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Rinkals wrote: Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:39 pm I don't think South Africa and India are quite the technology deserts you appear to think they are.
Even if you have nuclear weapons, & a whole tech sector ... if 80% of your population has to go outside & have a crap in a field; you might not be a tech desert; but your national Government has had a fucked up set of priorities since Independence.
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Rinkals wrote: Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:39 pm I don't think South Africa and India are quite the technology deserts you appear to think they are.
Which is why India already has a royalty free license on place for AZ. But if you think they could all of a sudden be producing another 100million vaccines each month a month or two after they got the license it only goes to show you know fuck all about what's involved.
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Did the Tories provide any scientific justification for reducing the apps alert window to two days; or is it just a case of doing whatever was needed to reduce the pingdemic ?
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fishfoodie wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 10:14 am Did the Tories provide any scientific justification for reducing the apps alert window to two days; or is it just a case of doing whatever was needed to reduce the pingdemic ?
After 2 days you are expected to have already infected everyone within your social circle at the last prawn cocktail party.
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Down in London and the vast majority of people still wearing masks in shops, pubs, on trains in stations etc.

Almost exclusively under 25's that are not.

It's going to be a very slow change, which is a good thing
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Scotland moving 'beyond level 0 restrictions' today - a good example of why changing language for the sake of being different can make you look silly.

Interesting why of presenting a healthy fall in UK cases across the board today


However my wife who's a nurse in a respiratory ward is currently having an awful time - though cases are declining deaths and hospitalisations are only just peaking.
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tc27 wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 1:38 pm Scotland moving 'beyond level 0 restrictions' today - a good example of why changing language for the sake of being different can make you look silly.

Interesting why of presenting a healthy fall in UK cases across the board today


However my wife who's a nurse in a respiratory ward is currently having an awful time - though cases are declining deaths and hospitalisations are only just peaking.
Number of covid cases in hospital in Scotland is down more than 20% in the last two weeks. Appreciate your wife is at the hard end and probably sees the impact of a decrease last, I hope she starts to see it soon. I don't know her but I'm astonished at the way she and her colleagues have performed in the last 18 months. They're amazing.
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Scotland removing social distancing etc as scheduled on August 9th. Introducing changes to isolation if you're pinged for contact with a positive case (basically if you're double jagged, get a PCR test and isolate until you have a negative result). Retaining masks as a legal requirement in all public places they were previously needed. Still limitations on large events; quite how that'll work is not clear atm, from what the FM said a request for larger numbers than the general limit is so they can confirm all suitable mitigations have been planned for. We'll see how that plays out.
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Biffer wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:08 pm
tc27 wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 1:38 pm Scotland moving 'beyond level 0 restrictions' today - a good example of why changing language for the sake of being different can make you look silly.

Interesting why of presenting a healthy fall in UK cases across the board today


However my wife who's a nurse in a respiratory ward is currently having an awful time - though cases are declining deaths and hospitalisations are only just peaking.
Number of covid cases in hospital in Scotland is down more than 20% in the last two weeks. Appreciate your wife is at the hard end and probably sees the impact of a decrease last, I hope she starts to see it soon. I don't know her but I'm astonished at the way she and her colleagues have performed in the last 18 months. They're amazing.

Cheers by the nature of her job and the ward she is on she gets either the stupid (refused vaccination) or the very unlucky (young or those who get very ill despite the vaccination).

She frequently tells me she thinks Covid is a hard death - I wish the harrumping idiots who think its all nonsense could talk to her.
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tc27 wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:24 pm

Cheers by the nature of her job and the ward she is on she gets either the stupid (refused vaccination) or the very unlucky (young or those who get very ill despite the vaccination).

She frequently tells me she thinks Covid is a hard death - I wish the harrumping idiots who think its all nonsense could talk to her.

Good luck to her, she is part of an amazing effort against this horrible virus.


This bit,
she gets either the stupid (refused vaccination)
Speaking of stupid, I see Neil Oliver has outdone himself, comparing his own anti vax, anti restriction idiocy with people who did actually fight for freedom and against tyranny
The former BBC presenter claimed he would “cheerfully risk catching” Covid-19 for the sake of his personal freedom and would risk others catching the deadly virus too.

