BobWillis2
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Such a shame that Labour are so unelectable at a time like this.
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On 3/25/2022 at 9:58 AM, Deaf Nobby Burton said:
This will be unpopular… but The Libertines in 2015. It was my first Glastonbury and we hadn’t really looked at who it might be, so just turned up and when that curtain dropped to reveal their name it was magical.
It was a miserable day too. I got drenched on the way to see Peace and Circa Waves. Got back to the tents after to change into dry clothes and charge my phone quickly, only to see The Libs Instagram post* and have to rush back out. Made it just in time to see the banner come down and the sun shining.
Seemed like most of the crowd weren’t into it, but it was a special moment to see them on the pyramid stage.
* https://www.instagram.com/p/4ZqtGmCxxZ/?utm_medium=copy_link
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29 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:
Looking like the first victim for the UK of this war is going to be our wallets.
I think the cost of the pandemic is doing the heavy lifting when it comes to that issue.
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2 hours ago, Ozanne said:
He hasn’t listened to the interview has he? He’s just seen the tweet and responded to that quote.
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8 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:
Oh okay - I think that isn't a great ask to be honest. Really need the JCVI and experts to rule on that one to be honest. The strategy of giving kids and older people the flu vaccine is a sound one for multiple reasons and I can see a similar end outcome for the covid vaccine. In fact I imagine it will be combined with the a flu vaccine into a sniff style format (the current child flu vaccine delivery mechanism) very soon so we kill two birds with one stone.
Kids get the flu jab because it’s a virus they’re vulnerable to. They’re not vulnerable to covid.
The only possibly reason to vaccinate children is because other countries are over zealous and it effects travel rules. I would hope the JCVI stand firm and base their decision purely on the science and not the politics. There is very, very little if not nothing to be gained in vaccinating children from a health perspective.
Same with anybody healthy under the age of 50. If you want one then pay for it, but the days of mass vaccination should be over.
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20 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:
Jabs ? You mean covid passports ?
They went weeks ago. I’m talking about anyone under 50 being offered them regularly for free.
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On 1/14/2022 at 9:33 PM, BobWillis2 said:
Plan B gone by the end of the month and isolation and mass testing need to be gone by the end of April. Any further doses should be akin to the flu jab, free for over 50’s and the vulnerable. Everyone else has to pay and no discrimination between how many anyone has had.
Let’s end this horrible chapter and hope others follow suit.
Ahead of schedule. Just the jabs to go.
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20 hours ago, Barry Fish said:
Masks wearers definitely in the strong minority now.
Depends what shop you go in.
Go in Waitrose and it’s full of middle class work from homers who still think they’re saving the nhs by wearing a bit of cut up T-shirt on their face.
Go in most other supermarkets and its just a few of the elderly shoppers still not comfortable taking their mask off.
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1 hour ago, DeanoL said:
It's not shade, pretty sure a few of the regulars left in here have said before they don't have tickets for this year and have no intention of trying to get them. And if I'm wrong I'm pretty sure they'd have told me so by now. It's a free internet argument point!
Is it a rule that only those with tickets to the latest festival are allowed to be on here?
Perhaps you should warn those in the resale thread that they need to try a little bit harder because if they’re unsuccessful they need to bugger off until October.
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1 hour ago, Barry Fish said:
Lockdowns, school closures and limiting gatherings only reduced COVID mortality by 0.2% at 'enormous economic and social costs
study finds Meta-analysis of 24 studies found Covid lockdown restrictions caused just 0.2% reduction in virus deaths Economists who carried out review said border closures had virtually zero effect on Covid mortality (-0.1%)
However, researchers found closing nonessential shops was most effective intervention, causing 10.6% fall
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10466995/New-study-says-lockdowns-reduced-COVID-mortality-2-percent.html
Shock
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“Just don’t be dicks to others” says the person who came into this thread unprovoked and called people dicks.
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5 hours ago, DeanoL said:
I'm not sure there are many left that still go to the festival.
It hasn’t been on for 3 years, nobody still goes to Glastonbury.
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Phase 3 ivermectin trials from Japan look promising.
Shame the west stigmatised it’s use because of political bias. Could have saved some lives.
