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Post by michaelc on Nov 26, 2021 17:13:06 GMT
I also stand by the fact it was designed to scare. I would expect it to be a more balanced story. It is scary. Potentially very scary. Here's a more authoritative source for you - www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03552-w . I don't think that BBC news is designed to be perfectly authoritative, AND accurate, AND timely, AND perfectly balanced on EVERY possible subject, ALL the time. Expecting it to be so is bound to lead to disappointment. I'm happy to accept that in the main it is very timely, on the far more accurate than it is inaccurate, it's balanced, it's coverage is pretty good, and it can serve as a launch pad for more in depth study should I want to follow up on something (even if only via google). Oh, and I like Strictly. I'm more than happy to pay my license fee. Yes the article you link to is a good article. It is easily understood by the layperson and balanced. The BBC should study it and learn how to present material in such a way.
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Post by keitha on Nov 26, 2021 18:47:48 GMT
Back to rugby teams, the government have ( Quite rightly in my view )
refused to allow them to come back after the cut off and not isolate,or make special arrangements to get them back
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Post by agent69 on Nov 26, 2021 19:36:18 GMT
I see the new variant is called Omicron. Are there Futurama fans out there somewhere?
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Post by benaj on Nov 26, 2021 20:23:50 GMT
I see the new variant is called Omicron. Are there Futurama fans out there somewhere? OMG youtu.be/Ia5c78zlyxw
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Post by adrianc on Nov 27, 2021 8:08:31 GMT
It is scary. Potentially very scary. Here's a more authoritative source for you - www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03552-w . I don't think that BBC news is designed to be perfectly authoritative, AND accurate, AND timely, AND perfectly balanced on EVERY possible subject, ALL the time. Expecting it to be so is bound to lead to disappointment. I'm happy to accept that in the main it is very timely, on the far more accurate than it is inaccurate, it's balanced, it's coverage is pretty good, and it can serve as a launch pad for more in depth study should I want to follow up on something (even if only via google). Oh, and I like Strictly. I'm more than happy to pay my license fee. Yes the article you link to is a good article. It is easily understood by the layperson and balanced. I think you have a very optimistic view of the layperson. Nature is a scientific journal. Articles like that are written for scientifically-aware and -informed laymen, rather than for professional scientific audiences, but they are certainly not written for Joe Public.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2021 11:15:51 GMT
Anyone feel the latest varient is going to hit the stock market again on Monday morning or will it shrug it off after yesterday?
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Post by agent69 on Nov 27, 2021 11:30:25 GMT
The Omicron Covid variant is "not a disaster" and some people may be "hugely overstating the situation", a scientist advising the government says.
On a side note, there are 10 letters in the Greek alphabet between Delta and Omicron. Have I missed a load of variants somewhere?
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Post by Mike on Nov 27, 2021 11:33:28 GMT
On a side note, there are 10 letters in the Greek alphabet between Delta and Omicron. Have I missed a load of variants somewhere?
Not sure the Chinese would have approved of a Xi variant..
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Post by ilmoro on Nov 27, 2021 11:58:39 GMT
The Omicron Covid variant is "not a disaster" and some people may be "hugely overstating the situation", a scientist advising the government says.
On a side note, there are 10 letters in the Greek alphabet between Delta and Omicron. Have I missed a load of variants somewhere?
Some ... these are the Variants Being Monitored which have names Kent / B.1.1.7 - Alpha • South Africa / B.1.351 - Beta • Brazil / P.1 - Gamma • India / B.1.617.2 - Delta • US / B.1.427 / B.1.429 - Epsilon • Brazil / P.2 - Zeta • B.1.525 - Eta • Philippines / P.3 - Theta • US / B.1.526 - Iota • India / B.1.617.1 - Kappa Colombia/ B.1.621 - Mu One other un-named There is a Mu as well
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Post by bracknellboy on Nov 27, 2021 12:02:03 GMT
The Omicron Covid variant is "not a disaster" and some people may be "hugely overstating the situation", a scientist advising the government says.
On a side note, there are 10 letters in the Greek alphabet between Delta and Omicron. Have I missed a load of variants somewhere?
You're confusing named 'variants of concern' versus all named variants. Not all of those which are designated by a name by WHO are VoCs. I wasn't able to find a list of all the named variants, but I did find the following www.who.int/en/activities/tracking-SARS-CoV-2-variants/ which shows that Lambda and Mu are current 'Variants of Interest'. Presumably somewhere there were other VoIs which were therefore named but have since become less interesting.
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Nov 27, 2021 12:10:04 GMT
Anyone feel the latest varient is going to hit the stock market again on Monday morning or will it shrug it off after yesterday? hoping it shrugs it off, I took a 5% hit yesterday
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Post by benaj on Nov 27, 2021 14:23:00 GMT
Number of Omicron In the UK.....
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Post by p2pmark on Nov 27, 2021 14:25:25 GMT
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Post by aju on Nov 27, 2021 14:28:18 GMT
Number of Omicron In the UK..... δύο I there is a briefing later today
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Post by Greenwood2 on Nov 27, 2021 16:13:27 GMT
The Omicron Covid variant is "not a disaster" and some people may be "hugely overstating the situation", a scientist advising the government says.
On a side note, there are 10 letters in the Greek alphabet between Delta and Omicron. Have I missed a load of variants somewhere?
Yes! I was following up to Iota, but haven't looked for quite a while.
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