Its a lie....We did this earlier. And every day for the past 3-4 days. Slots are made available, they fill up. At midday they release more slots. I looked there were slots available everywhere. Its a deliberate demand management strategy and the media have been told this repeatedly.
Will the system finally fall over at some point, I am sure it will. You have to pick some limit and 900k PCR test capacity is extremely large, but I am pretty sure it won't take much of something to go wrong and the elastic to finally snap.
And people are treating LFT tests like sweeties, some doing multiple a day or just doing them daily because why not, they are free. Then running out and getting pissed off they can't get another 20 of them instantly. It is clear there is very large demand and so take some personal responsibility and plan to use them when necessary.
If you tell people to go and enjoy meeting up, but to be careful, and to test beforehand, should you really be surprised when they do that?
This governments forward planning...🙄
That's different from people who have gone bonkers with LFT tests, where they take them every day, sometimes multiple times a day, regardless if they are sitting in the jim jams watching Netflix or going to see 90 year old nanna.
I think the mistake the government made is they should rationed them some what.
You can evidence some "people who have gone bonkers with LFT tests"? Or are you just speculating.
Check out social media, people are I know, its become the thing, take a test every day, then I better be careful take another before I go out...
I am reassured by the PB Brain Trust that BoZo is completely on top of things.
There is nothing to see here, and no cause for alarm.
Maybe he can even figure out where he was for the last 10 days..?
Having now watched the interview question I am perfectly content that he was in the UK. See how his tanned face shows no confusion, hesitation or embarrassment when he instantly replies "in this country".
Only traitors would look at his face, his body language and hear his stuttering eventual answer and conclude that he fucked off to Mustique.
Quite frankly I couldn’t give a shit if he’s been in Mustique, or anywhere else over Christmas. No travel restrictions from this end, so who cares. Now if he’s lied about it, then that’s different. I mean why? Why lie?
At a guess, Boris is telling the truth he has been in this country but if at Chequers (where PMs normally spend Christmas) and/or Downing Street for ten days, he could have said. So what is there to hide? Partying with squillionaire Tory donors?
I think he was just bemused by the question.
Perhaps Boris was taken unawares but surely his advisers will have warned him of the twitter rumours.
Bemused that it came from ITN? I don't know. But is there actually any evidence at all that he was away? Twitter rumors count for diddly.
As I said, I believe Boris when he said he was in this country and imagine he spent Christmas at Chequers, as is customary. That Boris felt unable to say so suggests he might also have gone somewhere else that he wants to hide.
Recently Foxy had commented that hospital staff ought to be provided with pukka masks in view of their constant exposure to TBV (the bloody virus), but that this had been denied.
This morning I saw a medic interviewed on my partner's TV saying very well the same thing, but, diplomatically, not mentioning any denial.
Private Eye has recently published one of their "special reports" entitled PROFITS OF DOOM, describing profiteering over the virus.
Prevalence is so high the chance of a false positive lft must be minute. Not sure why we're requiring validification of lft by pcr, or do I have it wrong ? One of my nieces and other nieces bf just lit up lfts as well as our xmas eve friends. In car with brother, he's boosted + delta tho so fingers crossed xD
The speed which people go full Boris conspiracy theories
The speed with which people assume he is a liar. Which he is...
Boris is a liar. Take a guess that he is lying (by omission, or by implication or some other method) and you've a not inconsiderable chance of being right.
It does not follow, however, that every single time he is accused of lying it should be assumed to be an accurate accusation and it is unreasonable for people to not simply assume every single word is a lie.
There's surely a difference to treating what he says and claims with caution, and acting as though he has never told a truth.
It's funny, to a point, but it is also lazy if intending to take the moral high ground.
My take is he has skived off for a week to be with his wife / kids and I am fairly sure long COVID plus age / unhealthy life plus his long held aversion to work means he can't take it and runs off for a sleep.
Its a lie....We did this earlier. And every day for the past 3-4 days. Slots are made available, they fill up. At midday they release more slots. I looked there were slots available everywhere. Its a deliberate demand management strategy and the media have been told this repeatedly.
Will the system finally fall over at some point, I am sure it will. You have to pick some limit and 900k PCR test capacity is extremely large, but I am pretty sure it won't take much of something to go wrong and the elastic to finally snap.
