Comments by "pinball1970" (@pinball1970) on "BBC News" channel.

  1.  @neil1375  It's a simple question, no tricks. What is the conspiracy? What are the lies told to us and what truths are out there?
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  2.  @neil1375  Hello?
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  3.  @neil1375  Ok, perhaps you don't have a conspiracy theory?
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  4.  @dianehamilton9208  Er....well no. That is not how Science works. It is not a bunch of unqualified Facebook and YouTubers deciding the are suddenly aware of virology. Only profoundly stupid people think that way. If you doubt me write a thesis on Quantum mechanics. I assure you that you are as clueless on that subject as you are on disease, virology, epidemiology, medicine, molecular biology, biochemistry, applied Biology....
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  5.  @I_hate_Google  They have been mapping this since Dec 2019 FFS just go on Google scholar.
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  6.  @skankhunt_-42  Eh? You are another virologist? Lots on yt these days
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  7.  @skankhunt_-42  Yes because 100s 1000 of published Scientists and academics Drs pathologists lab technicians and health care professionals have just decided to start lying for a living. https://www.who.int/activities/tracking-SARS-CoV-2-variants
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  8.  @I_hate_Google  https://www.who.int/activities/tracking-SARS-CoV-2-variants
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  9.  @I_hate_Google  This from nature last month Article Published: 07 June 2021 Spread of a SARS-CoV-2 variant through Europe in the summer of 2020 Emma B. Hodcroft, Moira Zuber, Sarah Nadeau, Timothy G. Vaughan, Katharine H. D. Crawford, Christian L. Althaus, Martina L. Reichmuth, John E. Bowen, Alexandra C. Walls, Davide Corti, Jesse D. Bloom, David Veesler, David Mateo, Alberto Hernando, Iñaki Comas, Fernando González-Candelas, SeqCOVID-SPAIN consortium, Tanja Stadler & Richard A. Neher Nature (2021)Cite this article 19k Accesses 801 Altmetric Metricsdetails Abstract Following its emergence in late 2019, the spread of SARS-CoV-21,2 has been tracked by phylogenetic analysis of viral genome sequences in unprecedented detail3,4,5. Although the virus spread globally in early 2020 before borders closed, intercontinental travel has since been greatly reduced. However, travel within Europe resumed in the summer of 2020. Here we report on a SARS-CoV-2 variant, 20E (E
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  10.  @skankhunt_-42  All these guys just making shit up. If it's so easy apply for a job as a virologist or molecular biologist and say you are happy to take part n the conspiracy, they will snap your hand off right? ArticlePublished: 07 June 2021 Spread of a SARS-CoV-2 variant through Europe in the summer of 2020 Emma B. Hodcroft, Moira Zuber, Sarah Nadeau, Timothy G. Vaughan, Katharine H. D. Crawford, Christian L. Althaus, Martina L. Reichmuth, John E. Bowen, Alexandra C. Walls, Davide Corti, Jesse D. Bloom, David Veesler, David Mateo, Alberto Hernando, Iñaki Comas, Fernando González-Candelas, SeqCOVID-SPAIN consortium, Tanja Stadler & Richard A. Neher  Nature (2021)Cite this article 19k Accesses 801 Altmetric Metricsdetails Abstract Following its emergence in late 2019, the spread of SARS-CoV-21,2 has been tracked by phylogenetic analysis of viral genome sequences in unprecedented detail3,4,5. Although the virus spread globally in early 2020 before borders closed, intercontinental travel has since been greatly reduced. However, travel within Europe resumed in the summer of 2020. Here we report on a SARS-CoV-2 variant, 20E (E
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  11.  @skankhunt_-42  Or this paper on variants, look how many teams are working on this. https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.24.2100509
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  12.  @skankhunt_-42  The WHO tracks all sorts of diseases and he as been doing for decades. Virology did not start in 2019. Out line the conspiracy for me because every time I ask this question I get a different answer.
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  13.  @skankhunt_-42  It's not just WHO affiliated to the paper. Did you actually read any of it? What do you dispute and why?
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  14.  @redjulmar7391  Nope, they said less likely to get sick. Nothing can actually stop you getting the virus if you come into contact for long enough.
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  15.  @n1nj4l1nk  The virus has been a pathogen of concern since this started. The VOC have been added as the data has been coming in.
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  16.  @n1nj4l1nk  " As of 19 March 2020, COVID-19 is no longer considered to be a high consequence infectious disease (HCID) in the UK. There are many diseases which can cause serious illness which are not classified as HCIDs." This is called quote mining. COVID is not considered as serious as EBOLA, correct- not many are as EBOLA is a grade 4 virus, this does not mean it is not dangerous.
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  17.  @n1nj4l1nk  We lost 1800 people in 24 hours in January 2021 during lock down. That is pretty dangerous. Luckily the vaccine is now out in the population and deaths are around 20-30 even though restrictions are lifted. The vaccine is working
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  18.  @n1nj4l1nk  Why would it? Has it ever been the cause of a pandemic? Look at total deaths for Ebola. It's not that simple. This is why a number in the hands of an uneducated person is dangerous
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  19.  @n1nj4l1nk  They are not 'my beliefs' it's the published literature.
