Dafuq happened here then? This thread’s a train wreck :5:

[mick brown]

Isn't this the same strain that they found in those minx farms in the Netherlands way back when?...

According to the tv last night it's been in Europe and Australia before Britain.

 

[andipandi]

The bloke has former links to the WHO, based on that I should change my vote from Don't Know to No, I don't like the WHO much tbh.

I don't see how the Government can be to blame, it might have been imported, it might be the mink strain mutated, it might have combined with our weather and air pollution. It's probably just doing what virus's do, ask that sage bloke who got caught out nobbing that spare bird of his, he's back in favour - apparently.

@StrawberryRipple I'll change my vote to NO please, either you can do it or edit the poll settings, so I can change my vote, sorry about that, up since stupid o'clock

 

[mick brown]

Isn't it interesting two of the replies so far are obviously by people that haven't bothered to read the article.
One of those seems to think it was written by a fanatical novelist

• Anthony Costello is professor of global health and sustainable development at University College London and a former director of maternal and child health at the WHO
  

Just because one scientist says something, doesn't make it true !

 

[Leni]

Don't know mate, I disagree. It's my understanding that a virus mutates more quickly if it is in danger of becoming destroyed. If we were late to react surely it would stay as it is.

No. Every time a person has a virus, the structure of the virus itself changes minutely, until it has gone through enough people to cause a significant enough change that it’s considered to have ‘mutated’. If we were late to react, by allowing several million people to contract the virus, we’ve given it a much, much greater chance to mutate than, say, the Chinese did (where they stamped it out).

 

[mick brown]

No. Every time a person has a virus, the structure of the virus itself changes minutely, until it has gone through enough people to cause a significant enough change that it’s considered to have ‘mutated’. If we were late to react, by allowing several million people to contract the virus, we’ve given it a much, much greater chance to mutate than, say, the Chinese did (where they stamped it out).

Viruses mutate anyway. There's no stopping that. On the tv the other night a professor was saying that the flu virus can mutate up to 15 times in a year.
It seems to me that people need to blame someone for what's going on and the government are the target.
Don't get me wrong, I'm no lover of governments especially that idiot Boris, but the blame game is getting a bit tiresome.
It would be nice if people and organisations worked together. What happened, happened, harping on about it and trying to blame someone for it isn't helping.

Am I the only one to feel like this !? Surely not....

 

[rew]

Viruses mutate anyway. There's no stopping that. On the tv the other night a professor was saying that the flu virus can mutate up to 15 times in a year.
It seems to me that people need to blame someone for what's going on and the government are the target.
Don't get me wrong, I'm no lover of governments especially that idiot Boris, but the blame game is getting a bit tiresome.
It would be nice if people and organisations worked together. What happened, happened, harping on about it and trying to blame someone for it isn't helping.

I'm I the only one to feel like this !? Surely not....

It would be nice if people actually took responsibility for themselves and considered the consequences of their actions. Is there a common sense jab that can be given?

 

[Mr Ripple]

It would be nice if people actually took responsibility for themselves and considered the consequences of their actions. Is there a common sense jab that can be given?

That's the trouble with common sense, its not that common.

This seems to be a pretty touchy subject going by some of the responses here.

 

[Mr Ripple]

Just because one scientist says something, doesn't make it true !

Can we just clarify. You're saying it's not true?

 

[mick brown]

Can we just clarify. You're saying it's not true?

I'm saying it might not be true and that it's a bit late harping on about "if we did this and if we did that". It's done. Hindsight is a wonderful thing !!

 

[Leni]

Viruses mutate anyway. There's no stopping that. On the tv the other night a professor was saying that the flu virus can mutate up to 15 times in a year.

Yes, they do mutate, we knew that at the very start, which is partly the point... when we (our gov) accepted we wouldn’t (couldn’t?) prevent the spread, they also accepted the likelihood the original virus would mutate. It was only a matter of time, and luck, as to whether it would become much more deadly. There is a way of stopping mutations: stopping transmission. Look at how South Korea, China, Australia and NZ have almost eradicated it.

It seems to me that people need to blame someone for what's going on and the government are the target.
Don't get me wrong, I'm no lover of governments especially that idiot Boris, but the blame game is getting a bit tiresome.
It would be nice if people and organisations worked together. What happened, happened, harping on about it and trying to blame someone for it isn't helping.

Am I the only one to feel like this !? Surely not....

No, you’re not the only one feeling like this, I’m not government-bashing here, I was trying to help you understand how viruses mutate. I’m tired of the blame game too.