You didn't make any points. You waffled on trying to say that COVID was the same as the "seasonal flu".

I wish you didn't post anonymously because I'd really like to know who you are. I couldn't have said it better.

It's not a flu strain. It's a disease caused by a coronavirus. The "flu" is caused by the influenza virus.

PURE. From the spring of eternal life. But it has to be got. And only half a cup, not a full cup. Injection is better as well

I'm sure all the people who have died now wish they drank half a cup of hot water every hour. What does drinking half a cup of hot water every hour actually do? Would it be better to drink a whole cup every hour?

Have you been drinking? How are the outbreaks in the US being "easily controlled"?

Sometimes correlation actually is causation. The "second wave" did NOT happen world over at the same time.

They can probably work at home a lot more effectively than Millennials. While we're at it, though, let's just stop with this Boomer and Millennial rubbish

Give me a break. If you're talking about the US government then their "unprecedented" (getting sick of hearing that word) measures are only unprecedented because the US government did, and is doing, essentially nothing except pretend it's all a hoax, "fake news", and/or point fingers. They're still pretending nothing is happening. So, yes, in that sense the measures they have already taken really are unprecedented because of the sheer incompetence. No other US government has been so incompetent. Fortunately in other parts of the world leaders (with the possible exception of Brazil) have taken things seriously.

Wow, we didn't think of that! I was commenting on Slashdot not writing a thesis or paper to submit for peer review

Adding to the above. Perhaps a pollinator was not present in the environment and therefore the species could not invade that environment (except through vegetative reproduction). Perhaps there is an insect in that aforementioned environment that would not normally pollinate the plant species, so seed production would be nil. Make the plant glow and suddenly maybe that insect would become interested in the plant and start visiting its flowers, enabling seed production. Suddenly you have a plant that was not invasive, in that given environment because it could not reproduce there, that is invasive because it now has a pollinator.

I know exactly what invasive means and if a plant is suddenly able to produce more offspring than it could before and/or more offspring survive then it has the potential to become invasive. I.e. it is possible that before the species' pollinators increased an individual could not produce enough offspring for it to become invasive because of many other variables. If, hypothetically, the same species is suddenly able to produce more offspring (because it's being pollinated more than before and therefore producing more seed) then predators or disease might not be able to keep the species "in check"; there will be more individuals than the predators, disease, or whatever, can "control" and you'll potentially have an invasive species because you gave the species an evolutionary advantage that it didn't have before -- the ability to attract pollinators at night, potentially increasing the number of pollinators as well. If a species that normally produces 5 seeds per breeding cycle is suddenly able to produce 500 seeds per breeding cycle then there is the potential that it can become invasive, out competing other species.

I should also add that if you've ever seen bioluminescent fungi you might also want to think again about this statement as well. For some species of bioluminescent fungi (those that I've seen in PNG and Australia) a single mushroom with a cap diameter of about 5-10mm emits enough light that you can easily read a book from them. They're quite bright given their size and surface area. As bright as a typical LED at least.

Are you positive about that? I wouldn't be so quick to assert that just because a plant is currently not invasive that its glowing counterpart would also be non-invasive. If the flowers of the genetically modified plants glow the most (and even if it was just other parts of the plant) couldn't that give them an advantage over non-bioluminescent individuals that are otherwise the same species, by attracting more pollinators; e.g. insects that would otherwise ignore the plant at night but are now attracted to the light? In that scenario a plant that is currently non-invasive could potentially become invasive just because a greater range of insects (or other animal) help pollinate, potentially leading to more seed being produced and therefore leading the plant to become invasive.

So, candy crush being in the start menu is an ad?