COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")

[GooooMarquette]

And now researchers at tOSU have identified two new strains in Ohio, at least one of which appears more contagious than the original virus.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/13/ohio-researchers-say-theyve-identified-two-new-covid-strains-likely-originating-in-the-us.html

Edit: I'm gonna start a new thread on this....

[Spotcheck Billy]

We usually vacation in Jamaica in February but passed on that this year mainly because of the constantly changing restrictions. For months now JA has required all travelers to upload a negative PCR test dated less than 10 days before arrival, doable but could be a PITA.
 
 Now Canada (and it's rumored soon to be followed by the US) requires that you submit a negative PCR test less than 3 days before arrival back in CA meaning that you will have to get tested in the country you travel to. In JA you have to either go to Mobay or Kingston for a PCR test costing about $200 US. Canada has stated that if you aren't tested before checking in you will have to reschedule your flight until you have a negative test. If there are no tests available where you traveled to you must quarantine at a Gov't. approved location for 14 days upon return.

And as of January 26 this is a requirement to travel to the US as well. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s0112-negative-covid-19-air-passengers.html

Update on how well this is working in Jamaica, there are only 2 labs in the country that do PCR tests and Canadians found out this week that the labs are unable to take more appointments before February. Approximately 2000 Canadians were to return home this week but might be stranded.

[tower912]

Well, if you're going to be stranded...

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Well, if you're going to be stranded...

No chit, hey. 

[GooooMarquette]

Well, if you're going to be stranded...

Ya mon!

[Spotcheck Billy]

Some of those AI resorts are pretty costly, having to extend a stay can add up pretty quickly.

[GooooMarquette]

Some of those AI resorts are pretty costly, having to extend a stay can add up pretty quickly.

No kidding. I was looking at a trip to one of the Sandals resorts and when the price quote came up I thought it was really pricey, but doable for two people. Then I realized it was the price per person....

[ZiggysFryBoy]

No kidding. I was looking at a trip to one of the Sandals resorts Hedonism and when the price quote came up I thought it was really pricey, but doable for two people. Then I realized it was the price per person....

Spelling error.

[GooooMarquette]

Spelling error.

Good catch! Damn spell-check is always messing up my posts....

[Jockey]

We usually vacation in Jamaica in February but passed on that this year mainly because of the constantly changing restrictions. For months now JA has required all travelers to upload a negative PCR test dated less than 10 days before arrival, doable but could be a PITA.
 

Do you stay on the resort the entire time you are there or do you venture out? Some areas are pretty rough with the beggars and the hustlers.

[warriorchick]

Do you stay on the resort the entire time you are there or do you venture out? Some areas are pretty rough with the beggars and the hustlers.

That's one of the main reasons you go to an AI.  You don't have to leave the property, and at least when I went to an AI in Jamaica, non-guests aren't allowed on the property or its beach.

[MUBurrow]

Spelling error.

The wild women, the rippin and the tearin.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Good catch! Damn spell-check is always messing up my posts....

Just be sure to use incognito.   Dont want to ruin the wife's surprise gift. 

[GooooMarquette]

Just be sure to use incognito.   Dont want to ruin the wife's surprise gift.

The wife?!?

Oh, yeah...right. 😉

[pacearrow02]

https://mobile.twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152

Happy Anniversary, what a year it’s been.

[GooooMarquette]

https://mobile.twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152

Happy Anniversary, what a year it’s been.

And a year later, the WHO investigators finally get into Wuhan and are already encountering obstacles.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/14/world/covid19-coronavirus#a-who-team-is-in-china-to-investigate-the-virus-its-already-meeting-obstacles

I don't agree with POTUS' use of the term 'China virus' to advance a political narrative, and whatever the Chinese did certainly doesn't excuse the US' haphazard national 'response' to the pandemic, but the Chinese are worthy of harsh criticism for the secrecy surrounding the pandemic's origin. 

