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@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@TeWaio said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
730k tests per day. Capacity of 783k per day
78 million tests so far
So what’s the strategy now?
Keep us locked down until Easter I'm sure 🙄
No one's allowed to die of anything ever and the government can just pay for everything. Utopia achieved.
With so many at risk vaccinated who the fuck are we protecting?
Fat people.
Runs one marathon and all of a sudden he's Joe Wicks.
Joe Wicks?
Isn't he the Charlie Ngatai of marathon running....?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@TeWaio said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
730k tests per day. Capacity of 783k per day
78 million tests so far
So what’s the strategy now?
Keep us locked down until Easter I'm sure 🙄
No one's allowed to die of anything ever and the government can just pay for everything. Utopia achieved.
With so many at risk vaccinated who the fuck are we protecting?
Fat people.
Runs one marathon and all of a sudden he's Joe Wicks.
Joe Wicks?
Isn't he the Charlie Ngatai of marathon running....?
Gets better the less he does?
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@TeWaio said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
730k tests per day. Capacity of 783k per day
78 million tests so far
So what’s the strategy now?
Keep us locked down until Easter I'm sure 🙄
No one's allowed to die of anything ever and the government can just pay for everything. Utopia achieved.
With so many at risk vaccinated who the fuck are we protecting?
Fat people.
We have another jab for them: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9251733/How-know-fat-jab-works-Im-SARAH-VINE-reveals-changed-life.html
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Apparently hospital beds in England are being freed up quickly now. The number of Covid patients being treated is down 23% in a week and 7% in the last day alone.
As of this evening there are still 17,700 people in English hospitals with Covid but that’s half what it was just 4 weeks ago. I think they will want to get that number below 10,000 before they ease the lockdown. 8th March looking about right to do so.
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@sparky yeah the UK numbers are certainly promising, both new infections and deaths
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/
My mother-in-law and her partner that live in Scotland have been vaccinated, father-in-law in Uttoxeter not yet, although if he hadnt moved from Herts a month or so back I expect he probably would have by now as his brother has.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
not to mention the political cost.
Sadly too many of the population seem to want a firm nanny state at present. My view is a permanent lock-down (varying in degreee) to save lives would be embraced and applauded by enough to offset a declining economy as small businesses go under. And removal of our basic human rights
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@Winger said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
not to mention the political cost.
Sadly too many of the population seem to want a firm nanny state at present. My view is a permanent lock-down (varying in degreee) to save lives would be embraced and applauded by enough to offset a declining economy as small businesses go under. And removal of our basic human rights
Judging from the vibe during this current lockdown and looking at evidence such as number of vehicles on the road compared to lockdown 1, I would say you couldn’t be further from the truth.
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Winger said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
not to mention the political cost.
Sadly too many of the population seem to want a firm nanny state at present. My view is a permanent lock-down (varying in degreee) to save lives would be embraced and applauded by enough to offset a declining economy as small businesses go under. And removal of our basic human rights
Judging from the vibe during this current lockdown and looking at evidence such as number of vehicles on the road compared to lockdown 1, I would say you couldn’t be further from the truth.
There are groups withing each camp who would love it.
The rest of us are just getting on with life.
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Winger said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
not to mention the political cost.
Sadly too many of the population seem to want a firm nanny state at present. My view is a permanent lock-down (varying in degreee) to save lives would be embraced and applauded by enough to offset a declining economy as small businesses go under. And removal of our basic human rights
Judging from the vibe during this current lockdown and looking at evidence such as number of vehicles on the road compared to lockdown 1, I would say you couldn’t be further from the truth.
There are groups withing each camp who would love it.
The rest of us are just getting on with life.
Undoubtedly. @Winger though was suggesting enough people would embrace a continual lockdown policy. I do not see any evidence to support that.
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Winger said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
not to mention the political cost.
Sadly too many of the population seem to want a firm nanny state at present. My view is a permanent lock-down (varying in degreee) to save lives would be embraced and applauded by enough to offset a declining economy as small businesses go under. And removal of our basic human rights
Judging from the vibe during this current lockdown and looking at evidence such as number of vehicles on the road compared to lockdown 1, I would say you couldn’t be further from the truth.
There are groups withing each camp who would love it.
The rest of us are just getting on with life.
Undoubtedly. @Winger though was suggesting enough people would embrace a continual lockdown policy. I do not see any evidence to support that.
I spent a fair bit of time yesterday trying to think of an apt riposte to something quite so free of fact. I’ll certainly concede tho if you only read Owen Jones you may actually think there is a semblance of truth in there.
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@Winger said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
not to mention the political cost.
