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    #51
    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    I couldn't care less about your intention. You post unsubstantiated crap, and I'll socially isolate you for a day or so.

    The same might happen if I find you too annoying.
    Whatever, that last sentence rathet let's you down actually.

    As I said previously I was completely prepared to leave it, you seem intent on carrying it on.

    Still, that's completely a forum moderators perogative so you just do whatever makes you feel better
    The Chunt of Chunts.

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      #52
      Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
      There's some evidence that having had the BCG offers a level of protection against respiratory viruses.

      Can an Old Vaccine Stop the New Coronavirus? - The New York Times

      Trigger warning: science article written by a journalist.
      I was reading about this just yesterday, again very interesting.

      I don't know whether I would want a BCG again, mine went poisonous for some reason and left a scar the size of a 50p coin
      The Chunt of Chunts.

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        #53
        Apparently rat poison also works against the virus! Everyone, here and in the press has basically absolutely no idea about this virus. You can read one article in the press and a couple of pages later, one refuting the original. Even the researchers don't know enough about it to give a 100% accurate answer. Some say that getting it will give you future immunity (giving rise to the 'Immunity Certificate') yet others say this may not happen and another lot say, you could probably get it, and it will be worse. By cutting and pasting articles and posting links, people are just adding more and more to the FUD that is out there and I'm pretty sure that this is causing some anxiety to some people on here
        Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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          #54
          Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
          Apparently rat poison also works against the virus! Everyone, here and in the press has basically absolutely no idea about this virus. You can read one article in the press and a couple of pages later, one refuting the original. Even the researchers don't know enough about it to give a 100% accurate answer. Some say that getting it will give you future immunity (giving rise to the 'Immunity Certificate') yet others say this may not happen and another lot say, you could probably get it, and it will be worse. By cutting and pasting articles and posting links, people are just adding more and more to the FUD that is out there and I'm pretty sure that this is causing some anxiety to some people on here
          Absolutely.

          There are a few people who have a pretty good idea. But even their knowledge is based on a lot of unknowns.

          The problem is that the media likes definite statements to hang a person by, rather than accepting that what we know at the moment is based on a lot of caveats and is subject to change.

          I have no doubt there is some information being withheld from the public because the public wouldn't react well to some of the harsh realities. (Queue: A Few Good Men)

          Madness lies in worrying over things you cannot control. Take sensible precautions, plan for the worst and hope for the best.

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            #55
            Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
            Absolutely.

            There are a few people who have a pretty good idea. But even their knowledge is based on a lot of unknowns.

            The problem is that the media likes definite statements to hang a person by, rather than accepting that what we know at the moment is based on a lot of caveats and is subject to change.

            I have no doubt there is some information being withheld from the public because the public wouldn't react well to some of the harsh realities. (Queue: A Few Good Men)

            Madness lies in worrying over things you cannot control. Take sensible precautions, plan for the worst and hope for the best.
            It has always been the way. If you ask a scientist for an opinion, you'll generally get a bunch of nuance, conditionality and appropriate uncertainty. The press has a really hard time distinguishing between qualities of expertise (like every other area of work, you get your scooties and you get your true experts) and conveying scientific uncertainty, including in the very best expertise.

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              #56
              Pity we can't get different viruses to attack each other. Maybe we could stoke tensions between them with a bit of fake news.
              bloggoth

              If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
              John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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                #57
                Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
                Absolutely.

                There are a few people who have a pretty good idea. But even their knowledge is based on a lot of unknowns.

                The problem is that the media likes definite statements to hang a person by, rather than accepting that what we know at the moment is based on a lot of caveats and is subject to change.

                I have no doubt there is some information being withheld from the public because the public wouldn't react well to some of the harsh realities. (Queue: A Few Good Men)

                Madness lies in worrying over things you cannot control. Take sensible precautions, plan for the worst and hope for the best.
                This
                I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter man

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                  #58
                  Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
                  To my knowledge, human's have not developed immunity to ANY corona viruses yet (Common cold, SARs, Flu, etc), so what will make this one different?

                  What are the Cukker's crackpot theories.
                  Common cold / Flu, there is an immunity, however it keeps mutating that new versions keep popping up.
                  Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
                  I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

                  I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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                    #59
                    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
                    Common cold / Flu, there is an immunity, however it keeps mutating that new versions keep popping up.
                    I feel much the same about the sockies that appear on CUK.

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