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3 hours ago, DeanoL said:
I think you guys have pretty good form at getting annoyed, just not by me, just mostly Indie SAGE....
Didn’t you once get so flustered that you wished I caught covid and got very ill from it?
Maybe it’s you that’s got form.
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45 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:
France loosening restrictions including masks outdoors (😂😂😂) as of Feb 2nd despite recording over half a mil cases yday. Good stuff, planning to go to Paris in mid March 🙏🙏🙏
6 hours ago, fraybentos1 said:Ireland seeing sense and dropping restrictions
There’s a war on the horizon, no need to scare and control the masses with covid any more.
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I’m not quite why it’s so out there to believe that the Alpha wave could have gone exactly the same as the Omicron wave and didn’t need such a strict lockdown that lasted for far longer than it needed to.
Obviously Deano is right, he’s been on the ball throughout the entire pandemic 😆😆
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I think the last few weeks have taught us that lockdowns did far less than people like to think they did. Whether that’s because they can’t admit to themselves that they wasted 2 years of their life, or that they want to think they were part of something that saved lives and they did their bit who knows, but the most transmissible variant we’ve had yet is disappearing as fast as it arrived with very very limited restrictions.
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1 hour ago, Fuzzy Afro said:
This makes all the sense in the world with Labour wanting to appear as the government in waiting.
Let’s be honest, Boris and his government have handled the pandemic near perfectly for over a year now. The last major fuck up, in my opinion, was sending the schools back for a day in January 2021 only to close them and lock down the country that night. Lockdown 3 came too late and cost thousands of lives.
However, since that point:
- They designed a roadmap that was perfectly calibrated to the ongoing Alpha wave
- When Delta came along and led to high case rates and increasing hospitalisations, they sensibly hit the pause button and pushed freedom day back a month. This was a fair compromise between the hawks who wanted to push ahead with the reopening and the doves who wanted to actually go backwards and lock down again. The one month pause allowed for more jabs and better understanding of Delta.
- When it became clear the NHS could cope with Delta they rightly went ahead with freedom day on July 19th. Not only did this restore freedoms and boost the economy, but it allowed us to get the Delta wave out the way before the tricky winter period.
- When Omicron came along, they smartly instituted plan B measures as a precaution but resisted the pressure to lock down. Plan B measures look set to be repealed appropriately on the 26th of this month.
Labour can’t oppose the government on pandemic strategy at this point because the strategy has been executed perfectly for a year now. Starmer’s strategy should be to support the government but question their competence based on everything that happened in 2020.
Nah I’m not having that. They might have been braver than other governments but based on what we know now it’s obvious that the roadmap was far too slow.
A 25% full Wembley for a European championship game in June just looks ludicrous now.
There’s absolutely no reason Glastonbury couldn’t have gone ahead either.
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39 minutes ago, JoeyT said:
The fat lady isn’t just singing, she’s releasing her greatest hits album.
The only covid threat to the NHS is staff isolating and the impending sacking of the unvaccinated. These policies need an urgent rethink. -
9 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:
I think a lot of people have a huge shock when their fixed price deals end. Its that bad now there are no fixed price deals as everyone not on one is better off on the standard rate due to the price cap.
I re-fixed just before it stopped being worse while. It was 50/50 if this was the right call but it now seems it is as its feared prices will remain high for about two years AND the price cap is going to be increased for April making the situation even worse.
The government are going to have to do something.Yep currently on a fixed tariff until august for £61 a month, if I wanted to switch now to a 2 year fixed tariff that would go up to £140.
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15 minutes ago, DeanoL said:
It's Japan. Mask wearing when ill or potentially infectious or in very crowded areas is common in some cultures. Wouldn't be surprised if that's where we end up, not legally mandated though.
Nonsense. People follow the crowd and the majority have had enough of masks. You might get the odd few that stick with them but it won’t be a common sight.
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Plan B gone by the end of the month and isolation and mass testing need to be gone by the end of April. Any further doses should be akin to the flu jab, free for over 50’s and the vulnerable. Everyone else has to pay and no discrimination between how many anyone has had.
Let’s end this horrible chapter and hope others follow suit.
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When did it ever look like it didn’t come from the wuhan lab?
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