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Looks absolutely mental.

My. Semeru eruption in East Java, Indonesia today sent the ash cloud 40.000 feet up into the sky, completely blocking the sun.

Recent studies suggest that natural immunity appears to last 16 months on average (although it varies significantly from person to person), so that makes sense. Especially considering that protection from other coronaviruses (the ones that cause common colds) is also not long-lasting.

Get well soon!

For real?

No, but I do subscribe for keinstresskochen subreddit... Gosh it made me hungry now.

Öl-Schwenktechnik Oida.... Looks super-lecker...

With "YET" being the key word...

I and @Bluewolf enjoyed it. Jennifer Connelly is fantastic in it, and Sean Bean does a great job playing a psychopath.

Schmidt, Dinkci and Chiarodia all tested positive for Covid in the last few days, Weiser is in quarantine as a suspected case. It's that time of the year again...

About what?

Quite honestly, UK's responses aren't particularly of interest to me... You can build a huge wall around your island to keep everyone in (or out), for all I care

I didn't debate if any specific measure is rational or irrational, right or wrong, good or bad though; I simply noted that there has been a lot of panic surrounding the whole issue, and that political decision-making is sometimes affected and influenced by the said panic, fear and other emotions. Either way, it appears that you have by far more trust in rationality and competence of politicians and governments than I do; so it's probably best we leave it at that.

Tell that to Israel, Japan, or Morocco who already completely banned foreigners from entering because of omicron fears, or a dozen of other countries who banned all flights from numerous African countries even before his comments...There have been a lot of knee-jerk reactions around COVID, some countries are by far more cautious than some others, and the CEO of one of the main vaccine suppliers giving irresponsible comments like that to the media is surely fueling the fire. I've been trying to get home for almost two years now; so forgive me if I am wary of every little thing that has potential to put another blow to my chances.

The medicalxpress article didn't omit that... "Stephane Bancel told the newspaper in an interview published Tuesday that data would be available on the effectiveness of current vaccines in the next two weeks but scientists were not optimistic. "All the scientists I've talked to ... are like 'this is not going to be good'," he told the newspaper." All in all, he shouldn't be talking shite and fueling panic. My worry is not that the vaccines won't work, my worry is that countries will shut down again because of such claims.

Oh I don't trust or believe any pharma or other big business CEO, but claims like that sadly have the potential to influence political decisions worldwide.

Yeah, let's hope so. But I worry that all it takes is a single claim that "the current vaccines do not offer sufficient protection against omicron", and most of the world would shut their borders again. Meanwhile, Japan banned all foreigners from entering too.

Read this one last night from cover to cover in one sitting: Absolutely loved it. Both funny and sad coming-of-age story of a kid growing up on a reservation. Geared towards teenagers and young adults, obviously, but it's a good read nonetheless.

Yes! I really hope it works out; love him and think he's a perfect fit.

It is true