Sadly too many of the population seem to want a firm nanny state at present. My view is a permanent lock-down (varying in degreee) to save lives would be embraced and applauded by enough to offset a declining economy as small businesses go under. And removal of our basic human rights
Have you ever lived, or even visited here? This is a serious question.
As you haven't even come close to grasping what the whole of this country is really about. Yes, there are of course plenty of people who exist to make you form your view. Heads of trade unions, socialists etc - they all live here, and they all get a voice through some channel or other. But it doesn't mean that their views would be "embraced and applauded enough" for any sort of long-term implementation of the current conditions to exist. A lot of people in these brackets are shit scared, as the government support to prop them up during tough times has cost a lot & they realise that a Conversative govt is not just going to rob from the rich to sort it out. Railways, air traffic to name just 2, are both heavily unionised ... and will not get even back close to 2019 levels for a number of years.
Reality is that pretty much so everybody is looking forwards to getting through this and trying to get back to some sort of semblance of normal life. I think everybody appreciates what we had before is gone forever, but can also see the positives coming out of it. I think there are two things which the country is borderline unanimous on
- The NHS getting overhauled properly (although I doubt 2 people have the same view on how to do it)
- Enjoying a real holiday.
The times they are a changing. But not necessarily for the worse ... or better.
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Winger said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
not to mention the political cost.
Sadly too many of the population seem to want a firm nanny state at present. My view is a permanent lock-down (varying in degreee) to save lives would be embraced and applauded by enough to offset a declining economy as small businesses go under. And removal of our basic human rights
Judging from the vibe during this current lockdown and looking at evidence such as number of vehicles on the road compared to lockdown 1, I would say you couldn’t be further from the truth.
There are groups withing each camp who would love it.
The rest of us are just getting on with life.
A thread which is indicative of virologist types who can't bear to see their time in the limelight disappearing:
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MajorRage doesn't winger live
in Londonon Planet Winger?Yes. Yes he does but is is as yet unmapped.
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Winger said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
not to mention the political cost.
Sadly too many of the population seem to want a firm nanny state at present. My view is a permanent lock-down (varying in degreee) to save lives would be embraced and applauded by enough to offset a declining economy as small businesses go under. And removal of our basic human rights
Judging from the vibe during this current lockdown and looking at evidence such as number of vehicles on the road compared to lockdown 1, I would say you couldn’t be further from the truth.
There are groups withing each camp who would love it.
The rest of us are just getting on with life.
Undoubtedly. @Winger though was suggesting enough people would embrace a continual lockdown policy. I do not see any evidence to support that.
Agreed
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Winger said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
not to mention the political cost.
Sadly too many of the population seem to want a firm nanny state at present. My view is a permanent lock-down (varying in degreee) to save lives would be embraced and applauded by enough to offset a declining economy as small businesses go under. And removal of our basic human rights
Judging from the vibe during this current lockdown and looking at evidence such as number of vehicles on the road compared to lockdown 1, I would say you couldn’t be further from the truth.
There are groups withing each camp who would love it.
The rest of us are just getting on with life.
Undoubtedly. @Winger though was suggesting enough people would embrace a continual lockdown policy. I do not see any evidence to support that.
It would certainly run contrary to the perceived wisdom that people become tired of such restrictions.
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MajorRage doesn't winger live in London?
I left about 2 years back. Was planning to pay a visit but ...
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Winger said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
not to mention the political cost.
Sadly too many of the population seem to want a firm nanny state at present. My view is a permanent lock-down (varying in degreee) to save lives would be embraced and applauded by enough to offset a declining economy as small businesses go under. And removal of our basic human rights
Judging from the vibe during this current lockdown and looking at evidence such as number of vehicles on the road compared to lockdown 1, I would say you couldn’t be further from the truth.
There are groups withing each camp who would love it.
The rest of us are just getting on with life.
Undoubtedly. @Winger though was suggesting enough people would embrace a continual lockdown policy. I do not see any evidence to support that.
Scary part is tho if you chose your media and Twitter poorly to get your views, you could easily come up this theory.
Either that or I’m incredibly wrong.
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Winger said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
not to mention the political cost.
Sadly too many of the population seem to want a firm nanny state at present. My view is a permanent lock-down (varying in degreee) to save lives would be embraced and applauded by enough to offset a declining economy as small businesses go under. And removal of our basic human rights
Judging from the vibe during this current lockdown and looking at evidence such as number of vehicles on the road compared to lockdown 1, I would say you couldn’t be further from the truth.
There are groups withing each camp who would love it.
The rest of us are just getting on with life.
Undoubtedly. @Winger though was suggesting enough people would embrace a continual lockdown policy. I do not see any evidence to support that.
Scary part is tho if you chose your media and Twitter poorly to get your views, you could easily come up this theory.
Either that or I’m incredibly wrong.
Which is the real conspiracy?
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