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Interesting headline choice leading to the sentence “No severe symptoms have been reported as of yet.”
by NoblePublius 5y ago
Interesting headline choice leading to the sentence “No severe symptoms have been reported as of yet.”
- bee_rider 5y agoIt isn't that surprising, right? The population is 25 people, probably a slight skew toward being a little fitter than average given that it is an installation for field research, and I'd hope they are required to be vaccinated. Severe cases should be pretty rare I guess.
- qbasic_forever 5y agoThe point of the article is that Antarctica's research stations--some of the most remote and isolated places on the planet--are now suffering COVID-19 outbreaks. This isn't some article trying to massage public opinion or make people feel better about ignoring the pandemic. It's an interesting look at how even places that think they are doing everything correctly to avoid infection are... not avoiding infection.
- chana_masala 5y ago> suffering COVID-19 outbreaks. The word choice foe describing covid over these years (!) is quite exaggerated. If you read the article, where is the suffering?