New Covid-19 Variants

[pong]

On the subject of staying in prison/hotel lockdown in case you did took the effort to visit LOS: recent messages from other fora, mainly main Thai str8 couples, it is not too shiny.
It seems since the discovery of the british strain of covid Brits are completely banned from entering (or maybe this has since been changed) and whereas before some of the quarantine hotels were reported to be a bit more permissive after the 5day first testing, this has also been changed back to very strict isolation. So far for now.

[Patanawet]

since the discovery of the british strain of covid

What? Did you mean to write 'the new variant of Covid first diagnosed in the UK due to more advanced methods of genome sequencing used in the UK before other countries discovered it in their own testing'?.
Do you also believe that 'The Spanish Flu' originated in Spain?
Intelligible reply appreciated.

[Moses]

What? Did you mean to write 'the new variant of Covid first diagnosed in the UK due to more advanced methods of genome sequencing used in the UK before other countries discovered it in their own testing'?.
Do you also believe that 'The Spanish Flu' originated in Spain?
Intelligible reply appreciated.

Well. Let's recall how it was year ago: "Chinese virus", "created in Chinese laboratory" and rest shit. Now UK got their boomerang back. Sorry.

[arsenal]

Ridiculous comment Moses. It's Chinese in origin. All the others are variants. Just because I add trompettes de mort to steak and kidney pudding doesn't make it French.

[cdnmatt]

Pro-tip guys. Viruses don't have nationalities. They're viruses.

[Nirish guy]

Pro-tip guys. Viruses don't have nationalities. They're viruses.

The viruses themselves may not, but the Country of their manufacture once proven sure as hell does !

[cdnmatt]

The viruses themselves may not, but the Country of their manufacture once proven sure as hell does !

By that logic we can all blame the US for Spanish Flu?

[Moggy]

By that logic we can all blame the US for Spanish Flu?

The 1918 flu pandemic became known as the “Spanish flu” because wartime censors minimized reports of the illness while the Spanish press did not. Probably the same reason its become known as the British variant.

[cdnmatt]

The 1918 flu pandemic became known as the “Spanish flu” because wartime censors minimized reports of the illness while the Spanish press did not.

Yes, I'm well aware of that. It's also suspected the Spanish Flu originated from a pig farm close to a military barracks in Kansas, then spread from there as the soldiers headed over to Europe to hunt them some Germans.

So if we're going to be blaming China for KoVid-19, and the UK for some new strain, then I guess we blame the US for Spanish Flu?

Or we can just grow up, and realize we're talking about a virus. Aside from things like natural climate and vegetation, originating country has very little to do with "manufacturing" a virus, or if any when a virus makes the leap from animal to human.

[Nirish guy]

originating country has very little to do with "manufacturing" a virus, or if any when a virus makes the leap from animal to human.

Actually I disagree as the key word there of course is MANUFACTURING ! Of course if a virus jumps from nature to man, so be it, that's life, but if it turns out that a Country manufactured a virus, from scratch, in a lab for reasons unknown and that same virus goes on to reek havoc around the world then I think it's more than fair than the Country to caused the problem gets it name added to the bloody thing.