And people are treating LFT tests like sweeties, some doing multiple a day or just doing them daily because why not, they are free. Then running out and getting pissed off they can't get another 20 of them instantly. It is clear there is very large demand and so take some personal responsibility and plan to use them when necessary.
If you tell people to go and enjoy meeting up, but to be careful, and to test beforehand, should you really be surprised when they do that?
This governments forward planning...🙄
That's different from people who have gone bonkers with LFT tests, where they take them every day, sometimes multiple times a day, regardless if they are sitting in the jim jams watching Netflix or going to see 90 year old nanna.
I think the mistake the government made is they should rationed them some what.
Yeah the LFT tests are fine, but I worry it has become routine now to take one before you go out to any social occasion. How does the government get people to stop doing that?
I recall yesterday seeing a university professor who kept taking LFT tests until she got a positive, and then boasted about it on Twitter. It just seems like mass derangement and panic.
At which point I’d suggest (a) likely false positive and (b) can’t you just fake it with lemon juice anyway?*
*Anyone know if that urban myth was actually true?
The speed which people go full Boris conspiracy theories, remember that one where he was supposed to have secretly flow to Italy to meet a billionaire.
Occam's razor explanation is he has had a week off with his wife and his young kids. If he should do that during Omicron wave, well that's a different matter.
Who cares, anyway ? The electorate have written him off already.
OT loss of our heritage. The SS Richard Montgomery is to be made safe. That's the shipwreck stuffed full of bombs, hundreds of tons of them, off Sheerness (and seeing it is probably the main reason for going to Sheerness). Soon there will be nothing to see once they've removed its masts (as it is feared they might collapse on to the explosives below). https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/29/sunken-warship-river-thames-explosives-board-could-cause-mass/ (£££)
Hm, I think the headline is a bit misleading. All they are doing is removing the masts. The bombs will still be there, waiting.
The "CHASE" and "Sailor Hat" test proved that the tidal wave stuff from a full explosion of everything on the Montgomery wouldn't be more than a ripple.
Water/Air interfaces are great at dissipating explosive energy.
Diff to see how this can stand with FR new case figures as high as UK ones. Stopping Brits permanently resident in other EU MS from driving through FR w/out any warning of new rule isn't justified. But wrong to see this as part of Fr/UK rows. Its blind & silly app of a Covid rule
I am currently "isolating". Since I live alone and WFH, there is little difference to my usual life except I now get groceries online. I was at my son's over Xmas and he has had a positive PCR. He has not had a booster yet. I have a negative LFT, been boosted and I feel fine, but still have to isolate for 10 days. I have been requested via the app to take a PCR test, but apparently I should still isolate even if that is negative too, so what's the point in taking one? Vaccines work, boosters work. And Johnson, Sturgeon and Drakeford being absolute CU Next Tuesdays with the restrictions doesn't change that. I am coming to the conclusion that Track & Trace is simply stopping healthy people from working.
You are not required to self-isolate if you have been vaccinated.
"Contacts who are not required to self-isolate If you have had contact with someone who has COVID-19 you are at higher risk of becoming infected yourself and are strongly advised to take daily LFDs for 7 days.
If you have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, you are not legally required to self-isolate if you are fully vaccinated or you are below the age of 18 years 6 months."
To protect yourself and those around you, follow the guidance for staying safe and helping to prevent the spread of the virus. For more information and details about exemption from self-isolation, visit: https://contact-tracing.phe.gov.uk/links/guidance-for-contacts
To update details on your Test and Trace account, visit: https://contact-tracing.phe.gov.uk/ and sign in with your account ID and password."
Its a lie....We did this earlier. And every day for the past 3-4 days. Slots are made available, they fill up. At midday they release more slots. I looked there were slots available everywhere. Its a deliberate demand management strategy and the media have been told this repeatedly.
Will the system finally fall over at some point, I am sure it will. You have to pick some limit and 900k PCR test capacity is extremely large, but I am pretty sure it won't take much of something to go wrong and the elastic to finally snap.
And people are treating LFT tests like sweeties, some doing multiple a day or just doing them daily because why not, they are free. Then running out and getting pissed off they can't get another 20 of them instantly. It is clear there is very large demand and so take some personal responsibility and plan to use them when necessary.
If you tell people to go and enjoy meeting up, but to be careful, and to test beforehand, should you really be surprised when they do that?
