101 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Don't know if I missed this earlier but worth repeating, in pure monetary terms half the covid contracts went to pals of the Tories. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 The adverse reactions to the Moderna vaccine were reviewed by the FDA. I wonder how long it took for them to review the highlighted example here. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Waste, negligence and cronyism?? By the Tories? They must have it wrong. There's literally no examples of that ever happening before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, ICTChris said: The adverse reactions to the Moderna vaccine were reviewed by the FDA. I wonder how long it took for them to review the highlighted example here. Must be that microchip acting as a conductor. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 2 hours ago, ICTChris said: Good article about the new age, hippy bullshit - Neo Nazi - Covid conspiracy crossover https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dpywq/the-new-agers-and-wellness-influencers-lost-to-far-right-covid-conspiracies?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter I do think that a load of new age hippy bullshiters being 'surprising' bedfellows with the far right is wrong. It's not surprising at all. I have a mate who was sucked into all the David Icke, holistic medicine, anti-vax bullshit a long while ago. It was no surprise to find he was a covid denier. More of a shock was that he has completely swallowed Q-Anon, adenochrome harvesting elite paedophiles, the works. This is a guy who was a regular weed smoking hippy, went on many protests etc with him when we were younger, Iraq war and the like. Now completely worships trump and everything he stands for - pretty much exactly like this article describes. Trump who would cheerfully tear gas him for going on exactly the type of protests we used to go on 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Not in Edinburgh, they are adamant schools will be open as normal. I can see an incredibly high level of absence next week though. There's probably a high absence level already. Admittedly in Glasgow, but my daughter is in S3 and out of over 150 in her year, there are less than 30 in. A lot of them are isolating as close contacts, but she knows of plenty who are being kept off by their parents to try and reduce the chances of them catching anything before Christmas. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 The decision not to change the Christmas restrictions and instead go with "but pleeeeeease" is absolutely shameful. A blind man could see that this is so they can blame a January upsurge on "the people" rather than their own fecklessness. It never fails to amaze me how many people in the UK voted for this crowd of absolute shysters.It’s exactly that on many aspects but I do think management of the Christmas period has a huge element of damned if they lighten the restrictions and damned if they don’t. It also to an extent gives opportunity for those who endlessly state they want to be treated like grown ups and given some responsibility to manage the risks. The Tories are an absolute bunch of shysters though. No argument from me on that one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Renfrewshire schools finish up tomorrow, don't return until January 7th. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 31 minutes ago, peasy23 said: 2 hours ago, super_carson said: Not in Edinburgh, they are adamant schools will be open as normal. I can see an incredibly high level of absence next week though. There's probably a high absence level already. Admittedly in Glasgow, but my daughter is in S3 and out of over 150 in her year, there are less than 30 in. A lot of them are isolating as close contacts, but she knows of plenty who are being kept off by their parents to try and reduce the chances of them catching anything before Christmas. How can anyone say this is less detrimental to education than a blended learning model? And that's even if we do this daft kidding on that the virus doesn't spread in schools ("community transmission" nonsense). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: How can anyone say this is less detrimental to education than a blended learning model? And that's even if we do this daft kidding on that the virus doesn't spread in schools ("community transmission" nonsense). I definitely think they need to be looking at the blended model for the jan-april term for s3 and above, especially since they are getting away with not taking exams. The absolute failure from the Scottish Government to properly test and take other very basic steps means we’re going to be suffering this pish for many more months. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 23 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: Renfrewshire schools finish up tomorrow, don't return until January 7th. 6th. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Let's check in on Sweden again and see how they are doi....oh dear! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55347021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Comparably better than the UK? Or is this finally one than we won? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I definitely think they need to be looking at the blended model for the jan-april term for s3 and above, especially since they are getting away with not taking exams. The absolute failure from the Scottish Government to properly test and take other very basic steps means we’re going to be suffering this pish for many more months. If that were the case they'll have f**k all chance of schools having SQA supplied assessments being used for evidence - we've had ours for just a week now.Most schools are planning to carry out the bulk of their assessments in February and March - any move to a blended timetable puts that firmly in the bin.The decision to cancel N5 exams was way too late - Highers even worse.The decision should have been made last summer - with assessment materials provided by the start of the October holidays. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, MixuFruit said: It's a shame all the folk who made a big song and dance about Sweden have since been banned for one transgression or another and we can't slag them off There are plenty still around. If you compare them with their neighbours, they made a mess of it, if you compare them with us, there wasn't a huge difference except that their advice was voluntary rather than mandatory, and most businesses like pubs etc were allowed to trickle on throughout under strict rules, though economically they haven't done any better than their neighbours the last time I looked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 17 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: Most schools are planning to carry out the bulk of their assessments in February and March - any move to a blended timetable puts that firmly in the bin. Why would this be the case? Genuinely curious. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 How many vaccines have been doled out in Scotland so far, and how many in the UK? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 17 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: Why would this be the case? Genuinely curious. Probably because the assessments in many cases will cover the bulk of the course - so it needs to have been taught to be assessed. Plus, as the govt insisted for so long that exams would be on, courses have been planned with that in mind. As was said on here in July, if exams weren't going to be on, schools had to know at the start of the year (or at least as early as possible) in order to plan the year's teaching. That's the score in English anyway according to former colleagues. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 14 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: How many vaccines have been doled out in Scotland so far, and how many in the UK? DDOeAM3iTW-_3pRM_1_1.mp4 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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