Author Topic: The Covid thread (Read 70056 times)

Grahamm · « **Reply #400 on:** 25 March 2021, 05:53:33 pm »

Quote from: fazersharp on 25 March 2021, 12:17:52 pm

With more and more talk now of vaccine passports for the pub or footy

I think this is just another bit of rhetoric that will be quietly forgotten about once the headlines have died down.

It will discriminate against people who can't have the vaccine for medical reasons, younger people who simply haven't been offered the vaccine yet, those who (as is their right, even if I think it's stupid) decline the jab, people who don't want to have their names added to another government database...

Grahamm · « **Reply #401 on:** 25 March 2021, 05:53:58 pm »

fazersharp · « **Reply #402 on:** 25 March 2021, 06:42:13 pm »

How and why has my attached image gone to imgur.com

Grahamm · « **Reply #403 on:** 25 March 2021, 11:54:04 pm »

Not a scooby.
Did you use the Attach button?

fazersharp · « **Reply #404 on:** 26 March 2021, 10:50:35 pm »

Non essential shops given the all clear to open for extended hours and councils instructed to not but unnecessary barriers in the way for it to happen.
I never understood the rationale behind the choice to reduce opening hours last year. It just forced more people in the shops in a smaller shopping window.

Grahamm · « **Reply #405 on:** 26 March 2021, 11:08:42 pm »

So shops are going to be able to stay open until 10pm.

Who's going to pay the wages for the extra hours?

Who's going to cover the child care for single parent families?

Who's going to pay the extra costs of electricity?

etc etc etc...

b1k3rdude · « **Reply #406 on:** 27 March 2021, 10:09:12 am »

So new council tax bill tipped up yesterday, spotted a £150 COVID relief/hardship entry, reducing the amount I have to pay. Anyone else had this or something like it..?

fazersharp · « **Reply #407 on:** 27 March 2021, 10:31:53 am »

Quote from: Grahamm on 26 March 2021, 11:08:42 pm

So shops are going to be able to stay open until 10pm.

Who's going to pay the wages for the extra hours?

Who's going to cover the child care for single parent families?

Who's going to pay the extra costs of electricity?

etc etc etc...

You are by doing the shopping 🛍

Grahamm · « **Reply #408 on:** 27 March 2021, 11:10:10 am »

Quote from: fazersharp on 27 March 2021, 10:31:53 am

You are by doing the shopping

That's based on the presumption that people are going to rush back out to their high streets, instead of sticking with the more convenient online shopping they've got used to...

fazersharp · « **Reply #409 on:** 27 March 2021, 02:09:29 pm »

Quote from: Grahamm on 27 March 2021, 11:10:10 am

Quote from: fazersharp on 27 March 2021, 10:31:53 am
You are by doing the shopping

That's based on the presumption that people are going to rush back out to their high streets, instead of sticking with the more convenient online shopping they've got used to...

But more and more people will be returning to jobs when non essential and indoor hospitality returns so people won't be at home so much to receive deliveries.

fazersharp · « **Reply #410 on:** 27 March 2021, 02:10:33 pm »

Got jabbed today.

darrsi · « **Reply #411 on:** 27 March 2021, 02:35:42 pm »

Quote from: fazersharp on 27 March 2021, 02:10:33 pm

Got jabbed today.

Then a couple of uppercuts?

Grahamm · « **Reply #412 on:** 27 March 2021, 05:30:47 pm »

Quote from: fazersharp on 27 March 2021, 02:09:29 pm

But more and more people will be returning to jobs when non essential and indoor hospitality returns so people won't be at home so much to receive deliveries.

Well, yeah, a bunch of them will be forced to work until 10pm in shops probably by bosses who will tell them that they won't get paid any more and, if they say they can't do it, well, there's plenty of other people who are desperate for a job...

fazersharp · « **Reply #413 on:** 28 March 2021, 04:43:18 pm »

Its been 30 hours since my jab and so far i have had zero side effects, apart from it feels like may of stuck a needle in my arm but im not convinced they did.

