem contradictory and pointless.

Somebody somewhere is gathering fascinating data on all this as a study of social compliance (not a conspiracy theorist, but I’m sure this is all useful information for future governments).

*I also agree with this. It also seems to be mainly used as a way to try and control lower risk people? I tend to only see it mentioned when someone mentions they are low risk. 'ah but longcovid, 10% chance!' etc.

It really doesn't sound too different to any other post viral fatigue to me. And yes, I have suffered from this before. Yes, its bloody awful, but it is not only covid that does this, so 'longcovid' sounds a bit..scaremongery?*

I think this too, it’s not killing enough people now to keep scaring us on that so they’ve needed to find another tactic to scare the shit out of people. I don’t doubt it exists but post viral problems have always been a thing.

@MadameBlobby

*I also agree with this. It also seems to be mainly used as a way to try and control lower risk people? I tend to only see it mentioned when someone mentions they are low risk. 'ah but longcovid, 10% chance!' etc.

It really doesn't sound too different to any other post viral fatigue to me. And yes, I have suffered from this before. Yes, its bloody awful, but it is not only covid that does this, so 'longcovid' sounds a bit..scaremongery?*

I think this too, it’s not killing enough people now to keep scaring us on that so they’ve needed to find another tactic to scare the shit out of people. I don’t doubt it exists but post viral problems have always been a thing.

Doctors think it is different, in particular due to heart inflammation in healthy young adults which may shorten life.

It is not 'just' fatigue.

Hmm we’ll see. I just find it a bit suspicious now that deaths are down and people aren’t scared of that they’ve come up with something else. I trust very little now in how this is being handled.

@MadameBlobby

Hmm we’ll see. I just find it a bit suspicious now that deaths are down and people aren’t scared of that they’ve come up with something else. I trust very little now in how this is being handled.

We can trust doctors and academics IMO.

@MadameBlobby

Hmm we’ll see. I just find it a bit suspicious now that deaths are down and people aren’t scared of that they’ve come up with something else. I trust very little now in how this is being handled.

I wouldn’t worry about deaths bring down too much. It’s not going to stay that way for long.

Not convinced that’ll get rid of the people suggesting long Covid needs looking into before we decide there is minimal risk to previously ‘low risk’ groups.

But doctors and academics don’t all agree either, @RepeatSwan

Thames Water didnt get the memo

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