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Students into Unis, Profs off to China for all expenses jollies as guests of CCP

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2021-05-11 13:21 Edward C. Holmes open

The vaccine roll-out is going really slowly....glacial. People feel safe on our isolated island with no COVID. It's obviously ridiculous because we'll never eradicate the virus and so will have to bite the bullet at some point, but closed borders and no COVID is a huge vote winner. Totally fucks the universities though.
2021-05-11 13:28 Robert F. Garry open

Sucks - US has literally more vaccine than they know what to do with, but few Republicans want to take it because -who knows why? - Fauci is a bad man?
2021-05-11 13:31 Andrew Rambaut open

If you open a travel corridor with China (who have zero covid, obviously) then you will be sorted.
2021-05-11 13:40 Edward C. Holmes open

Perhaps I just should suggest that online? Cheap flights to Xinjiang.
2021-05-11 13:45 Andrew Rambaut

Students into Unis, Profs off to China for all expenses jollies as guests of CCP
2021-05-11 13:47 Edward C. Holmes open

Everyone's a winner!
2021-05-11 13:49 Robert F. Garry open

Makes sense - China and Australia probably the safest spots on the planet, excepting the really really cold bits. SLACK_000992
2021-05-11 13:49 Edward C. Holmes open

@Andrew Rambaut did you look at the gamey taste price list in that figure I sent? Some great BBQ opportunities.
2021-05-11 13:49 Edward C. Holmes open

Dominic's view on that Science letter - which I suspect is the WHO teams view - is that it is lightweight and has nounderstanding of how things work in China