NotThePars Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 30 minutes ago, Donathan said: Tbf I wouldn’t mind hand washing remaining long term and a more liberal attitude to staying off work when you have a cold or the flu. Everything else can get in the bin though. Given the shift to working from home in a lot of places it should be easy to adopt this attitude. Knowing this petty island though... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 The media now making a thing about these so called vaccine passports, not just to travel abroad but to use basic services. The government are playing it down so hopefully just air time fillimg.Personally i find the idea of mandatory vaccines by the backdoor a bit unsettling and I’m not anti vax at all. What utter tosh.This is not new - there are lots of countries where you won't get in unless you have the correct vaccinations - this is no different.If you want to travel get vaccinated - if you don't want vaccinated then tough fucking titty. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 5 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: What utter tosh. This is not new - there are lots of countries where you won't get in unless you have the correct vaccinations - this is no different. If you want to travel get vaccinated - if you don't want vaccinated then tough fucking titty. If the issue is purely with travel then i agree it's tosh but if the issue was more around access to basic services then it's more contentious. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, hk blues said: If the issue is purely with travel then i agree it's tosh but if the issue was more around access to basic services then it's more contentious. It is contentious but understandable. For the foreseeable future COVID will be a threat, the vaccines are not 100% effective so even those of us who choose to be inoculated are still at risk. When we get back to a level of normality I’d be wary of sitting at a football match knowing that there could be people close by who have refused to be vaccinated and are thereby far more likely to be sufferers and spreaders. ETA of course attending a football match might not be seen as access to a basic service. Edited December 3, 2020 by Granny Danger 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: It is contentious but understandable. For the foreseeable future COVID will be a threat, the vaccines are not 100% effective so even those of us who choose to be inoculated are still at risk. When we get back to a level of normality I’d be wary of sitting at a football match knowing that there could be people close by who have refused to be vaccinated and are thereby far more likely to be sufferers and spreaders. I don't disagree - I was just commenting that the original post wasn't necessarily tosh if the contentious point was the access to basic services. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 33 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: When we get back to a level of normality I’d be wary of sitting at a football match knowing that there could be people close by who have refused to be vaccinated and are thereby far more likely to be sufferers and spreaders. How would you know? Also, would it stop you going to the shops/cinema/cafe/pub? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven W Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 9 hours ago, Honest_Man#1 said: I assume he is meaning that there won’t be a specific point where it essentially goes from restricted to ‘have a massive party’ and everyone can suddenly celebrate Covid as over. Unless he genuinely think people won’t ever again have parties/large gatherings and has gone completely insane. Telt ye restrictions throughout next year 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) I'm sure I read somewhere that it was absolutely laughable to suggest that restrictions would be in place well into 2021? Edit: might even have been on here? Edit 2: actually can't have been here because my recollection is that people got mercilessly abused and down voted for the suggestion, and that's not the way this discussion forum rolls Edited December 3, 2020 by madwullie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Cabbage Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Gonna go the extra effort to send the deputy chief medical office my mask in the post with some hand sanitiser and throw a massive party once this is over. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szamo's_Ammo Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 A good idea for those concerned at missing out on door-to-door carol singing this Christmas. Spoiler -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 Interesting Twitter thread about some of the things you see trending, in this case Thalidomide. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Steven W said: Telt ye restrictions throughout next year No, you said we would have travel restrictions in place across the UK until 2022, don’t try to change the goalposts now. Still happy to take the £100 charity bet that we won’t. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 StevehWalloper and MadWullie doubling down on the idiotic postings. Good to see. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 1 hour ago, madwullie said: I'm sure I read somewhere that it was absolutely laughable to suggest that restrictions would be in place well into 2021? Edit: might even have been on here? Edit 2: actually can't have been here because my recollection is that people got mercilessly abused and down voted for the suggestion, and that's not the way this discussion forum rolls my prediction is 2021 will be a mirror image of 2020 in terms of restriction, starting of heavily restricted then with only the last 2- 3 months back to the old normal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Fair play to the lads doing victory laps on people being restricted in their lives for another year 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 9 hours ago, NotThePars said: Given the shift to working from home in a lot of places it should be easy to adopt this attitude. Knowing this petty island though... How long until skint & ruthless companies start outsourcing a large chunk of their office/ admin work to cheap labour countries abroad? personally I found the honeymoon period great , mostly because we don't have to work by the clock like we would if we were there. If home working was optional then I'd imagine that would change and those at home would be expected to structure the day exactly as those in the office, it then goes from being easy to potentially quite challenging depending on your home life 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: Fair play to the lads doing victory laps on people being restricted in their lives for another year Takes me back to when I drove my hermetically sealed car around Hamilton beeping my horn incessantly when the second wave became reality as predicted What a night that was 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Willie Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 14 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: What about old speccy Willie, she'd be right up your street I bet? I'm surrounded by auld widows who constantly flutter their eyeballs at me but I'm immune tae their blandishments. She wid just have tae join the queue cos naebody's getting my pension! (or my mobility scooter) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven W Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 35 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: No, you said we would have travel restrictions in place across the UK until 2022, don’t try to change the goalposts now. Still happy to take the £100 charity bet that we won’t. It was travel restrictions across Scotland (not UK) until 2022. The fact that we're now talking about restrictions (any restrictions) still on the go for all of 2021, would suggest that it's a possibilty travel restrictions will be in place for the duration. I get the feeling that the vaccination process will be a long drawn out, lethargic process, allied together with our government's 'Cautious Approach', I still think travel restrictions could be in place in Scotland come this time next year. I don't have a pot to piss in far less £100, but I'll happily concede you are right and I am wrong if, or when, the day comes (And I hasten to add, I hope that it is you who is right) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 It was travel restrictions across Scotland (not UK) until 2022. The fact that we're now talking about restrictions (any restrictions) still on the go for all of 2021, would suggest that it's a possibilty travel restrictions will be in place for the duration. I get the feeling that the vaccination process will be a long drawn out, lethargic process, allied together with our government's 'Cautious Approach', I still think travel restrictions could be in place in Scotland come this time next year. I don't have a pot to piss in far less £100, but I'll happily concede you are right and I am wrong if, or when, the day comes (And I hasten to add, I hope that it is you who is right) [emoji106]When it comes to restrictions and how to implement them it’s as tho the Scottish government are constantly refreshing the screen to show how many cases there are each minute and hovering nervously over the big red button Whereas the uk government are constantly checking how much they’ve spent and hovering nervously on the release button,I guess neither is the best way 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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