Re: Taking COVID Seriously

From	Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Taking COVID Seriously
Date	2021-01-13 15:59 +0800
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On 1/12/21 3:38 PM, David Brown wrote:
> On 11/01/2021 23:35, Tom Gardner wrote:
>> On 11/01/21 19:51, Paul Rubin wrote:
>>> Yes, please be careful.  Ordinary precautions do pretty well at avoiding
>>> "Covid classic" but the new UK strain is far more transmissible
>>> (reproduction rate supposedly 0.7 to 0.9 higher than the old version).
> 
> The last I heard, the R rate for the UK strain was about 0.4 higher than
> the standard Covid - bad, but not as bad as you suggest.  The South
> African version is suspected to be worse, however, though we'll have to
> wait for the statistics build up.
> 
>>> We are in for a rough ride.
>>
>> Fencing is the ideal sport for now: masks, gloves, at arms' lengths,
>> and if your opponent gets too close you stab them.
> 
> My son suggested that anyone going to a pub should be required to carry
> a spear.  That should help keep the 2m distancing.
> 
> And rather than ban concerts and church gatherings, they should ban
> toothpaste and deodorants.  People will naturally keep their distance!

Garlic should help.

-- 
Reinhardt

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Taking COVID Seriously Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2021-01-11 06:41 -0800
  Re: Taking COVID Seriously Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2021-01-11 11:04 -0500
    Re: Taking COVID Seriously Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2021-01-11 22:28 -0800
  Re: Taking COVID Seriously Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2021-01-11 11:51 -0800
    Re: Taking COVID Seriously Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-11 20:18 +0000
      Re: Taking COVID Seriously Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2021-01-11 15:48 -0800
        Re: Taking COVID Seriously Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-12 02:00 +0000
    Re: Taking COVID Seriously Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2021-01-11 22:35 +0000
      Re: Taking COVID Seriously David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-01-12 08:38 +0100
        Re: Taking COVID Seriously Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid> - 2021-01-12 12:08 +0200
          Re: Taking COVID Seriously David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-01-12 14:44 +0100
            Re: Taking COVID Seriously Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2021-01-12 12:08 -0800
        Re: Taking COVID Seriously Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2021-01-13 15:59 +0800

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