Hopeful

Perfect time to sequestrate the assets of these sports “stars” worldwide and return to a more gentlemanly way of playing and watching sport.

Nearest the door.

Better and coronavirus clear after a week
he's having a larf
at our expense

It's pretty straightforward to do if you know what you are doing,
But rt-PCR at this scale would need to be on a robotic system I'd have thought.
I've just looked at a kit https://www.biobasic.com/coronavirus-covid-19-primers#kit
It's bog standard GTC extraction, spin column and RT-PCR
And for a few tests it would be fine,
But imagine scaling this kit up in a lab with technicians - chaos.
That kit is pretty useless. Still the company is trying to have a presence I guess.
(Be simpler and cheaper to DIY your own 'kit' for a test of course - primers are cheap as chips. I wonder how many Mol Biol bods are testing themselves, I've got all the equipment and I'm tempted.... but won't probably bother.)
 

I had pneumonia when I was a toddler - bad enough that my parents were told I wouldnt survive the night at one point. I am now a fit, healthy 54 year old, in better shape AFAICS than most most guys in their 30s. Yes, it caused me lifelong loss of lung function, such that I could never have been a great athlete, but frankly, that's no big loss. I get by more than well enough. I ran cross country for the county and competed at national level in cycle races as a teenager, I was just never going to be a contender. 
Of course if you arent prepared to do as I do and live a clean and healthy life, maybe it would fuck you up really badly? And there in lies the problem for most of the population....

We already have full English campuses in China
Nottingham Uni has a replica campus in Ningbo
All par of our courting China

Afraid, it's too depresing to watch that, knowing it may be impossible to repeat

Agreed.
I can't see anything optimistic about any of this for the long term.
Was expecting to semi retire/travel in 4 or 5 years (after much hard work in my small business) that's gone off a cliff the last 2- 3 weeks.
I'm a bit more confident in the outcome in Aus though with the lower infection/death rate (small population in general) Family & friends mainly in UK which I worry about (along with fellow dosbod family)
I suppose we'll see which direction this will pan out in the next 2 months..shitstorm or Megafucked.
It won't be pretty or end well either way imo.
 

Afraid, it's too depresing to watch that, knowing it may be impossible to repeat

We already have full English campuses in China
Nottingham Uni has a replica campus in Ningbo
All par of our courting China

Unfortunately, I fear so
It's such a fucking shame that Blair wrecked this country so successfully.
It wouldn't have been that bad to be a prisoner here, I could have coped
Now, it's fucking rubbish
The thiught I can't escape, even for a few weeks, is now quite worrying.

Very good
More weeds you can eat here
https://www.eatweeds.co.uk/plants
We have wild garlic mayonnaise with deep-fried tempura battered squid tonight
Might have nettle soup first.

Very good
More weeds you can eat here
https://www.eatweeds.co.uk/plants
We have wild garlic mayonnaise with deep-fried tempura battered squid tonight
Might have nettle soup first.

For that we need deaths, probably a lot of deaths
Or everyone that has a deadly strain has to be identified and isolated so that the virus is effectively removed.

^ this

They were probably all wearing masks to start off with

Yes, but you can't rely upon genetic drift to fix the new mutation in the population, it could drift to fixation, it could disappear
You need selection to drive a new strain to prevalence or fixation.
Selection that favours its spread.
It could be fitter because it is more infectious than a previous strain, for example, while being equally lethal or less lethal
or it could succeed because an earlier more lethal strain is selected against because the hosts die more quickly and a dead host doesn't transmit virus.
The new strain should have a fitness advantage.
 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8183453/Gary-Lineker-blasts-Matt-Hancock-demand-footballers-rush-coronavirus-pay-cuts.html
Oh dear.
Spanish have cut.
Time to start a campaign to sack Lineker

£700k if both end up in care for 5 years, which they likely will. I have  a distinct feeling that fees have risen to property values. Just like rents have risen to housing benefit levels.

^ this

It's pretty straightforward to do if you know what you are doing,
But rt-PCR at this scale would need to be on a robotic system I'd have thought.
I've just looked at a kit https://www.biobasic.com/coronavirus-covid-19-primers#kit
It's bog standard GTC extraction, spin column and RT-PCR
And for a few tests it would be fine,
But imagine scaling this kit up in a lab with technicians - chaos.
That kit is pretty useless. Still the company is trying to have a presence I guess.
(Be simpler and cheaper to DIY your own 'kit' for a test of course - primers are cheap as chips. I wonder how many Mol Biol bods are testing themselves, I've got all the equipment and I'm tempted.... but won't probably bother.)
 

Yes, but you can't rely upon genetic drift to fix the new mutation in the population, it could drift to fixation, it could disappear
You need selection to drive a new strain to prevalence or fixation.
Selection that favours its spread.
It could be fitter because it is more infectious than a previous strain, for example, while being equally lethal or less lethal
or it could succeed because an earlier more lethal strain is selected against because the hosts die more quickly and a dead host doesn't transmit virus.
The new strain should have a fitness advantage.
 

Yes, but you can't rely upon genetic drift to fix the new mutation in the population, it could drift to fixation, it could disappear
You need selection to drive a new strain to prevalence or fixation.
Selection that favours its spread.
It could be fitter because it is more infectious than a previous strain, for example, while being equally lethal or less lethal
or it could succeed because an earlier more lethal strain is selected against because the hosts die more quickly and a dead host doesn't transmit virus.
The new strain should have a fitness advantage.
 

Yes, but you can't rely upon genetic drift to fix the new mutation in the population, it could drift to fixation, it could disappear
You need selection to drive a new strain to prevalence or fixation.
Selection that favours its spread.
It could be fitter because it is more infectious than a previous strain, for example, while being equally lethal or less lethal
or it could succeed because an earlier more lethal strain is selected against because the hosts die more quickly and a dead host doesn't transmit virus.
The new strain should have a fitness advantage.