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Supine said:
IBM and John Hopkins have developed a chat bot to talk to people about vaccine hesitancy. Got a question about vaccines?

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Chat | Vaxchat

Chat with VIRA, the COVID-19 vaccine chatbot developed by the Johns Hopkins International Vaccine Access Center, browse featured questions, or complete a brief survey.
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And I've heard it said that counselling is one of the professions safe from automation.
 
Supine said:
IBM and John Hopkins have developed a chat bot to talk to people about vaccine hesitancy. Got a question about vaccines?

vaxchat.org

Chat | Vaxchat

Chat with VIRA, the COVID-19 vaccine chatbot developed by the Johns Hopkins International Vaccine Access Center, browse featured questions, or complete a brief survey.
vaxchat.org vaxchat.org
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Will it make me magnetic?

I'm not sure I understood your question.
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:hmm:

Will they put a microchip in me?

Good question! There are no microchips in the COVID-19 vaccines. The only purpose of the vaccine is to protect you.
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Well, they would say that, wouldn't they. :mad:
 
Supine said:
IBM and John Hopkins have developed a chat bot to talk to people about vaccine hesitancy. Got a question about vaccines?

vaxchat.org

Chat | Vaxchat

Chat with VIRA, the COVID-19 vaccine chatbot developed by the Johns Hopkins International Vaccine Access Center, browse featured questions, or complete a brief survey.
vaxchat.org vaxchat.org
Click to expand...
Excellent
 

Soft Drinks used to Fake Positive Results on COVID-19 Tests​



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A COVID-19 test with a fake positive caused by cola and a COVID-19 test that used cola after it was washed with a buffer.


www.sciencealert.com

Here's How Kids Are Using Soft Drinks to Fake Positive Results on COVID-19 Tests

Children are always going to find cunning ways to bunk off school, and the latest trick is to fake a positive COVID-19 lateral flow test (LFT) using soft drinks.
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(I don't know how accurate this story is, I've never used a lateral flow test)
 
Don't know if this has been posted already or wether this is the correct place to post it tbh :

www.anarchistcommunism.org

LONG COVID: WE ARE STILL NOT SAFE! - Anarchist Communist Group

In many ways it feels like Covid has been a long haul. As communities we put ourselves through social restrictions the like of which we have never seen, the cost of which in human, in mental health, in social terms we still don’t know. We did all this for the common good. So that the...
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www.mirror.co.uk

Two NHS hospitals declare code black alert as Covid cases soar and staff isolate

NHS Grampian said both Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin, Moray have had to postpone non-urgent elective operations due to the increasing number of Covid patients
www.mirror.co.uk

Two hospitals in Scotland have declared Code black status due to Covid-19 pressures.

NHS Grampian said both Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin, Moray have had to postpone non-urgent elective operations due to the soaring number of Covid patients.
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www.independent.co.uk

Cancer surgeries cancelled at one of England’s largest hospitals as NHS summer crisis deepens

Exclusive: Senior doctors warn of rising Covid admissions and A&E department overwhelmed at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
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Cancer patients at one of England’s largest hospital trusts have had their surgeries cancelled after rising numbers of coronavirus patients, which senior medics said was “affecting all our wards everywhere.”

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust said it had seen a “marked increase” in Covid admissions and was now having to cancel surgery for urgent patients “who’ve already waited too long”.
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www.independent.co.uk

Cancer surgeries cancelled at one of England’s largest hospitals as NHS summer crisis deepens

Exclusive: Senior doctors warn of rising Covid admissions and A&E department overwhelmed at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk

My area. Called an ambulance for one of my patients the other day; I was on hold for over 20 minutes before I got through. Not chatted to someone who then triaged it as low priority and then on hold, but 20 minutes before I spoke to anyone. Never had that before. Completely fucked up.
 
So... if you got pinged by the app this evening and it said you need to isolate for 8 days, when does that mean you were in contact with the infected person? Saturday? Sunday?

(this is a really inconvenient moment to get pinged by the app, let me tell you. :mad: )
 
killer b said:
So... if you got pinged by the app this evening and it said you need to isolate for 8 days, when does that mean you were in contact with the infected person? Saturday? Sunday?

(this is a really inconvenient moment to get pinged by the app, let me tell you. :mad: )
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Monday, I’d have thought. 10 days isolation from contact, so if it says 8 days left on Wednesday contact was on Monday. I think that’s how it works anyway.

Sorry you’ve been pinged :-(
 
I thought Monday, and it's really weird because I had zero prolonged contact with anyone that day, other than the three people I work with (none of whom have tested positive)
 
killer b said:
So... if you got pinged by the app this evening and it said you need to isolate for 8 days, when does that mean you were in contact with the infected person? Saturday? Sunday?

(this is a really inconvenient moment to get pinged by the app, let me tell you. :mad: )
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I think Sunday - the 10 days start the day after the contact.

Me and my partner were in close contact with a friend on Tuesday who started coughing on Tuesday evening, tested positive on a Lft, and told us immediatly. They ordered a PCR on Tues night but are still waiting for it. Meanwhile we are yet to be contacted by T&T/nhs app and official guidance is we don't need to self isolate until that happens - just social distance!

Obviously we are both self-isolating, apart from that my partner is picking up a laptop and mobile from work today so she can work from (my) home, as they can't officially class her as self-isolating until test and trace contacts her - and I'll take the bins out and bring stuff up from her car (I live on an upper flat). We're both going to do an LFT, wash hands, and mask up to do this. I'm self employed, so losing out on quite a bit of work.

The whole system is useless - And the government guidance is confusing and out of date - lots of stuff about support bubbles still in there.
 
I only had contact with two people on Sunday, neither of whom has tested positive - I'm sure everyone feels a similar feeling of injustice under these circumstance, but there is literally no possible long contacts in the possible timeframe I haven't eliminated and I'm supposed to be going to my best friend's memorial service on Sunday and to visit my brother on Monday and it's not fair. :mad:
 
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