Nucky Thompson Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 12 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: I know it’s boring as deck now Is it even a thing now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 6 minutes ago, escobri said: Oi grim reaper it's no your game so feck off back to the guardian site for more "science". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escobri Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 minute ago, Ulysses said: 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 26 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: I know it’s boring as deck now And yet here you are. 🥱 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffin Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 2 hours ago, Ulysses said: There's a spring vaccine rollout across the UK, apparently. I think it covers the same risk groups as last year's spring programme. I appreciate that's an answer in good faith so I'm not going to play dumb...I just remember when it was supposedly so critical for everyone to get it and find it odd they now target it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 2 hours ago, Nucky Thompson said: Is it even a thing now? Some people seem to let go of it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 There's no point having a general population booster campaign unless it was something that would have a material effect on demand of health services resources. It's a cost vs benefit calculation. You need to provide a lot of resources to stage a general campaign and take-up would undoubtedly be very limited. Clearly there is no net benefit. The pandemic / crisis in healthcare phase of covid ended a long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 minute ago, Jim_Duncan said: Yeah, about April 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escobri Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 16 minutes ago, Jim_Duncan said: I drank a pint of bleach and then stood in front of my car headlights on full beam for 20 minutes. Topped up my immunity. Now yer talking, I just point a UV torch up my beak, don't see much apart from some speckles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffin Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 54 minutes ago, Jim_Duncan said: Yeah, about April 2020. Glad everyone's caught up with realizing there's no benefit to boosting everyone. It's only taken 3 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 hour ago, Jim_Duncan said: Yeah, about April 2020. Bet me to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 13 minutes ago, Taffin said: Glad everyone's caught up with realizing there's no benefit to boosting everyone. It's only taken 3 years. Awe but there were some on here..no names..decrying those who suggested that not everyone needed boosted...short memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Vindicated. More to come. Covid inquiry: Local lockdowns failed, said Drakeford - BBC News Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 2 hours ago, Taffin said: I appreciate that's an answer in good faith so I'm not going to play dumb...I just remember when it was supposedly so critical for everyone to get it and find it odd they now target it. And target it differently. In Ireland, the annual autumn shot was available last year to anyone over 50. In NI, it was 65. I suspect it's all a case of government systems living and learning. Sometimes governments can plan things out in advance to the nth degree and everything follows the plan. Sometimes they have to live and learn in real time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 hour ago, Jim_Duncan said: I drank a pint of bleach and then stood in front of my car headlights on full beam for 20 minutes. Topped up my immunity. Not LED headlights, I hope? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 11 minutes ago, Jim_Duncan said: Just hoping they take the same approach to 'lockdowns' should a similar issue arise. Just hoping they wouldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 The usual numbnuts getting confused between what is needed now and what was needed at points in the past. It takes a special type of goon to attempt to use one to try to prove a point about the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 3 minutes ago, Victorian said: The usual numbnuts getting confused between what is needed now and what was needed at points in the past. It takes a special type of goon to attempt to use one to try to prove a point about the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Just now, Jim_Duncan said: Ach, it's easier for me than others to be a smart-arse, and I shouldn't be dismissive. As chance would have it I had previously worked with some of the key Irish decision-makers, so I knew a lot of the thinking behind the various measures. 🤷♂️ Just now, Jim_Duncan said: Xenon. Got it wrong the first time and ate a light bulb while watching bleach. No danger of repeating that mistake. In any case, you won't need a top-up for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 8 minutes ago, Victorian said: The usual numbnuts getting confused between what is needed now and what was needed at points in the past. It takes a special type of goon to attempt to use one to try to prove a point about the other. I'm reminded a bit of the Y2K episode, to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Just now, Ulysses said: I'm reminded a bit of the Y2K episode, to be honest. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffin Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 18 minutes ago, Victorian said: The usual numbnuts getting confused between what is needed now and what was needed at points in the past. It takes a special type of goon to attempt to use one to try to prove a point about the other. It's okay to admit you fell for it all hook, line and sinker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Just now, Taffin said: It's okay to admit you fell for it all hook, line and sinker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 3 minutes ago, Taffin said: It's okay to admit you fell for it all hook, line and sinker. He hasn’t got the humility to do that . It’s a major flaw of a few on this I’ve noticed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 minute ago, JudyJudyJudy said: He hasn’t got the humility to do that . It’s a major flaw of a few on this I’ve noticed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 minute ago, Victorian said: It’s ok I forgive you 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 minute ago, JudyJudyJudy said: It’s ok I forgive you 😎 What are you doing posting pictures of that Russia-loving bollox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Never got vaccinated at the time and still havent and despite this and obviously not having had any boosters Im remarkably still alive. Who'd hav thunk it eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 minute ago, been here before said: Never got vaccinated at the time and still havent and despite this and obviously not having had any boosters Im remarkably still alive. Who'd hav thunk it eh? How many times have you had Covid-19? