Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Granny Danger]

18 minutes ago, The Moonster said:

I genuinely hope everyone who feels this is necessary to save Christmas has the worst fucking Christmas ever. Jesus is a c**t and so are you.

 

^^^^ gets socks every year.

 

 

 

From Primark.

[Billy Jean King]

Absolutely, and at a time when the numbers were starting to head in the right direction anyway, so they have a pretty good idea already that they'll be able to lift it again OK on Dec 11th. There's a Holyrood election coming so it's all being done with one eye on opinion poll numbers. If there was a serious public health crisis unfolding that really merited this level of ongoing media fuss over lockdowns, schools and workplaces would be affected much more by the regulations but that would cost them votes.

So you think today's announcement was a vote winner [emoji848]

[Detournement]

9 minutes ago, madwullie said:

They said on a number of occasions there was no second wave and that their approach in the summer would mean they come up roses now. They fucked it. 

 

They said there was no second wave before it began. They didn't say there wouldn't be one.

Again it all comes down to deaths. Herd immunity necessarily involves infections. 

[true_rover]

What are folk finding so difficult to understand about borders?

Plenty of people where I live don't seem to know what council area we are in, so nothing surprises me.

[Florentine_Pogen]

34 minutes ago, Szamo's_Ammo said:

Thank you, Dolly.

Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vacciiiiiinnne.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/nov/17/rishi-sunak-refuses-to-say-if-he-will-profit-from-moderna-covid-vaccine

"The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has refused to disclose whether he will profit from a surge in the share price of the Covid-19 vaccine manufacturer Moderna, one of the biggest investments held by the hedge fund he co-founded before entering parliament."

Absolute f*cking stick-on that Sunak has this company in his blind trust.

Edited November 17, 2020 by Florentine_Pogen

[D.A.F.C]

No, I argued it was better than the English version because we didn't outsource it. Though it doesn't matter how effective the app, or how many contacts you trace, you won't catch asymptomatic cases that way.

OK, think I've mixed you up with someone else then. Apologies.

[8MileBU]

1 hour ago, Steven W said:

Does Tier 0 actually exist?

St Kilda?

[Have some faith in Magic]

16 minutes ago, Gaz said:

What are folk finding so difficult to understand about borders?

I fully understand the demarcation of refuse collection, who is responsible for filing in pot holes, running the local baths and museums. 

 

 

[Granny Danger]

20 minutes ago, Gaz said:

What are folk finding so difficult to understand about borders?

I think you’ve crossed the line there.

[Dunning1874]

On 16/11/2020 at 10:27, MP_MFC said:

Can't wait for the heads gone when Inverclyde gets punted into tier 4

[madwullie]

15 minutes ago, Detournement said:

They said there was no second wave before it began. They didn't say there wouldn't be one.

Again it all comes down to deaths. Herd immunity necessarily involves infections. 

I understand that, but given they're taking action now it looks like the swedes don't think it's worth it anymore

[Steven W]

Sparse on detail granted, but as Scotland continues to ban parents from watching their kids' kick a ball, meanwhile in England;

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-football-bosses-hold-positive-talks-with-government-on-getting-fans-back-into-stadiums-12134782

[Gordon EF]

Hang on a minute... 25th December isn't really Jesus's birthday?

[Detournement]

2 minutes ago, madwullie said:

I understand that, but given they're taking action now it looks like the swedes don't think it's worth it anymore

Swedes can still got out for a meal in groups of 8, go to pubs, go to the gym and do whatever they want in their homes.

[harry94]

59 minutes ago, Detournement said:

I don't know. I would guess it's the difference between socialising in Sweden in the summer and the winter. I don't think they claimed there wouldn't be a second wave, the fact that the first wave ended simultaneously with the rest of Europe (also in Belarus) is evidence that restrictions aren't primarily driving the trends.

Every country is back in the shit. It's seasonal now like flu.

The whole thing about this different Swedish approach is being taken massively out of context

Sweden have a constitutional issue where it is very difficult for the govt to claim sweeping powers like you see in other western countries. This meant that there wasn't a mandated closure of the economy but the general effect was that non essential stuff closed, people started commuting to work and enacted social distancing following public campaigns. Google showed that transit data and traveling post lockdown slowed in a virtually identical way to their neighbours.

Call it restrictions, call it advice, it doesn't really matter. By large, they were living under similarish conditions to the rest of Europe.

[superbigal]

Glasgow City Victoria Park has no current cases of Coronavirus.   So a nice area for the mass unwashed to descend on the rowing boats and pedalos

Edited November 17, 2020 by superbigal

[renton]

12 minutes ago, Gordon EF said:

Hang on a minute... 25th December isn't really Jesus's birthday?

It isn't? And I got him a cake and everything...

[Detournement]

11 minutes ago, harry94 said:

 

Call it restrictions, call it advice, it doesn't really matter. By large, they were living under similarish conditions to the rest of Europe.

That's all that people want here. The ability to choose and assess your own risk.

[Guest]

18 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said:

 

 

Predictable.

I don't know if it's just a coincidence but the four "red boys" just happen to be at the top of my filter list along with our cricket loving friend from Inverness.

Who knows, maybe they're all one in the same.

[jagfox]