When will this shit end?

[sisco]

[zahidf]

Boris says mass testing for events.

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[zahidf]

8 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

 

 

So did the head of Youngs and Greene Kings

[Chapple12345]

 

[Ryan1984]

16 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

 

 

Knew it wouldn’t take long for Catweazel to start trapping off.

[Toilet Duck]

1 hour ago, SheffJeff said:

For reasons I cannot explain or justify I'm hesitant to get my daughter vaccinated though she is only 2 so that may never be a decision I have to make. Do you know the age range they are currently doing research on and considering vaccinating?

Pfizer and Moderna had 12+ on their trials in the US, Oxford are testing over 6 I believe. Don’t think anyone is looking at  as young as 2 yet!

[Copperface]

1 hour ago, Paul ™ said:

 

Some bolloxs mentioned by a #10 spokesperson that the planes are Covid secure and the 'process' starts when they land..

 

To be fair I came back in yesterday through LHR from Kyiv and my aircraft had a total of 14 pax on board. 😷 Was pretty secure but only through low pax load but Boryspil was pretty switched on - temperature checks and distancing rigidly enforced. 

LHR T2 was pretty quiet as well and through in no time. Fingers crossed last time for a bit that I have to repeat the journey.

 

 

[danmarks]

Probably not the place to put this put the Who tour rescheduled from last year has now been officially cancelled. (March).  Obviously it wasnt going to happen this March but the first big name ive had out and out cancelled.  More to follow?

[efcfanwirral]

5 minutes ago, danmarks said:

Probably not the place to put this put the Who tour rescheduled from last year has now been officially cancelled. (March).  Obviously it wasnt going to happen this March but the first big name ive had out and out cancelled.  More to follow?

Doves said on their post about rescheduling that it was really hard to find venues for next year, so maybe they were beaten to it?

[danmarks]

3 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

Doves said on their post about rescheduling that it was really hard to find venues for next year, so maybe they were beaten to it?

Yeah could be and there's also that element of not so relevant 2 years after the original event /new cd. Probably also at 30something 2 years doesnt make a difference but 70 something it has a distinct possibility it does. 

Guessing i'm a little bit in mourning that reality is i'll not see them again. Theyve been a constant in my pife for 40years (even tho they had split up for a lot of that)

Ah well.

 Onto the next i guess.

 

[incident]

1 hour ago, northernringo said:

Also, the second doses by April 4th isn't accurate either. The gap is not always 12 weeks. My dad was vaccinated on Jan 24th and he will get his second does on April 4th. My mum had hers earlier in Jan and will also be before April 4th.

For him to suggest we only need to do ~2m second doses by April 4th is very wide of the mark.

The gap is officially 10-12 weeks - so your father is getting it on the earliest officially sanctioned date.

[efcfanwirral]

Just now, danmarks said:

Yeah could be and there's also that element of not so relevant 2 years after the original event /new cd. Probably also at 30something 2 years doesnt make a difference but 70 something it has a distinct possibility it does. 

Guessing i'm a little bit in mourning that reality is i'll not see them again. Theyve been a constant in my pife for 40years (even tho they had split up for a lot of that)

Ah well.

 Onto the next i guess.

 

To be fair nothing to say they aren't just going to do a couple of stadiums or Hyde Park or something next year instead of a longer tour?

[danmarks]

Ohh i like your thinking! 

Cheers mate. Has made the news a little bit more palatable.  

[Copperface]

5 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

To be fair nothing to say they aren't just going to do a couple of stadiums or Hyde Park or something next year instead of a longer tour?

Festival of Brexit in 2022 nailed on.

[northernringo]

10 minutes ago, incident said:

The gap is officially 10-12 weeks - so your father is getting it on the earliest officially sanctioned date.

Interesting, didn't know that - strange that there is so much emphasis on 12 weeks within the media as opposed to 10-12 weeks.

I think my mum and sister are also somewhere between 10 weeks but fewer than 12.

