Coronavirus - UK
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - UK:
Same as Piers Morgan. Xmas in Antigua apparently. But that’s ok yknow because he’s a govt critic.
I think to be fair to the woman, she was genuinely on holiday before the pre-Christmas restrictions and national lockdown came in and probably thought, despite that, she was doing the right thing by putting her name to the joint letter.
I'll give her the benefit of the doubt - both amusing and embarrasing though.
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@pakman and yet they were fine with the person filming and all the other passersby. Go figure huh...those poor innocent people...
Indeed.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErYc583XYAcA9nL?format=jpg&name=large
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@pakman and yet they were fine with the person filming and all the other passersby. Go figure huh...those poor innocent people...
Perhaos there's some background we're missing? That said, there's sensible policing and stupid policing. Fining someone for carrying cups of coffee on a walk as they regarded carrying the coffee as "picnicing", as happened the other day, is the epitome of dumb
Meanwhile in London, four carloads of rozzers are photographed happily eating breakfast together in a café in Greenwich....
Plenty of sirens in Wimbledon when they get the message their Greggs sausage rolls are ready!
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@pakman and yet they were fine with the person filming and all the other passersby. Go figure huh...those poor innocent people...
Indeed.
The most remarkable part in that piece is I learned that "de-arresting" is a thing.
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
BBC claiming millions of people feel like they have slipped through the cracks of government support schemes.
They have been busy! That's a lot of people they asked.
It’s really quite simple. A reporter asks 10 of his mates if they’ve suffered. One says yes and after that it’s simple maths. Foolproof.
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
BBC claiming millions of people feel like they have slipped through the cracks of government support schemes.
They have been busy! That's a lot of people they asked.
I actually got outraged at the BBC yesterday for an article they had on older people being confused by the letters they were receiving.
The story is that some older people were getting letters advising them to book a vaccination at places that were up to, and this is truly unbelievable - get yourself ready for it .... 30 - 40 minutes away! Yes, a WHOPPING 30-40 minutes away!!!
Once you deep dived into it, basically as they are trying to prioritise older people, it means that it's quicker for some to travel 30-40 mins than go to one which is much closer. So the NHS is actually thinking outside the box and where there are longer queues due to either fewer testing centres or higher proportion of elderly people, they are recommending people travel half an hour.
And the BBC reports this in such a negative light.
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
BBC claiming millions of people feel like they have slipped through the cracks of government support schemes.
They have been busy! That's a lot of people they asked.
And yet, supermarkets / online companies have thousands of jobs online for people to work.
How odd.
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@MajorRage yeah, I'm guessing BBC were referring to this:
https://www.excludeduk.org/three-million-breakdownBut for them to have found all 2.9 million and discovered how they feel, well that's amazing.
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MajorRage yeah, I'm guessing BBC were referring to this:
https://www.excludeduk.org/three-million-breakdownBut for them to have found all 2.9 million and discovered how they feel, well that's amazing.
Basically, the main problem is that a lot of people have friends furloughed so are sitting on their arse for 80% paid by the government and people are jealous.
Yeah, there probably are a few people who should be getting some support, but I imagine most of the people who slipped through the cracks are just lazy fuckers who don't want to to do deliveries or stack shelves. Thats not the government's problem. All the local supermarkets where I am have adverts for temporary workers.
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
BBC claiming millions of people feel like they have slipped through the cracks of government support schemes.
They have been busy! That's a lot of people they asked.
I actually got outraged at the BBC yesterday for an article they had on older people being confused by the letters they were receiving.
The story is that some older people were getting letters advising them to book a vaccination at places that were up to, and this is truly unbelievable - get yourself ready for it .... 30 - 40 minutes away! Yes, a WHOPPING 30-40 minutes away!!!
Once you deep dived into it, basically as they are trying to prioritise older people, it means that it's quicker for some to travel 30-40 mins than go to one which is much closer. So the NHS is actually thinking outside the box and where there are longer queues due to either fewer testing centres or higher proportion of elderly people, they are recommending people travel half an hour.
And the BBC reports this in such a negative light.
..and the quotes from the woman in the article who rang the vaccine helpline to call BoJo a liar, as he'd said they were planning for no-one to have to travel more than 10 miles for a jab, and was angry when they cut her off.
That's right, sweetie, you vent and waste the time of helpline staff actually trying to get as much vaccine into people arms as possible in the middle of a pandemic which is killing 1,000's a day. Fuckwit.
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BBC strikes again. BoJo being interviewed as he visits the Bristol Vaccination Centre
"Why have you travelled 100 miles to Bristol today? Why didn't you stay at home?"
Not as if the Prime Minister is a key worker who needs to travel to do his job....
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@Victor-Meldrew it's probably not good for BBC that it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest to hear the question was posed by a "reporter-on-the-scene".
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew it's probably not good for BBC that it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest to hear the question was posed by a "reporter-on-the-scene".
Was a senior reporter apparently. The cynic in me wonders if the BBC are just pissed off that 2.4m jabs have been given and the mid-Feb target looks to be achievable.
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This doing the rounds today
Clickbait?
Gypsy's warning to sort your shit out or else?
'Soft' announcement approx 7-10 days ahead of actual announcement, as has been the way by this Government?I've got a dog and I'll be out 3 times a day as I have been since 23 March 2020
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Picking up some strong messages that things might be tightened up if people don't comply. Also some strong messaging that the rules are there for a reason and not a boundary to be pushed against and loopholes used.
Hancock's presser tonight could be very grim to counter the feeling that we don't need to worry now the vaccine is being rolled out.
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
This doing the rounds today
Clickbait?
Gypsy's warning to sort your shit out or else?
'Soft' announcement approx 7-10 days ahead of actual announcement, as has been the way by this Government?I've got a dog and I'll be out 3 times a day as I have been since 23 March 2020
Probably not a bad idea to release these sort of things in order to get people to comply better with the rules.
REality is that nobody is going to listen to only being allowed out once a week. Literally nobody.
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@Victor-Meldrew @MiketheSnow
At the moment, it is threat. I suspect areas that continue to be really poor at following the rules will face additional measures. -
The Christmas mixing will still be infecting those spending most of their time at home, so even if everyone only goes out once a week infections probably won't start falling before next week.
Meanwhile, a friend of mine who's quite prominent on these things on Twitter, says that SAGE minutes indicate 25% of Covid in hospitals is HAI (caught while there) and of those 35% or so die.
In other words a disporportionate amount of mortality isn't community related.
No one is publicising this!
Reason, I guess, is that, between that, community infections and staff self isolating, hospitals are extremely stretched, and powers at be want focus on reducing the marginal infection.
My hunch is that the 'crisis' will behind us by end of Jan.