bosstrabs
I have private healthcare too, you fucking smug wanker.

Also fortunate enough to have never had to pay peasant girls for sexual favours.

    Mad_Cyril I have private healthcare too, you fucking smug wanker.

    LOL, nice won.

    Better mobility scooter than the NHS standard then?

      bosstrabs
      Fuck off Dave.

      Have a little self awareness, you’re embarrassing yourself

      Booster shots come this Fall are pretty much a guarantee. As per the call I was just on, we’re apparently planning on starting as early as August in San Francisco for those jabbed in January.

        jonattonyeah does this mean current vaxxes don’t cut it? And must we get the same producer’s booster who created the original jab. If I got ModeRNA do I get the ModeRNA booster?

          zackster

          More than likely, yes. I don’t want to extrapolate too much from a one hour call, but this could be an annual thing - like the flu but far more important.

          Again, I don’t want to go full xeno, but China really fucked us here. From what I have been told, this was floating about well before 2020 and the Chinese government put nationalistic pride over over the health of people,. And now we are here. If they would have reached out we could have gotten a handle on this. But they did not for nothing more than stubbornness. It’s a disgrace. China might not have created it - ’though I would not be surprised if it was lab-born - but I have no problem saying they are responsible for it. Full stop.

            zackster

            I wouldn’t worry. I can only speak to here, but the mutated strains have not been a problem. They seem to be more contagious but less virulent, Again, that’s just here. It might be different elsewhere. Our approach is now harm reduction. We cannot keep businesses and schools shut. We cannot ask people to not see their family and friends. We are moving forward living along side the virus rather than living beneath it.

            You and your girl have been vaccinated. I wouldn’t worry other than keeping in mind those who might have breathing issues or are older - think about them. Pfizer and Moderna have been 100% effective at preventing Covid-related hospitalizations in San Francisco. One hundred percent. Not one person. I think you’re fine to see Robert Hood and your other friends.

              zackster
              It’s a good question that hasn’t properly been answered.

              Way i see it, I’m protected, others might not be, and I don’t know if I can spread it, even though vexed.

              So best to be precautious.

              Vax is dropping the overall numbers of people with, or dying from, so the signs are positive, but its too early to tell and going nuts might put us all back to square 1.

              Which nobody wants.

              Layman’s view though!

                Very interesting. Thanks for taking the time. I still
                mask up everywhere, outside of private functions which are still limited to hangouts with other vaccinated friends. This P1 variant has me spooked but I am incapable of thinking of returning to full lock down. I am hardly going full Smallman but once the dam of seeing friend and family broke I just can’t imagine going back to 2020 again.

                  Mad_Cyril agreed. I want to be 100% responsible where others are concerned because I was expecting the same thru the last year.

                  zackster

                  Never go full Smallman. We need the Earth to stay in orbit. One Ed is enough.

                  I’d make a Trisco or Sparc joke but Dave would lose his mind so I won’t.

                  Masks will be a thing moving forward. Every winter. Despite conservative consternation. Sars/Covid is not disappearing.

                    I am fine with futureshock; their Jumbo mix is possibly a top 10 club track. However Sparc is crap. I have a pretty strong prog collection but that record is happily missing.

                      Picotto: The Player > Futureshock: Sparc