Todd_is_God Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 I, for one, am absolutely shocked that years of knowledge and understanding about how viruses work looks as though it applies to a virus. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 A true red-letter day for the good guys. Probably all gasping on a foreign holiday. Don't blame them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Obviously these are all fantastic developments (not to mention an absolute minter for the Leitch's and Devi's of this world), but what the hell has happened to trigger such a change of tone and opinion essentially overnight?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 That absolute junk 'science correspondent' Thomas Moore from Sky penned an article the other day about how this modelling and variants meant our summer was torpedoed, as the vaccines alone weren't enough. Another loser who thinks this crisis has elevated his importance and wants it to drag on as long as possible. The reality is that continued irrelevance awaits. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: Obviously these are all fantastic developments (not to mention an absolute minter for the Leitch's and Devi's of this world), but what the hell has happened to trigger such a change of tone and opinion essentially overnight?! Being laughed at by the British public? Solidarity following the death of auld Phil? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven W Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, Elixir said: That absolute junk 'science correspondent' Thomas Moore from Sky penned an article the other day about how this modelling and variants meant our summer was torpedoed, as the vaccines alone weren't enough. Another loser who thinks this crisis has elevated his importance and wants it to drag on as long as possible. The reality is that continued irrelevance awaits. Thomas Moore has been my own personal Covid hate figure. Thoroughly enjoyed his time in the limelight, getting tangibly excited by the slightest hint of bad news (the Bristol variant being a "variant of the variant") and generally just being a very poor journalist. Can't wait to see the back of him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ayrmad Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, oaksoft said: Who apparently, if you believe reports, make up the vast majority (well over 60%) of people in the country. That is a shocker right there. I understand being worried about vulnerable friends and relatives but this level of paralysing fear for something which carries substantially less risk of death than driving your car? I just don't understand that at all. I understand and sympathise with them, the media along with the various governments have scared a large chunk of folk shitless, fair enough in the early months but I've not really witnessed the dial being switched down to a fair level so far. Need things like those Indian figures to inject a bit of urgency into the vaccination rollout across the globe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 7 minutes ago, Elixir said: May as well laugh at this as it won't be up to anyone within the SG or advising it to decide. As soon as the UK Gov permits foreign travel, those in Scotland will be able to make use of it. It might mean the slight inconvenience of needing to travel to Newcastle or Manchester first, but many are already happy to do so anyway. A classic example of someone getting their voice on record so they can play the "I warned you" card in case it does become an issue, but when it doesn't, can just hide behind "we just didn't know" trope and carry on as normal. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 41 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: Obviously these are all fantastic developments (not to mention an absolute minter for the Leitch's and Devi's of this world), but what the hell has happened to trigger such a change of tone and opinion essentially overnight?! The 'experts' have been struggling since day one of the pandemic. If they'd all got it right from the beginning, we wouldn't have had the chaos of the last 13 months. I've learned to take these scientific pronouncements with a pinch of salt. The newspapers that publish these articles tend to have an agenda.....for instance, The Telegraph (and other right wing papers) are vehemently anti-lockdown and 95% of the 'expert opinions' they publish will back up the agaenda that they hold. The Grauniad on the other hand, have a definite handbrake-on agenda, and continually publish 'death, death and we're doomed' articles. I think that this is just another example of that. For each government expert saying that we have nothing to worry about, another one will pop up saying we have. It's probably been like that for the last 12 months. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 26 minutes ago, Elixir said: Surprised Sky haven't asked JL or DS yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Bob Mahelp said: The 'experts' have been struggling since day one of the pandemic. If they'd all got it right from the beginning, we wouldn't have had the chaos of the last 13 months. I've learned to take these scientific pronouncements with a pinch of salt. The newspapers that publish these articles tend to have an agenda.....for instance, The Telegraph (and other right wing papers) are vehemently anti-lockdown and 95% of the 'expert opinions' they publish will back up the agaenda that they hold. The Grauniad on the other hand, have a definite handbrake-on agenda, and continually publish 'death, death and we're doomed' articles. I think that this is just another example of that. For each government expert saying that we have nothing to worry about, another one will pop up saying we have. It's probably been like that for the last 12 months. Tbf they have struggled because they have, at every turn, worked off the assumption that absolutely nothing previously known about viruses could be applied to SARS-Cov-2, only to later realise that it does. Perhaps had they not done so, and in turn we had not tried to go down the unrealistic route of trying to stop absolutely anyone catching or dying from an airborne respiratory virus, we might have spent the last 14 months having rational discussions about it rather than hysterical doom mongering, and living with sustainable measures in place rather than excessive "hard" lockdowns and inconsistent, arbitrary restrictions. Edited April 11, 2021 by Todd_is_God 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 39 minutes ago, Lyle Lanley said: Surprised Sky haven't asked JL or DS yet. Scotland's three biggest slavers about covid: Leitch - dentist Sridhar - nutritionist/anthropologist Bauld - social scientist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/crowd-gathers-for-gender-reveal-party-at-dundees-baxter-park Quote “It makes you feel quite unsafe when you’re out, makes you want to not go out in public.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 17 minutes ago, The Master said: https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/crowd-gathers-for-gender-reveal-party-at-dundees-baxter-park If these types could just... not go out in public, that would be grand. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 18 minutes ago, The Master said: https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/crowd-gathers-for-gender-reveal-party-at-dundees-baxter-park Why would seeing a gathering a large distance across a park make you feel unsafe? People are really weird. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/crowd-gathers-for-gender-reveal-party-at-dundees-baxter-park “It makes you feel quite unsafe when you’re out, makes you want to not go out in public.” Surely we’ve hit peak lovejoy? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Jet2 have cancelled all flights and holidays to all locations from today up to 24 June. They will not now be restarting on 17 May as previously hoped. ETA that's UK wide not just from Scotland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Bully Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Scotland's three biggest slavers about covid: Leitch - dentist Sridhar - nutritionist/anthropologist Bauld - social scientist I had the 3 biggest slavers (sic) as:1. Elixir2. Todd_is_God3. virginton 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Huge swing towards positive messaging today. I reckon Lizzie is on the way out and we're going to be locked down over the summer for national mourning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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