Wuhan Killer Sneeze (thanks Tea)

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In 1994, I was waiting on the Northern Line in Warren Street station when a tube train pulled in, packed with Deadheads. The doors opened and a sea of tie-dye spilled onto the platform. The hippy horde wasted no time in setting up tents, bead stalls and nacho stands. A few fans and their dogs pitched another tent on the tracks, directly in front of the train, and began jamming on guitar, flute and bongos, while their appreciative brethren twirled around on the spot.

The exasperated driver left his carriage and fought his way through a barrage of attempted hugs by men, women, children and goats in woolly hats. I cursed as I followed him up the escalator, realising I’d have to walk all of eight minutes to Goodge Street for a pint in the King & Queen. Apparently, the tube driver quit soon after and pursued a new career.

His name? Chris Whitty.
 
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The sad thing is how all this has been absorbed into the culture wars (cf Brexit). So you get cringeworthy bollocks like people posing with their vax appointment cards, as if they’re gig tickets. Or bemoaning packed football stadiums, before posting pics of their first course at Dishoom. Seems the delineation between ‘caring, responsible citizen’ vs ‘OMG you selfish POS’ depends on how donning a mask affects your day. I was cursing under my mask at bare-faced travellers on the tube/bus – then ripped the fucking thing off in a crowded pub and at a packed noise gig in November, so I’m not immune to hypocrisy – and certainly not gonna start kicking off about it online.

Anyway, string up the Sacklers, I reckon.

This is one of my favourite US alt-rock albums, by the way – I guess you could call it ‘Big Black meets Joy Division’. Not really into anything else they recorded, but this LP’s a doozy.

 
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martin said:
The sad thing is how all this has been absorbed into the culture wars (cf Brexit). So you get cringeworthy bollocks like people posing with their vax appointment cards, as if they’re gig tickets.
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There are people with their date of vaccination in their Twitter handle or bio. It's a bit much. Assuming they're real people and not part of some astroturfed PR campaign.
 
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There are people with their date of vaccination in their Twitter handle or bio. It's a bit much. Assuming they're real people and not part of some astroturfed PR campaign.
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Not sure about astroturfed (could be, who knows...) but yeah, way too much info. I just got mine because I didn't want to end up on a ventilator. Do I get some sort of old school kudos if I dig up my tetanus and BCG dates too?
 
Mr. Tea

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He's got a point re: the trustworthiness of healthcare companies. It wasn't that long ago that people were terrified of the American ones getting involved in the NHS.
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I think quite a lot of people still are, aren't they? I know I'm worried about it.

But Pfizer doesn't run hospitals, as far as I know. And profit-making companies producing drugs and equipment have supplied the NHS since it was founded.
 
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Never been a fan of the 'they dont promote healthy lifestyles as an alternative line.' Personally Id be more offended if they did. The entire point of the who/cdc and etc. is so we dont have to do that sort of thing.
 
Mr. Tea

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Here's a new thesis. The common @148 I.Q. Magical Thinker / @mixed_biscuits argument against vaccines is a) that they might be bad for you, b) that the people who make them are ethically dubious and concerned only with making as much money as possible, and that c) there is insufficient oversight, control and accountability, connected to points a) and b). That seems a fair summary, yes?

Then anyone who opposes vaccines on that basis, but has also taken illegal drugs on one or more occasions, is self-evidently a fucking imbecile and can be ignored without any further inquiry.
 
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