Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[anotherchance]

7 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:

In all seriousness, that Deepti really does need to take a step back. It seems really obvious from her postings that she is doing damage to herself.

She’s no better than a Facebook maw.

She declared she was going on a “social media break” which lasted about a day.

She’s an arsehole.

[Michael W]

1 hour ago, George Parr said:

That 'hopium' patter is awful. Makes her come across as a sneering, nasty fucker towards people who are, quite understandably, trying to find some positivity in the Covid darkness. I have to disregard her opinions in much the same way as I do the Covid-deniers.

She is thoroughly nasty piece of work. Quite possibly the worst of the fake sage lot. 

She is exactly the type of person that we can all do without - more than happy to dish out criticism and is no stranger to some pretty vile criticism, but can't take any back. Usually this is met with some spurious deflection that she's being bullied or slandered. Some of the stuff she said/insinuated about the JCVI was disgraceful. 

She's been on a bit of a foot -stamping exercise this week, in general lashing out and complaining she's being ignored. Sorry, Deepti, but you have the right to an audience. And if you're going to set arbitrary limits on what you will discuss, you'll find your opportunities limited. 

[Todd_is_God]

8 minutes ago, Have some faith in Magic said:

Can someone bookmark the prediction of Mr Leitch that cases Will peak in late January early February. 

 

So at least another 40 days of rising cases Jason. Right you are. 

Imagine saying things like this just so you can later claim the unnecessary restrictions you bring in worked so well.

An utter fraud.

ETA the irony that he's said that on the day where there is a very real chance cases actually peaked will be absolutely lost on him.

Edited December 21, 2021 by Todd_is_God

[Thereisalight..]

The fact Drakeford has announced football etc to be played behind closed doors gives me the fear NS will do that same. They two seem cut from the same cloth. Really hope I’m wrong. Even though we’re playing shit and the going to the games feels like a chore, it’s the only thing keeping me sane. 

[Empty It]

Would respect the government more if they just said this tbf

Why? It's a load of shite designed to pressure people into getting vaccinated.

[scottsdad]

Deepti's irony monitor isn't working.

 

[Frank Grimes]

9 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said:

The fact Drakeford has announced football etc to be played behind closed doors gives me the fear NS will do that same. They two seem cut from the same cloth. Really hope I’m wrong. Even though we’re playing shit and the going to the games feels like a chore, it’s the only thing keeping me sane. 

Spot on mate

I have braced myself to be an utter seething mess in a few hours 

 

[Todd_is_God]

13 minutes ago, Have some faith in Magic said:

Can someone bookmark the prediction of Mr Leitch that cases Will peak in late January early February. 

 

So at least another 40 days of rising cases Jason. Right you are. 

I know i've already given my thoughts on this, but this particular nugget deserves it's own ridicule:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-59729860?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

"Scotland is "nowhere near" the peak of the Omicron wave, with cases likely to double or treble in coming days, the national clinical director has said."

He cannot possibly believe that we will hit 15,000 cases per day before Christmas, let alone that it will continue to climb for weeks after.

I really wish our media would call people like him out on these, frankly ludicrous, claims.

[deegee]

46 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said:

My mother in law has fully lost the plot. Now told my mrs she’s not allowed to meet up with any of her friends from back home when we’re there and can’t go out to hospitality even if it’s open. My in laws don’t drink and spend much of Christmas sat watching dreadful tv. 

She is also checking our flight across to see if it’s sold out, suspect if it was she’d ask us to find different ones. 

She’s already tried to stop us going to a wedding of one of my close friends, she’d shit the bed if she knew I was planning on going to Easter road in addition to her ludicrous desire for us to test ourselves. 

All because they refuse to miss out on seeing our daughter, if it wasn’t for her we’d be told it to come. 

My wife really wants to go but I’ve told her if this continues I’m just telling her if she’s that fucking worried about covid we’ll stay at home. 

This is what happens when such ludicrous language is used by NS etc. a triple vaccinated person absolutely paralysed by fear of this thing. 

I actually feel quite sorry for your in-laws as well as yourselves. The mother-in-law has cranked up the pressure on you to attend, based purely on a Bank Holiday weekend date in the calendar. How old is your daughter, if you don’t mind me asking, and is she fussed/aware of all this background noise?

If the in-laws are so terrified, I would politely but forcibly insist you’ll rearrange trip for Easter or maybe earlier if her fear (and her perceived risk of catching a terrifying virus) subsides. Tell them it’s in everyone’s best interest etc.

Alternatively, could you not still travel but book a Travelodge type place to stay, and that’ll allow you and all the family some peace and will get you to the football without any issues?

[sparky88]

2 minutes ago, deegee said:

I actually feel quite sorry for your in-laws as well as yourselves. The mother-in-law has cranked up the pressure on you to attend, based purely on a Bank Holiday weekend date in the calendar. How old is your daughter, if you don’t mind me asking, and is she fussed/aware of all this background noise?

If the in-laws are so terrified, I would politely but forcibly insist you’ll rearrange trip for Easter or maybe earlier if her fear (and her perceived risk of catching a terrifying virus) subsides. Tell them it’s in everyone’s best interest etc.

