The Covid thread

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It was a joke... :'(


Like Bader drinking himself legless 

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I thought the idea was for you to get your shot, not *get shot*...!!!  :eek

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They were interviewing a bloke on the radio this morning who owns a villa in Portugal. He said he was 'totally shocked' that the country had gone from green to amber. Yeah right, is anyone genuinely 'totally shocked' at anything to do with international travel any more?.

Another couple had retired to Spain and were 'so upset' that they're grandchildren couldn't get over to visit them. They were happy enough to leave all their family thousands of miles behind in the first place pre-pandemic though weren't they :rolleyes

I have zero sympathy for people who have gone ahead and booked foreign holidays who are now moaning.
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I have zero sympathy for people who have gone ahead and booked foreign holidays who are now moaning.

Except what is the point in having a 'traffic light' system? What is the point the government having a green list of safe countries, and then withdrawing the most popular one with 4 days notice? They have again led people into false expectations.
And a coincidence travel to Portugal cancelled the week after two English football teams met there for the Champions League final?

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Just got jabbed. All in all it went smoothly enough except the fact I had to queue round the corner and down the street to get in to the bludy surgery which would be fine if they hadn't insist that I picked a 5 minute time slot when I was booking it ?
But yeah I'm in with the zombie rebirth squad if thing so south ?

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I have zero sympathy for people who have gone ahead and booked foreign holidays who are now moaning.

Except what is the point in having a 'traffic light' system? What is the point the government having a green list of safe countries, and then withdrawing the most popular one with 4 days notice? They have again led people into false expectations.

Rubbish - I don't believe people are that stupid. I love to travel and go on holiday but resiled it would be a game of Russian - or in this case Portuguese roulette. There was always far too much risk OMO. Clues in the name "traffic lights" I always approach a green expecting it to turn amber.   

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It was moved from Turkey to Portugal as a 'safe' country. It only became 'unsafe' after we'd been there.
Yes Johnson ''sees which way the crowd is going and then runs to the front''.

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Rubbish - I don't believe people are that stupid.

You overestimate the populist led public.
So what was the point of having a green list?

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The government has taken no end of flack for acting 'too late again' in the past, now it's critisised  for acting too quickly. You can't have it both ways.

The government takes flack for being inconsistent and incompetent

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He's a politician. They all do that

Apart from those that resign, and the 45 (or so) Tory rebels that will vote against the government's overseas aid proposals 

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My favourite county Cornwall just on the news. Apparently they've had record numbers on holiday there this half term.
They said one site is charging 8k per week for a static caravan :eek . Madness.

I wonder if there's a widely used term for when you stay in your own country for a vacation? ???

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It was moved from Turkey to Portugal as a 'safe' country. It only became 'unsafe' after we'd been there.

wrong. The reason it went to Portugal rather than here is because Portugal said that all the fifa bigwigs did not have to isolate on arrival. We did the right thing and said we don't care who you are you need to isolate.
The people to blame are those at fifa..