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Coronavirus

Coronavirus - The Poll

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GaryH said:
I think such talk is needed. People think the virus has gone away and are acting like its all over. Its not over. Not until that rather large lady sings.
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Huh? Which lady needs for sing for it to be over?

On Matt Hancock’s language about the second wave and preparing for it, I suppose it’s better to be safe than sorry. I’d much rather be threatened with one and it not come due to good preparations than be told one won’t come and then get hit with one. This isn’t over, and won’t be for a while.
 
I disagree. There is absolutely no need to describe it as a second wave, which is wrong anyway as the first wave needs to be suppressed before a second can occur (the WHO acknowledged that yesterday). Most people know there are spikes and localised outbreaks across Europe but to describe it as second wave is not right. Some people were just coming out from behind their sofas and talk like that just sends them scurrying back. My mum is one of them as she's been on the phone already panicking about this second wave and doesn't want to leave the house again. Words need chosen carefully these days.
 
Come visit Blackburn.
Local small Tesco one hour ago.
Wife needed stella, do not normally shop at peak.
50% of shoppers not wearing masks...that was about ten people, one member of staff shelf stacking with mask under chin.
And this in a naughty zone.
People need it spelling out.
 
Austin Towers said:
It's not on.
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What, that he talks of the indisputable fact that cases have been rising here? How dare he mention that.
That people still need to follow the social distancing advice? That if they don't a return to lockdown is a real possibility? The scoundrel.
That where rises have been recorded abroad full on localised outbreaks have happened? That if that were to happen here it wouldn't likely to be localised as we are much more densely populated and more mobile? The outrage.

It's literally his job to point that out.
Pull yourself together.
 
The fat lady.
Had to sneak a peak.
Wagner, Gotterdammerung, Valkyrie stuff, opera.
Finishes with a large soprano lady.
First used by a sports guy yank in the seventies...
Also used by Morecambe and Wise?
Possibly.
 
pluk said:
What, that he talks of the indisputable fact that cases have been rising here? How dare he mention that.
That people still need to follow the social distancing advice? That if they don't a return to lockdown is a real possibility? The scoundrel.
That where rises have been recorded abroad full on localised outbreaks have happened? That if that were to happen here it wouldn't likely to be localised as we are much more densely populated and more mobile? The outrage.

It's literally his job to point that out.
Pull yourself together.
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No, I didn't mention any of what you say I've no problem with those statements. My issue is he's calling it a second wave. It's not.
 
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Austin Towers said:
Yes. Second wave. It's not.
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...signs of...

It could well be the start of a second wave, it might not turn into a full reoccurrence, it surely already is in the localised areas effected; you have a peak, you have a trough, you go up towards another peak. That's a wave. To dismiss that as not a massive threat would be stupid and reckless.
 
In a huge boost for the vaccine hopes, AstraZeneca has said that there’s a high chance that Oxford’s vaccine could provide immunity for at least a year, potentially closer to 2 years if we’re very lucky: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12271360/coronavirus-vaccine-immunity-12-months/

Brilliant news! If this jab can protect for a year or more, then that will be no different than the flu jab, and we cope with that!
 
Company listed on the stock exchange says good things about a potential product that nobody can disprove. Be careful of diving in both feet first there @Matt N. I'm not clicking the sun article but am I assuming it's nabbed the same quote from the CEO along the lines of could be 12 months, 18 months, 2 years, who knows?

What's actually worrying is that they've been granted immunity against future liability claims in some countries regarding the COVID vaccine. Working out who will fork out for the any side effects down the line is proving tricky if it becomes a mandatory vaccine.
 
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