Right in one. It also relates to some mask discussion here
Havenāt we always estimated the undercount itt as 40%. This stat is 50%. Not a big surprise.
Of course statesā¦
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OK, excised the big tech and Bill Gates threads.
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USA not on the UK green list for vacationersā¦ probably more to do with the host of variants circulating in the US as opposed to % of population vaccinated or higher current covid cases (we have 3 or 4 measures). Just got to quaratine / self-isolate for 10 days on arrival 
Portugal, Israel and Gibraltar among 12 green list destinations
Now on to the green list countries, which Grant Shapps says people will be able to visit from 17 May.
The transport secretary says the full list of 12 countries and territories people in England can travel to without having to quarantine upon return will include:
- Portugal
- Israel
- Singapore
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Brunei
- Iceland
- Gibraltar
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- St Helena, Tristan de Cunha, Ascension Island
- Turkey
- Maldives
- Nepal
He says the list will be reviewed every three weeks from reopening.
However, many green list countries will continue to place restrictions on UK travellers, including quarantine measures, so passengers are encouraged to check all requirements and FCDO travel advice before they book any foreign travel.
Countdown to Desantis caving in 3ā¦2ā¦1ā¦
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Why does WHO backing matter?
The green light from the global health body is a guideline for national regulators that a vaccine is safe and effective.
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it would give countries āconfidence to expedite their own regulatory approvalā.
It also means that the vaccine can be used in the global Covax programme, which aims to provide about two billion vaccines to developing countries.
The decision to list the Chinese vaccine for emergency use is expected to give a substantial boost to the scheme, which has been hit by supply problems and only been able to deliver about 50 million doses so far.
Ron DeSantis, the man who was too small-government for the socialist puppet (checks notes)ā¦cruise industry.
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Eventually, the GOP is going to paint itself into a corner by needing to alienate Big Left Corporate America in order to appease their base.
Shit, Exxon is about to drop some diversity training and Ronās going to have to stop taking their money lmao.
DeSantis could do with his own thread too (yawn, not relevant to worldwide covid)
OK, off to get dose #2.
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What has Turkey been doing to put them in such a good position?
Lying possibly?
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Arm is a little sore after round 2 but no obvious side effects. Hope it wasnāt a dud.
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Correct, or soon will be
Turkey is hosting the Champions League soccer final in a few weeks. A pretty logical reason to lie about rates for sportswashing/prestige purposes.
UK made Turkey a red state this week IIRC.
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Florida Private School Bars Vaccinated Teachers From Student Contact - The New York Times.
In an example of how misinformation threatens the nationās effort to vaccinate enough Americans to get the coronavirus under control, Ms. Centner, who has frequently shared anti-vaccine posts on Facebook, claimed in the letter that āreports have surfaced recently of non-vaccinated people being negatively impacted by interacting with people who have been vaccinated.ā
āEven among our own population, we have at least three women with menstrual cycles impacted after having spent time with a vaccinated person,ā she wrote, repeating a false claim that vaccinated people can somehow pass the vaccine to others and thereby affect their reproductive systems. (They can do neither.)
Yeah apparently a couple crack pot doctors were saying vaccinated people shed the virus, so donāt hug them more than five seconds.
The nonsense of shedding has forced a whole heap of experts to vocalize that it is nonsense.
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Hold up, are we saying the deplorable anti vaxxer morons will leave us alone if we get vaccinated? That sounds ā¦ good?