Rants and WTF are you talking about and Coronavirus!

[Turgid]

And Nazis would have won second WW without US, when US are made of many Europeans, millions of past slaves, immigrants from Asia, Latin America.

Had Hitler listened to his generals who were more seasoned in combat tactics than him he would not have fought a war on two fronts. He could have left Russia for another time and concentrated all his forces on Western Europe. Also had he not regarded Britain as a possible ally he could have wiped out the British forces at Dunkirk which is what some of his top military men wanted. Instead he allowed them to escape back to England. Having destroyed England's army he would then have control of all of Western Europe and then turn his sights on Russia. In such a scenario there was no possibility of America invading Germany. America would have concentrated on Japan. America would obviously have beaten Japan. With a one front war of the German controlled Western Europe against Communist Russia what would America have done?

[Mursenary]

An intelligent person would have looked at that link and could argue several things:

- the data is old.

- the data doesn't show intensive care occupancy, which is what counts.

You just dismiss everything that doesn't suit what is made up in your, let's call it brain (and I am being very generous here) as "drinking the internet" regardless of the source. There is a difference for example between a study published in the Lancet and the facebook post of an unemployed dog portrait painter.

Thanks for pointing out that error with the old date on my part. That data was from 5 February showing 77% total Hospital occupancy.

Most recent data provided by the EuroCDC:

ICU Total Patients

05 February: 4066 Patients.

21 November: 3655 patients.

Less ICU patients than when old data was reported.

General hospital admissions

Week ending 31 January: 9.1 admissions / million / week.

Week ending 14 November: 6.3 admissions / million / week (down from 7.1 on 07. November).

Data Source (ECDC):

https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/public...pancy-covid-19

Direct data on Excel:

https://opendata.ecdc.europa.eu/covi...s/csv/data.csv

Point is, compared to 77% occupancy in February, with less patients, hospitals aren't full in Germany.

[Clodius1]

An intelligent person would have looked at that link and could argue several things:

- the data is old.

- the data doesn't show intensive care occupancy, which is what counts.

You just dismiss everything that doesn't suit what is made up in your, let's call it brain (and I am being very generous here) as "drinking the internet" regardless of the source. There is a difference for example between a study published in the Lancet and the facebook post of an unemployed dog portrait painter.

The Lancet? They have zero cred after their lab-leak cover-up. I'm not usually so strident, but when it comes to Chinese culpability, I will make an exception. There should be a world-wide economic boycott in place, but our so-called leaders in the West just sit on their asses. Or in Joe's case, collect their 10 percent.

[Mursenary]

Got to love Germans and their general "get it done" mindset. Lagging in booster shot administration up until the recent surge, they upped their booster consumption by 50% in one week surpassing American rates in a heartbeat. Israel having not seen much of a covid surge boasts 43% of the population with boosters. UK hospitals at 25% boosters holding steady. USA and our cultural-political climate still lagging, making the covid winter picture a little iffy. Building a case for those interested in keeping society open to push for booster shots.

[Sirioja]

From the 61 positive on C19,13 had the new Omicron variant.

And 539 tested negative but who were in contact for hours, returned home, so SA Omicron may be everywhere in Western EU, UK, probably Switzerland now. Also in Canada, Hong Kong, Israel which close country. Wait and see for strongest versus delta, maybe SA will marry Indian? For Winter wedding when cold, less vitamin the in body, vaccine only efficient for tomorrow.

[Maxime]

Yes, also in Germany and Italy now. And 600 people landed in Amsterdam from SA with 61 positive in NL when they were negative in SA.

From the 61 positive on C19,13 had the new Omicron variant.

[Maxime]

So what if one's phone battery is weak and always dying?

Or if one looses a phone?

How does the covid pass work if the phone is dead?

Seems to be a bad idea to tie the covid pass to the phone and also what if one does not have phone service in Europe? And no roaming?

Like with boarding passes: always carry a paper copy. The QR code can easily be printed (and here in EU you can also use the Yellow (Vaccination) Booklet in many places.

A friend of mine was not so smart and could not leave because of a dead phone and had NO papepr copy on him.

[PaulInZurich]

Just ask Germans rather than drinking internet.

An intelligent person would have looked at that link and could argue several things:

- the data is old.

- the data doesn't show intensive care occupancy, which is what counts.

You just dismiss everything that doesn't suit what is made up in your, let's call it brain (and I am being very generous here) as "drinking the internet" regardless of the source. There is a difference for example between a study published in the Lancet and the facebook post of an unemployed dog portrait painter.

[Pistons]

New syptoms are reported to be:

Tiredness.

Muscle aches.

Not much coughing.

Not much runny nose.

No sense of smell problems.

Soon there will only be phantom symptoms from the myth of what newspapers got paid to write about.

[ShooBree]

I note that the EU is not a country. Per capita China probably still does not compete. It is still classified as an emerging market by many sources. The world still speaks English and uses the US dollar. I also note that my ancestor that owned a slave was French. The American Indian thing is nonsensical. There were also the Incas and the Aztecs.

Thank you for your extremely irrelevant and weird post.

[Clodius1]

They did win in the East (which lent to their arrogance that they could do it again in WW2), but they did not win in the critical West (which was more important since it was the Western powers that had the ability to hand Germany defeat). The West was a stalemate until the United States entered the conflict, which was the beginning of the end for Germany. Be that as it may, Germany (and Japan) proved that they have what it takes to come back after such devastating defeats and be major winners in peaceful economic competition. And it is China that has surpassed both of them, currently nipping at the heels of the United States. Will there be war? I hope not for the sake of all mankind. Legalize prostitution and make love (well at least fuck), not war!

I'll second that motion.

[Mursenary]

Wrong.

https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualit...igoare-1728623

Israel, a top vaccination country (including boosters), seems to have come down from their September peaks quite nicely.

[Mursenary]

So what if one's phone battery is weak and always dying?

Or if one looses a phone?

How does the covid pass work if the phone is dead?

Seems to be a bad idea to tie the covid pass to the phone and also what if one does not have phone service in Europe? And no roaming?

Wifi. Download QR code prior to arrival or while on Wifi.

Dead battery = losing wallet in 2021.

[Mursenary]

Be that as it may, Germany (and Japan) proved that they have what it takes to come back after such devastating defeats and be major winners in peaceful economic competition. And it is China that has surpassed both of them, currently nipping at the heels of the United States. Will there be war? I hope not for the sake of all mankind. Legalize prostitution and make love (well at least fuck), not war!

Keep in mind that West Germany and Japan were basically under American sphere of influence for decades, bolstering their ability to rebuild.

[Mursenary]

Just ask Germans rather than drinking internet. Other operations than covid are delayed in some German parts, why? When German politics tell about dramatic situation, pushing to vaccinate, maybe they know a bit about reality happening in their country, and now SA Omicron there. 13 with Omicron landed in Amsterdam when they were in contact for hours with 587 others who returned to their country. Omicron now also in France, Italy.

Which German in Bavaria did you ask? Was it someone who works in a Bavarian hospital?