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1. 2020-12-10 07:46 Andrew Rambaut open
   I do agree. But using the 'scary' spike mutation as a reason was not good.
2. 2020-12-10 07:46 Andrew Rambaut open
   But perhaps it was necessary to get it done politically
3. 2020-12-10 07:47 Kristian G. Andersen open
   Yeah, that was really dumb. To be honest though - I think it was the only way they could get the politicians to wakeup, so they used it as an excuse.
4. 2020-12-10 07:47 Kristian G. Andersen open
   Hah. There you go :wink:
5. 2020-12-10 07:48 Andrew Rambaut
   I remember when the UK banned mink farming. There was generally widespread support for getting rid of it.
6. 2020-12-10 07:48 Andrew Rambaut open
   But just because it was a shit industry supplying posh people
7. 2020-12-10 07:49 Kristian G. Andersen open
   Same in Denmark - that's the crazy part. All of a sudden people seem to have forgotten that the mink industry isculling millions of mink every year for fur coats... People are not logical.
8. 2020-12-10 07:51 Kristian G. Andersen open
   I suspect this'll be the end of the industry in Denmark though - which is a good thing. The Netherlands already had those plans in place prior to COVID, so that made their culling decision a little easier.
9. 2020-12-10 08:23 Robert F. Garry open
   Hopefully this will be used as a teaching moment - that SC2 is mostly a respiratory virus and that masks and socialdistancing are the best way to prevent spread. Handwashing sure, but fomites are a minor route. That out of mysystem, I completely support this: https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-disinfected-after-trump-exit-1553725

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