This governments forward planning...🙄
That's different from people who have gone bonkers with LFT tests, where they take them every day, sometimes multiple times a day, regardless if they are sitting in the jim jams watching Netflix or going to see 90 year old nanna.
I think the mistake the government made is they should rationed them some what.
You can evidence some "people who have gone bonkers with LFT tests"? Or are you just speculating.
Check out social media, people are I know, its become the thing, take a test every day, then I better be careful take another before I go out...
I could be wrong but I think someone from the Scottish Government at some point recently "suggested" everyone should be taking an LFT every day. So some of the demand problem may be self-inflicted in that sense...
The speed which people go full Boris conspiracy theories
The speed with which people assume he is a liar. Which he is...
Boris is a liar. Take a guess that he is lying (by omission, or by implication or some other method) and you've a not inconsiderable chance of being right.
It does not follow, however, that every single time he is accused of lying it should be assumed to be an accurate accusation and it is unreasonable for people to not simply assume every single word is a lie.
There's surely a difference to treating what he says and claims with caution, and acting as though he has never told a truth.
It's funny, to a point, but it is also lazy if intending to take the moral high ground.
My take is he has skived off for a week to be with his wife / kids and I am fairly sure long COVID plus age / unhealthy life plus his long held aversion to work means he can't take it and runs off for a sleep.
Its a lie....We did this earlier. And every day for the past 3-4 days. Slots are made available, they fill up. At midday they release more slots. I looked there were slots available everywhere. Its a deliberate demand management strategy and the media have been told this repeatedly.
Will the system finally fall over at some point, I am sure it will. You have to pick some limit and 900k PCR test capacity is extremely large, but I am pretty sure it won't take much of something to go wrong and the elastic to finally snap.
And people are treating LFT tests like sweeties, some doing multiple a day or just doing them daily because why not, they are free. Then running out and getting pissed off they can't get another 20 of them instantly. It is clear there is very large demand and so take some personal responsibility and plan to use them when necessary.
I get that. However, this morning I got a text saying every member of my family needs to LFT daily till Jan 3rd. So we'll be needing above 20. Multiply that out and that's a lot of tests nationwide.
Nige Farage has joined the antivaxxers....no to anymore than 2 jabs apparently.
Called that days ago. This is the issue with describing it as a "mild cold". Why do we need jabs then? And. Why have you been off work for more than.a week? Skiver. For most people up-to-date with jabs this may be true. But we know this virus treats people very differently. Always has. 6 months from last jab it's a different story.
It is why I was very critical of this "its mild" narrative that was allowed to take hold. That is not the same as it "is milder" on a population basis.
And there are a load of factors of why people's experiences vary e.g. South Africa lots of people have had Beta and Delta, the parental lineage of Omicron.
You do combine to an impressive extent a nice line in Hur hur hur how stupid the little people are about everything, with the most majestic bellyflops imaginable. Beta and Delta are absolutely, undeniably, unambiguously NOT in the parental lineage of omicron.
"Omicron clearly did not develop out of one of the earlier variants of concern, such as Alpha or Delta. Instead, it appears to have evolved in parallel—and in the dark. Omicron is so different from the millions of SARS-CoV-2 genomes that have been shared publicly that pinpointing its closest relative is difficult, says Emma Hodcroft, a virologist at the University of Bern. It likely diverged early from other strains, she says. “I would say it goes back to mid-2020.” "
Its a lie....We did this earlier. And every day for the past 3-4 days. Slots are made available, they fill up. At midday they release more slots. I looked there were slots available everywhere. Its a deliberate demand management strategy and the media have been told this repeatedly.
Will the system finally fall over at some point, I am sure it will. You have to pick some limit and 900k PCR test capacity is extremely large, but I am pretty sure it won't take much of something to go wrong and the elastic to finally snap.
And people are treating LFT tests like sweeties, some doing multiple a day or just doing them daily because why not, they are free. Then running out and getting pissed off they can't get another 20 of them instantly. It is clear there is very large demand and so take some personal responsibility and plan to use them when necessary.
If you tell people to go and enjoy meeting up, but to be careful, and to test beforehand, should you really be surprised when they do that?
