Chinese Virus May Have Infected Hundreds

Paris ICU 40% full.

Earwegoagain wrote:

Paris ICU 40% full.

Yeah, heard on the radio last night that it was bad over there.

Herd Immunity being cited again.


Italy have brought in a mandatory law which sees face masks being worn outside, that is a strict one.

Don't know what to make of this  

Relates to the Astrazeneca vaccine with expected successful trials results in October and rolled out next month
I'll be first in the queue if it opens up travel again worldwide

The anti vaxxers will be screaming for sure. Tough stay in Skegness then

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Guardian latest - At FMQs, Nicola Sturgeon went into some detail about yesterday’s Scottish government evidence paper (pdf) which showed that both the R number and the growth rate of infection in Scotland was the highest in the UK.

So much for Scotland's Covid elimination strategy, way to go Sturgeon, way to go.

Government plan seems to be wait for a vaccine, might be a while.
Any vaccine this year won't be effective

Elias wrote:

Government plan seems to be wait for a vaccine, might be a while.
Any vaccine this year won't be effective

Why not?

Elias wrote:

Government plan seems to be wait for a vaccine, might be a while.
Any vaccine this year won't be effective

Just perusing late yesterday the inside track on Astrazeneca and the concensus is pretty much that they've nailed it

Been a big outbreak at Nottingham university amongst others where one of my lads attend (next 6 months its all online) fortunately hes got his own apartment elsewhere with his chick so has been unaffected from campus

Think Johnson will shut boozers completely next week across England

Johnson will shut boozers in parts of England.

Not Good

Earwegoagain wrote:

Johnson will shut boozers in parts of England.

I can see the lot being closed at a national level sometime down the line.

The South-West is in the medium zone on that three tier thing.

The country is losing control of the virus and the outbreak.

Johnson will shut them exactly one week after Nicola does.

Nicola? FFS.

Still grips my shite all the petty politicking between Scots and UK the whole of the UK should have a combined approach.

Earwegoagain wrote:

Still grips my shite all the petty politicking between Scots and UK the whole of the UK should have a combined approach

That is what you get when you have devolution.

Plenty of Scots back her stance on covid-19. It will give her plans on independence a boost no doubt.


300 students in Brizzle told to isolate after 40 tested positive. 69 coronavirus clusters have been identified up that way. Eight areas with covid outbreaks reaching double figures.

Petty politicking indeed.

Thing is there isn't a great difference with Scots v English curbs usually she does what we do a week before or after we do it and have seven people not six etcetera.

All these whinging and wining politicians, local mayors et al who are moaning about further potential hospitality lockdowns would do better if they gobbed off at the knuckledraggers who do not follow the simple rules, 2 metre rule, wash hands, wear masks, it’s not difficult

Graiser wrote:

All these whinging and wining politicians, local mayors et al who are moaning about further potential hospitality lockdowns would do better if they gobbed off at the knuckledraggers who do not follow the simple rules, 2 metre rule, wash hands, wear masks, it’s not difficult

It is for them.

mouldyoldgoat wrote:

Graiser wrote:

All these whinging and wining politicians, local mayors et al who are moaning about further potential hospitality lockdowns would do better if they gobbed off at the knuckledraggers who do not follow the simple rules, 2 metre rule, wash hands, wear masks, it’s not difficult

It is for them.

Gets on my tits, blame Boris, blame Hancock, blame that slap head Sturgeon, blame any fecker except those that continually flout the rules.
Shut the pubs and ban alcohol sales in supermarkets if they won’t comply with the rules.

PM giving a public statement on monday

Leaking hints to the Sun at 23:00?

seadog wrote:

Leaking hints to the Sun at 23:00?

more than likely while they are busy trying to find a celebrity in a bikini to put on the front page.

Reuters reports new infections in France jumped more than 20,000 in one day for the first time. This from the news agency.

The country’s ministry reported 20,330 new infections, taking the cumulative total to 691,977 since the start of the year.


Way to go Macron, way to go.

Graiser wrote:

mouldyoldgoat wrote:

Graiser wrote:

All these whinging and wining politicians, local mayors et al who are moaning about further potential hospitality lockdowns would do better if they gobbed off at the knuckledraggers who do not follow the simple rules, 2 metre rule, wash hands, wear masks, it’s not difficult

It is for them.

Shut the pubs and ban alcohol sales in supermarkets if they won’t comply with the rules.

Yep I'd go along with that Graiser shut them completely 24/7 and ban booze sales for 1 month.
75% of infections are supposedly spreading in boozers.
When you have another 3 England players saying up yours its no wonder so many couldnt give a flying feck

All roads lead back to just one incident. If the rank clown in charge had very publicly axed the weasel he'd have took the country with him. He didn't and the outcome is what we see today