The Corona Virus

[oldcolner]

Margaret Knowles still alive and talking.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

So two different benefits on T cells and antibodies should give better results.

You are still not selling me this one OC.

[oldcolner]

So two different benefits on T cells and antibodies should give better results.

You are still not selling me this one OC.

I’m not selling it just explaining.
You’re not getting the chance to have it till the theory is tested in trials so don’t fret BT.

[oldcolner]

A few on here seem to love and support the work of the IRA!

The anti-vax movement has been fed by myths and legends that have distorted the public debate around the topic. New research from the University of Pennsylvania highlights the role Russian state-sponsored trolls have played in this distortion.

The researchers looked at over 2.8 million tweets made by 2,689 accounts that are operated by the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA). The agency used nine distinct types of persona, from fake Trump fans to fake Black Lives Matters activists.

“We demonstrate how IRA accounts discussed vaccines not only to sow discord among people of the United States but also to flesh out the personalities of their ‘American’ accounts in a credible way,” the researchers explain.

The idea was that by politicizing vaccination, the trolls could affect attitudes and ultimately promote hesitancy with vaccines, and subsequently magnify health disparities.

“Russian trolls worked to polarize Americans on a health topic that is not supposed to be political,” the researchers say. “As our nation deals with the coronavirus pandemic, that type of politicization poisons the well of crisis communications for COVID-19 in ways that create tensions, mistrust and, potentially, a lack of intention to comply with government orders and health directives.”

The work builds upon previous research into the role of the IRA in elections and uses unsupervised machine learning to map the topics tweeted about by the group. This allowed the researchers to develop nine thematic personas, which were each analyzed in relation to their discussions of vaccines.

https://adigaskell.org/2020/06/12/ho...accine-debate/.

[oldcolner]

Anyone believe these figures in Central America or Central Africa?

[sinkov]

Too small for me that OC, but I can read the latest NHS critical care bed occupancy rates for November. Throughout the entire month, the occupancy rate in EVERY NHS region has been lower than the average for the last five years.

There is no second wave. Not my opinion, just what the NHS figures are saying.

[alfinyalcabo]

First vaccine given today to a 90 yr old lady. Great news ,let's hope it works.

[sinkov]

First vaccine given today to a 90 yr old lady. Great news ,let's hope it works.

I want to be sure there are no long term health risks, if she makes to 100, I'll have the jab myself.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

First vaccine given today to a 90 yr old lady. Great news ,let's hope it works.

Fingers crossed the old dear makes Christmas.

[oldcolner]

Fingers crossed the old dear makes Christmas.

Matt Hancock’s granny apparently, he’s been blubbing about it on TV.