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 5 minutes ago, Ulysses said: How many times have you had Covid-19? Twice and amazingly survived both times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 minute ago, been here before said: Twice and amazingly survived both times. Most people who've had the bug have survived it, to be fair. You probably have some degree of immunity built up now, though how much and how long-lasting I couldn't say. I never had Covid before I got the jabs. I've had it twice since and it didn't bother me much, to be honest. I knew a couple of people who got it in the days before the vaccine rollout. One died, in or around 60. The others were fine when it was over, but found the illness itself a bit hard going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 minute ago, Jim_Duncan said: Decisions made in a state of fear are rarely wise ones. That is true. However, not making decisions in a state of fear is usually even more unwise. What can't be denied is that crisis decision-making tends to be error-strewn, and the pandemic was no exception. Unfortunately, you often only get to see the errors in your rear-view mirror. As I recall from the days before the vaccine rollout, a lot of government figures here felt that they'd be given pelters for being too cautious, but that they'd be politically finished if they were too lax and the bodies piled up. I also know that in the Irish case, the issues around Covid-19 were generally not as politicised as they were in the UK, mainly because we didn't have anyone quite as inept as Boris Johnson. You're also not wrong about the lack of preparedness. I wouldn't want to bet on how well prepared we'll be for the next one either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 National Records of Scotland, have recorded 290 deaths of people "with Covid" this year (to 3rd March), with 189 of them being "due to Covid". It's still a thing if you are in a vulnerable group, despite the apparent reduction in the virulence of the latest variants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 9 minutes ago, Jim_Duncan said: My starting position is that governments really shouldn’t be making all that many decisions anyway. In a crisis, the decisions of government might be the only thing standing between ordinary people and savagery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucky Thompson Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 11 hours ago, Victorian said: The usual numbnuts getting confused between what is needed now and what was needed at points in the past. It takes a special type of goon to attempt to use one to try to prove a point about the other. Go back in this thread to the end of 2021, start of 2022 and you'll find a whole load of numbnuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, Nucky Thompson said: Go back in this thread to the end of 2021, start of 2022 and you'll find a whole load of numbnuts Of course. Bad times all round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 59 minutes ago, Jim_Duncan said: Not really. All the fearties were locked up making sourdough bread and listening to Sturgeon. The rest of us were out and having fun. Yepppp !!! My awakening was around May 2020 so only a couple months of shitting my breeks. The rest continued to shit their breeks for another couple years , eventually thriving and enjoying it I feel . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, Jim_Duncan said: I still meet people through my work - healthy youngish adults - who mention they are too scared and don't go to the cinema or to bars because of Covid. Tragic . I saw a truly bizarre site last week . Even took a pic . A driver in a car with a mask on !! Dearie me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, JudyJudyJudy said: Tragic . I saw a truly bizarre site last week . Even took a pic . A driver in a car with a mask on !! Dearie me That's not creepy at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 6 minutes ago, kila said: That's not creepy at all It was to show a friend ! He found it as humorous as me ! And ludicrous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XB52 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 This threads hilarious now with all our brave freedom fighters lining up to show how they stuck it to the man; nobody tells them what to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 11 minutes ago, XB52 said: This threads hilarious now with all our brave freedom fighters lining up to show how they stuck it to the man; nobody tells them what to do. Were the Bodrum knocking shops still open during covid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 32 minutes ago, XB52 said: This threads hilarious now with all our brave freedom fighters lining up to show how they stuck it to the man; nobody tells them what to do. weirdos. Still thrashing away with the howling "shitting their pants" patter. One even tried to make a point by citing the fact that he didn't die. "Who would have thunked it". Well **** me, est. 7m covid deaths on a planet with 8bn population. And one guy didnae die!!! Someone alert the authorities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 8 hours ago, Jim_Duncan said: I really hope you have that in a little frame on your desk. The message of the day on my desk says "The cat purrs to please itself". Not that I've ever asked any cats about the matter. 🐈⬛ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 19 hours ago, il Duce McTarkin said: Shame. Really warming to you, il Duce ☺️ 4 hours ago, JudyJudyJudy said: Yepppp !!! My awakening was around May 2020 so only a couple months of shitting my breeks. The rest continued to shit their breeks for another couple years , eventually thriving and enjoying it I feel . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 53 minutes ago, il Duce McTarkin said: Were the Bodrum knocking shops still open during covid? 😂😂😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 minute ago, Gizmo said: Really warming to you, il Duce ☺️ Thsts true . Hook line and sinker , but woke up fairly quickly unlike most of the mob on this thread . In fact they are stlepping the same bollocks. It’s hard to admit you’ve been had I guess . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XB52 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 34 minutes ago, Victorian said: weirdos. Still thrashing away with the howling "shitting their pants" patter. One even tried to make a point by citing the fact that he didn't die. "Who would have thunked it". Well **** me, est. 7m covid deaths on a planet with 8bn population. And one guy didnae die!!! Someone alert the authorities. I've not got a clue why they are bothered enough about it to keep on telling us they were never bothered about it. It was years ago and most people now treat it like the flu; get a booster every year if you're in the right age bracket or with relevant health issues. If some people still want to wear a mask, it certainly doesn't impact my life or annoy me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 8 minutes ago, XB52 said: I've not got a clue why they are bothered enough about it to keep on telling us they were never bothered about it. It was years ago and most people now treat it like the flu; get a booster every year if you're in the right age bracket or with relevant health issues. If some people still want to wear a mask, it certainly doesn't impact my life or annoy me. Is pretty much the be all and end all of it. It's over. :weneedamoveonffsemoji: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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