He then went on to compare those who refuse to comply with current guidelines to those who fought in the Battle of Britain, saying:

“It was a minority of people, outgunned and shouted down by fellow citizens who felt deals might be struck with tyrants” who stood up against fascism during the Second World War.
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Tichtheid wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:44 pm
tc27 wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:24 pm

Cheers by the nature of her job and the ward she is on she gets either the stupid (refused vaccination) or the very unlucky (young or those who get very ill despite the vaccination).

She frequently tells me she thinks Covid is a hard death - I wish the harrumping idiots who think its all nonsense could talk to her.

Good luck to her, she is part of an amazing effort against this horrible virus.


This bit,
she gets either the stupid (refused vaccination)
Speaking of stupid, I see Neil Oliver has outdone himself, comparing his own anti vax, anti restriction idiocy with people who did actually fight for freedom and against tyranny
The former BBC presenter claimed he would “cheerfully risk catching” Covid-19 for the sake of his personal freedom and would risk others catching the deadly virus too.

He then went on to compare those who refuse to comply with current guidelines to those who fought in the Battle of Britain, saying:

“It was a minority of people, outgunned and shouted down by fellow citizens who felt deals might be struck with tyrants” who stood up against fascism during the Second World War.
Decent response by Billy Bragg to Neil Oliver

“For me, it’s all and only about freedom” declares Neil Oliver at the start of this clip from his GB News show and then goes on to reveal that he means his own personal freedom and damn anyone else. Looking straight into the lens of the camera, he earnestly states that he’s prepared to infect other people with covid “for the sake of freedom”.

“Makes me think of another sake that begins with ‘F’.

“Oliver seems like a clever guy who knows his history. I can’t believe he’s unfamiliar with what John Stuart Mill said about the limits of personal freedom: “The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others”.

“I understand the civil liberties argument about the response to covid. In normal times we should always be looking to strike a balance between individual freedom and the common good. But under the current circumstances, the notion of the common good has to take precedence, until we are all of us free to exercise our individual liberties in an environment where the threat of infection is manageable.

“And for an historian to have such a weak grasp of the effect that the Second World War had on individual liberties is shocking. Oliver constantly refers to that conflict without recognising that it required the whole population of the UK to put up with having their personal freedoms curtailed in order to defeat the threat of nazism.

“For some, this meant having to tolerate the rationing of food and clothes, but for others it meant enlisting into the forces, being told what to do and where to go for several years and, for some, making the ultimate sacrifice. Is there any greater example of the notion of the common good?

“By seeking to dress his wreckless individualism up in the uniform of those who served in the Second World War, Oliver has betrayed the sacrifices of that generation and shamed his own profession.”
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Well everyone's favourite (apparently) Clarkson isn't much better
"I think the politicians should sometimes tell those communists at SAGE to get back in their box. Let's just all go through life with our fingers crossed and a smile on our face.

"I can see Boris doesn't want to open it up and shut us back down again. But if it's going to be four years… and who knows, it could be 40 years."

"Well, if it's going to be for ever, let's open it up and if you die, you die," he added.
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Dogbert wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 4:23 pm
Tichtheid wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:44 pm
tc27 wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:24 pm

Cheers by the nature of her job and the ward she is on she gets either the stupid (refused vaccination) or the very unlucky (young or those who get very ill despite the vaccination).

She frequently tells me she thinks Covid is a hard death - I wish the harrumping idiots who think its all nonsense could talk to her.

Good luck to her, she is part of an amazing effort against this horrible virus.


This bit,
she gets either the stupid (refused vaccination)
Speaking of stupid, I see Neil Oliver has outdone himself, comparing his own anti vax, anti restriction idiocy with people who did actually fight for freedom and against tyranny
The former BBC presenter claimed he would “cheerfully risk catching” Covid-19 for the sake of his personal freedom and would risk others catching the deadly virus too.

He then went on to compare those who refuse to comply with current guidelines to those who fought in the Battle of Britain, saying:

“It was a minority of people, outgunned and shouted down by fellow citizens who felt deals might be struck with tyrants” who stood up against fascism during the Second World War.
Decent response by Billy Bragg to Neil Oliver

“For me, it’s all and only about freedom” declares Neil Oliver at the start of this clip from his GB News show and then goes on to reveal that he means his own personal freedom and damn anyone else. Looking straight into the lens of the camera, he earnestly states that he’s prepared to infect other people with covid “for the sake of freedom”.

“Makes me think of another sake that begins with ‘F’.

