Covid-19 and the madness of crowds

For some reason people are told to sing Happy Birthday while washing hands instead of: If You're Happy and you Know it wash your Hands.

I think we should all sing REM's "it's the end of the world as we know it" while washing our hands(a song that was 33 years ahead of it's time).

So one of our MPs has it, she met with Bojo a few days ago and they're all going to cram into the Houses of Parliament today for the budget speech. Is this a good idea?

It's a Chinese plot to bring down western democracy.

While people are freaking out with useless and quite often damaging anti-bacterials all over the place and themselves and "killing 99% of all known household germs" as the British tv Domestos ad used to say, it is a very good time to remind people that we live in an extremely necessary symbiosis with bacteria, they protect us from a lot and keeo us healthy in many ways, but most importantly bacteria can and do attack viruses, for example,
the CRISPR-Cas system in some bacteria helps to form an effective barrier to invading viruses.These viruses – known as phages – attach to the surface of bacterial cells, inject their genetic material, and use the cells' enzymes to multiply while destroying their hosts.

Just sayin'

Edited by LAM-SGC - March 11 2020 at 04:27

SteveG wrote: LAM-SGC wrote: While people are freaking out with useless and quite often damaging anti-bacterials all over the place and themselves and "killing 99% of all known household germs" as the British tv Domestos ad used to say, it is a very good time to remind people that we live in an extremely necessary symbiosis with bacteria, they protect us from a lot and keep us healthy in many ways, but most importantly bacteria can and do attack viruses, for example, the CRISPR-Cas system in some bacteria helps to form an effective barrier to invading viruses.These viruses – known as phages – attach to the surface of bacterial cells, inject their genetic material, and use the cells' enzymes to multiply while destroying their hosts. Just sayin' True. If one thing doesn't kill you, it's another.

^Not yet, but when the virus affects me and my body starts aching, I might make a dash for the nearest willow tree. I read this morning that we're about to run out of paracetamol already .

The most important thing is to remain frightened

chopper wrote: Shadowyzard wrote: Our (Turkey's) authorities acknowledged the first COVID-19 case like yesterday and madness has begun. The first visible sign: People are stocking up on cologne and food. cologne?

Together with regular hygiene practices like washing your hands using a soap, avoiding touching your face outdoors etc., experts also advised the use of cologne here. It seems most people are convinced. I'll only wash my hands a little more often than normal, instead. That should -or hopefully would- suffice.

Edited by Shadowyzard - March 11 2020 at 09:44