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Voyager 1 was launched in 1977, later making close encounters with #Jupiter and #Saturn . It discovered two Jovian #moons ,Thebe and Metis, as well as five new moons and a new ring called the G-ring around Saturn. Since August 2012 it is the first #spacecraft travelling beyond our #solar system, in the #interstellar #space .Recently, it decided all of a sudden to switch to a different #radio #transmission with #earth ,and nobody knows why. Incredible #Voyager1 !

gizmodo.com/voyager-1-ghosts-n

Gizmodo · Voyager 1 Ghosts NASA, Forcing Use of Backup Radio Dormant Since 1981The spacecraft has inexplicably turned off one of its radio transmitters, likely because of an unidentified onboard issue.

I’ve been infected with SARS-CoV-2 once I know of from June 2022 on:
the cause of the long covid that now defines my daily existence.
I suspect once more in March or April 2020 — but of fucking course, at that time the public could not access covid tests!

Every ignorant person who asserts they’ve never had it
could have been ASYMPTOMATIC
(that they noticed / wanted to notice / were in a position to consider it amid whatever went on in their lives at the time).

They absolutely cannot say they were never infected unless they were a
complete 24/7 no-cheat hermit
and / or covid testing
correctly at least once daily, *every single morning* from November 2020 to now.

And guess what else?
The (rapid lateral flow) antigen tests probably haven’t been updated to the latest strains in a while.

Good luck if you do have Covid 19 but can’t get time off work!
The (possibly expired) disposable test may not pick up new strains as reliably as older ones, which won’t be circulating as much as newer ones.

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People in 2020 were right to ask "When will the pandemic end?"

They may not have been right to go back to normal (May 2020, I'm looking at you), but the question is still VERY valid.

We're getting within reach now of seeing the end of #transmission — though I'd desperately like to see a sterilising immunity improved vaccine. Like, 12 months ago.

That still leaves one thing:

Ongoing illness, permanent damage. Plenty of advice 24 months ago to avoid the most infections for the most time.