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mr_jolly
Aug 20, 2003

Not so jolly now

Captain Beans posted:

anyone know what kind of software this is that makes these dope charts? I have a lot of morons I need to educate with cool charts

https://twitter.com/mbeckett/status/1278750662038302720?s=20

sparklines?

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mr_jolly
Aug 20, 2003

Not so jolly now
Posting from the UK at the epicentre of the outbreak of the new strain of Covid

Not a lot to report really at the moment, cases are rising though despite being in the highest tier of lockdown though

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/14/new-strain-of-covid-19-may-be-cause-of-rise-in-cases-hancock-tells-mps

mr_jolly
Aug 20, 2003

Not so jolly now
Update! Now posting from a tier 4 hotspot.

Looks like our mutant strain of supercovid has spooked the UK gov enough they've just cancelled Christmas for a good portion of the country

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19...llions-12167367

Edit: up to "70% more transmissible"

mr_jolly fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Dec 19, 2020

mr_jolly
Aug 20, 2003

Not so jolly now
There's been 17 cases of the new variant detected in Scotland apparently so yeah, it sounds like this thing is already spreading.

Also cases in Wales. The country, not the things in the ocean.

mr_jolly fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Dec 19, 2020

mr_jolly
Aug 20, 2003

Not so jolly now
ah cool!

We've got yet another variant in the UK which is even worse than the new variant.

Very little info on it yet but anyone who has been to South Africa recently has been asked to go into quarantine immediately.

mr_jolly
Aug 20, 2003

Not so jolly now

pro starcraft loser posted:

You're a loving island come ON

To be fair, think this one was imported from South Africa from what the press conference is saying:

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-uk-confirms-two-cases-of-another-new-variant-linked-to-south-africa-12171410

The first variant, yeah sorry about that.....

mr_jolly fucked around with this message at 16:38 on Dec 23, 2020

mr_jolly
Aug 20, 2003

Not so jolly now

Gynovore posted:

Coronavirus 2021: I threw up on my sheep

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mr_jolly
Aug 20, 2003

Not so jolly now

learnincurve posted:

Yeh only this time it really should be called the Kent variant because the Welsh/Scottish/NI absolutely had nothing to do with creating it.

Edit; the devolved governments in those countries set their own coronavirus rules

There's a really good article about the origins of the Kent variant here:

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/health-coronavirus-uk-variant/

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