Also, the government could have came out and said 'look, what Cumminigs did was against the rules and we're sorry.....' but they didn't even fucking do that...fucking shitshow. Has to go down as the worst UK Government in living memory and to have this pandemic with so many people dead is unforgivable. I really hope that the public and the media don't loose this story even if Cummings does end up getting the boot because at this stage the Government have been complicit in all of this.

is the possibility of herd immunity confirmed yet? or is it a wild hypothesis?

If it wasn't before I don't see how it can't be now. By letting Cummings off the hook the government will have lost the authority necessary to enforce any kind of Lockdown. Cummings has to resign or Boris has to sack him, end of.

Cummings saying he drove a hour away from his parents place to Barnard Castle to "test his eyesight"is one of the most incredible excuses I've ever heard. Up there with "my dog ate my homework" and "I couldn't have met Epstein as I was at pizza express".

Any trust the public had in Johnson and his cronies has just disappeared.

Honestly you couldn't make this shit up. It's unbelievable. These people are fit to guide a country?! Fucking shambles.

I'm far more astonished that Boris hasn't just sacked him than I am by the credibility (or lack of) of Cummings' excuse. I just don't see what he thinks he can gain by not sacking him, compared with the backlash he's facing now, trying to make excuses for him. Even newspapers like The Mail are calling bullshit on this one. I'll be amazed if Cummings is still in place by Friday, even if it means him resigning rather than Boris sacking him.

Prick had the arrogance to say he hadn't even considered offering to resign. Boris is too deep in his arse to sack him.

Don't forget the epic Twinkie defense.

Having just watched his statement to the media I think you might be right.

The second peak is coming, motherfuckers!



Also, the World Health Organization gave up on the damn hydroxyLysol tests because it turns out it's not good for ya. WHO knew.

Hopefully in the upcoming weeks, I get my "Spaceballs the Facemask" in the mail. Real thing, i can link you to the TeePublic store.

Japans Lifts Nationwide State Of Emergency

“Abe told Japanese citizens to be prepared for a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and added that a state of emergency may have to be reintroduced if that were to happen. The prime minister added that border control will continue to be hardened as the virus continues to spread around the world.“

CMU researchers show most Twitter accounts tweeting about the coronavirus are bots

A few quotes:

Honestly, all the more reason to tweet/discuss anything but this topic. You'll drive yourself insane and apparently argue with AI.

In case any non-brits are wondering what the debacle about Cummings is all about.

What an omnishambles

Thanks for sharing. Just in case anyone didn't realise this as I hadn't at first: read the complete collection of that story not just the one first tweet. Also, this reaction of a Sky news reporter is priceless.
Quite shocking that only 52% want him sacked, which means that 48% believe it's OK or they don't care.

Hey, that vaccine we desperately need? Yeah, no, only half the U.S. wants it after all.

This is hopeless.

Hope they enjoy social distancing for the rest of their lives then...

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeneticKiss Hope they enjoy social distancing for the rest of their lives then...

Well, that's the thing: they're not, and they won't. As Paul Krugman wrote referring to the fact that over 100,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S., "the worst may be yet to come. If you aren't terrified by photos of large crowds gathering over Memorial Day weekend without either wearing masks or practicing social distancing, you haven't been paying attention".

By the way, even though the Dotard has said we're gonna have a vaccine very very soon, sooner than you think, a beautiful vaccine the likes of which other vaccines have never seen, I bet you my ultra-mint copy of 4 Tunna Brix that —whether he's still president or not— he'll then say he won't take it because he doesn't need it because he's a golden god. Motherfucker hasn't even told his dipshit followers to wash their fucking hands.

I absolutely would get vaccinated but perhaps in a tentative way. I'm not sure I'd rush out asap once one is announced, because to some extent, I want to allow at least a little more time to verify that there are no major side effects, at least ones that I would much rather avoid. However, once all clear, I'd absolutely go in for one.


It also makes me wonder how much of a mad rush there were for previous major diseases that eventually discovered vaccines and if there were some waiting periods as well.

