Good News 14: Keeping our spirits up, just a bit longer.

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@TruelyonelastSchlep 🙋🏻‍♀️

@TruelyonelastSchlep

You remember the text said Hancock was fucking useless

We never guessed it was a woman's name

Hopeless

Hope is a woman’s name, so close

😂

My brain is not working to good today is it

[quote Thewiseoneincognito]@TruelyonelastSchlep 🙋🏻‍♀️[/quote]
What do all these symbols mean (Anyone)

I am to lazy to work it out

@TruelyonelastSchlep it’s a lady emoji waving 😆

Sorry not covid etc but still

Ukraine honors Karaite Jews as ‘indigenous,’ and Putin is furious

Anything that pisses off Putin makes me happy! 😁

[quote Thewiseoneincognito]@TruelyonelastSchlep it’s a lady emoji waving 😆[/quote]
Ok now I am imagining she is waving a tampon because of the other symbols

Confused

news.sky.com/story/no-substantial-covid-outbreaks-reported-after-mass-test-events-report-finds-12341747

[quote TruelyonelastSchlep]news.sky.com/story/no-substantial-covid-outbreaks-reported-after-mass-test-events-report-finds-12341747[/quote]
Surely the results of these experiment are now void? The events took place before the Delta started to rise so this article is quite misleading and will only serve those who see what they want to see. Although they do admit the studies took place when cases were low, it would be interesting to see them conduct these tests today, I suspect the results would be very different.

It is giving the results from the events. The parameters of the research are what they are.

Unless you plot build a time machine and take delta variant back with you. This is what we have.

Bit of simple maths should help you work out the current risks based on the research and what we now know about the delta

(Though so far my theory on the delta transmission is holding fast 🤓)

*plan not plot

@TruelyonelastSchlep good news about the pilot events!

@Thewiseoneincognito I believe they were based around testing weren’t they, so I don’t think it should make that much difference if it’s the alpha or delta variant since the tests are still effective with delta ☺️

Good point

@TruelyonelastSchlep

Ah, I’ve missed you!

[quote Cafeaulait27]@TruelyonelastSchlep good news about the pilot events!

@Thewiseoneincognito I believe they were based around testing weren’t they, so I don’t think it should make that much difference if it’s the alpha or delta variant since the tests are still effective with delta ☺️[/quote]
Actually I think it does make a significant difference. They were trials to monitor infection risk in the Events Research Program, not based around testing. They took place at the end of April/ early May before Delta had started to take off here.

I would expect the rates of transmission would be completely different done today although I expect Sir Andrew LW will try to justify theatre reopenings off the back of this.

@Reachersloveinterest

There's some distinctly bad news coming through this good news thread currently 😟 personally I'm not too worried about so called "freedom day" although I know other are. What I want is to be able to get on a plane and go and give my mum and dad a hug. I'm full of a summer cold which is making me grumpy (is definitely a cold; I'm double jabbed, previously had Covid, and tested negative twice in last two days) plus it's raining.

There are hundreds of threads where people could post their gloomy takes on every bit of goodish news. It's a shame they feel it's OK to post on the one thread where people come for some more upbeat relief.

Thank you chicken ❤

It was my cocking up posts you missed the most wasn't it

Or maybe my brilliant lack of proof reading 😂

Or my getting cross with the smeg heads 😜

I have actually been very busy on a top secret Zionist mission. Don't tell anyone. It is yet another dastardly plot for us Jews to take over the world.

Apparently they know about the space lasers but at least they dont know about the Attack Dolphins yet

@amicissimma
There are hundreds of threads where people could post their gloomy takes on every bit of goodish news. It's a shame they feel it's OK to post on the one thread where people come for some more upbeat relief

I was about to say the exact same thing.

[quote LivinLaVidaLoki]@amicissimma
There are hundreds of threads where people could post their gloomy takes on every bit of goodish news. It's a shame they feel it's OK to post on the one thread where people come for some more upbeat relief

I was about to say the exact same thing.[/quote]
I agree. A reminder of some good news that's probably been on here before, but it's worth repeating, (courtesy of Mac n chose on Twitter):

Two doses of Pfizer and Astra Zeneca reduce the chances of hospitalisation by 96% and 92% respectively. And Mac also says that in Israel where there has recently been an increase in Covid rates, the majority of vaccinated people testing positive are asymptomatic.

I also read that mostly it was in teenagers in Israel, which only 5% have been vaccinated

It sounds like there are lots of walk in centres this weekend so hopefully that will really help

Just driven past a vaccination centre near me that's doing walk-ins. There's a big queue, much longer than I've seen there before. Obviously not great news for those queuing but the demand is there and they should get through a lot of people today.

Yes London have walk in centres all over the place this weekend too