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not surprising, flu was MIA 6 months ago in the south. Even in normal circumstances it only has an R around 1. The same masks and distancing that pushed covid-19 from 3 to 1ish would have only 1 in 3 people with the flu infecting anyone else. That's enough to crush it short term; but even if we could drive human cases all the way to zero it'd spring back from animal reservoirs once things return to normalish.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Survival of the fittest virus.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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OriginalGriff wrote: but not even one case? Impressive. Highly unlikely.
FTFY.
That's because the actual cases of the flu have been filed under Covid, as "mild" or "asymptomatic". Who's gonna check?
You know it to be true...
modified 23-Feb-21 13:57pm.
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There also hasn't been a case of death from old age in the past year. 
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[pardon the mixed genres below]
My Spidey-sense is tingling. I have this feeling of utter dread regarding the coming work day. Worse, my email Inbox has not been the usual pool of bubbling, malodorous ichor, foul with the stench of utter evil.
Even my dog is feeling it. He's doing a "Timmy fell down the well, but I just can't be arsed to remember where" thing.
This has the feeling of one of those "everything's broken and we're all gonna die" sorts of days, that ends with my drowning my sorrows in strong drink...
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote: drowning my sorrows in strong drink
Well drowning 'em in weak drink just takes sooooo long.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I've reached an age where I prefer a long, slow slide into insensibility, rather than the luge runs of my youth.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote: This has the feeling of one of those "everything's broken and we're all gonna die" sorts of days, that ends with my drowning my sorrows in strong drink...
Adding to your problems: procrastination!
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I'll start procrastinating tomorrow.
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obermd wrote: I'll start procrastinating tomorrow.
Perhaps you ought to think that over for a while.
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Come on in, the water's fine!
I felt that way yesterday. On the way to work, I had this feeling of, I left that Amazon job turned off all weekend, after finalizing some testing and deploying a new version on Friday. I just knew it was going to be a bad day. 
On arrival, I determined I hadn't forgotten anything, and all was good.
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote: This has the feeling of one of those "everything's broken and we're all gonna die" sorts of days, that ends with my drowning my sorrows in strong drink...
That happens every time I need to work in licensing related code. 
I'd rather be phishing!
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Anyone else on here had the vaccine yet ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Which one? I haven't yet, know several people who have.
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Pfizer
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Most of the people I know have had the Pifzer, I wonder if there's more of it in the UK compared to Astra?
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Yes, that's what we had. I think it was due to the government ordering lots of it in good time. Nice to see them (actually the Civil Service) getting something right.
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(In UK) - everyone I know who's been jabbed has been Astrazeneca. Maybe depends on location.
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Had my first jab last Friday.
No side-eff...<bzzt>BILL GATES IS THE MOST WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING EVER!</bzzt>...ects yet. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Sorry, bit random, looked at your profile to see what side of the pond you were, ArcommIT related to Arcomm which made SBC and were bought up and out 4 to 6 years ago?
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No, ArcomIT were a small IT support company in Guildford, which merged with Trinet Ltd. They still exist, and are now based in Woking. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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My second was two weeks ago...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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All reports suggest that Israel is way ahead of everyone else on this.
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It seems that 50% of the target population got two shots, but it is reportedly slowing down...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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