On 12/01/2021 11:08, Niklas Holsti wrote:> On 2021-01-12 9:38, David Brown wrote: > >> And rather than ban concerts and church gatherings, they should ban >> toothpaste and deodorants. People will naturally keep their distance! > > Except those people from whom covid-19 has removed their sense of smell.That's even better - it means the people with Covid won't even realise how badly they smell, while the people without infection will keep away from them. (The mass media information on Covid seems to give the impression that an infection means you either have little or no symptoms, you get it seriously and are hospitalised and recover, or you get it very seriously and die. People then think "I'm under 30 - my risk of dying is 0.2% so Covid is of no risk to me". I believe there should be more emphasis placed on figures for long-term health problems such as lung problems, fatigue, and loss of smell. When you realise the risk of such things, taking a gamble on not dying is less attractive.)
Taking COVID Seriously
Started by ●January 11, 2021
Reply by ●January 12, 20212021-01-12
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:> That's even better - it means the people with Covid won't even realise > how badly they smell, while the people without infection will keep away > from them.The industry that makes scented candles has been having customer satisfaction problems over the past year. Lots of product returns and bad reviews on Amazon and places like that. Apparently, suddenly, quite a lot of people who buy the candles then complain that they aren't scented. Oops.
Reply by ●January 13, 20212021-01-13
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