This governments forward planning...🙄
That's different from people who have gone bonkers with LFT tests, where they take them every day, sometimes multiple times a day, regardless if they are sitting in the jim jams watching Netflix or going to see 90 year old nanna.
I think the mistake the government made is they should rationed them some what.
You can evidence some "people who have gone bonkers with LFT tests"? Or are you just speculating.
Check out social media, people are I know, its become the thing, take a test every day, then I better be careful take another before I go out...
I could be wrong but I think someone from the Scottish Government at some point recently "suggested" everyone should be taking an LFT every day. So some of the demand problem may be self-inflicted in that sense...
Swinney, though he has a vulnerable wife so perhaps reasonable in thar circumstance.
The speed which people go full Boris conspiracy theories, remember that one where he was supposed to have secretly flow to Italy to meet a billionaire.
That was an odd one; not some random rumour from Twitter or the blogosphere but an official press release from Italian airport officials, which later, as far as we can see, turned out to be untrue. It is hard to believe they did this based on absolutely nothing.
I can explain the mindset of protestors such as these.
They start off talking to some people and before long the only people they communicate with on the subject of COVID are from a tighter and tighter group. More and more radical in their... beliefs. They spiral inwards until they disappear up their own arses. From which vantage point they throw shit at the rest of us.
This is exactly how all the other extremisms work. It's how the PIRA found Irish people to blow up pubs. It's how ISIS found Begum.
The process is self filtering. Most fall out of the "spiral" - which increases the "purity" of those that remain.
What you have in the header, is triple distilled nutters.
That's more an osmosis that you describe: PB pedantry. Or a separation cyclotron if you prefer. But the result is the same.
Its a lie....We did this earlier. And every day for the past 3-4 days. Slots are made available, they fill up. At midday they release more slots. I looked there were slots available everywhere. Its a deliberate demand management strategy and the media have been told this repeatedly.
Will the system finally fall over at some point, I am sure it will. You have to pick some limit and 900k PCR test capacity is extremely large, but I am pretty sure it won't take much of something to go wrong and the elastic to finally snap.
And people are treating LFT tests like sweeties, some doing multiple a day or just doing them daily because why not, they are free. Then running out and getting pissed off they can't get another 20 of them instantly. It is clear there is very large demand and so take some personal responsibility and plan to use them when necessary.
My friend in Newcastle tried to book a PCR at 3pm. Was offered only Kelso at 3:30 - nothing else available.
Its a lie....We did this earlier. And every day for the past 3-4 days. Slots are made available, they fill up. At midday they release more slots. I looked there were slots available everywhere. Its a deliberate demand management strategy and the media have been told this repeatedly.
Will the system finally fall over at some point, I am sure it will. You have to pick some limit and 900k PCR test capacity is extremely large, but I am pretty sure it won't take much of something to go wrong and the elastic to finally snap.
And people are treating LFT tests like sweeties, some doing multiple a day or just doing them daily because why not, they are free. Then running out and getting pissed off they can't get another 20 of them instantly. It is clear there is very large demand and so take some personal responsibility and plan to use them when necessary.
If you tell people to go and enjoy meeting up, but to be careful, and to test beforehand, should you really be surprised when they do that?
This governments forward planning...🙄
That's different from people who have gone bonkers with LFT tests, where they take them every day, sometimes multiple times a day, regardless if they are sitting in the jim jams watching Netflix or going to see 90 year old nanna.
I think the mistake the government made is they should rationed them some what.
OT loss of our heritage. The SS Richard Montgomery is to be made safe. That's the shipwreck stuffed full of bombs, hundreds of tons of them, off Sheerness (and seeing it is probably the main reason for going to Sheerness). Soon there will be nothing to see once they've removed its masts (as it is feared they might collapse on to the explosives below). https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/29/sunken-warship-river-thames-explosives-board-could-cause-mass/ (£££)
The speed which people go full Boris conspiracy theories, remember that one where he was supposed to have secretly flow to Italy to meet a billionaire.
That was an odd one; not some random rumour from Twitter or the blogosphere but an official press release from Italian airport officials, which later, as far as we can see, turned out to be untrue. It is hard to believe they did this based on absolutely nothing.
I don't believe that was true. It started with unnamed sources briefing press.
Italian newspaper La Repubblica and publication Umbria24 claim airport sources told them that Mr Johnson “travelled to Perugia” arrived “on Friday, September 11, at 2pm”, but a Number 10 spokesman said: “This claim is wrong.”