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  20.  @n1nj4l1nk  See also Quantum mechanics, cosmology, genetics, biochemistry, high energy particle physics. Trust me, you are as clueless on virology as you are on those subjects.
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  21.  @mndflnslgn2880  Nope, people get confused with the science. I can explain it. There is a virus that is killing people They developed a vaccine you need to get if you are over 18 There are some restrictions in place, they will probably be lifted. Try and follow the rules till they do.
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  22.  @redpillnibbler4423  Yeah why don't they read the published scientific articles instead? Oh that's right you don't understand them so you use conspiracy sites instead.
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  23.  @MM-jo6kg  No it won't, July 2020. Summer of love!
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  24.  @auntiemandy5638  Not that this is relevant to COVID19 where the data is still coming in but one of the issues was not to do with bacterial infections. This was to do with an over reaction of the immune system to the virus which explains why completely healthy individuals died, there was a huge spike between 17-25. So young old AND healthy died as a result in 1918
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  25.  @auntiemandy5638  Here is a paper outlining the role of the cytokeins in the immune response. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4711683/
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  26.  @auntiemandy5638  COVID19 Not only damages lung tissue permanently, it can attack other organs via the immune response causing cardiovascular including myopathy leading to arrhythmia and worse. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7199677/
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  27.  @auntiemandy5638  Here is a study in the use of masks, how much protection do they offer? Well that is a discussion for the guys who actually know what they are talking about. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7191274/
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  28.  @auntiemandy5638  Common sense should tell you air permeates freely through a mask other wise you would suffocate pretty quickly. Moisture is captured to an extent, that's why masks WORK, to an extent. It's not difficult.
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  29. ​ @gibsonmunyi7225 What? Have you been living under a rock?
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  30.  Mal Driskel  one symptom is death, 128000 so far in the UK. Probably best remember that one.
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  31. @Mal Driskel No symptoms = asymptomatic. Scientists have words for the Science stuff
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  32. @Mal Driskel Like I said, scientists have words for things. Do you have a point?
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  33. @Mal Driskel You said symptoms with no symptoms, did I miss something else? I am reasonably intelligent (Applied Biology degree, no mater's or PhD)
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  34. @Mal Driskel What do you think the conspiracy is? Can you spell it out? I get different stories
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  35.  @FloridaMan69.  Yeah we should let him just walk across Europe yes?
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  36.  Thought Criminal  Eh? I have colleagues on the border, stop posting stupid nonsense
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  37. No.
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  38.  @rc5981  Eh?
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  39.  @BJPZINDABAD  Why did god make COVID? For that matter why did he make TB, cancer etc?
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  40.  Terry Winter  No, it's a pandemic. I know people who have died. Keep away from nonsense conspiracy theory websites and blogs and read the REAL Science. CDC, WHO Lancet BMJ etc
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  41.  Terry Winter  There isn't. It's called a virus. It's a SARS virus, the last time a significant one emerged was 2012, before that 2002. They did not go global this one has, 200 countries. 12700 dead in the UK and Delta is spreading. Good news is the vaccine appears to be doing its job.
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  42.  Terry Winter  You are asking me why some people are profoundly ignorant, stupid and or gullible? Luckily they are in the minority 42 million have already had at least one vaccine shot.
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  43.  Terry Winter  We were at 2000 cases a day two weeks ago now we at 10,000. Per day. This is due to easing of restrictions, the Delta variant which is a lot more transmissible than Alpha, the previous dominant strain in the UK AND irresponsible cretins who think it's all a conspiracy and ignore the rules and refuse the vaccine. Hospital cases ARE increasing, over 90% of those are due to Delta. Perhaps the vaccine will out run the virus? One thing is certain, if you ingore the rules and refuse the vaccine you are far more likely to end up in hospital.
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  44.  Terry Winter  This from the NHS. "ONS stats show rise in infections The latest ONS infection survey (up to 12 June) suggest that one in every 540 people is infected. The North West has the highest proportion of people likely to test positive for COVID-19 (one in 180) and Eastern England has the lowest estimate (one in 2,480). One dose of vaccine reduces hospitalisation by 75 per cent (inc Delta) PHE have released data which suggested a single dose of vaccine can reduce a person’s chance of catching COVD and needing hospital treatment by about 75 per cent (including the Delta variant). This increases to a more than 90 per cent reduction with two doses.'
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  45.  Terry Winter  https://www.nhsconfed.org/articles/covid-19-latest-developments
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  46.  Terry Winter  So, what do you think the conspiracy is exactly?
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  47.  Terry Winter  What shortages?
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  48.  Terry Winter  Look we just need to get as many vaccinated as possible then get it to counties that can't afford it. We also need to get the economy going again whilst keeping safe.
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  49.  @BJPZINDABAD  No that is ignorant nonsense. Malaria cancer TB cystic fibrosis typhoid cholera kill million of INNOCENT children every year.
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  50.  @BJPZINDABAD  You are a deluded idiot. Viruses and other pathogens are not cured by homeopathy. Homeopathy has placebo effect at best. Cancer is complex and diverse. stop posting backward superstitious shit during a pandemic is my advice
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