When will this shit end?

[StuMalinas]

Just now, steviewevie said:

yeah, probably...I mean I don't particularly just want to debate and argue with rightwing knobheads all the time...people naturally have friends with similar opinions...so if you don't mind...off to my ignore list you go with your fishy friend.

Haha! Tada Steven - I’ll see you at the events meet for a cider

[StuMalinas]

1 minute ago, Barry Fish said:

Lots of greedy oldies stealing our jabs!

at least their not going to the European Union. 

[StuMalinas]

6 minutes ago, Losing my hair said:

So letting Covid run wild didn't work in Manaus so why should it work here?

Because the vulnerable are vaccinated. 

[Losing my hair]

1 minute ago, StuMalinas said:

at least their not going to the European Union. 

Who, the greedy oldies?

[steviewevie]

 

[Homer]

15 minutes ago, StuMalinas said:

They only block people because they haven’t got the brains to debate.. easy way out 

You wouldn't catch Stu adding people to a blocked li... sorry, BLOCKED LIST.

[StuMalinas]

1 minute ago, Losing my hair said:

Who, the greedy oldies?

No the vaccines. I would rather vaccinate my house plants then send doses to the EU

[StuMalinas]

Just now, Homer said:

You wouldn't catch Stu adding people to a blocked li... sorry, BLOCKED LIST.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

That's the important bit, we were told to expect this, it's expected and nothing to worry about.

[Punksnotdead]

35 minutes ago, StuMalinas said:

You see that wasn’t me threatening you. A genuine offer of a beer in the park (socially distanced) and a discussion about our views 

No thanks. When I can have a beer in the park, I'll do so with my mates, not you.

[Losing my hair]

1 minute ago, StuMalinas said:

Because the vulnerable are vaccinated. 

Well I wasn't really expected a reasoned reply so I'm not disappointed.

In Manaus they achieved something like a 76% herd immunity rate by natural means (which involved digging lots of mass graves but that's by the by) and still had a a deadly second wave which affected many of the so called less vulnerable (and more mass graves) and gave rise to the Brazil variant. So if what you want is the possibility of a new vaccine defeating variant then hell yeah lets let it rip.

[steviewevie]

2 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

That's the important bit, we were told to expect this, it's expected and nothing to worry about.

yeah...actually thought it would have gone up more....

[StuMalinas]

Just now, Punksnotdead said:

No thanks. When I can have a beer in the park, I'll do so with my mates, not you.

Alright didn’t know there was many parks in St. Paul’s 

[philipsteak]

11 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:

The thing I find funniest is - we only all disagree on a few points 😄 

Very true. Maybe it's not the differing opinions that are the issue. Maybe it's the way they are expressed. 

[Losing my hair]

4 minutes ago, StuMalinas said:

No the vaccines. I would rather vaccinate my house plants then send doses to the EU

Ae you happy to accept vaccine supplies from the EU along with materials to make vaccines in this country?

[StuMalinas]

1 minute ago, Losing my hair said:

Ae you happy to accept vaccine supplies from the EU along with materials to make vaccines in this country?

💤💤💤💤

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

yeah...actually thought it would have gone up more....

Indeed, we are still doing really well which means we can press ahead with the next stage, rule of 6 outside just in time for Easter. Things are getting better slowly but surely 😀

[StuMalinas]

2 minutes ago, philipsteak said:

Very true. Maybe it's not the differing opinions that are the issue. Maybe it's the way they are expressed. 

It’s like we are foxes in the hunt, as soon as one of us appears a pack of dogs unleashes on us 

[Losing my hair]

2 minutes ago, StuMalinas said:

💤💤💤💤

Sorry to disturb your slumber. Never mind, perhaps you'll wake up and discover it was all a bad dream.

[Losing my hair]

1 minute ago, Barry Fish said:

They don't come from the EU - they come from the private companies we paid.

I don't think anybody is suggesting that we magnanimously donate vaccines to EU countries for free.

Any vaccines that we send would go to the people who work in these private companies that we paid and their families etc. You can't vaccinate an organisation.

[eFestivals]

36 minutes ago, northernringo said:

This thread used to be a great resource for people on here.

It had discussions on breaking news around the world, variants, vaccines, covid statistics & trends, debate on when things would return to normal, and then experts such as @Toilet Duckgiving us an 'insider' viewpoint as someone who works in this area.

Now it is a complete shit show with tribal politics and childish fighting filling each and every page.

Thank god the other threads in this forum are starting to show signs of life again with recent announcements, etc.

Nice summary I wish it could get back to what it used to be.

[JoeyT]

 

[Losing my hair]

1 minute ago, Barry Fish said:

If I buy a TV from China - I don't send the Chinese's workers a TV to say thanks ?  

Which is what I said - we buy stuff made in the EU, in this case vaccines and materials, and they buy stuff from us, vaccines and materials. It's called trade and I thought we were a trading nation.

[Zoo Music Girl]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

I would have been less angry if you had used would have instead of would of.

Yeah that really added insult to injury for me too.

[st dan]

For me, this is why the number of daily positive tests needs to stop being published. A lot of talk about the rise in cases, yet the number of deaths continue to fall rapidly - and this should be the main takeaway at the moment.