Well, no responsible medical organization (which is to say none working specifically on a "product" for Trump, Boris, Modi or any of these FUCKS to take credit for) will put out a half-assed vaccine that hasn't been properly tested, with the side effects clearly stated "right there on the label". If the first safe one works only 60% of the time and gives you strong headaches for a week, hell, give it to me ASAP, what the fuck is there to wait for.

Now, HUGE caveat: access to the vaccine is the next real problem. Right now just getting a damn test is difficult - imagine what it will be like to get something that will protect you against the mother(fucker) of all pandemics. The World Health Organization is under attack: will there be enough international coordination so there is enough of it and all countries can receive it? Will countries have to BUY IT, will YOU have to buy it at big pharma prices? Will your insurance cover it? Will the uninsured be completely fucked? (Immediate yes to that question.) Will countries outside the "developed" world depend on Bill Gates and NGOs to fly in and save their people?

Bat Soup Nazi

From Fareed Zakaria's Global Briefing:

The state police said it will be an 8 hour wait from the back of the line to speak to a state employee about unemployment.

Ooh, that'd be a good second choice for a facemask. Also I heard a report from a friend that the Pleats on her Spaceballs the Face mask were backwards, so I may have to send back and get a refund.

I ordered these from the European kungfu SY store. The US SY store has the Sonic Nurse facemask

Still haven't received my order of the Goo facemask :(

But as of July 1 we will have far less restrictions! Including this:

Nobody understands this. We don't have football competition anyway but it also applies to other sports events or concerts. You can attend a concert , in seated venues with 1.5 meters distance from other people, but you're not allowed to sing along :rolleyes:

Good. Last thing I want when I go to a gig is someone bellowing along badly next to me.

8 minutes of flying spit

https://people.com/health/talking-ca...ast-8-minutes/

Black Lives Matter protests have not led to a spike in coronavirus cases, research says

Confirmed by Newsweek


Contradicted by Newsweek

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced on Thursday that Texas would pause its reopening while it struggles to contain a surge in novel coronavirus infections. Abbott issued executive order to suspend elective surgeries at hospitals in four counties to ensure there would be room for covid-19 patients.

In New York, coronavirus hospitalizations dipped just below 1,000 for the first time since March 18, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) said.

Two states (Alabama and Nevada) have reported new single-day case highs, and four (Arizona, California, Florida and Nevada) reached seven-day rolling average highs. But it does not appear, according to early reported data, that the U.S. total would eclipse Wednesday’s record high of 38,173 cases.

A rush to reopen the nation’s economy without proper safety measures in place is behind this week’s spike in cases, Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, said Thursday on the “Today” show.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...ve-updates-us/

I look for Governor Abbott to shut down the State once again in the days following the 4th of July holiday weekend! If this indeed happens, I look for the start of school to be pushed back until after Labor Day.

Was the Trump Rally a Black Lives Matter protest? Besides, as mentioned in the second article the incubation period is between 4 and 14 days. The currently reported increase in Oklahoma does not yet include any Trumpists

Of course not......and you know this!

However, the stories were posted to the Newsweek website within the hour of each other earlier this week.


EXACTLY!!!

......and Newsweek knows this!!

And I’m not going back to share them, but anyone keeping up with Covid reports has seen multiple stories claiming blacks are much more susceptible to Covid 19.

So what kind of narrative is Newsweek promoting???

is this a rhetorical question?

morons read “absence of evidence” as “evidence of absence.”

you can’t fix stupid, and that is proof. best not to engage them, saves you many headaches.

Necessity is the Mother of invention:

tiny amount of credit for trying, but it looks like he's ready for his position in the human centipede too

HOUSTON: HARRIS CO. JUDGE LINA HIDALGO WANTS AUTHORITY TO ISSUE 2ND STAY-AT-HOME ORDER

I’m seeing reports that starting tomorrow, Houston area hospitals are allowing no visitors!

Meanwhile in Scottsdale, Arizona

Fauci warns U.S. "unlikely" to reach herd immunity if too many refuse vaccine
"There is a general anti-science, anti-authority, anti-vaccine feeling among some people in this country, an alarmingly large percentage of people relatively speaking," he said.

No shit. In other words, MAGA anti-vaxxers will screw you all.

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