Coronavirus - UK
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@majorrage said in Coronavirus - UK:
Really good article from the Spectator (again). GB does have a great opportunity here
The EU have achieved the impossible: They've made Boris look like a world-beating leader and proved Farage's view of the EU to be almost 100% accurate.
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@catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@sparky The politicising of this shit show has been shocking.
The temptation has been way too great for the intellectual pipsqueaks who pose as political leaders, hasn't it?
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Former Supreme Court judge Jonathan Sumption tells Andrew Neil that Britain should have followed its pandemic planning before locking down. He also says that the home secretary and police have too much power in the new policing bill.
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Under 30s won't be given the AZ vacc in the UK now, I must admit this has put me off having my second vaccine, I'm only 5 years out of that age group and I was only vaccinated due to working in NHS so I'm seriously considering not having the second vaccine.
I know the chances of clot are rare but this has sent me into a right tizzy!
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@r-l
Apparently....There's a 3-in-10 million chance of a blood-clot from the AZ vaccine.
There's a 3-in-10 thousand chance of a serious blood clot from taking the contraceptive pill
There's a 1-in-500 thousand chance of being hit by lightning.
There's a 1-in-3.7 million chance of being killed by a shark.
So don't take the second jab if you are on the Pill and swim in shark-infested waters during a thunderstorm....
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@victor-meldrew Those are all longer odds than those offered by a UK bookie a few years back for Elvis crash landing a UFO on to the Loch Ness Monster and killing it within the following 12 months.
Worst punt of my life.
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@victor-meldrew look this time last year I was having kittens over the possibility of even surviving the pandemic, let me have 5 mins over the jab....
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@catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@victor-meldrew Those are all longer odds than those offered by a UK bookie a few years back for Elvis crash landing a UFO on to the Loch Ness Monster and killing it within the following 12 months.
Worst punt of my life.
Yes. But did the bookie factor in the possibility of a shark infestation in Loch Ness and the UFO landing in a thunderstorm?
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@victor-meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
@catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@victor-meldrew Those are all longer odds than those offered by a UK bookie a few years back for Elvis crash landing a UFO on to the Loch Ness Monster and killing it within the following 12 months.
Worst punt of my life.
Yes. But did the bookie factor in the possibility of a shark infestation in Loch Ness and the UFO landing in a thunderstorm?
No. They had to have a degree of credibility to get my money.
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@catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
They had to have a degree of credibility to get my money.
Good to hear. I have a bridge you might be interested in.
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@victor-meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
@catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
They had to have a degree of credibility to get my money.
Good to hear. I have a bridge you might be interested in.
If it’s in Nigeria, I’m all over it.
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@catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
If it’s in Nigeria, I’m all over it.
I even have this bank account you can use...
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@victor-meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
@r-l
Apparently....There's a 3-in-10 million chance of a blood-clot from the AZ vaccine.
There's a 3-in-10 thousand chance of a serious blood clot from taking the contraceptive pill
There's a 1-in-500 thousand chance of being hit by lightning.
There's a 1-in-3.7 million chance of being killed by a shark.
So don't take the second jab if you are on the Pill and swim in shark-infested waters during a thunderstorm....
"Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one.
But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten." Terry Pratchett -
@booboo said in Coronavirus - UK:
@victor-meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
@r-l
Apparently....There's a 3-in-10 million chance of a blood-clot from the AZ vaccine.
There's a 3-in-10 thousand chance of a serious blood clot from taking the contraceptive pill
There's a 1-in-500 thousand chance of being hit by lightning.
There's a 1-in-3.7 million chance of being killed by a shark.
So don't take the second jab if you are on the Pill and swim in shark-infested waters during a thunderstorm....
"Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one.
But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten on social media." Terry PratchettFIFY
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Genius move from Tesco
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Went to the pub yesterday for lunch. Felt odd to be back honestly. It was a bit chilly to be outside, but still good be part of it.
Chatting to the landlord, she said that they were debating opening up but decided to simply to fulfill demand. Said that last years flip flopping was what killed them, as they lose all their stock supply. Hence, thats why many haven't opened yet, as to open for two weeks incurs a bigger net loss than to not open at all.
My local still hasn't opened and hasn't given an indication of when it's going to. It's been closed for over a year now.