Repeating the errors of the Spring

[Eddy Edson]

In-depth investigation from the Sunday Times, non-paywalled version:

https://archive.vn/UWnAm

 

[trophywench]

Thank you indeed for reminding me.

Not.

 

[Bruce Stephens]

Meanwhile places like Japan and South Korea, who were being lauded for the way they managed, are now battling a third wave.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus suggests Japan has 20 and South Korea has 14.5 new daily cases per million. (We and Germany are at over 10 times that, with Sweden at close to 600 new daily cases per million.)

 

[Bruce Stephens]

Agree they did better than just about everyone but there are concerns about what's happening now, as the news clip below reports.

Oh, absolutely. They regard the current rates as significant problems.

 

[grovesy]

They have just announced to Parliament they have identified a new variant of the virus.

 

[trophywench]

Yes and I fully expect it to continue to morph. That in itself is interesting, cos in my lifetime so far, in the UK we've never had experience of a new virus, have we? If you were a virus, wouldn't you have a go at changing something in order to continue to survive?

 

[mikeyB]

Yes, it is in the interest of the virus not to killl you, it stops the ability to spread and survive. The other way is to become part of us. Around 10% of our DNA has been identified as viral in origin, so as long as we continue to breed, that’s the ultimate curated spread. And it’s part of what makes us human.

Mind you, that’s from way back in our history, almost to the time dinosaurs were in charge, and mammals were just at the mouse sized level.