NPR

SaintK wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:34 pm

Glaston wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:42 am Looking at photos of pub chuck out time last night in London.


No wonder the virus is spreading, how the f---- can you social distance with that number of pub goers.

Yep, not a good look. Only two pwoplw with masks on in that shot

I like neeps wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 9:45 am

British Track and Trace app doesn't actually work unless you pay for your covid test.

Raggs wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 10:03 am

I like neeps wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 9:45 am

British Track and Trace app doesn't actually work unless you pay for your covid test.

Hold on? Isn't the whole point of everyone wanting the Google/Apple solution, to remove all identifiable data from the Governments hands? If you start putting in your test results, then you're identifying yourself to them surely?

I like neeps wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 10:54 am [quote=Raggs post_id=33730 time=<a href="tel:1601114637">1601114637</a> user_id=60]
[quote="I like neeps" post_id=33727 time=<a href="tel:1601113524">1601113524</a> user_id=208]


British Track and Trace app doesn't actually work unless you pay for your covid test.

I think the private tests referred to are the Serco/various of Dom’s mates companies provided nationally under ‘NHS test and trace’ but which actually have fuck all to do with NHS and are provided by private entities under highly lucrative contracts with no performance hurdles/penalties.

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:04 pm

I think the private tests referred to are the Serco/various of Dom’s mates companies provided nationally under ‘NHS test and trace’ but which actually have fuck all to do with NHS and are provided by private entities under highly lucrative contracts with no performance hurdles/penalties.

Go on, tell us more about these non NHS tests.

Deveron Boy wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 7:38 pm

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:04 pm

I think the private tests referred to are the Serco/various of Dom’s mates companies provided nationally under ‘NHS test and trace’ but which actually have fuck all to do with NHS and are provided by private entities under highly lucrative contracts with no performance hurdles/penalties.

Go on, tell us more about these non NHS tests.

It’s in the tweet in the message above in very small words that a 3 year old could follow..

Deveron Boy wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 7:38 pm

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:04 pm

I think the private tests referred to are the Serco/various of Dom’s mates companies provided nationally under ‘NHS test and trace’ but which actually have fuck all to do with NHS and are provided by private entities under highly lucrative contracts with no performance hurdles/penalties.

Go on, tell us more about these non NHS tests.

It’s in the tweet in the message above in very small words that a 3 year old could follow..

SaintK wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:34 pm

Glaston wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:42 am Looking at photos of pub chuck out time last night in London.


No wonder the virus is spreading, how the f---- can you social distance with that number of pub goers.

Yep, not a good look.

When the issue was put to the full cabinet on Tuesday, resistance flared again when business secretary Alok Sharma and environment secretary George Eustice suggested that it would be safer to taper the curfew with last orders at 10pm, rather than force everyone on to the streets at the same time.
But Mr Gove insisted that there should be a strict 10pm ‘guillotine’.

Facilities serving alcohol on the parliamentary estate are understood to be exempt from the earlier closing time on the basis that they fall under the description of “a workplace canteen”.

mat the expat wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:39 am

SaintK wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:34 pm

Glaston wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:42 am Looking at photos of pub chuck out time last night in London.


No wonder the virus is spreading, how the f---- can you social distance with that number of pub goers.

Yep, not a good look. Only two pwoplw with masks on in that shot

Fuck me - are people back in the UK that cretinous?

We've re-opened bars here but even outside, distancing is enforced.

SaintK wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:34 pm

Glaston wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:42 am Looking at photos of pub chuck out time last night in London.


No wonder the virus is spreading, how the f---- can you social distance with that number of pub goers.

Yep, not a good look. Only two pwoplw with masks on in that shot

ScarfaceClaw wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 10:17 am

SaintK wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:34 pm

Glaston wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:42 am Looking at photos of pub chuck out time last night in London.


No wonder the virus is spreading, how the f---- can you social distance with that number of pub goers.

Yep, not a good look. Only two pwoplw with masks on in that shot

I can see three masks. You’ve got your one on the left next to the one in leopard print and the two in the middle.

SaintK wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 10:34 am

ScarfaceClaw wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 10:17 am

SaintK wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:34 pm
Yep, not a good look. Only two pwoplw with masks on in that shot

I can see three masks. You’ve got your one on the left next to the one in leopard print and the two in the middle.

As Bimbo mentioned up thread we don't need to wear masks outdoors. I couldn't be arsed to edit it

ASMO wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:42 am Good old Parliament, telling everyone that bars will be forced to shut at 10.00pm..EXCEPT the one in Parliament, cunts to a man.

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:43 am

ASMO wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:42 am Good old Parliament, telling everyone that bars will be forced to shut at 10.00pm..EXCEPT the one in Parliament, cunts to a man.

They've u-turned on that one.

ASMO wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:44 am

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:43 am

ASMO wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:42 am Good old Parliament, telling everyone that bars will be forced to shut at 10.00pm..EXCEPT the one in Parliament, cunts to a man.

They've u-turned on that one.

They should never have had to, the mere fact they even tried it shows the utter contempt they have for the voting public.

ASMO wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:44 am

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:43 am

ASMO wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:42 am Good old Parliament, telling everyone that bars will be forced to shut at 10.00pm..EXCEPT the one in Parliament, cunts to a man.

They've u-turned on that one.

They should never have had to, the mere fact they even tried it shows the utter contempt they have for the voting public.

eldanielfire wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:49 pm

ASMO wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:44 am

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:43 am

They've u-turned on that one.

They should never have had to, the mere fact they even tried it shows the utter contempt they have for the voting public.

Should that be really bloody obvious though? It was taking the fucking piss. Especially after Big Dom's castle excursions during the lockdown.

