Anybody want a Corona?

[Bi_3]

Classic RM: New evidence emerges about the origin of the pandemic and we go right back to Orange Man.

[LetMeSleep]

Classic RM: New evidence emerges about the origin of the pandemic and we go right back to Orange Man.

That's not entirely true. There was no basis of fact that the lab was the source of the pandemic.

[B]

Classic RM: New evidence emerges about the origin of the pandemic and we go right back to Orange Man.

That's not entirely true. There was no basis of fact that the lab was the source of the pandemic.

Bi_3, you posted an article with evidence, but it was circumstantial and, if I'm not mistaken, not new, but if it makes you feel better, I'm not particularly interested in discussing Trump.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I think my definition of the word “evidence” must be off

[simple schoolboy]

Did we ever get confirmation on whether or not the NIH was funding gain of function research on Coronaviruses at this facility?

[Bi_3]

Classic RM: New evidence emerges about the origin of the pandemic and we go right back to Orange Man.

That's not entirely true. There was no basis of fact that the lab was the source of the pandemic.

Bi_3, you posted an article with evidence, but it was circumstantial and, if I'm not mistaken, not new, but if it makes you feel better, I'm not particularly interested in discussing Trump.

I don't think it was common knowledge that the State Department had received cables (official government correspondence) about the risks of bat coronavirus pathogen escapes, the Chinese staff at the lab were asking for help meeting safety standards, and about the presence in the lab of multiple novel variants that had the crucial "spike protein" as far back as 2017, but maybe it was known.

Did we ever get confirmation on whether or not the NIH was funding gain of function research on Coronaviruses at this facility?

Not sure if this is what you were looking for:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02473-4

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reinstated a research organization’s multimillion-dollar grant to study how coronaviruses move from bats to people — which it cancelled in a controversial move earlier this year. But as Peter Daszak, the head of the small non-profit organization — EcoHealth Alliance in New York City — found out in early July, the funding can’t be used unless the organization meets what he says are absurd conditions. The demands, detailed in a letter from the NIH, are politically motivated, he says.

To carry out its research, EcoHealth Alliance partners with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China, which has been at the centre of unfounded rumours that the COVID-19 pandemic was caused by a coronavirus released from its laboratory. The NIH cancelled EcoHealth Alliance’s grant in April, days after US President Donald Trump told a reporter that the United States would stop funding work at the WIV.

EcoHealth Alliance and Daszak have been working with Shi Zhengli, a virologist at the WIV, for more than 15 years. Since 2014, an NIH grant has funded EcoHealth’s research in China, which involves collecting faeces and other samples from bats, and blood samples from people at risk of infection from bat-origin viruses. Scientific studies suggest that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus most likely originated in bats, and research on the topic could be crucial to identifying other viruses that might cause future pandemics. The WIV is a subrecipient on the grant.

[spike]

seems like a great idea

Texas Rangers may allow 100% fan capacity for MLB home opener

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers could have a full house for their home opener next month after debuting their 40,518-seat stadium without fans in the stands for their games last season.

If that happens, the Rangers could be the first team in Major League Baseball or any major U.S.-based sport to have a full-capacity crowd since the coronavirus pandemic started rapidly shutting down sports a year ago this week.

On the same day that Texas Gov. Greg? Abbott's order took effect allowing businesses in the state to operate at 100% capacity, Rangers president of business operations and COO Neil Leibman said the team hopes to be at that for the April 5 opener against the Toronto Blue Jays.

[verb_to_trust]

seems like a great idea

Texas Rangers may allow 100% fan capacity for MLB home opener

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers could have a full house for their home opener next month after debuting their 40,518-seat stadium without fans in the stands for their games last season.

If that happens, the Rangers could be the first team in Major League Baseball or any major U.S.-based sport to have a full-capacity crowd since the coronavirus pandemic started rapidly shutting down sports a year ago this week.

On the same day that Texas Gov. Greg? Abbott's order took effect allowing businesses in the state to operate at 100% capacity, Rangers president of business operations and COO Neil Leibman said the team hopes to be at that for the April 5 opener against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Sitting outside and being bored isn't going to hurt anyone.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

i plan on attending that with reid and nate

[simple schoolboy]

Nachos in miniature helmets are known to keep the Rona away.