“Oliver seems like a clever guy who knows his history. I can’t believe he’s unfamiliar with what John Stuart Mill said about the limits of personal freedom: “The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others”.

“I understand the civil liberties argument about the response to covid. In normal times we should always be looking to strike a balance between individual freedom and the common good. But under the current circumstances, the notion of the common good has to take precedence, until we are all of us free to exercise our individual liberties in an environment where the threat of infection is manageable.

“And for an historian to have such a weak grasp of the effect that the Second World War had on individual liberties is shocking. Oliver constantly refers to that conflict without recognising that it required the whole population of the UK to put up with having their personal freedoms curtailed in order to defeat the threat of nazism.

“For some, this meant having to tolerate the rationing of food and clothes, but for others it meant enlisting into the forces, being told what to do and where to go for several years and, for some, making the ultimate sacrifice. Is there any greater example of the notion of the common good?

“By seeking to dress his wreckless individualism up in the uniform of those who served in the Second World War, Oliver has betrayed the sacrifices of that generation and shamed his own profession.”
He could also have mention the infamous "Defence Regulation 18B"
Defence Regulation 18B, often referred to as simply 18B, was one of the Defence Regulations used by the British Government during and before the Second World War. The complete name for the rule was Regulation 18B of the Defence (General) Regulations 1939. It allowed the internment without trial of people suspected of being actively opposed to the ongoing war with Germany during the Second World War, pacifist and separatist elements (for example Irish republicans suspected of involvement in the Sabotage Campaign) or were otherwise suspected of ideological Nazi-aligned sympathy (this included members of the British Union of Fascists and similar groups). The effect of 18B was to suspend the right of affected individuals to habeas corpus.
So instead of allowing him to spew his dangerous & malicious bullshit; the Government could stick him in an internment camp on the IoM, & leave him there to rot.
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Hospital admittance genuinely looks like it's peaked, registering a small drop on the 7 day average. 7 day average for deaths looks like it's slowing as well.

All positive signs
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From a small drop yesterday, 7 day hospital admissions dropped by nearly 5% today. Deaths still rising, but at a slowing rate, as to be expected given the lags involved
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Saint wrote: Wed Aug 04, 2021 4:19 pm From a small drop yesterday, 7 day hospital admissions dropped by nearly 5% today. Deaths still rising, but at a slowing rate, as to be expected given the lags involved
Cases up vs this time last week for the first time for a while..not that a single point of data should be over analysed.
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tc27 wrote: Wed Aug 04, 2021 4:25 pm
Saint wrote: Wed Aug 04, 2021 4:19 pm From a small drop yesterday, 7 day hospital admissions dropped by nearly 5% today. Deaths still rising, but at a slowing rate, as to be expected given the lags involved
Cases up vs this time last week for the first time for a while..not that a single point of data should be over analysed.

There's been 1-2 day spikes and lows all the way through the positive climb, and even through the plateau/drop. It's why the 7 day average gives you a much better understanding of the trend
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I shouldn't troll the dead, but this guy could perhaps persuade some other Darwin candidates

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/uk/125973 ... dies-at-42
A fit, healthy 42-year-old who loved climbing mountains has died of Covid-19 after refusing to get vaccinated, leaving his family in the UK devastated.

John Eyers,​ who was from Southport, England, was climbing mountains in Wales in the weeks before he contracted Covid-19, his sister Jenny McCann​ said.

Her 42-year-old twin brother died in an intensive care unit in an England hospital last week due to organ failure. He died exactly four weeks after testing positive for the virus, she said.

McCann shared her heartbreaking story on social media, tagging media agencies in her post in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of getting vaccinated.

He didn’t want to put a vaccine in his body, she said. After he tested positive and needed medical care, he was “pumped full of every drug in the hospital. They threw everything at him.”

But eventually, the infection led to organ failure, and he died.

“Before he was ventilated he told his consultant that he wished he had been vaccinated. That he wished he had listened. His death is a tragedy. It shouldn’t have happened. He leaves a mum and dad, a sister (me), and a 19-year-old daughter.”
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Admissions dropping again, positive tests might be levelling out, deaths slowing still, but that's still going to take some time.

