Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Big Fifer]

How can Sturgeon honestly stand up there and say "new variants" are more of a risk this summer than they were last? Is that a wind up?

[Billy Jean King]

That total walloper from ITV Border....close the Scotland England border for about the hundredth time. p***ks like that should be removed from the questions list if they persist asking the same question ad infinitum.

[Todd_is_God]

4 minutes ago, Big Fifer said:

How can Sturgeon honestly stand up there and say "new variants" are more of a risk this summer than they were last? Is that a wind up?

Now that we have vaccines I can understand the thought process that a vaccine resistant variant is, by default, more of a risk than last summer.

However, a vaccine resistant variant is so unlikely that building open ended policy around it, and the constant references to it, just annoys people.

Edited February 15, 2021 by Todd_is_God

[Todd_is_God]

"Children are desperate to get back to school"

Utter bollocks

Literally no child is chomping at the bit to do some more maths instead of playing FIFA.

Edited February 15, 2021 by Todd_is_God

[craigkillie]

14 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said:

And yet, given the massive rates of uptake among the elderly thus far, the 'yer da' characterisation misses the mark.

The "yer da" generation are not the elderly, but more the 40-60ish age group.

[madwullie]

1 hour ago, Snafu said:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/authors/paisley-daily-express/police-hunt-coronavirus-denier-who-23502209

I wonder what has the poster or posters called Jeremiah Cole/ Chairman Mao been up to recently?

This is the problem with banning users from these pages. Too much spare time and they go rogue. Much better to have them on here talking shite and getting bodied with gifs from all angles. 

Edited February 15, 2021 by madwullie

[TheScarf]

Fucking variants man.  Fuck off.

[Melanius Mullarkey]

7 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

"Children are desperate to get back to school"

Utter bollocks

Literally no child is chomping at the bit to do some more maths instead of playing FIFA.

Aye, because all kids are sitting on their arse playing FIFA all day.

Plenty kids want back.

[WhiteRoseKillie]

Have to bear in mind they're exclusively using Pfizer as well up till now iirc 
But of course its fantastic news. 
What's happening with them re restrictions? 

If you're Palestinian, all the usual ones still apply.

[Todd_is_God]

Just now, TheScarf said:

Fucking variants man.  f**k off.

Going to be a monumental climb down / face saving exercise when they predictably turn out to be an utter irrelevance

[TheScarf]

1 minute ago, Todd_is_God said:

Going to be a monumental climb down / face saving exercise when they predictably turn out to be an utter irrelevance

It's all we fucking hear about now.  

[Todd_is_God]

Just now, FrankReynolds said:

31k vaccinated. Best Sunday yet. Bit of a difference between 150 and 31k and the fact you believed only 150 people were vaccinated yesterday is bloody mental. 

I assumed it was a shite joke tbh

[Monkey Tennis]

6 minutes ago, craigkillie said:

The "yer da" generation are not the elderly, but more the 40-60ish age group.

Yes, I suppose so.

However, my da's 81.

[Billy Jean King]

"Children are desperate to get back to school"
Utter bollocks [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
Literally no child is chomping at the bit to do some more maths instead of playing FIFA.

All the parents of school age kids I know are unanimous that the kids are bored stiff. I suspect a fair chunk would like to get back if only to alleviate that boredom.

[Todd_is_God]

Just now, TheScarf said:

It's all we fucking hear about now.  

The alternative is to start being cautiously optimistic about what the vaccine may allow to happen within the next 3-6 months. It comes across as barrel scraping to keep the negative message alive.

[FrankReynolds]

1 minute ago, Todd_is_God said:

I assumed it was a shite joke tbh

Fair enough. I did find it hard to believe someone would believe that

[Distant Doonhamer]

Hospital numbers still going down. 1428 from 1442.

ICU 102 from 104. 

[Todd_is_God]

4 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said:

15 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

"Children are desperate to get back to school"
Utter bollocks
Literally no child is chomping at the bit to do some more maths instead of playing FIFA.

All the parents of school age kids I know are unanimous that the kids are bored stiff. I suspect a fair chunk would like to get back if only to alleviate that boredom.

I accept that they may be bored (i'm bored), but missing social interaction places them in the same category as literally everyone else.

They are not bored because they aren't sitting in a classroom doing 50 minutes of algebra per day, nor are they desperate to be doing so.

Edited February 15, 2021 by Todd_is_God

[DiegoDiego]

However, a vaccine resistant variant is so unlikely that building open ended policy around it, and the constant references to it, just annoys people.

Is it though? The AstraZeneca vaccine has been shown to be ineffective against the 501.V2 variant.

[Billy Jean King]

I accept that they may be bored (i'm bored), but missing social interaction places them in the same category as literally everyone else.
They are not bored because they aren't sitting in a classroom doing 50 minutes of algebra per day, nor are they desperate to be doing so.

Just as a matter of interest how many kids do you have ?