PLAGUE: Not even primates are safe

[Nordstern]

courtesy btw Joe, yours mean's like a bow or something

Curtsy/curtsey, actually.

[Nordstern]

https://www.reuters.com/article/heal...-idUSKBN27W1J2

ROME (Reuters) - The new coronavirus was circulating in Italy in September 2019, a study by the National Cancer Institute (INT) of the Italian city of Milan shows, signaling that it might have spread beyond China earlier than thought.

The World Health Organization has said the new coronavirus and COVID-19, the respiratory disease it causes, were unknown before the outbreak was reported in Wuhan, central China, late last year. But it has said “the possibility that the virus may have silently circulated elsewhere cannot be ruled out.”

The WHO said on Monday it was reviewing the results from Italy and additional information published there at the weekend and was seeking clarification.

Italy’s first COVID-19 patient was detected on Feb. 21 in a small town near Milan, in the northern region of Lombardy.

The Italian researchers’ findings, published by the INT’s scientific magazine Tumori Journal, show 11.6% of 959 healthy volunteers enrolled in a lung cancer screening trial between September 2019 and March 2020 had developed coronavirus antibodies well before February.

A further SARS-CoV-2 antibodies test was carried out by the University of Siena for the same research titled “Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the pre-pandemic period in Italy”.

It showed that four cases dating back to the first week of October were positive for antibodies, meaning they had got infected in September, Giovanni Apolone, a co-author of the study, told Reuters.

[Maximillian]

Given the links between Wuhan and Milan due to the textile, clothing and fashion industries it isn't a surprise that the virus jumped between the two so quickly.

It's another reason why the WHO should conduct a (hopefully) thorough investigation into the genesis and spread of COVID-19 so future SARS-type outbreaks can be identified and dealt with early.

[duckduck]

Different vaccines from more than one company is good, isn't it? I mean at least from a production capacity point of view.

Germany expects about one year to have more or less everyone vaccinated.

Tapapapatalk

Although many of the different vaccines share precursor materials. All the different vaccines can't all be produced at maximum capacity at the same time.

It's still good news, but production and deployment will still be very hard.

[Hel OWeen]

This is an official video by the German government.



There are two more versions, one with a young couple and one with a gamer. I could only find an English subbed version of the first video.

Furthermore:

Denying Corona saves jobs.

Vienna's municipal undertakers.

Curtesy of the Viennese municipal undertaker museum store.

i totally love this

I also like it, but the German Twittersphere is all up in arms about those clips. And not the usual delusional suspects, but the (usually) sane part. Go figure...

[Hel OWeen]

That's an impressive animation.

Visualizes the infection spreading, starting March, 31st to a few days ago.

[Joe Appleby]

I also like it, but the German Twittersphere is all up in arms about those clips. And not the usual delusional suspects, but the (usually) sane part. Go figure...

Why, because the government is pandering to couch potatoes etc?

[dead_battery]

this thing is the worst thing i have seen in my life but i kinds feel like there is an increasing rate in disasters as we move forward in time ! i think there will be a point where we will have many disasters at the same time ! and finally man kind will all be dead and extinct

[walrus]

this thing is the worst thing i have seen in my life but i kinds feel like there is an increasing rate in disasters as we move forward in time ! i think there will be a point where we will have many disasters at the same time ! and finally man kind will all be dead and extinct

Yes and also no

[evil edna]

Blimey we found someone who can make jack seem cheerful and upbeat

[dzajic]

We are all old and cranky. Admit it

[Jack Coutu]

Blimey we found someone who can make jack seem cheerful and upbeat

He'll never match me, I'll show you!

Wait is that too optimistic?

[Hel OWeen]

I also like it, but the German Twittersphere is all up in arms about those clips. And not the usual delusional suspects, but the (usually) sane part. Go figure...

Why, because the government is pandering to couch potatoes etc?

In a way, yes. For a bunch of other reasons also, I do not remember all, but included were:
- Portrays students as a bunch of lazy dudes, doing nothing, when in reality they suffer quite a lot due to learning conditions
- Too much pathos / Hollywood /war rhetoric
- The style of the spot doesn't appeal to the targeted group (needs more flare lens and 'splosions, I guess. Oh - and shaky camera)

Yes, you can make a point for each of them (and the ones I forgot). But the fact that the German administration manages to produce these decent clips, seems to be lost to the audience. To me it seems that first non-existent and then absolute disaster of a social media response in regards to Rezo's "Zerstörung der CDU" vid is long forgotten by the exact same crowd that now criticizes these video spots as basically too good/professional.

[Joe Appleby]

I also like it, but the German Twittersphere is all up in arms about those clips. And not the usual delusional suspects, but the (usually) sane part. Go figure...

Why, because the government is pandering to couch potatoes etc?

In a way, yes. For a bunch of other reasons also, I do not remember all, but included were:
- Portrays students as a bunch of lazy dudes, doing nothing, when in reality they suffer quite a lot due to learning conditions
- Too much pathos / Hollywood /war rhetoric
- The style of the spot doesn't appeal to the targeted group (needs more flare lens and 'splosions, I guess. Oh - and shaky camera)

Yes, you can make a point for each of them (and the ones I forgot). But the fact that the German administration manages to produce these decent clips, seems to be lost to the audience. To me it seems that first non-existent and then absolute disaster of a social media response in regards to Rezo's "Zerstörung der CDU" vid is long forgotten by the exact same crowd that now criticizes these video spots as basically too good/professional.

Oh dear. Those are the same people that are upset that Berlin's police has a twitter account that at times displays the city's rather well known strain of humor. Or are upset that Berlin's public transport twitter&instagram feeds make fun of them always being late. And so on.

Yeah, I wouldn't care about that. Our government finally managed to hire a decent ad agency. The times of German no-nonsense attitude towards everything is over tbh.

Note for our non-German friends: we're still no-nonsense type people. Vouchers for jokes are just easier to get now and we just have to go inside to laugh instead of going to the basement.

[teds :D]

germanic people and basements

just writes itself really

[Joe Appleby]

germanic people and basements

just writes itself really

As always: that was the Austrians!

Tapapapatalk

[Zeekar]

germanic people and basements

just writes itself really

As always: that was the Austrians!

Tapapapatalk

So was Hitler and youre still hearing about it.

[Lowa [NSN]]

germanic people and basements

just writes itself really

As always: that was the Austrians!

Tapapapatalk

So was Hitler and youre still hearing about it.

Oh snap!

[RazoR]

germanic people and basements

just writes itself really

As always: that was the Austrians!

Tapapapatalk

So was Hitler and youre still hearing about it.

I believe that was ze joke.

[Hel OWeen]

germanic people and basements

just writes itself really

As always: that was the Austrians!

Tapapapatalk

So was Hitler and youre still hearing about it.

As much as it plagues me, by the time he went full batshit-crazy-destroyer-of-worlds, he sadly was a German already (Austrian 'til 1925, stateless*) 1925-32, naturalized in 1932)

*) is that the right term for "staatenlos" = had no citizenship in any country?