Worth noting that all UK published metrics have been updated to reflect the latest population estimates from id-2020 (previously they had been using mid-2019)
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Ireland opening up the vaccination portal to 12-15 year olds next week; so that would mean that a significant number of all 2nd level students, will be able to be fully vaccinated before return to school. :thumbup:

Indications are the take up for 16-18 years olds has gone really well, so far; so hopefully next years school year, & exams here will be far less stressful; or at least, only as stressful as they previously been.
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fishfoodie wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:20 pm Ireland opening up the vaccination portal to 12-15 year olds next week; so that would mean that a significant number of all 2nd level students, will be able to be fully vaccinated before return to school. :thumbup:

Indications are the take up for 16-18 years olds has gone really well, so far; so hopefully next years school year, & exams here will be far less stressful; or at least, only as stressful as they previously been.

Hopefully this pushes JCVI to change its guidance for the UK before school starts.
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Enzedder wrote: Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:23 pm I shouldn't troll the dead, but this guy could perhaps persuade some other Darwin candidates

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/uk/125973 ... dies-at-42
A fit, healthy 42-year-old who loved climbing mountains has died of Covid-19 after refusing to get vaccinated, leaving his family in the UK devastated.

John Eyers,​ who was from Southport, England, was climbing mountains in Wales in the weeks before he contracted Covid-19, his sister Jenny McCann​ said.

Her 42-year-old twin brother died in an intensive care unit in an England hospital last week due to organ failure. He died exactly four weeks after testing positive for the virus, she said.

McCann shared her heartbreaking story on social media, tagging media agencies in her post in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of getting vaccinated.

He didn’t want to put a vaccine in his body, she said. After he tested positive and needed medical care, he was “pumped full of every drug in the hospital. They threw everything at him.”

But eventually, the infection led to organ failure, and he died.

“Before he was ventilated he told his consultant that he wished he had been vaccinated. That he wished he had listened. His death is a tragedy. It shouldn’t have happened. He leaves a mum and dad, a sister (me), and a 19-year-old daughter.”
Most of my wifes 'customers' are 40 somethings who refused to get vaccinated - its a tragedy but its hard to be completely sympathetic.
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tc27 wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:29 am
fishfoodie wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:20 pm Ireland opening up the vaccination portal to 12-15 year olds next week; so that would mean that a significant number of all 2nd level students, will be able to be fully vaccinated before return to school. :thumbup:

Indications are the take up for 16-18 years olds has gone really well, so far; so hopefully next years school year, & exams here will be far less stressful; or at least, only as stressful as they previously been.

Hopefully this pushes JCVI to change its guidance for the UK before school starts.
We've only just opened up to 16+. It will be weeks if not more before they open up to 12+
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tc27 wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:31 am
Enzedder wrote: Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:23 pm I shouldn't troll the dead, but this guy could perhaps persuade some other Darwin candidates

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/uk/125973 ... dies-at-42
A fit, healthy 42-year-old who loved climbing mountains has died of Covid-19 after refusing to get vaccinated, leaving his family in the UK devastated.

John Eyers,​ who was from Southport, England, was climbing mountains in Wales in the weeks before he contracted Covid-19, his sister Jenny McCann​ said.

Her 42-year-old twin brother died in an intensive care unit in an England hospital last week due to organ failure. He died exactly four weeks after testing positive for the virus, she said.

McCann shared her heartbreaking story on social media, tagging media agencies in her post in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of getting vaccinated.

He didn’t want to put a vaccine in his body, she said. After he tested positive and needed medical care, he was “pumped full of every drug in the hospital. They threw everything at him.”

But eventually, the infection led to organ failure, and he died.

“Before he was ventilated he told his consultant that he wished he had been vaccinated. That he wished he had listened. His death is a tragedy. It shouldn’t have happened. He leaves a mum and dad, a sister (me), and a 19-year-old daughter.”
Most of my wifes 'customers' are 40 somethings who refused to get vaccinated - its a tragedy but its hard to be completely sympathetic.
"It's like a mild flu for 40 year olds....."
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My wife’s hairdresser is refusing to get vaccinated because she doesn’t trust it. Perhaps she could have applied that same critical thinking to the boob job, the botoxing, the lip fillers and what ever else she’s smashed into her in her quest for Instagram “tits, tan, teeth” fame.

She’s now got covid along with her husband. It’s hit them both very hard apparently. She’s not quite hospitalised but is (was) close.
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ScarfaceClaw wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:40 am My wife’s hairdresser is refusing to get vaccinated because she doesn’t trust it. Perhaps she could have applied that same critical thinking to the boob job, the botoxing, the lip fillers and what ever else she’s smashed into her in her quest for Instagram “tits, tan, teeth” fame.