Tests for Covid-19 that show on-the-spot results in 15 to 30 minutes are about to be rolled out across the world, potentially saving many thousands of lives and slowing the pandemic in both poor and rich countries.
In a triumph for a global initiative to get vital drugs and vaccines to fight the virus, 120m rapid antigen tests from two companies will be supplied to low- and middle-income countries for $5 (£3.90) each or even less.

The tests, which look like a pregnancy test, with two blue lines displayed for positive, are read by a health worker. One test has received emergency approval from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the other is expected to get it shortly. The quick and easy but high-quality tests will allow mass screening of health workers, who are dying in disproportionate numbers in low income countries.
Wealthy countries that have signed up to the Access to Covid tools initiative (ACT accelerator), as the UK has, will also be able to order the tests. The initiative was launched in March by the WHO, the European commission, the Gates Foundation and the French government.

In return for a volume guarantee from the Gates Foundation, the companies are making 20% of their production available to low- and middle-income countries and 80% to the rest. Germany has already ordered 20m tests and France and Switzerland are following suit.

The UK government is keen to get rapid virus tests, which were central to the “moonshot” proposals leaked recently, but it is not clear if they intend to buy these tests.

SaintK wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 4:24 pm Interesting, I hadn't read about this previously

Tests for Covid-19 that show on-the-spot results in 15 to 30 minutes are about to be rolled out across the world, potentially saving many thousands of lives and slowing the pandemic in both poor and rich countries.
In a triumph for a global initiative to get vital drugs and vaccines to fight the virus, 120m rapid antigen tests from two companies will be supplied to low- and middle-income countries for $5 (£3.90) each or even less.

The tests, which look like a pregnancy test, with two blue lines displayed for positive, are read by a health worker. One test has received emergency approval from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the other is expected to get it shortly. The quick and easy but high-quality tests will allow mass screening of health workers, who are dying in disproportionate numbers in low income countries.
Wealthy countries that have signed up to the Access to Covid tools initiative (ACT accelerator), as the UK has, will also be able to order the tests. The initiative was launched in March by the WHO, the European commission, the Gates Foundation and the French government.

In return for a volume guarantee from the Gates Foundation, the companies are making 20% of their production available to low- and middle-income countries and 80% to the rest. Germany has already ordered 20m tests and France and Switzerland are following suit.

The UK government is keen to get rapid virus tests, which were central to the “moonshot” proposals leaked recently, but it is not clear if they intend to buy these tests.

Saint wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 6:24 pm

Going to need to manufacture far more than that - perhaps by a factor of 1,000

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:44 am

Saint wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 6:24 pm

Going to need to manufacture far more than that - perhaps by a factor of 1,000

Wrong login Bimboh

Andy Bell from Channel 5 just asked Boris Johnson to clarify whether different households can meet in pub gardens in the North-east and it appeared - from the ensuing waffle - that the PM doesn't know either

Erk. Boris Johnson also appears totally confused by question about whether people in the North East can meet outside in beer gardens. Talks about Rule of Six *elsewhere* and says locals should follow the guidance. “As I understand it not six outside”. What?

Andy Bell asks PM to clarify the new(ish) Covid rules. What follows is an answer which does not answer the Q and is so confusing I am going to have to rewind it in an attempt to understand.

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:12 am 1 million Covid19 deaths globally

WHO estimates global flu deaths in 2019 were 500-650k

SaintK wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:35 am Our tosser of a PM doesn't even know the lockdown rules he's introduced in NE England over the past 24 hours

Andy Bell from Channel 5 just asked Boris Johnson to clarify whether different households can meet in pub gardens in the North-east and it appeared - from the ensuing waffle - that the PM doesn't know either

Erk. Boris Johnson also appears totally confused by question about whether people in the North East can meet outside in beer gardens. Talks about Rule of Six *elsewhere* and says locals should follow the guidance. “As I understand it not six outside”. What?

Andy Bell asks PM to clarify the new(ish) Covid rules. What follows is an answer which does not answer the Q and is so confusing I am going to have to rewind it in an attempt to understand.

One of the Education Ministers couldn't answer the same question earlier this morning when being interviewed
Incompetence from the top down

Apologies, I misspoke today.
In the North East, new rules mean you cannot meet people from different households in social settings indoors, including in pubs, restaurants and your home. You should also avoid socialising with other households outside

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:05 pm

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:12 am 1 million Covid19 deaths globally

WHO estimates global flu deaths in 2019 were 500-650k

One of the reasons for the higher toll from Covid of course.

Jb1981 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:08 pm

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:05 pm

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:12 am 1 million Covid19 deaths globally

WHO estimates global flu deaths in 2019 were 500-650k

One of the reasons for the higher toll from Covid of course.

What do you mean? That’s the higher end WHO flu estimate isn’t it and up from prior year estimates.

Jb1981 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:08 pm

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:05 pm

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:12 am 1 million Covid19 deaths globally

WHO estimates global flu deaths in 2019 were 500-650k

One of the reasons for the higher toll from Covid of course.

What do you mean? That’s the higher end WHO flu estimate isn’t it and up from prior year estimates.

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:05 pm

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:12 am 1 million Covid19 deaths globally

WHO estimates global flu deaths in 2019 were 500-650k

One of the reasons for the higher toll from Covid of course.

Meanwhile, Bimbo's Brexit heroes have masterminded some incredible, never before seen, Covid numbers.

Enzedder wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:30 pm

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:05 pm

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:12 am 1 million Covid19 deaths globally

WHO estimates global flu deaths in 2019 were 500-650k

One of the reasons for the higher toll from Covid of course.

What? The reason for a million covid deaths is because last year there were 500,000 flu deaths.

explain please.