Alternatively, could you not still travel but book a Travelodge type place to stay, and that’ll allow you and all the family some peace and will get you to the football without any issues?

Honestly I'd just tell her to f**k off  but your approach probably has some merit. 

[deegee]

3 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

I know i've already given my thoughts on this, but this particular nugget deserves it's own ridicule:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-59729860?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

"Scotland is "nowhere near" the peak of the Omicron wave, with cases likely to double or treble in coming days, the national clinical director has said."

He cannot possibly believe that we will hit 15,000 cases per day before Christmas, let alone that it will continue to climb for weeks after.

I really wish our media would call people like him out on these, frankly ludicrous, claims.

Leith is another odious toad who, like I said recently about Sturgeon, hasn’t wasted time in getting back into the spotlight; never of telly this past fortnight and apparently back on the Saturday afternoon radio too. 
 

He will be polishing up his dancing shoes and telling his “agent” to get him booked up for Strictly Come Dancing! 

[Abdul_Latif]

5 minutes ago, Frank Grimes said:

Spot on mate

I have braced myself to be an utter seething mess in a few hours 

 

Last year at this time, and at least the first couple of months of this year I was full of anxiety due to government drip feeding.

Now I am completely over that anxiety, but it’s been replaced with fury that government failings have been passed onto the the general population, as if it’s a problem of their making.

 

[scottsdad]

6 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

I know i've already given my thoughts on this, but this particular nugget deserves it's own ridicule:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-59729860?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

"Scotland is "nowhere near" the peak of the Omicron wave, with cases likely to double or treble in coming days, the national clinical director has said."

He cannot possibly believe that we will hit 15,000 cases per day before Christmas, let alone that it will continue to climb for weeks after.

I really wish our media would call people like him out on these, frankly ludicrous, claims.

Here it is again - the model predicting 1 million cases per day on December 30th. Assume Scotland makes up ~8% of that, is 80,000 cases on that day. 

Surely nobody is looking at this nonsense and thinking that it has any semblance to reality? Sounds like Leitch is though.

[Jan Vojáček]

Potential restrictions being brought in today just before the schools break up is classic Scot Gov. When cases (naturally) fall it'll be due to the restrictions and not the schools.

[Frank Grimes]

1 minute ago, Abdul_Latif said:

Last year at this time, and at least the first couple of months of this year I was full of anxiety due to government drip feeding.

Now I am completely over that anxiety, but it’s been replaced with fury that government failings have been passed onto the the general population, as if it’s a problem of their making.

 

This time last year I was absolutely gutted another lockdown was on the horizon, the schools shutting was a particular kick in the bollocks again, but I at least understood it

Covid was out of control and nobody was vaccinated 

I cannot support anything approaching major restrictions at this point in the pandemic in this country when so many people are double jabbed and boosters are going in arms at a rapid rate 

If even that is not enough then what the f**k is life now?

Let the anti-vaxx weirdos fucking perish for all I care 

[sparky88]

3 hours ago, Dons_1988 said:

Ex government advisor on bbc news this morning:

”what would you say to people who are triple vaccinated, testing regularly and have no symptoms who feel they are entitled to socialise or go to the pub?”

”being triple vaccinated doesn’t 100% stop you getting the virus”

FFS. Just fucking shut everything down forever then. 

There was jubilation last year when we had a vaccine that was '90% effective'. I'm willing to bet the government adviser wasn't saying back then 'but what about the 10%?'

[Elixir]

42 minutes ago, Stellaboz said:

44 minutes ago, Abdul_Latif said:

The WHO with this cracker this morning;
“An event cancelled is better than a life cancelled”
Tbh, I think I’d prefer a cancelled life at this stage if it’s a straight choice.

Offft. They can get to absolute f**k with that.

Yup. This is absolute gutter level messaging, designed to emotionally blackmail people and stifle adult discussion. The WHO should stick to doing useful things like pointing out the discrimination of travel restrictions. Gormless c**ts.

[Thereisalight..]

15 minutes ago, Frank Grimes said:

Spot on mate

I have braced myself to be an utter seething mess in a few hours 

 

A blanket ban of spectators at football here shouldn’t be allowed to happen. 1,000 punters outside at Somerset, 300 at Stair Park etc. If that’s not “safe” in a double/triple vaccinated society, then when will it be? 

8 minutes ago, deegee said:

Leith is another odious toad who, like I said recently about Sturgeon, hasn’t wasted time in getting back into the spotlight; never of telly this past fortnight and apparently back on the Saturday afternoon radio too. 
 

He will be polishing up his dancing shoes and telling his “agent” to get him booked up for Strictly Come Dancing! 

Ugh don’t even mention Strictly Come Dancing. I’ve got tickets for that for my mums Christmas. 1st week of Feb, it ain’t going to happen is it as for Leitch, Devi, Bauld etc, the sooner these c***s become irrelevant the better 

[Elixir]

18 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

Deepti's irony monitor isn't working.

It... is endemic and milder, Deepti.

An absolute danger.

[scottsdad]

On schools, here is the extreme edge of opinion. Bring in masks, ventilation, distancing, vaccinations and more for 6 year olds. 

 Just lunacy to me