She’s now got covid along with her husband. It’s hit them both very hard apparently. She’s not quite hospitalised but is (was) close.
Posted on Twitter today: "People who have had Botox get much more severe Covid19 symptoms" #prayformannquins
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ScarfaceClaw wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:40 am My wife’s hairdresser is refusing to get vaccinated because she doesn’t trust it. Perhaps she could have applied that same critical thinking to the boob job, the botoxing, the lip fillers and what ever else she’s smashed into her in her quest for Instagram “tits, tan, teeth” fame.

She’s now got covid along with her husband. It’s hit them both very hard apparently. She’s not quite hospitalised but is (was) close.
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Another cautionary tale for those who absolutely aren't anti vax, but don't trust this vaccine because there isn't enough data.

I helped my Mum and Step Dad move house at end of June. Was a last minute stamp duty thing so they couldn't find a firm that could do the whole lot. In the end they rented a large van and got this guy in to do the rest. They ended up coming down with symptoms the same day as him, but got over it fairly quickly. The removal guy wasn't as lucky.

Nice jovial guy, but carrying a fair bit of weight. Absolutely the kind of person who shouldn't have been turning his nose up at vaccination because of some shite he likely read on Facebook.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... s-jab.html
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94 year old woman in my Mum’s care home in Cape Town. Stage 3 lung cancer, can barely walk. Gets Covid, slight cough for 4 days. Then tests clear after 2 weeks.

Covid is fucking weird. :crazy:
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Margin__Walker wrote: Sun Aug 08, 2021 6:33 pm Another cautionary tale for those who absolutely aren't anti vax, but don't trust this vaccine because there isn't enough data.

I helped my Mum and Step Dad move house at end of June. Was a last minute stamp duty thing so they couldn't find a firm that could do the whole lot. In the end they rented a large van and got this guy in to do the rest. They ended up coming down with symptoms the same day as him, but got over it fairly quickly. The removal guy wasn't as lucky.

Nice jovial guy, but carrying a fair bit of weight. Absolutely the kind of person who shouldn't have been turning his nose up at vaccination because of some shite he likely read on Facebook.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... s-jab.html
In the same vein

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Just re-booked my second jab so it's coming 3 and half weeks earlier. Brings me practically to 8 weeks between doses rather than 12.
shaggy wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 12:37 pm
ScarfaceClaw wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:40 am My wife’s hairdresser is refusing to get vaccinated because she doesn’t trust it. Perhaps she could have applied that same critical thinking to the boob job, the botoxing, the lip fillers and what ever else she’s smashed into her in her quest for Instagram “tits, tan, teeth” fame.

She’s now got covid along with her husband. It’s hit them both very hard apparently. She’s not quite hospitalised but is (was) close.
RULE.FUCKING.1!
Ironic request? That description sounds fucking minging.
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sockwithaticket wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 12:31 am Just re-booked my second jab so it's coming 3 and half weeks earlier. Brings me practically to 8 weeks between doses rather than 12.
shaggy wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 12:37 pm
ScarfaceClaw wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:40 am My wife’s hairdresser is refusing to get vaccinated because she doesn’t trust it. Perhaps she could have applied that same critical thinking to the boob job, the botoxing, the lip fillers and what ever else she’s smashed into her in her quest for Instagram “tits, tan, teeth” fame.

She’s now got covid along with her husband. It’s hit them both very hard apparently. She’s not quite hospitalised but is (was) close.
RULE.FUCKING.1!
Ironic request? That description sounds fucking minging.
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Lobby wrote: Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:02 pm
Margin__Walker wrote: Sun Aug 08, 2021 6:33 pm Another cautionary tale for those who absolutely aren't anti vax, but don't trust this vaccine because there isn't enough data.

I helped my Mum and Step Dad move house at end of June. Was a last minute stamp duty thing so they couldn't find a firm that could do the whole lot. In the end they rented a large van and got this guy in to do the rest. They ended up coming down with symptoms the same day as him, but got over it fairly quickly. The removal guy wasn't as lucky.

Nice jovial guy, but carrying a fair bit of weight. Absolutely the kind of person who shouldn't have been turning his nose up at vaccination because of some shite he likely read on Facebook.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... s-jab.html
In the same vein

At what point do we need to go after those pedalling mistruths? Appreciate it's mostly the uninformed parroting others, but there are many who should know better making outrageous claims who should really suffer some consequence. Much as I roll my eyes at the bloke above, it's ultimately just tragic that the only way they could learn was by dying.