The official airport response was we checked it isn't true,
“He absolutely did not recently land in Perugia. In recent years, yes, he passed through, but not recently,” Stefano Panato told the Guardian. “I have checked the registries and spoken to people, this is the official denial.”
Panato said the newspapers’ sources may have mistaken Mr Blair for Mr Johnson. “Tony Blair arrived the 13th and left 14th. Someone said the British prime minister had passed through but the British prime minister is no longer Tony Blair,” he said.
I can explain the mindset of protestors such as these.
They start off talking to some people and before long the only people they communicate with on the subject of COVID are from a tighter and tighter group. More and more radical in their... beliefs. They spiral inwards until they disappear up their own arses. From which vantage point they throw shit at the rest of us.
This is exactly how all the other extremisms work. It's how the PIRA found Irish people to blow up pubs. It's how ISIS found Begum.
The process is self filtering. Most fall out of the "spiral" - which increases the "purity" of those that remain.
What you have in the header, is triple distilled nutters.
That's more an osmosis that you describe: PB pedantry. Or a separation cyclotron if you prefer. But the result is the same.
The front page of the i uses the word shortages. The PB Brain Trust will no doubt write to the editor to explain there is no shortage, there just are not enough to go around.
Wasn't there a Supreme Court ruling relating to Insulate Britain that suggested a degree of disruption from protest was to be tolerated in a free society - or words to that effect?
I've heard it pronounced three different ways in the past five minutes.
I've noticed that people who knew her tend to pronounce the first letter as 'g' in 'geek', first syllable to rhyme with 'pea' and second syllable to rhyme with 'pain'.
The front page of the i uses the word shortages. The PB Brain Trust will no doubt write to the editor to explain there is no shortage, there just are not enough to go around.
At the pharmacy in Sainsbury's today, there was a big sign saying they had no LFT kits. I bought their last box of masks.
I've heard it pronounced three different ways in the past five minutes.
I've noticed that people who knew her tend to pronounce the first letter as 'g' in 'geek', first syllable to rhyme with 'pea' and second syllable to rhyme with 'pain'.
Maybe get Channel 4 to send a camera crew around. Great British Fuck Off.
I feel desperately sorry for anti vaxxers, more so for falling for much of the rubbish spouted. A colleague at work refused to get it because of “monkey aids”, which I thought he was joking about. Turns out he was dead serious.
But yeah, time to chuck them in a tent and free up the beds for others
I'm assuming Prince Andrew's lawyers' absolute masterstroke of trying to get Giuffre's case against him closed down because she lives in Australia means he can stop sweating?
I want figures for total hospital admissions, not admissions with covid, total numbers in hospital, numbers on oxygen and number of staff available compared to last year. We might then get to the bottom of the problem.
This is a consequence of trying to force people in to getting vaccinated. You can get some people to comply, but then it hardens the views of a another small minority who become consumed by conspiracy theories like these people.
No, it’s not. The anti vaxxers have been full on conspiracy nonsense for a long, long time.
Maybe get Channel 4 to send a camera crew around. Great British Fuck Off.
I feel desperately sorry for anti vaxxers, more so for falling for much of the rubbish spouted. A colleague at work refused to get it because of “monkey aids”, which I thought he was joking about. Turns out he was dead serious.
But yeah, time to chuck them in a tent and free up the beds for others
Just prioritise every other type of case for ICU. Triage.
That kid needing ICU for brain tumour? He gets to go in first. The Piers Corbyn worshippers get to stay in the corridor until there is capacity. Brutal but what else is fairer?
OT loss of our heritage. The SS Richard Montgomery is to be made safe. That's the shipwreck stuffed full of bombs, hundreds of tons of them, off Sheerness (and seeing it is probably the main reason for going to Sheerness). Soon there will be nothing to see once they've removed its masts (as it is feared they might collapse on to the explosives below). https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/29/sunken-warship-river-thames-explosives-board-could-cause-mass/ (£££)
Hm, I think the headline is a bit misleading. All they are doing is removing the masts. The bombs will still be there, waiting.
Strange. At least with the masts poking out of the sea, and the 'danger' signs on them; people know exactly where the wreck is and to avoid it. It seems that by moving them there would be a greater chance that the wreck is disturbed.
