Covid Mk ll

Correct. Two letters have not been used - "nu" because of potential confusion with "new", and "xi", because it is a common surname. But other 'missing' letters have been used progressively for variants as discovered to be established that never spread to any significant extent.

New Zealand has been talking since march 21 on rapid tests to the wonderment of a lot of the medical and scentific professions.. I have my theories on that and its follow the money again combined with incompent health officals...all the big exporters wanted them for their factories and actually imported their own....
Here is short thread of why they have a real place in the managment of this outbreak.
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When the goal is limiting transmission, timing of tests is everything

If you wait days for positive results before isolating, the time spent waiting must be factored in to the “effectiveness sensitivity” of a test.

Time is always ignored as a test metric. This is wrong
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https://twitter.com/michaelmina_lab/...09745667936256

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Originally Posted by bob10

I may be getting paranoid, but went to our medical centre today to get an appointment for a script, last time I was there, about 2 weeks ago, no masks, everyone relaxed. Today, all masked up, and chairs in front of the desk, again, and a definite feeling of heightened awareness, but that may be in preparation for opening up on the 17th? The pub is already letting people know, no double jab, no entry. I'm not worried about me, it's the grand kids , and I can't guarantee I would not do bodily harm to germs that put them at risk. And I'm not the only one up here hardening our attitudes.

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Vaxxed have little need to worry as while some infections occur the risk of significant illness or death is negligible. Still a chance yet possibly much more dangerous driving to the Doctors for your script Bob.[biggrin] PS I love eScripts and Phone appointments.


Kid vaccines inbound to Health departments Deep freezers before xmass for distribution and use Jan is the gossip now, ( in today's AGE. )

Of interest will be if Moderna is in the mix for kids>12 and 3rd doses for the rest of us. Sound like it may be in the next few weeks. It is OS now.

Our 6 month old pup just ran her first Park Run "Westerfolds parkrun results for event #367. Your time was 00:29:42." It was very chatty running my slowest ever park run[biggrin] 4th in the over 50s for this black duck

Not bad for the pup who is not allowed to do 42 km next week. She is now asleep on my feet.

I'm hearing conflicting reports on current vaccines effects on the latest version. Some say it has no effect on the virus, others claim it reduces the effects to that of a cold.

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Just don't fly too high Des.

Queen - No One But You (Only The Good Die Young) [Official Lyric Video] - Bing video

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No chance of that Bob.


Me rudder don't work, me undercarriage is rooted, Ailerons? Not sure just yet. Me fuel leaks, Me HF just gets a lot of unintelligible buzzing sounds. Me Reverse thrust is also rooted. (I guess I'll have to take her shopping, again, but have to see as the days wear on 'cos she is in a bit of a Flap at the mo..

Happy Landings eh?


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TiC.

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Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Vaxxed have little need to worry as while some infections occur the risk of significant illness or death is negligible. Still a chance yet possibly much more dangerous driving to the Doctors for your script Bob.[biggrin] PS I love eScripts and Phone appointments.


Kid vaccines inbound to Health departments Deep freezers before xmass for distribution and use Jan is the gossip now, ( in today's AGE. )

Of interest will be if Moderna is in the mix for kids>12 and 3rd doses for the rest of us. Sound like it may be in the next few weeks. It is OS now.

Our 6 month old pup just ran her first Park Run "Westerfolds parkrun results for event #367. Your time was 00:29:42." It was very chatty running my slowest ever park run[biggrin] 4th in the over 50s for this black duck

Not bad for the pup who is not allowed to do 42 km next week. She is now asleep on my feet.

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This C19 crap is turning you into a real lazy arse James. You need to get out & run more.[bigrolf]

What a bunch of self-centred twits. Anti-vaxxers have caused a kids cricket game to be cancelled as the anti-vaxxers protested lack of choice and freedom. Sadly, this was the first game of cricket for the kids since Auckland moved to the new traffic-light warning system after 107 days of lockdown. This was freedom as we know it now and yet the freedom of the cricketers was being impeded by the freedom-seeking placard-waving yobbos. No words can truly convey the impression these people are leaving when they converge enmass in the best of times but now we all have new-found freedoms moving to the new system, they are still wanting to protest about stuff. *sigh*

Stupid is what stupid does... :2up: If they wanted to alienate their movement even further from reality, they have succeeded admirably.

Covid-19: Vaccine mandate protesters force kids''' cricket match to be abandoned | Stuff.co.nz

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Originally Posted by bob10

I may be getting paranoid, but went to our medical centre today to get an appointment for a script, last time I was there, about 2 weeks ago, no masks, everyone relaxed. Today, all masked up, and chairs in front of the desk, again, and a definite feeling of heightened awareness, but that may be in preparation for opening up on the 17th? The pub is already letting people know, no double jab, no entry. I'm not worried about me, it's the grand kids , and I can't guarantee I would not do bodily harm to germs that put them at risk. And I'm not the only one up here hardening our attitudes.

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Don't worry about the GKs a Sarsaparilla at the Pub back door or a Pub Lemonade & Raspberry will soon put them right

It always tasted so much better when the old Man stopped for a beer at a country pub & kids got catered for out the back probably because the Flavoured syrup was more intense that the bottled crap of the times.. Ahhh the good olde days eh.[bigsad]

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Why has the virus jumped eleven Greek alphabet places i.e. Delta to Omicron, in one move?

Ooooh! Perhaps a 'Conspiracy Theory' in the making?

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They have skipped all those letters because......... [bigwhistle]

Delta + Omicron = .............Shake em up...........[biggrin]

Media Control [bighmmm]

Now that does belong in Conspiracy Theories. [biggrin]

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Originally Posted by windsock

What a bunch of self-centred twits. Anti-vaxxers have caused a kids cricket game to be cancelled as the anti-vaxxers protested lack of choice and freedom. Sadly, this was the first game of cricket for the kids since Auckland moved to the new traffic-light warning system after 107 days of lockdown. This was freedom as we know it now and yet the freedom of the cricketers was being impeded by the freedom-seeking placard-waving yobbos. No words can truly convey the impression these people are leaving when they converge enmass in the best of times but now we all have new-found freedoms moving to the new system, they are still wanting to protest about stuff. *sigh*

Stupid is what stupid does... :2up: If they wanted to alienate their movement even further from reality, they have succeeded admirably.

Covid-19: Vaccine mandate protesters force kids''' cricket match to be abandoned | Stuff.co.nz

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Oddly, nobody appears to think of that but instead they just make a bigger noise.

I guess they'll find out soon enough, if they make it through, that is.