The dickhead nurse who got struck off but won't shut up, and in the US clown like Marjorie Taylor Greene who - if reports are correct and despite her prattlings on covid - is apparently vaccinated herself.

All of this misinformation has a source and a provenance - the story, not the 'science' - and surely making people responsible for the outcomes of their words is a useful way to make people actually take stock? I can easily see why relatively uninformed people might get confused and reach the wrong conclusion when they're constantly bombarded with contradictory nonsense.
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I saw my cousin for the first time in a while yesterday and had an interesting chat.

She was suffering badly from long-covid for about 9 months but started to feel a bit better after her first jab and almost back to normal after her second. Wasn't sure if this was a thing.
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Slick wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 9:13 am I saw my cousin for the first time in a while yesterday and had an interesting chat.

She was suffering badly from long-covid for about 9 months but started to feel a bit better after her first jab and almost back to normal after her second. Wasn't sure if this was a thing.
Yup, it's a thing. Doesn't help everybody with long covid but does help some.

Long after effects from viruses are common. A couple of people I know have had Dengue fever which apparently isn't fun. One of them said it was well over a year before he was feeling normal again. His young daughter was back to normal much quicker
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I see the anti-vaxxer loons have been out in force today, attempting to storm the BBC to press home their complaints about vaccine passports and the forced vaccination of children.

Only trouble is, they tried to storm Television Centre, which was sold off by the BBC 8 years ago, and is now luxury flats.

So, to show how intelligent they are, they have tried to storm the BBC over vaccine passports that no one is using and forced vaccination of children that isn't happening at a building the BBC moved out of 8 years ago!

:crazy:
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Lobby wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 4:32 pm I see the anti-vaxxer loons have been out in force today, attempting to storm the BBC to press home their complaints about vaccine passports and the forced vaccination of children.

Only trouble is, they tried to storm Television Centre, which was sold off by the BBC 8 years ago, and is now luxury flats.

So, to show how intelligent they are, they have tried to storm the BBC over vaccine passports that no one is using and forced vaccination of children that isn't happening at a building the BBC moved out of 8 years ago!

:crazy:
Feckin twats!
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dpedin wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 5:11 pm
Lobby wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 4:32 pm I see the anti-vaxxer loons have been out in force today, attempting to storm the BBC to press home their complaints about vaccine passports and the forced vaccination of children.

Only trouble is, they tried to storm Television Centre, which was sold off by the BBC 8 years ago, and is now luxury flats.

So, to show how intelligent they are, they have tried to storm the BBC over vaccine passports that no one is using and forced vaccination of children that isn't happening at a building the BBC moved out of 8 years ago!

:crazy:
Feckin twats!
Someone should have taken some names, so we can get their applications in early for this years Darwin awards.
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Test and Trace boss Dido Harding to step down from NHS role

Baroness Dido Harding, who ran the government's Covid-19 test-and-trace programme in England, will step down from her NHS role in October. The Conservative peer recently applied to be the new boss of NHS England, but the job went to Amanda Pritchard.

The testing and contact tracing scheme has been criticised repeatedly during the pandemic. But the government has always defended the system, saying it helped curb the spread of the virus.

Baroness Harding became chair of NHS Improvement in October 2017, before being chosen to head up Test and Trace - a role she stepped back from in April. At the time, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised a "world-beating" system, but a BBC investigation found it was failing in areas which had some of the worst infection rates, and was beset with IT problems.

A report from the Commons Public Accounts Committee in March said there was "no clear evidence" the £22bn venture contributed to a reduction in coronavirus infection levels.
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fishfoodie wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 5:13 pm
dpedin wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 5:11 pm
Lobby wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 4:32 pm I see the anti-vaxxer loons have been out in force today, attempting to storm the BBC to press home their complaints about vaccine passports and the forced vaccination of children.

Only trouble is, they tried to storm Television Centre, which was sold off by the BBC 8 years ago, and is now luxury flats.

So, to show how intelligent they are, they have tried to storm the BBC over vaccine passports that no one is using and forced vaccination of children that isn't happening at a building the BBC moved out of 8 years ago!

:crazy:
Feckin twats!
Someone should have taken some names, so we can get their applications in early for this years Darwin awards.
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