Life in the Twitterverse

This is me after spending too much time on Twitter.

Actually, it’s me after spending too much time on CCT (covi-cretin Twitter, or perhaps, Critical Covid Theory). There does seem to be a bit of a split between those with dry mattresses and those who like to sleep in a poor-man’s version of a water bed.

Some of the comments are astonishing - although I probably shouldn’t be too surprised. I’d like to think I’m above such wanton stupidity, but I’m not. I can be every bit as moronic, at times, as the eejits below.

Here’s the merest taste of what awaits you should you be tempted to descend into the deranged depths of Critical Covid Theory on Twitter.

There is a potential that it can spread in the air - Ontario's CMOH on the Omicron variant.

Really? How did he think people were becoming infected? Through their arses? Perhaps that’s why it became illegal to sit on park benches?

And this nameless individual:

Prior variants spread in the air 6 ft before falling to the ground. Omicron could remain in the air much longer and travel further than 6 ft. Making this variant harder to track and therefore contact tracing could be severely limited and unknown which is worse than it has been

This moron obviously believes Omicron has mutated into something with wings and a turbojet. It’s going to be making transatlantic crossings soon - and without a vaxxport. Tsk, tsk.

Or the armchair immunologist arguing for more boosters

A delta infection isn't protecting you from omicron...

Shucks - I should just ignore the tons of papers that have now established that infection-acquired immunity is more durable, more effective, and more robust against variants than vaccine-acquired immunity?

Or the fact that re-infection is incredibly rare (Dr McCullough states in his recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast that the CDC have not been able to fully confirm a single case of re-infection).

What goes on in these people’s minds? If anything? I got more sense from the pot noodle I had last night.

And this from a mental health “professional”

Children should be in school...but we need to make their schools safer. It's really bad for childrens' mental health if they get covid & long covid - it's even worse if one of their family members becomes really ill because they brought covid home from school

Stop telling children they’re spreading it then - you fucking arsepipe. What if they catch or bring home flu? Is that similarly devastating for their mental health? Or is it just covid that has this magic property (along with all of the other magical properties it has)?

And we have sane person of the week

Safe schools being good for kid’s mental health & of course education is not reason for FORCING unvaccinated kids into unmitigated schools

I’m not entirely sure what this wombat is trying to say here - but it would appear to be an appeal to deny unvaccinated kids an education. Because, of course, vaccinated people are not safe from unvaccinated people - despite - oh, I fucking give up - you know the drill.

And we also have the child-abuser extraordinaire :

The UK needs:
- Universal masks in school for all children at all times
- Vaccines (2 shots) for all 12+ and when the Pfizer data come out, . . . push for the under 12
- sensible quarantines
UK policy is unsafe

No. YOU are unsafe. Unsafe to be let anywhere near kids.

There’s reams and reams of this utter unscientific garbage. It’s somewhat depressing.

I need a strong coffee, and possibly a very large brandy.

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