[pacearrow02]

And a year later, the WHO investigators finally get into Wuhan and are already encountering obstacles.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/14/world/covid19-coronavirus#a-who-team-is-in-china-to-investigate-the-virus-its-already-meeting-obstacles

I don't agree with POTUS' use of the term 'China virus' to advance a political narrative, and whatever the Chinese did certainly doesn't excuse the US' haphazard national 'response' to the pandemic, but the Chinese are worthy of harsh criticism for the secrecy surrounding the pandemic's origin.

Interesting piece (incredibly long) in the new Yorker a couple weeks back about the increasing likelihood that it was an unintentional leak out of the wuhan lab that started this whole thing as well.  What was widely considered and condemned as conspiracy talk just a few kk the ago is now the “Vegas favorite” as actually being the truth.

Why do you mean by political narrative?  How is naming it the Chinese virus any different then calling a virus that originated near the Ebola river, the Ebola virus? 

[Galway Eagle]

Interesting piece (incredibly long) in the new Yorker a couple weeks back about the increasing likelihood that it was an unintentional leak out of the wuhan lab that started this whole thing as well.  What was widely considered and condemned as conspiracy talk just a few kk the ago is now the “Vegas favorite” as actually being the truth.

Why do you mean by political narrative?  How is naming it the Chinese virus any different then calling a virus that originated near the Ebola river, the Ebola virus?

Because Ebola is actually named Ebola while the "China virus" is an active attempt to place blame on China and the Chinese to spread it. It also creates racial tensions as opposed to being named after a river which would at worst make you not want to be by that river.

[GooooMarquette]

Interesting piece (incredibly long) in the new Yorker a couple weeks back about the increasing likelihood that it was an unintentional leak out of the wuhan lab that started this whole thing as well.  What was widely considered and condemned as conspiracy talk just a few kk the ago is now the “Vegas favorite” as actually being the truth.

Why do you mean by political narrative?  How is naming it the Chinese virus any different then calling a virus that originated near the Ebola river, the Ebola virus?

He is trying to deflect blame for the Administration's failure onto China. Why do you think he is the one world leader calling it the China virus, while all the other world leaders and scientific experts are calling it the 'novel coronavirus' for 'SARS-Cov2'? Do you think he's going to call the new strain discovered in the US the 'America virus'? If not, why not?

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Leave it to Chicos to still bring up the "what's wrong with China virus?" question...

[pacearrow02]

He is trying to deflect blame for the Administration's failure onto China. Why do you think he is the one world leader calling it the China virus, while all the other world leaders and scientific experts are calling it the 'novel coronavirus' for 'SARS-Cov2'? Do you think he's going to call the new strain discovered in the US the 'America virus'? If not, why not?

I mean he called it the Chinese virus from day 1, long before we knew if the administration was going to handle things terribly or not but I see and understand your and GE’s point. 

Are we not on this very board calling the Ohio strain, THE “Ohio strain”?

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

I mean he called it the Chinese virus from day 1,

He's also an idiot.

[GooooMarquette]

I mean he called it the Chinese virus from day 1, long before we knew if the administration was going to handle things terribly or not but I see and understand your and GE’s point. 

Are we not on this very board calling the Ohio strain, THE “Ohio strain”?

It is a new strain, so yes we are calling it the Ohio strain.

But that doesn't answer my question: Do you think Trump will call it the 'America virus'? Or the 'America strain'? Or the 'Ohio strain'? If not, why not?

[pacearrow02]

It is a new strain, so yes we are calling it the Ohio strain.

But that doesn't answer my question: Do you think Trump will call it the 'America virus'? Or the 'America strain'? Or the 'Ohio strain'? If not, why not?

Admit it, you hate Ohio!!!!

No I don’t think Trump will call it that cause I’m fairly certain he doesn’t even know the new strain exists.  Guy has exactly been in tune with reality for a couple months now.

[pacearrow02]

He's also an idiot.

Sure, not disagreeing that a good chunk of the country find him repulsive.  Just arguing that by following precedence of calling a virus by the geographical point of origin is not necessarily motivated by anything other then that.