craigkillie Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, Paco said: Mark Drakeford strikes me as a bit of an idiot but there’s no way he’s dreamt this up. Clearly advice he’s receiving, which is mostly the same as the rest of the UK, is that there will be a third wave. Drakeford also said in the same interview he doesn’t see normality this year. What are we missing here? There almost certainly will be a third wave (and a fourth wave and a fifth wave and so on), it's just that you've got to hope and assume that the vaccines will make it essentially barely noticeable. My guess is that this has been communicated to them and there's a whole "but what if the vaccines aren't enough" worst case scenario which has been modelled. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Saw that one earlier. At least it’s not a beached whale this time, but when the extent of it was “I felt energy drained” it again actually seems to be pushing the opposite message to what I think they’re aiming for. I feel energy drain with a cold tbh, so I fail to see how that sets the benchmark for all the businesses across Scotland being torched. What an embarrassment from the Scotgov pearl clutchers. I'd rather have had the fever, cough and headache for twice as long rather than walking about nearly a month after diagnosis feeling like I'm at around 30% battery charge. It's fucking horrible, and yet, for me at least, not severe enough to take time off work. Worst of both worlds, if you like. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 (edited) This is Blair's suggestion, apparantly. In purely Scottish terms, that would only allow hospitality to open when cases drop below 77 new cases per day. The no restrictions until there are zero known cases part is genuinely chilling; It's almost certain that we'll never get there, not to mention genuinely impossible as NS is planning to expand testing, and there will always be false positives Edited February 19, 2021 by Todd_is_God 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 This is Blair's suggestion, apparantly. In purely Scottish terms, that would only allow hospitality to open when cases drop below 77 new cases per day. The no restrictions until there are zero known cases part is genuinely chilling; It's almost certain that we'll never get there.Probably a reasonably fair proposal..... if we didn’t have a mountain of working vaccine. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: I'd rather have had the fever, cough and headache for twice as long rather than walking about nearly a month after diagnosis feeling like I'm at around 30% battery charge. It's fucking horrible, and yet, for me at least, not severe enough to take time off work. Worst of both worlds, if you like. Doesn’t sound fun, but realistically if we get to a stage where that’s the worst it gets then it’s happy days and everything open. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Just now, Paco said: Probably a reasonably fair proposal..... if we didn’t have a mountain of working vaccine. Aye Genuine question, at what point do our leaders acknowledge the vaccines for what they are? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10menwent2mow Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Didn't go so well the last time.How does she manage to still have that smug grin on her face when she's just been sacked. Uber c**t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, 10menwent2mow said: 30 minutes ago, 101 said: Didn't go so well the last time. How does she manage to still have that smug grin on her face when she's just been sacked. Uber c**t. how can you tell she's in an Uber? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 I think we'll need to wait for Sunak' budget to see if there's anything sinister that we're not being told, even Boris' on Monday won't really tell us much that's worth noting as he flip flops all the time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 8 minutes ago, Left Back said: how can you tell she's in an Uber? going by the photo in complete isolation, I'd pump her 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 29 minutes ago, Paco said: Mark Drakeford strikes me as a bit of an idiot but there’s no way he’s dreamt this up. Clearly advice he’s receiving, which is mostly the same as the rest of the UK, is that there will be a third wave. Drakeford also said in the same interview he doesn’t see normality this year. What are we missing here? He is hopeless. Old c**t can't even get his suits to fit properly. Even the architect of lockdown, Neil fucking Ferguson, has said that this one will be the last. Seriously though, even if/when we get to the stage when all restrictions are binned and taken out of law, what is to stop the fear of the re-introduction of future measures such as this whenever the virus continues to mutate in a vaccinated population, as influenza does? You can practically already see media headlines a few years from now of 'NEW CORONAVIRUS MUTATION EMERGES, WILL IT MEAN A RETURN TO LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS?' I truly despair. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 10 hours ago, The_Kincardine said: Cheap and ignorant posting.. Almost as bad as the idiotic posting over on the politics thread wherein the Natter Massive were speculating over the reintroduction of capital punishment. No wonder that a failed and morally bankrupt administration in Holyrood gets so much credit for its incompetence when we have pish like this. Even many English call them "hang em and flog em gammons". So you would know about cheap and ignorant posting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 17 minutes ago, 10menwent2mow said: 45 minutes ago, 101 said: Didn't go so well the last time. How does she manage to still have that smug grin on her face when she's just been sacked. Uber c**t. By plotting her revenge 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 20 minutes ago, 10menwent2mow said: 48 minutes ago, 101 said: Didn't go so well the last time. How does she manage to still have that smug grin on her face when she's just been sacked. Uber c**t. Fake taxi imo. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 That's NHS Lanarkshire firing through the group 6 folk at a rate of knotd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Fake taxi imo. Man fills tramps pocket. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/18/snp-ministers-book-pay-300-quarantine-hotel-rooms-airport-no/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Just to balance up the Drakeford comments, there also appears to be quotes from him saying personal services and non essential retail could reopen in three weeks as well as certain types of staycations for Easter. Given their infection levels are pretty similar to ours it will be very interesting to see how that develops. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, No_Problemo said: Just to balance up the Drakeford comments, there also appears to be quotes from him saying personal services and non essential retail could reopen in three weeks as well as certain types of staycations for Easter. Given their infection levels are pretty similar to ours it will be very interesting to see how that develops. Agreed it will be interesting, but it was just three days ago NS said they were unlikely. I appreciate she can't predict the future, but I don't think constant flip flopping on what might happen would be particulary useful either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Got my appointment. Wen dae the pubs open? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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