When will this shit end?

[zahidf]

 

[stuartbert two hats]

7 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Thats good so far

 

Picking up the pace, good to see.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, zahidf said:

 

Just recall Parliament, if they were going to for Brexit trade talks then they can for this. 

[Lizzim]

8 hours ago, steviewevie said:

can't you do that already? People living on own can form a bubble with another household or something?

Could do, but my Mum has close friends nearer her than I am and I don't want to deprive her of them .   I have to juggle with my father in law too, he also is in his own so we had to make a choice a few months back when his needs were greater. 

Neither live in the same city as we do, and both live in comparitive hot zones to us.  It isn't easy.

[Punksnotdead]

8 minutes ago, Lizzim said:

Could do, but my Mum has close friends nearer her than I am and I don't want to deprive her of them .   I have to juggle with my father in law too, he also is in his own so we had to make a choice a few months back when his needs were greater. 

Neither live in the same city as we do, and both live in comparitive hot zones to us.  It isn't easy.

Shit dilemma for you. I hope you can resolve it in a way that works out for you.

[Mellotr0n]

35 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Thats good so far

 

That would suggest

week 1 - 140,000

week 2 - 360,000

Still have a huge number of GP practices yet to come online (understand we’re at about 200 of a potential over 1,000 practices), and Oxford approval will multiply this big time. Millions a week appears doable. 

Edited December 18, 2020 by Mellotr0n

[steviewevie]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/glastonbury-festival-fans-fear-2021-23191244

[Euphoricape]

6 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/glastonbury-festival-fans-fear-2021-23191244

Thats it then surely...

[steviewevie]

3 minutes ago, Euphoricape said:

Thats it then surely...

maybe...story originally broke in The Sun...so.........

[zahidf]

Wtf?

 

[steviewevie]

[Leyrulion]

46 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Just recall Parliament, if they were going to for Brexit trade talks then they can for this. 

I don't think parliament needs to be recalled. Christmas bubbles have been done by statutory instrument so they can just issue a new statutory instrument under the emergency procedure. Only needs to be voted on within 3 weeks.

[steviewevie]

4 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Wtf?

 

"people are catching the virus despite wearing PPE and socially distancing"

🤔

[northernringo]

Few 'rumours' on twitter that the new strain affects young people fairly badly too but nothing close to conclusive on that yet it seems.

Certainly seems to be a worrying development either way though.

[Leyrulion]

1 hour ago, zahidf said:

 

200,000 a day moves my vaccine time frame up until mid may to end of June.

[zahidf]

 

[steviewevie]

2 minutes ago, northernringo said:

Few 'rumours' on twitter that the new strain affects young people fairly badly too but nothing close to conclusive on that yet it seems.

Certainly seems to be a worrying development either way though.

I think probably best to wait to see what official health/science experts say. Maybe there will be a press briefing tomorrow.

[zahidf]

3 minutes ago, northernringo said:

Few 'rumours' on twitter that the new strain affects young people fairly badly too but nothing close to conclusive on that yet it seems.

Certainly seems to be a worrying development either way though.

Thats a south Africa variant. Very small amount of evidence in that though.

[northernringo]

2 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Thats a south Africa variant. Very small amount of evidence in that though.

Yeah, that's the same sort of thing I saw, some people saying the variant in SA is the same as the one we have.

 

As always though, there's so much rubbish and speculation on Twitter, this site is much more reliable for info.

[zahidf]

Just now, northernringo said:

Yeah, that's the same sort of thing I saw, some people saying the variant in SA is the same as the one we have.

 

As always though, there's so much rubbish and speculation on Twitter, this site is much more reliable for info.

Its potentially worrying but I think we would have seen that in the UK if it was the case here by now.

[Fuzzy Afro]

10 minutes ago, northernringo said:

Few 'rumours' on twitter that the new strain affects young people fairly badly too but nothing close to conclusive on that yet it seems.

Certainly seems to be a worrying development either way though.

Got a link to any of these rumours? Wondering how careful I should be

[Guest]

21 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Wtf?

 

Boris Johnson is a complete moron, everything that is happening was predicted months ago and he’s only now seeing there’s a problem. The guy is an idiot and has shown criminal levels of negligence over this; he has to do something because he has let the country down. 

[tigger123]

Am i being too cynical by thinking that the importance of this new strain could be being blown out of proportion by the government, so that they can blame this for a need to u-turn and introduce stricter measures over Xmas? The timing just seems too perfect to me. 

Edited December 18, 2020 by tigger123

[steviewevie]

7 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Its potentially worrying but I think we would have seen that in the UK if it was the case here by now.

maybe a reason why more of a problem in schools in London and the SE than elsewhere?

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, tigger123 said:

Am i being too cynical by thinking that the importance of this new strain could be being blown out of proportion by the government, so that they can blame this for a need to u-turn and introduce stricter measures over Xmas? The timing just seems too perfect to me. 

You aren’t being too cynical at all, I can see why you would!

Edited December 18, 2020 by Ozanne