Genie Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) Boris just said 1.1m vaccinated in England, 1.3m across the UK. Didn’t he say the other day it was 2.something (and that it was more than Europe combined)? Edited January 5, 2021 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 He also just said 2% of the UK population currently have coronavirus. Over 1m people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Did he also put pencils up his nose and say wibble? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCU Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 ‘Aiming for most vulnerable to be vaccinated by middle of February... or so we hope... and believe’. That’s a no then. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 My brother has tested positive, has lost all sense of smell and taste but other than feels fine. He’s in prison and has spent more than 95% of his time alone in a cell for the last year or so. If it’s getting to him what hope is there of stopping it spreading in other areas, at some point we have to move on from these continued failed attempts at prevention. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 19 minutes ago, Genie said: He also just said 2% of the UK population currently have coronavirus. Over 1m people. I’m no doubt wrong here but we’ve been recording 50,000 odd cases daily for weeks now haven’t we, and they’re all apparently new cases so that’s 350,000 a week.......surely we’re well past a million?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Just now, bannedfromHandV said: I’m no doubt wrong here but we’ve been recording 50,000 odd cases daily for weeks now haven’t we, and they’re all apparently new cases so that’s 350,000 a week.......surely we’re well past a million?! But after 1-2 weeks most people will be over it (I'd have thought). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 5, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Rugeley Villa said: Seem to know a lot more people who have it/have had it, this time round. Down our yard there’s 3 off with it and one of the wives is critical in hospital. She’s in her late 50s, overweight with health issues but it’s getting close to home now . It ended up killing my grandad which was a blessing in disguise, and expected, but yeah, it seems more common this lockdown compared to first lockdown. Yep, I only personally knew a couple of people who had it till a few weeks ago. I know loads now. 3 people on my friends and family quiz for a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Keyblade Posted January 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 5, 2021 23 hours ago, av1 said: Just had a look on my work WhatsApp group. I've deleted the swearing. Yup xxxx their bullshit agenda being pushed for a virus that has a 97% survival rate more people die each year from diabetes but you don’t see the government controlling what people eat and not a single xxxxx word about the immune system out these **** mouths but mcdonalds is still open while we know for a fact now that 94% of the people died from this virus had underlying health problems and due to their lifestyle lack of exercise shity food and being old and overweight but nobody talking about that except the goddamn vaccine which you’ll need multiple doses of!! Sorry I aint falling for this shit it’s the biggest scam pulled on humanity in history Moderna has got 32 billion to make this vaccine just follow the money trail and you’ll see this is a lot bigger than this virus but hey Im just a conspiracy theorist that been talking about this for years way before covid but nobody cares until shit hits the fan The craziest thing about these kinds of posts is when they bring up the fact that it's people with underlying health problems that die the most. Do they not count? I don't get it, do people with diabetes relinquish their humanity or something? And 97% survival rate. It's like 3% (of tens of millions of people, which is still more than 1 million people) suddenly don't count anymore. It also reduces the virus to a binary: died vs survived, when in reality many people who "survive" have their quality of life reduced significantly and are left with lasting damage. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted January 5, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, Kingman said: Are you allowed to be in a support bubble if from another area? I'll certainly be making the trip up to see my elderly parents (who have been my bubble for a while). I'll obviously be protecting myself and isolating prior (which includes filling the car with petrol a good few weeks beforehand and not stopping anywhere on the way) - they had a bad enough time of it last time not leaving the house and assuming the laws don't change, I'll be quoting the Gov website if I do get pulled over by anyone. Loneliness and isolation can be a terrible, terrible thing. Edited January 5, 2021 by trekka 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 28 minutes ago, trekka said: I'll certainly be making the trip up to see my elderly parents (who have been my bubble for a while). I'll obviously be protecting myself and isolating prior (which includes filling the car with petrol a good few weeks beforehand and not stopping anywhere on the way) - they had a bad enough time of it last time not leaving the house and assuming the laws don't change, I'll be quoting the Gov website if I do get pulled over by anyone. Loneliness and isolation can be a terrible, terrible thing. Also wanted to understand this, my dad lives 20 miles away, can I go and meet him for a stroll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 5, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 5, 2021 I expect to hear Johnson say we'll do this in the next couple of days but only after denying it's possible and a ludicrous idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Genie Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 So far the vaccine side of things seems to be going well. They secured doses, funded them to a really quick development. Quickly through the approvals and *touches wood* the roll out appears to be pretty efficient too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Given that we’re now being told to stay home I’m assuming we’ve closed our borders and shut down all the airports etc right? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Genie said: So far the vaccine side of things seems to be going well. They secured doses, funded them to a really quick development. Quickly through the approvals and *touches wood* the roll out appears to be pretty efficient too. I wouldn't put any money on that if I was you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, markavfc40 said: I wouldn't put any money on that if I was you. You could well be right. I don’t for a second think the roll out of the biggest vaccination program in our history will be faultless though. Time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Genie said: You could well be right. I don’t for a second think the roll out of the biggest vaccination program in our history will be faultless though. Time will tell. No I certainly wouldn't expect it to be faultless as that wouldn't be fair and a totally unrealistic expectation. What would not surprise me in the slightest though is for this bunch of charlatans to over promise and under deliver...again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 minute ago, markavfc40 said: What would not surprise me in the slightest though is for this bunch of charlatans to over promise and under deliver...again. I’m just pleased that we’re 2-3 weeks into the roll out and they’ve not managed a huge **** up yet. Its only a matter of time until someone leaves a pallet of 200,000 vaccines in the sun and needs to be destroyed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted January 5, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 5, 2021 I popped to the local Co-Op this evening to tide me over before the big home food delivery. I came out feeling pretty angry - staff joking with their friends who were walking around the wrong way and keeping no distance to anyone at all. At one point I had to ask someone to respect my space (whilst the Co-Op lady giggled). That'll be that then - I will not venture out to anything like a "local" (or a big supermarket for that matter) for a while. Roll on the home food deliveries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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