It does mean that the original tweeter's estimation that we will only be doing second doses for those vaccinated in Dec before April 4th is wide of the mark.

[xxialac]

53 minutes ago, zahidf said:

So did the head of Youngs and Greene Kings

Turkeys call for the benefits of a vegetarian Christmas.

[aj6658]

1 hour ago, zahidf said:

 

Feel like everything from number 10 is being realistic and potentially under promising and over delivering which is a nice change of pace. 

The above seems a bit unrealistic. Novavax will be here in the 2nd half of the year. We should have Moderna by April but haven't heard much since it was approved last month. 

The above is suggesting 6m-7m will be vaccinated a week which is mad and very much hope he's right!

[Funkyfairy!]

On 2/1/2021 at 2:28 PM, Quark said:

Sounds relatively positive!

Incase you;re interested @quark - 2 weeks on from the last update and we're at 47 cases (from 107) - in a population of 107K. 23 of those symptomatic.  0 cases in care homes and 0 cases in hospital 

Shops opened 2 weeks ago, close contact stuff (eg hairdressers, beauticians, tattoo studios/piercers  ) last wednesday and we're hanging on in there. Next stage is outdoor sports I think today or end of this week and then restaurants this time next week. (10 maximum per table, last orders 10pm, and 2.5 hour time limit) - no mixing in houses still and no gyms, and the struggle is at the moment with such low figures to keep everyone abiding by the rules but we're doing it for the greater good (I hope) 

Its super strange coming out of lockdown , as loads of questions why people can meet 10 people for a meal but can;t meet mum in her home etc (its apparently all to do with  controlled or uncontrolled environments which is a really horrible terminology) 

Anyway thats my update from this little island ........ 

[august1]

14 minutes ago, northernringo said:

Interesting, didn't know that - strange that there is so much emphasis on 12 weeks within the media as opposed to 10-12 weeks.

I think my mum and sister are also somewhere between 10 weeks but fewer than 12.

It does mean that the original tweeter's estimation that we will only be doing second doses for those vaccinated in Dec before April 4th is wide of the mark.

10-12 is the advice and if you book online for the jab it gives you the 11th week to book the second dose.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/15/hotel-quarantine-rollout-in-england-an-absolute-joke-says-border-official

Border staff received guidelines on how to execute England’s new “red list” quarantine rules in an email two and a half hours before they came into force, in a rollout that one worker described as “an absolute joke”.

 

Another good job by the government.

[incident]

40 minutes ago, aj6658 said:

Feel like everything from number 10 is being realistic and potentially under promising and over delivering which is a nice change of pace. 

The above seems a bit unrealistic. Novavax will be here in the 2nd half of the year. We should have Moderna by April but haven't heard much since it was approved last month. 

The above is suggesting 6m-7m will be vaccinated a week which is mad and very much hope he's right!

Novavax have said that they'll be ready to start delivering in April, if they can get approval by then. While the data we've seen shows that it works, there's not enough of it for approval so that is likely to be the delaying factor.

[Paul ™]

1 hour ago, Copperface said:

To be fair I came back in yesterday through LHR from Kyiv and my aircraft had a total of 14 pax on board. 😷 Was pretty secure but only through low pax load but Boryspil was pretty switched on - temperature checks and distancing rigidly enforced. 

So did you have to book your 2 test package then?

34 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/15/hotel-quarantine-rollout-in-england-an-absolute-joke-says-border-official

Border staff received guidelines on how to execute England’s new “red list” quarantine rules in an email two and a half hours before they came into force, in a rollout that one worker described as “an absolute joke”.

 

Another good job by the government.

The story about the guy from Brazil, this is going to happen daily... same flight as non-red list country visitors yet share the same depature gate/plane etc till they get to the UK... madness! 

[Ryan1984]

Heard from two people today that are not on any vulnerable list (aged 35 and 40) that they’ve received texts offering the vaccine this week. One could be classed as a carer as she lives with elderly grandparents but the other has no idea why she’s been contacted.

Wonder if they’ve smashed through the targets round here?