When will this shit end?

[priest17]

16 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Just popped my test in the post. Hope it's negative as we were due to do a big food shop this weekend and our local Tesco has no online delivery slots until the 23rd! Deliveroo it will have to be then...

the groceries with deliveroo thing works pretty well, there's a sainsburys and morrisons delivering for free at the moment round me. its no replacement for a big shop but I've been feeling a bit ill this week (symptom checker told me not to get a test) so wanting to avoid the shops and its doing the job for a couple of weeks.

[priest17]

9 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

covid outbreak at villa so fa cup tie against liverpool tomorrow is off. I wonder if football will just grind to a halt again?

a lucky escape for Liverpool

[zahidf]

From the health committee 

How many vaccines do you hope to deliver by mid February to people in the top four priority groups?

Hancock says he would like take-up to be 100%.

People will be “offered to have had the vaccine” by 15 February. That is the target, he says. He says the government cannot claim to have met the target just by offering people a date for a jab before 15 February.

[xxialac]

Hancock: "13m people will be *offered* to have had the vaccine by 15 February. That is the target"

Government backtracking part 78,400. F'ing shysters...

[Guest]

1 minute ago, xxialac said:

Hancock: "13m people will be *offered* to have had the vaccine by 15 February. That is the target"

Government backtracking part 78,400. F'ing shysters...

They’ll get away with it too, the media will barely question it. 

[steviewevie]

2 minutes ago, xxialac said:

Hancock: "13m people will be *offered* to have had the vaccine by 15 February. That is the target"

Government backtracking part 78,400. F'ing shysters...

isn't that what Johnson (or someone) said the other day?

[xxialac]

If they said it upfront, I would have been fine with it.

It's the constant weasily, machiavellian, manipulative use of numbers down the track that pisses me off.

Can you imagine having to work with these truth twisters?

[steviewevie]

Heard from a few places that there are more younger people in hospital with covid compared to last spring.

[xxialac]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

Heard from a few places that there are more younger people in hospital with covid compared to last spring.

Presumably as more old people are taking extra precautions relative to young people? Anyone know?

[steviewevie]

Johnson is betting everything on the vaccine – we'd better hope it works. Larry Elliott.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/07/boris-johnson-economy-revive-vaccine

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, xxialac said:

Presumably as more old people are taking extra precautions relative to young people? Anyone know?

maybe because of the higher numbers of cases everywhere ..... or proportionally the vaccines for the very old might be having an impact 

[Guest]

I think it’s partly because more younger people are out and out about not just socialising but also studying and working too. Maybe complacency is playing a part too. 

[steviewevie]

1 minute ago, xxialac said:

Presumably as more old people are taking extra precautions relative to young people? Anyone know?

could be, probably too early to come to any conclusions.

[FestivalJamie]

15 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Hancock says he would like take-up to be 100%.

 

I already know 2 over 80s who have turned it down!

[xxialac]

2 minutes ago, FestivalJamie said:

I already know 2 over 80s who have turned it down!

The mind boggles.

To be 80 and to prefer Covid to the Covid vaccine is beyond mental.

[fred quimby]

7 minutes ago, FestivalJamie said:

I already know 2 over 80s who have turned it down!

do you know why?

[DeanoL]

5 hours ago, Andre91 said:

Out of upvotes for today, guys, but thank you for the kind words. 
 

I’m going to have to go in for the two days, I think. I’ve spoken to my Nan and she said that she trusts me to be as careful as I can be at school. My two days on the rota are back to back (Tue and Wed) so I think the plan is going to be to base myself in Doncaster at my girlfriend’s (I don’t leave the house when I’m here and she tests twice a week as she is NHS and only leaves the house for work), drive to work on a Tuesday morning from here, stay at my Nan’s Tuesday night and then drive back up to Donny when I finish on Wednesday, which halves my Nan’s exposure to me. 
 

It is a shit situation and one that makes me even more pleased that I am going to be leaving that school at the end of this academic year. 
 

Thanks for the kind words again, everyone. 

If it helps you can get a Travel Lodge in Donny for £30 on a Tuesday night https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/534/Doncaster-Lakeside-hotel?checkIn=12%2F01%2F21&checkOut=13%2F01%2F21&rooms[0][adults]=1&rooms[0][children]=0

They're open and you're staying for work so are permitted to be there.

[FestivalJamie]

6 minutes ago, fred quimby said:

do you know why?

Not sure, they are relatives but not ones I’m in direct contact with sorry.

[Zoo Music Girl]

53 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

keep checking every so often ... especially if you are up in the early hours ... often slots become available at random times 

Hmm not so much! But thanks.

[steviewevie]

Apparently there is a chance of some very cold snowy weather on the way over the next few weeks...a beast from the east...that will likely put further strain on health services and screw up vaccine rollout. But, then again, might not happen.

[zahidf]

31 minutes ago, xxialac said:

Hancock: "13m people will be *offered* to have had the vaccine by 15 February. That is the target"

Government backtracking part 78,400. F'ing shysters...

Dude come on. I posted the full quote. 

How many vaccines do you hope to deliver by mid February to people in the top four priority groups?

Hancock says he would like take-up to be 100%.

People will be “offered to have had the vaccine” by 15 February. That is the target, he says. He says the government cannot claim to have met the target just by offering people a date for a jab before 15 February.

Edited January 7, 2021 by zahidf

[zahidf]

 

 

 

 

Some good news.

 

 

 

 

Edited January 7, 2021 by zahidf

[gigpusher]

1 minute ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Hmm not so much! But thanks.

Maybe someone can share the script that's used to monitor See Tickets changes for Glastonbury tickets. 

Christ it comes to something when you're contemplating the same measures you use for a Glastonbury slot for a Supermarket delivery!! At least you are in London where you can pretty much get anything delivered!

[SheffJeff]

54 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Just popped my test in the post. Hope it's negative as we were due to do a big food shop this weekend and our local Tesco has no online delivery slots until the 23rd! Deliveroo it will have to be then...

I usually try and avoid amazon where possible but they do seem to do same day delivery on fresh stuff now if you're in a jam. They also seem to have done some sort of deal with morrisons for a wider range of stuff. Hope your test comes back negative.

[Zoo Music Girl]

37 minutes ago, priest17 said:

the groceries with deliveroo thing works pretty well, there's a sainsburys and morrisons delivering for free at the moment round me. its no replacement for a big shop but I've been feeling a bit ill this week (symptom checker told me not to get a test) so wanting to avoid the shops and its doing the job for a couple of weeks.

Yeah I reckon we can get by with that and the Amazon fresh stuff if needed.

What symptoms did you have for it to tell you not to have a test (if not too personal)? It told me to based on a sore throat, earache and headache (which obviously aren't the classic combo).