tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post5880066622352974175..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Covid-19 And Batshit DenialTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-25912903925622361562020-07-31T12:10:27.298+01:002020-07-31T12:10:27.298+01:00When someone writes a clearheaded account of the c...When someone writes a clearheaded account of the current situation like the above post, I feel a cold chill in my guts. I think the problem is one of 'domain specificity' amongst the educated and good old fashioned ignorance in the case of the uneducated.grim northernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06550636800966418400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-26911482970483271822020-07-31T09:01:45.666+01:002020-07-31T09:01:45.666+01:00Dammit, character limit and mistake. This bit '...Dammit, character limit and mistake. This bit ' new generation of children have no immunity and end up spreading bugs to those who do' should be 'those who don't in the adult population' - i.e. the 40% or so who haven't been infected previously. Not the immune get reinfected - though that may be possible with some illnesses but probably not covid.<br /><br />Apologies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-78059617585895133712020-07-31T08:06:17.062+01:002020-07-31T08:06:17.062+01:00I met a Telegraph columnist in a nightclub once. ...I met a Telegraph columnist in a nightclub once. We ended up getting really drunk and going back to my place<br /><br />She was all over me in the taxi, stroking and caressing me and whispering filth into my ear. But as soon as we got through the front door she stiffened up and her attitude changed completely.<br /><br />"What the fuck is that pathetic little thing?" she demanded. "How the hell do you think that you're going to satisfy me with that?"<br /><br />"I'm sorry, Allison," I replied, "it's the biggest fridge I could afford."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-55750989641236029462020-07-30T22:45:05.207+01:002020-07-30T22:45:05.207+01:00There's a massive campaign going on via social...There's a massive campaign going on via social media and useful idiot right-wing journos to spread disinformation about the pandemic. <br /><br />First thing to note is the Covid weirdos rant against almost any attempt at controlling the virus...<br /><br />1. Masks. Masks are bad. Masks mess up your oxygen or give you co2 poisoning. Masks are muzzles. Masks are a sign of submission to the new world order. Or something.<br /><br />2. Contact tracing. Bad. Lets gubmint spy on you. We'll not mention those cell phones with GPS units everyone carries.<br /><br />3. Vaccine. Bad. Vaccines are bad because they cause autism or some nonsense. Plus Bill Gates.<br /><br />4. Schoolteachers. Bad. They're in unions and they want kids to be safe but actually just want a sneaky holiday.<br /><br />5. Dr Fauci. Also bad. Now to you or me this guy may be one of the best qualified and experienced infectious disease doctors on the planet. But to the right he's bad because, well, he disagrees with Trump and might secretly have created the virus with Bill Gates.<br /><br />6. The virus itself. Which is either fake or a Chinese bioweapon but also just the flu, bro.<br /><br />7. Medical staff in general. Bad. You'd imagine the right would be eternally thankful for medical staff risking their lives to save others but... haha. NO.<br /><br />Okay, so what do they actually want to do to tackle the virus? <br /><br />1. Herd immunity. The idea that we infect everyone and somehow we'll be over it. But if you recall your basic biology natural herd immunity tends not to work because the new generation of children have no immunity and end up spreading bugs to those who do. Hence the need for vaccinating babies. But wait... vaccines are bad. So we'll just opt for genocide instead. <br /><br />2. Treatment! What treatment do the right agree on? Hydroxychloroquine. A miracle cure, the demon semen lady said so, along with thousands of bots on social media. In fact is so amazing it cures 100% of cases, unlike any other medication ever which always has patients who can't tolerate/are allergic. The second treatment is the magical zinc supplements. Put the two together and you're super-cured. <br /><br />3. Shaming. Another right strategy is to cleverly hope to boost the economy by shaming people who wear masks or PPE or avoid crowded situations. Call them pussies, laugh at them, will totally do the trick and before you know it everyone will be out hugging like the Tellytubbies.<br /><br />4. Lying and obfuscation. Herman Cain died of cancer but the liberal doctors wrote Covid 19! The numbers aren't that bad! Deaths are going down, unless they're going up in which case its still not as bad as the black plague so stop being pussies and go to Disneyworld... <br /><br />It is tempting to think this drivel is limited to Americans of a, umm, skewed political outlook.<br /><br />Nope. Very much a thing here, too. Before she went Twitter quiet Allison Pearson would regularly post similar nonsense along with other Telegraph Hobgoblins. Pearson is also followed by the 'KBF' lot who are apparently the minions of expat accountant oddbod Simon Dolan. This goes back a while, too. From a Pearson article while Boris was sick:<br /><br />"If only there had been a woman by his side. She would have told him to get off the laptop and put down the phone, nagged him to keep up his fluids, forced zinc tablets down his throat and insisted that his health was far more important than the next Cobra meeting."<br /><br />Note the zinc thing again. I accidentally took too high a dose of zinc once on an empty stomach. Thought my appendix had blown, the pain was agonising, so can imagine what would have happened if a wheezing, ill Boris on the verge of organ failure had his missus OD him on zinc. Yikes.<br /><br />Final thing to note, re: herd immunity and vaccines. The right in the US and especially Pearson here seem absolutely convinced that kids can't spread the virus despite the fact that a) They already have and b) Youngsters have more bugs in general because of their developing immune system. The push to send kids to unprepared schools, especially in the US is going to be catastrophic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-64008766430612418772020-07-30T21:50:54.514+01:002020-07-30T21:50:54.514+01:00You're going to have to do an update... he die...You're going to have to do an update... he died. Not that that will make any of the GOP see sense, they will just blame old age; and the rest will call it a conspiracy and blame it on him not drinking bleach, failing to shove UV bulbs up his backside, and not taking massive doses of hydro[what ever the hell its called].Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10346534836211090678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-9413969335015739392020-07-30T20:56:31.502+01:002020-07-30T20:56:31.502+01:00"Masks will not be mandatory for the event, w..."Masks will not be mandatory for the event, which will be attended by President Trump. PEOPLE ARE FED UP!" Cain tweeted the day before he was hospitalized.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-84128857985516735492020-07-30T18:05:43.933+01:002020-07-30T18:05:43.933+01:00It has now been reported that Cain has died from t...It has now been <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53600376" rel="nofollow">reported</a> that Cain has died from the virus.Steve Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075595969939640945noreply@blogger.com