So much for 'This too shall pass'....

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How many times have I read that on mn?

Except its not passing, is it

If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got.

The UK government are just doing the same thing over and over.

In a few more weeks they'll fling open the schools with no safety measures.

I mean what kind of bullshit country announces school openings and non-travel related mutation presence that 'MUST BE WIPED OUT' on the same day!?

It could be over, or at least a lot, lot better, but it won't be. Because they're going to keep doing the same shit.

We need a zero covid strategy.

We really do not. It's a completely unrealistic strategy and attempting to pursue it will do huge damage.

Ah look, it's @Thewiseoneincognito proving, yet again, the irony of their name.

Can someone link to one of these ink drawings? I’ve not heard of or seen this.

@Lemons1571 google Charlie Mackesy

Its too late for a zero covid policy. Its endemic now and we will have to get on with it. We have vaccines and better treatments now so hopefully it will be kept to manageable levels in the future

It is passing. It'll take a while but we're slowly getting in a better position to get out of this. It's like slowing and turning a huge ship.

@jerometheturnipking

I know it will, eventually. One way or another.

But if I have to see one more of those wanky ink drawings with the stupid fucking horse and meaningless word salad, I’ll scream.

Not sure what you're on about, what have I missed, sounds intriguing.

@Lemons1571 here you go.

[quote catsarecute]We need a zero covid strategy.
There's been a petition approved for it today if anyone would like to sign

"Zero Covid seeks to eliminate the virus. It does so by driving cases down to low enough levels. We then use test, trace, isolate and, crucially, support, to ensure those with the virus are not infecting the rest of the community"

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/571965[/quote]
A petition for zero Covid? Isn’t that what everyone wants, why would we need a petition?

@Lemons1571

Can someone link to one of these ink drawings? I’ve not heard of or seen this.

I'm.not going to link . They are crap.

@MaxNormal

We need a zero covid strategy.

We really do not. It's a completely unrealistic strategy and attempting to pursue it will do huge damage.

The Australians and New Zealanders managed. It's too late to do it here, but it obviously was done very successfully by other countries without doing huge damage. They must be a lot more self sufficient than we are.

Oh god yes the horse drawings - impossible to blood read for a start. It will pass, just not any time soon sadly.

oh God @hazandduck, I've seen a book of that sort of vacuous pish in waterstones. apparently it's a bestseller

Staffy1 that petition is nuts. They want to close down the entire economy (apparently including supermarkets) while the government bankrolls the lot.

Everything passes, OP. Heck, if it mutates into some weird variant that attacks the brain and turns us all into flesh eating zombies, triggering a zombie apocalypse and the extinction of the human race, it'll still pass. No one guarantees who'll still be standing by the time it does though.

Basically, people are trying to make you feel better.

I know, it just feels like trying to cash in on all those fake Winnie-the-Pooh quotes that do the rounds, trite and meaningless.

Please can someone explain to me, how countries like NZ and Oz can ever open their borders to international travel from countries like the UK?

Genuine question so please don’t be snarky.

@TinaYouFatLard

Please can someone explain to me, how countries like NZ and Oz can ever open their borders to international travel from countries like the UK?

Genuine question so please don’t be snarky.

Strict two week hotel quarantine.

Those horse drawings are nothing. I came of age in the era of Purple Ronnie.

@MorrisZapp

Those horse drawings are nothing. I came of age in the era of Purple Ronnie.

@MorrisZapp

Those horse drawings are nothing. I came of age in the era of Purple Ronnie.

🤣 blast from the past

Morris

Every one of us has ancestors who survived the Plagues. Far more deadly. It does pass.

IRS a virus just doing what viruses do. It will pass, but maybe more like a passing kidney stone than passing wind.