Super thread on the gospel of Covidicus, who was sent down from covid heaven, Covidia, to make us more virtuous people.

Updated regularly.

"If a man is wearing a mask in the woods and there's no one around to see it, is he still virtuous?"

- Covidicus 4:35
"Tell a child to wear a mask and you deny him fresh air for a day.

Have a teacher force him to wear a mask and you deny him fresh air all day every day."

- Covidicus 6:57
"The path to righteousness is paved with double masks."

- Covidicus 3:14
"Two masks always make a right."

- Covidicus 7:12
"The Lysol spray is mightier than your irrational fear."

- Covidicus 7:54
"The squeaky wheel gets the lockdown."

- Covidicus 8:65
"It is better to let your neighbors lose their loved ones to suicide than to admit you were wrong about the covid lockdowns."

- Covidicus 5:64
"You can't make a covid-zero omelet without breaking a few souls."

- Covidicus 6:10
"If it ain't covid, don't fix it."

- Covidicus 9:23
"When a 95-year-old dies of covid, it's a tragedy. When a 13-year-old dies of lockdown-induced suicide, it's a statistic."

- Covidicus 7:23
"Kids are resilient. The best thing a parent can do is deny them fresh air."

- Covidicus 7:32
"The best modellers always give me a massive covid erection."

- Covidicus 7:19
"If solitary confinement is good enough for death row inmates, it's good enough for children."

- Covidicus 6:73

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All you need to know about COVID19
FACTS NOT FEAR

Covid 19 is a disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. SARS-CoV-2 is one of 7 coronaviruses known to man. 1/n

The pandemic is real. Excess deaths were observed in many countries. Not all countries were affected in the same way due to pre-existing immunity, the health status of the population and demographics (the proportion of elderly in the population) 2/n
https://t.co/65elPq3gp5


COVID 19 presents a high risk for the very few and negligible risk for the many.

The infection fatality rate in different age groups:
<19 y, IFR= 0.003%
20-49 y: IFR= 0.02%
50-69 y: 0.5%
>70y, IFR=

Not everybody is susceptible to the virus. If reinfected, pre-existing immunity from related viruses gives protection from developing the disease or from developing serious symptoms.
4/n

“The evidence that a subset of people has a cross-reactive T cell repertoire through exposure to related coronaviruses is

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