YamFazFan · « **Reply #414 on:** 28 March 2021, 05:46:17 pm »

fazersharp · « **Reply #415 on:** 28 March 2021, 07:46:33 pm »

Quote from: YamFazFan on 28 March 2021, 05:46:17 pm

Over 30 million UK first vaccinations administered now and more than 3.5 million second doses.
What a fantastic success story .

Yes I think I was number 30 million.

I see the EU wanted the UK to export vax to them -or threatened to blockade manufacturers based in EU form sending it to us. So Boris is doing just as he has been told by the EU and is sending 3M doses to the EU -- Ireland

They don't like it up em

YamFazFan · « **Reply #416 on:** 28 March 2021, 07:53:01 pm »

Dudeofrude · « **Reply #417 on:** 28 March 2021, 10:02:54 pm »

What I can't work out is from what I've read there are astrazeneca manufacturers here in the UK as well as in Europe, we are getting vaccines sent in from the Europe plant and the EU are demanding we export some out to them..... so unless I'm missing something, why don't we primarily use the stuff made here and they use the batches made there??

fazersharp · « **Reply #418 on:** 28 March 2021, 11:08:12 pm »

Quote from: Dudeofrude on 28 March 2021, 10:02:54 pm

What I can't work out is from what I've read there are astrazeneca manufacturers here in the UK as well as in Europe, we are getting vaccines sent in from the Europe plant and the EU are demanding we export some out to them..... so unless I'm missing something, why don't we primarily use the stuff made here and they use the batches made there??

I don't think the uk plants can make enough so the AZ plants based in the EU have to chip in, we also get some from India.
But yeh doesn't make sense we get say 5 million from EU based factories and in return they want us to send them 5 million.
This being the vaccine that the EU have done their best to discredit and has resulted in a lot of the population refusing to have it anyway.

mtread · « **Reply #419 on:** 29 March 2021, 10:02:31 am »

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What I can't work out is from what I've read there are astrazeneca manufacturers here in the UK as well as in Europe, we are getting vaccines sent in from the Europe plant and the EU are demanding we export some out to them..... so unless I'm missing something, why don't we primarily use the stuff made here and they use the batches made there??

The majority of UK consumption is sourced from the Netherlands and India. The EU has exported 70 million doses, 20 million doses to the UK. We have exported nothing. No wonder the EU is pissed off. Can you imagine the uproar here if it was the other way round.

fazersharp · « **Reply #420 on:** 29 March 2021, 10:23:20 am »

Quote from: mtread on 29 March 2021, 10:02:31 am

The majority of UK consumption is sourced from the Netherlands and India. The EU has exported 70 million doses, 20 million doses to the UK. We have exported nothing. No wonder the EU is pissed off.

like I said then, we haven't got enough for ourselves, if we send x amount to the EU then we will just need that same amount back from the EU factories.
The EU has not sent a single dose to us. We have a contract with Oxford Az who also have a factory based in a country that happens to be in the EU. Our contract is with Az and not the EU.
This being the vaccine which the development of was mainly funded by the uk.

mtread · « **Reply #421 on:** 29 March 2021, 12:37:14 pm »

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The EU has not sent a single dose to us. We have a contract with Oxford Az who also have a factory based in a country that happens to be in the EU. Our contract is with Az and not the EU.

I believe the EU has an (unfulfilled) contract with AZ too. Those are not 'our' doses.
As I said, can you imagine the farage (a new verb) if it was the other way round.

robbo · « **Reply #422 on:** 29 March 2021, 05:09:31 pm »

2nd jab today. Thought I'd laminate my jab card to create a diy vaccine passport.

YamFazFan · « **Reply #423 on:** 29 March 2021, 07:53:29 pm »

darrsi · « **Reply #424 on:** 29 March 2021, 08:27:12 pm »

Quote from: robbo on 29 March 2021, 05:09:31 pm

2nd jab today. Thought I'd laminate my jab card to create a diy vaccine passport.

My mum had her 2nd jab today and just showed me her card she laminated too

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