I could be wrong but I think someone from the Scottish Government at some point recently "suggested" everyone should be taking an LFT every day. So some of the demand problem may be self-inflicted in that sense...
The two tests a week rate was intended to be frequent enough to have a good chance of catching an infection that was substantial enough to likely lead to further infections. It might need to be more frequent with Omicron, but unless there is evidence to back it up I can't see any reason for the public to be doing a daily test unless they work in something like healthcare.
I could be wrong but I think someone from the Scottish Government at some point recently "suggested" everyone should be taking an LFT every day. So some of the demand problem may be self-inflicted in that sense...
The two tests a week rate was intended to be frequent enough to have a good chance of catching an infection that was substantial enough to likely lead to further infections. It might need to be more frequent with Omicron, but unless there is evidence to back it up I can't see any reason for the public to be doing a daily test unless they work in something like healthcare.
Daily testing with LFTs is recommended for contacts via T and T instead of isolating.
I am currently "isolating". Since I live alone and WFH, there is little difference to my usual life except I now get groceries online. I was at my son's over Xmas and he has had a positive PCR. He has not had a booster yet. I have a negative LFT, been boosted and I feel fine, but still have to isolate for 10 days. I have been requested via the app to take a PCR test, but apparently I should still isolate even if that is negative too, so what's the point in taking one? Vaccines work, boosters work. And Johnson, Sturgeon and Drakeford being absolute CU Next Tuesdays with the restrictions doesn't change that. I am coming to the conclusion that Track & Trace is simply stopping healthy people from working.
You are not required to self-isolate if you have been vaccinated.
"Contacts who are not required to self-isolate If you have had contact with someone who has COVID-19 you are at higher risk of becoming infected yourself and are strongly advised to take daily LFDs for 7 days.
If you have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, you are not legally required to self-isolate if you are fully vaccinated or you are below the age of 18 years 6 months."
To protect yourself and those around you, follow the guidance for staying safe and helping to prevent the spread of the virus. For more information and details about exemption from self-isolation, visit: https://contact-tracing.phe.gov.uk/links/guidance-for-contacts
To update details on your Test and Trace account, visit: https://contact-tracing.phe.gov.uk/ and sign in with your account ID and password."
What did yours say?
"Please isolate for the full 10 day isolation period, even if you are fully vaccinated, have no symptoms and your PCR result is negative."
To be clear, I am absolutely against people remaining un-vaccinated against COVID, and I've been vaccinated fully. That said, I don't want this to develop into a situation where the geniuses behind Britain's public health think they can use me as a pin cushion every few months for anything going. One doesn't need to subscribe to a nefarious plot to see that as something to be avoided - simple incompetence makes it a bad idea.
Yes, we must use the vaccines where needed, and thank God for them. But the main focus belongs on us reclaiming our own health, not on jabbing.
I am currently "isolating". Since I live alone and WFH, there is little difference to my usual life except I now get groceries online. I was at my son's over Xmas and he has had a positive PCR. He has not had a booster yet. I have a negative LFT, been boosted and I feel fine, but still have to isolate for 10 days. I have been requested via the app to take a PCR test, but apparently I should still isolate even if that is negative too, so what's the point in taking one? Vaccines work, boosters work. And Johnson, Sturgeon and Drakeford being absolute CU Next Tuesdays with the restrictions doesn't change that. I am coming to the conclusion that Track & Trace is simply stopping healthy people from working.
You are not required to self-isolate if you have been vaccinated.
"Contacts who are not required to self-isolate If you have had contact with someone who has COVID-19 you are at higher risk of becoming infected yourself and are strongly advised to take daily LFDs for 7 days.
If you have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, you are not legally required to self-isolate if you are fully vaccinated or you are below the age of 18 years 6 months."
To protect yourself and those around you, follow the guidance for staying safe and helping to prevent the spread of the virus. For more information and details about exemption from self-isolation, visit: https://contact-tracing.phe.gov.uk/links/guidance-for-contacts
To update details on your Test and Trace account, visit: https://contact-tracing.phe.gov.uk/ and sign in with your account ID and password."
What did yours say?
"Please isolate for the full 10 day isolation period, even if you are fully vaccinated, have no symptoms and your PCR result is negative."
