Ron Aldo Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Canny even get a quiet day in the house....Is that from his latest Oscar winning performance?That advert pisses me off much more than it probably should. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 30 minutes ago, super_carson said: I think there is some truth in what you say, the opinion polls will have a massive influence on the policy throughout April and May. NS did say that if downward trends continue then they may make changes faster so she is giving herself wiggle room. The May election is massively significant, as I've said before. If we are in a situation whereby level 3 is all we are getting (and it may well be even more limited than it is just now) then more and more businesses will be folding and unemployment will continue to rise. It's not a great situation for any incumbent government going into an election. She is walking a very fine line. They are still going to win the election, probably by a mile, but if they piss about too much, there is still the possibility support might drop enough to prevent them getting a majority - something which is tricky enough given how the electoral system works for the Scottish Parliament. Bringing things forward to look good seems like the only possible course of action, quite frankly, but the longer it goes on, the more damage it does to businesses and people's livelihoods. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Is that from his latest Oscar winning performance?That advert pisses me off much more than it probably should. Yes it's quite the Tour De Force in moving from one chair to another being a Sanctimonious p***k 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Why would a business demand a system that might exclude customers?Why would they get sued if someone catches covid on their premises? A business isn’t held responsible for a customer catching a respiratory infection from another customer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 5 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said: Why would a business demand a system that might exclude customers? Why would they get sued if someone catches covid on their premises? A business isn’t held responsible for a customer catching a respiratory infection from another customer I think this is the reason why if anything happens, it will be a fad at first before the economic reality sets in - that eventually people won't give a shit and by excluding a small, but not insignificant section of society, it will effectively cap revenues. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Would the drink not count as some sort of liquid cannibalism as well?Portion control's Shite, anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Are you at a new prison? I thought you lived next door to your work?Aye, after I had a stroke in September 2019, my recovery wasn't good enough to fulfill the more physical (enjoyable)parts of the Officer role. The Governor regraded (downgraded) me to Support Grade. Fortunately, my H&S work and qualifications made me a good fit to cover a long term absence, at a better pay grade, at a different nick*. That absence has become a vacancy, so just waiting for the post to go to interview now. Can't see too many others going for the job with Covid around, so hopeful it'll get firmed up. Weirdly, I'll lose money by getting it permanent, because I'm currently getting paid travel subs..*Think Mulberry bush.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Probably because of all the lies going around that the vaccines contain pork, or other animal products, or aborted foetal cells etc.Or perhaps influenced by a deep seated cultural suspicion of the white races, based on centuries of exploitation, conquest, slavery and discrimination. Who knows? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Good to see that the strain which is going to 'sweep the world' is being absolutely cigared by the vaccines. At what point can we stop the mewling about the ones from South Africa and Brazil, and the ones from places like Outer Mongolia which don't exist yet? Quote Posted at 10:58 Vaccines 'working well' against new UK variant BBCCopyright: BBC Data suggests the current coronavirus vaccines being used in the UK are "working well" against the new UK variant, says a leading virologist. Professor Wendy Barclay, head of the department of infectious disease at Imperial College London, is talking about the B1.1.7 strain, first discovered in Kent. She tells the Science and Technology Committee: "There has been some concern that the variant is different than the original strain against which the vaccines were generated, but the good numbers... really give us some reassurance, which can be backed up now in laboratory studies, that this variant is still susceptible to the vaccine." Prof Barclay says: "Now that we're seeing good numbers in the field with the vaccine says that at least for this variant, the vaccines remain efficacious and are working well." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I'm sure Pfizer supply other countries with their vaccine who have also had an unexpected supply drop off. Surely you are not going to blame all of their governments for that? In any case its the manufacturers responsibility to keep the government's informed and up to date with any issues and their responsibility to supply countries with the vaccine. I think you are nit picking here on the SG and nothing that anyone says is correct and you will read into it always bad. It's your opinion if your priority is completely political and you'd rather see some other party running the country.As long as the various administrations are putting every dose they are allocated into arms then whether the dip in supply was expected or unexpected is totally irrelevant. AfAWK that is happening and the programme will speed back up just as soon as supply allows 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.V.T. Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Hopefully that number of people in hospital drops below 1,000 tomorrow 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Copied from Twitter, but encouraging numbers again today. Hopefully see the number in hospital drop below 1000 tomorrow. 798 cases (3.9% of tests positive) 1,018 in hospital (down 58) 93 in ICU (no change) 47 deaths 29,754 vaccinated in last 24 hours Care home deaths have fallen 69% in past 4 weeks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidkennedyshand Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Would the drink not count as some sort of liquid cannibalism as well?Portion control's Shite, anyway.Communion is a good mix of cannibalism and vampirism 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 1 hour ago, pub car king said: Sturgeon is being a bit cany here. Very vague with it all but only a 3 week turn around compared to Boris saying 5 weeks in England. Infection is already far lower in Scotland and with an election in May don't be surprised to see some steps brought forward in time for the polls opening. Such as the polls opening? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jan Vojáček said: Copied from Twitter, but encouraging numbers again today. Hopefully see the number in hospital drop below 1000 tomorrow. 798 cases (3.9% of tests positive) 1,018 in hospital (down 58) 93 in ICU (no change) 47 deaths 29,754 vaccinated in last 24 hours Care home deaths have fallen 69% in past 4 weeks so around the end of the first week in Feb we finished vaccinating care home residents I believe so we still don't have "full" first dose protection there yet either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghPar1975 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 13 minutes ago, Elixir said: Good to see that the strain which is going to 'sweep the world' is being absolutely cigared by the vaccines. At what point can we stop the mewling about the ones from South Africa and Brazil, and the ones from places like Outer Mongolia which don't exist yet? Listening to Jonathan Van Tam this morning he thought they wouldn't know for certain until the vaccines are rolled out in countries where these variants are high, they're too low in the UK population to make a proper judgement 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameron2000 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Nicola sounding much more positive today[emoji106] good hear her mention again a solid chance of things being sped up and also talking about moving through tiers relatively swiftly in May and June. Also a good explanation of why no end date can be promised. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_carson Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Shift in tone today, no definite dates (fair enough) but indication that there will be a point when it will be over. Talking about moving through levels quicker and being confident about the vaccination evidence giving optimism. By her standards that's quite optimistic and probably a reaction to yesterday's reception. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I can't help but notice that, since Johnson and Sturgeon's messages, the Main Players and, dare I say it, even the Lone Beholder, don't seem to be over concerned about the situation in schools. As I said before, I'm no expert, but as the first step in both plans, is the potential for things to go wrong at the start of the roadmap, not a bit concerning? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 1 minute ago, super_carson said: Shift in tone today, no definite dates (fair enough) but indication that there will be a point when it will be over. Talking about moving through levels quicker and being confident about the vaccination evidence giving optimism. By her standards that's quite optimistic and probably a reaction to yesterday's reception. Yep. Was annoyed yesterday with her statement yesterday but hopefully this will be all over by the end of summer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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