I think it’s going to get worse...

[Silverthorny]

...I don’t want to be doom and gloom, but I think the virus will mutate to evade the vaccine - and potentially become more deadly. I think we will face a third wave.

Please get some mental health support
Viruses mutate all the time and vaccines are adjusted to cope, as with annual vacs for flu.

Thanks for your input. Now could you kindly move along on your little cloud of doom?

[b]...I don’t want to be doom and gloom[b]

You need to try harder then, matey! :D

@noodlmcdoodl

OP... but, would you rather a zombie apocalypse (28 Days Later style) OR would you rather earth was hit by the type of asteroid that wiped the dinosaurs out?

Can't we have The Dinosaurs Come Back, Jurassic Park style, and eat us all, as an option?

Hirrible pists re Chris Whitty.

He's a decent bloke, doing his level best to keep people safe.

@Silverthorny.

Msybe, maybe not. But frankly the issues some hospitals are having with the variants we already have are scary enough right now, without thinking about the next wave.

Typical dementor - lay a fat gloom turd and then fuck off without further comment.

I keep on getting a sense thaf there will be a super mutation..

Oh well, if you sense that there will be a "super mutation" (a what? Is that a technical term?) then I guess we're all fucked. Are you going to be heading podium #1 at the next briefing?

The thing is I think I could easily survive a Zombie Apocalypse.

We used to have so many thread son here as to what to do.

I feel very prepared.

One major tip is to run upstairs. Zombies have stiff legs and find stairs very hard. Or down into the basement.

Obviously this is the opposite of sensible in any other horror scenario, so it is important to correctly identify the Zombies.

@Silverthorny You're clearly hoping this will be the case because you a truly vile, nasty and bitter person.

Reported.

Well this is a cheery thread.
If you’re right and we are all dead, we can’t congratulate you for being right.

independent98
I agree with you! I keep on getting a sense thaf there will be a super mutation..

A sense you say? Are you by any chance one of those people who describes themselves as “a little bit woo”? Like you see a white feather and assume it’s a sign from your deceased Great Aunt Maud rather than just one that’s fallen out of a cushion? 😂

I'm at the point where I dont give a flying fuck. JUST OPEN THE PUBS!

@LucilleTheVampireBat never!

Mutation is normal for any virus, usually the more it mutates the less serious it is as it needs a host to live & thrive. Another wave is likely yes, will it be as serious as the last? I doubt it.

@TheOneWithTheBigNose

Well at least it’ll be over soon regardless. Either because the vaccines work, or because they don’t and we all die.

I’m stealing this.

I agree with you! I told my family in june 2020 that the second wave will be from October and will start to peak in december and I was right. I think that we will be in another lockdown in the summer ( i truly hope not).
I keep on getting a sense thaf there will be a super mutation..

You aren't some clairvoyant or psychic for predicting the second wave That was well modelling and predicted by all types of scientists due to the return of schools coupled with cold weather which increases the transmission of all respiratory viruses, and drives people inside more which also leads to more spread.

As for your 'sense' - well your feelings (which are probably driven by your own anxieties) matter for nothing in this case. If you're that confident in your 'senses' go play the lottery or gamble big on red/black - see how well your senses fare for you then.

Oh dear.

I don't want to be doom and gloom either but I have a sense that if sharks mutated to have legs then things would be very bad for us.

@Loopyloututu2

independent98 I agree with you! I keep on getting a sense thaf there will be a super mutation..

A sense you say? Are you by any chance one of those people who describes themselves as “a little bit woo”? Like you see a white feather and assume it’s a sign from your deceased Great Aunt Maud rather than just one that’s fallen out of a cushion? 😂

@Loopyloututu2

Perhaps Great Aunt Maud is the cushion.

@starfish88

I don't want to be doom and gloom either but I have a sense that if sharks mutated to have legs then things would be very bad for us.

That made me laugh out loud

It might evolve to become less dangerous - just as well The Sweat / Sweating Sickness from mediaeval times died out - much more dangerous than good old Covid - people were often dead within a few hours of showing symptoms & it was very contagious - it likely evolved to a harmless form - was Hantavirus, apparently

@starfish88

I don't want to be doom and gloom either but I have a sense that if sharks mutated to have legs then things would be very bad for us.

Oh no, we're all going to die, it's the sharkpocalypse

I have a sense that if insects mutated to all be venemous we'd be doomed as well. But you know, I don't want to be all doom and gloom so I'm just going to go and share this 'sense' with a bunch of people who are already struggling with their MH and are insect-phobic - because I think sharing my baseless feelings as if they're fact is really going to help.

@noodlmcdoodl

And then a plague of locusts will descend upon us followed shortly after by a gigantic asteroid. We’re doomed.

Sharks with lasers, too. And a Godzilla attack.

starfish88
I don't want to be doom and gloom either but I have a sense that if sharks mutated to have legs then things would be very bad for us.

You know, someone really should make the movie of that! I’d watch it...