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1 hour ago, Wee Bully said:

I’m struggling - how can Sweden be lifting restrictions when we were told they didn’t have any?

That was only propagated by the extremists at both ends of the horseshoe.

In reality, of course they had restrictions - but they were based on sensible pandemic mitigation that had been derived long before early 2020 and the insanity of 'lockdown'. Sadly, once Italy followed the play of authoritarian China, most places were doomed to failure.

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Complete parody of a place. iZT8ghc.png

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I'm a Celebrity Covid case triggers Australian lockdown

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The positive Covid case triggered a seven-day lockdown

The reality TV programme I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! is facing criticism after a crew member contracted Covid-19, sending thousands of Australians into lockdown.

The make-up artist allegedly visited a number of establishments in the state of New South Wales without checking in or using a QR code.

She has been charged with multiple breaches of public health orders.

The incident has raised questions over the filming of shows in the area.

The 31-year-old woman, who has not been identified, flew to Ballina from Sydney on Saturday under an exemption, according to ABC News. She then visited a number of locations in the north of the state over the weekend.

ITV, which makes the programme, told the news outlet that the crew member was "fully vaccinated and was wearing PPE while at work". It added that all of her close contacts were now in isolation.

But police said that by attending several businesses and venues in Byron Bay and Kingscliff, she had breached the conditions of her work-related travel exemption.

Australia has strict border restrictions, even between states, with many people cut off from seeing loved ones.

Read more here.

 

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Also, more sensible analysis from Nick Triggle earlier:

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Analysis: Subsequent Covid infections likely to be milder

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Nick Triggle

Health Correspondent

 

Covid is on its way to becoming like the common cold, according to two leading experts, Oxford University’s Prof Sir John Bell and Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert, who designed the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

For a virus that has caused such devastation, that may seem like a bold claim. But what past pandemics show is that the virus comes in waves. The initial waves are big, causing a huge amount of serious illness, but then get smaller and smaller.

This is not because the virus disappears, but because the immunity we have built up lessens its impact. The illnesses caused are less severe even though we get infected repeatedly.

The vaccines that have been developed have basically given our immune systems a head start, teaching them how to fight off the virus.

The protection against infection may wane over time, but it remains stronger against serious illness.

That means while we face repeated infections in the future, they are likely to be milder for most and in the process keep our immune systems topped up.

As we see with other viruses, older people and those with compromised immune systems will remain at greater risk. That is why they are likely to be offered repeat vaccinations in future years.

This does not mean there will be no Covid deaths in the future – a bad flu winter can still claim 25,000 lives – but instead it will reach a level that society considers acceptable.

The big question is just how quickly we get there.

 

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Watching Ambulance on BBC.  Some fuckwit phoned an ambulance to get his house screened and family tested for Covid because a dog ran into their house and he feared it could have infected them all with Covid.  
 

What the actual f**k is wrong with some people?

no idea why the dispatcher didn’t tell him to f**k off and hang up but he said they’d get someone out to them.

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17 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said:

Nick Triggle has been a beacon of common sense within the nonsensical BBC.

He gets an enormous amount of shite from the Lovejoys.

None of them take apart his arguments obviously. Just a load of lashing out from people who can’t handle their warped narratives crumbling before their eyes.

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27 minutes ago, anotherchance said:

He gets an enormous amount of shite from the Lovejoys.

None of them take apart his arguments obviously. Just a load of lashing out from people who can’t handle their warped narratives crumbling before their eyes.

It's been a terrible day for them.

 

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8 hours ago, Am Featha *****h Nan Clach said:

The vast majority of people are enjoying going to pubs, restaurants, the theatre, cinema etc and generally getting on with life rather than spending tens of hours a week researching, reading and posting about Covid.

Have you got a better suggestion of what to do with your time while you're working?

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On 18/09/2021 at 10:54, Wildrover said:

We booked Portugal for beginning of October back in March, as far as I'm aware we haven't booked tests, I'll have to do some further investigations!!!

Looks like you won't need a test before flying out there if you're double jagged, not confirmed yet though.

https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/portugal-now-recognises-vaccination-recovery-certificates-issued-by-third-countries/

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5 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

Looks like you won't need a test before flying out there if you're double jagged, not confirmed yet though.

https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/portugal-now-recognises-vaccination-recovery-certificates-issued-by-third-countries/

You were promising us a statement from SG regarding returning testing rules by today.

Are you confident it’s coming ?

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24 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said:

You were promising us a statement from SG regarding returning testing rules by today.

Are you confident it’s coming ?

Just repeated what the FM said a couple of days ago, in the next couple of days, so hopefully today. Parliament's closed today though, so it might be later if it has to be announced to the MSPs first. 

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These countries with no Domestic (Still entry restrictions) legal coronavirus restrictions like Denmark.

I just double checked and apparently if you catch Covid in Denmark you still need to go into self isolation for a certain number of days.

Is that not a legal coronavirus restriction ?

 

Marshy does not agree !!  suprise suprise

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57 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

Just repeated what the FM said a couple of days ago, in the next couple of days, so hopefully today. Parliament's closed today though, so it might be later if it has to be announced to the MSPs first. 

Can’t see any reason it would need to be announced to MSPs first.
 

Hopefully she is good for her word and we get it today.

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54 minutes ago, superbigal said:

These countries with no Domestic (Still entry restrictions) legal coronavirus restrictions like Denmark.

I just double checked and apparently if you catch Covid in Denmark you still need to go into self isolation for a certain number of days.

Is that not a legal coronavirus restriction ?

It's the same as any other highly infectious disease.

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