Coronavirus

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Ah, if only idiocy were more like sunburn and less like viral infections; contagious.

[Barnacle Billy]

Wot u talkin bout Willis...
Sunburnn'd is contagious. It's the summer version of the flu.

[Barnacle Billy]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3zxz7le4e92o

Fiji has declared a national emergency as HIV cases surge, and is expanding access to testing, treatment and prevention services.

About one in 60 adults in the tiny Pacific archipelago is now living with the bloodborne virus, compared with one in 167 five years ago, with a rising number of babies dying from HIV-related complications.

The nation of less than a million people saw 2,016 new diagnoses in 2025 alone, Health Minister Antonio Lalabalavu said, noting that "an outbreak-level response is no longer sufficient".


That first paragraph in the Beeb article. Makes you wonder, 5 years... hmmmm


In totally unrelated news: Fiji had a 95% Covid-19 vaccination uptake among adults and children back in 2021.... Which was, 5 years ago....

[Barnacle Billy]

We have a new one "turbo heart cancer"

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3zxz7le4e92o

Fiji has declared a national emergency as HIV cases surge, and is expanding access to testing, treatment and prevention services.

About one in 60 adults in the tiny Pacific archipelago is now living with the bloodborne virus, compared with one in 167 five years ago, with a rising number of babies dying from HIV-related complications.

The nation of less than a million people saw 2,016 new diagnoses in 2025 alone, Health Minister Antonio Lalabalavu said, noting that "an outbreak-level response is no longer sufficient".


That first paragraph in the Beeb article. Makes you wonder, 5 years... hmmmm


In totally unrelated news: Fiji had a 95% Covid-19 vaccination uptake among adults and children back in 2021.... Which was, 5 years ago....

Yes, must be the COVID vaccination, definitely more likely that than practices like this:

"Bluetoothing" or "hotspotting" refers to the dangerous practice where intravenous drug users inject the blood of already intoxicated individuals, which has fuelled a global HIV surge, especially in parts of Africa and in the Pacific.

1 in 60 is only the beginning for Fiji if practices like that continue. In South Africa, 1 in 8 are HIV positive.

In totally unrelated news: South Africa had a 46% Covid-19 vaccination uptake among adults and children back in 2021... which was 5 years ago... numbers, eh... be scared of the numbers... the numbers you don't understand...

[astfgyl]

That bluetoothing thing has to be right up there with the worst ideas anyone has come up with.

[blessed1]

That bluetoothing thing has to be right up there with the worst ideas anyone has come up with.

Imagine being that desperate. Does it even work?