[spike]

seems like a great idea

Texas Rangers may allow 100% fan capacity for MLB home opener

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers could have a full house for their home opener next month after debuting their 40,518-seat stadium without fans in the stands for their games last season.

If that happens, the Rangers could be the first team in Major League Baseball or any major U.S.-based sport to have a full-capacity crowd since the coronavirus pandemic started rapidly shutting down sports a year ago this week.

On the same day that Texas Gov. Greg? Abbott's order took effect allowing businesses in the state to operate at 100% capacity, Rangers president of business operations and COO Neil Leibman said the team hopes to be at that for the April 5 opener against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Sitting outside and being bored isn't going to hurt anyone.

Packed in shoulder to shoulder. Then there’s the herding in and out of the park, the concourses, the bathrooms.

[LetMeSleep]

We've had about 10 cases this year and we don't have 100% attendance at sports games.

[verb_to_trust]

seems like a great idea

Texas Rangers may allow 100% fan capacity for MLB home opener

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers could have a full house for their home opener next month after debuting their 40,518-seat stadium without fans in the stands for their games last season.

If that happens, the Rangers could be the first team in Major League Baseball or any major U.S.-based sport to have a full-capacity crowd since the coronavirus pandemic started rapidly shutting down sports a year ago this week.

On the same day that Texas Gov. Greg? Abbott's order took effect allowing businesses in the state to operate at 100% capacity, Rangers president of business operations and COO Neil Leibman said the team hopes to be at that for the April 5 opener against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Sitting outside and being bored isn't going to hurt anyone.

Packed in shoulder to shoulder. Then there’s the herding in and out of the park, the concourses, the bathrooms.

Stay home then

[Bi_3]

STFU and get the shot. Fucking Christ.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/10/jj-covi ... tions.html

[spike]

seems like a great idea

Texas Rangers may allow 100% fan capacity for MLB home opener

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers could have a full house for their home opener next month after debuting their 40,518-seat stadium without fans in the stands for their games last season.

If that happens, the Rangers could be the first team in Major League Baseball or any major U.S.-based sport to have a full-capacity crowd since the coronavirus pandemic started rapidly shutting down sports a year ago this week.

On the same day that Texas Gov. Greg? Abbott's order took effect allowing businesses in the state to operate at 100% capacity, Rangers president of business operations and COO Neil Leibman said the team hopes to be at that for the April 5 opener against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Sitting outside and being bored isn't going to hurt anyone.

Packed in shoulder to shoulder. Then there’s the herding in and out of the park, the concourses, the bathrooms.

Stay home then

It’ll be a packed house.

[verb_to_trust]

seems like a great idea

Texas Rangers may allow 100% fan capacity for MLB home opener

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers could have a full house for their home opener next month after debuting their 40,518-seat stadium without fans in the stands for their games last season.

If that happens, the Rangers could be the first team in Major League Baseball or any major U.S.-based sport to have a full-capacity crowd since the coronavirus pandemic started rapidly shutting down sports a year ago this week.

On the same day that Texas Gov. Greg? Abbott's order took effect allowing businesses in the state to operate at 100% capacity, Rangers president of business operations and COO Neil Leibman said the team hopes to be at that for the April 5 opener against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Sitting outside and being bored isn't going to hurt anyone.

Packed in shoulder to shoulder. Then there’s the herding in and out of the park, the concourses, the bathrooms.

Stay home then

It’ll be a packed house.

7.3 million people have received at least one shot in Texas. You don't think some of those people would enjoy a baseball game? They could even bring their kids, who have essentially zero covid risk. Or are you going to wait until the alphabet people tell you when to take a shit?

[Rob]

The alphabet people is one of Chapelle’s best jokes ever.

[Rob]

And if masks and certain restrictions don’t matter, how come we didn’t really have a flu season this year?

[verb_to_trust]

Who cares?

[B]

People who didn't die from flu.