OT loss of our heritage. The SS Richard Montgomery is to be made safe. That's the shipwreck stuffed full of bombs, hundreds of tons of them, off Sheerness (and seeing it is probably the main reason for going to Sheerness). Soon there will be nothing to see once they've removed its masts (as it is feared they might collapse on to the explosives below). https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/29/sunken-warship-river-thames-explosives-board-could-cause-mass/ (£££)
Hm, I think the headline is a bit misleading. All they are doing is removing the masts. The bombs will still be there, waiting.
Strange. At least with the masts poking out of the sea, and the 'danger' signs on them; people know exactly where the wreck is and to avoid it. It seems that by moving them there would be a greater chance that the wreck is disturbed.
The actual process of removing them sounds quite risky too.
To be clear, I am absolutely against people remaining un-vaccinated against COVID, and I've been vaccinated fully. That said, I don't want this to develop into a situation where the geniuses behind Britain's public health think they can use me as a pin cushion every few months for anything going. One doesn't need to subscribe to a nefarious plot to see that as something to be avoided - simple incompetence makes it a bad idea.
Yes, we must use the vaccines where needed, and thank God for them. But the main focus belongs on us reclaiming our own health, not on jabbing.
I am currently "isolating". Since I live alone and WFH, there is little difference to my usual life except I now get groceries online. I was at my son's over Xmas and he has had a positive PCR. He has not had a booster yet. I have a negative LFT, been boosted and I feel fine, but still have to isolate for 10 days. I have been requested via the app to take a PCR test, but apparently I should still isolate even if that is negative too, so what's the point in taking one? Vaccines work, boosters work. And Johnson, Sturgeon and Drakeford being absolute CU Next Tuesdays with the restrictions doesn't change that. I am coming to the conclusion that Track & Trace is simply stopping healthy people from working.
You are not required to self-isolate if you have been vaccinated.
"Contacts who are not required to self-isolate If you have had contact with someone who has COVID-19 you are at higher risk of becoming infected yourself and are strongly advised to take daily LFDs for 7 days.
If you have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, you are not legally required to self-isolate if you are fully vaccinated or you are below the age of 18 years 6 months."
To protect yourself and those around you, follow the guidance for staying safe and helping to prevent the spread of the virus. For more information and details about exemption from self-isolation, visit: https://contact-tracing.phe.gov.uk/links/guidance-for-contacts
To update details on your Test and Trace account, visit: https://contact-tracing.phe.gov.uk/ and sign in with your account ID and password."
What did yours say?
"Please isolate for the full 10 day isolation period, even if you are fully vaccinated, have no symptoms and your PCR result is negative."
That seems rather strange, and against the advice on the government's website.
I could be wrong but I think someone from the Scottish Government at some point recently "suggested" everyone should be taking an LFT every day. So some of the demand problem may be self-inflicted in that sense...
The two tests a week rate was intended to be frequent enough to have a good chance of catching an infection that was substantial enough to likely lead to further infections. It might need to be more frequent with Omicron, but unless there is evidence to back it up I can't see any reason for the public to be doing a daily test unless they work in something like healthcare.
Daily testing with LFTs is recommended for contacts via T and T instead of isolating.
Yes and that makes sense. What I'm saying is someone in the SG was suggesting people tested daily as a matter of course, which makes...less sense.
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https://twitter.com/JonLemire/status/1476313875020664835?s=20
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/27/give-ffp3-masks-to-nhs-staff-omicron-doctors-say?s=09
One of my nieces and other nieces bf just lit up lfts as well as our xmas eve friends. In car with brother, he's boosted + delta tho so fingers crossed xD
Count 1: Guilty
Count 2: Not Guilty
Count 3: Guilty
Count 4: Guilty
Count 5: Guilty
Count 6: Guilty
*Anyone know if that urban myth was actually true?
The electorate have written him off already.
Water/Air interfaces are great at dissipating explosive energy.
https://twitter.com/Mij_Europe/status/1476314779291688960?s=20
"NHS Test and Trace has identified you as a contact of someone who recently tested positive for COVID-19.
You do not have to self-isolate. However, you should book a PCR test, even if you do not have symptoms.
If you develop symptoms, you should self-isolate immediately before taking your PCR test.
Book your test at https://contact-tracing.phe.gov.uk/links/ask-for-a-coronavirus-test.
To protect yourself and those around you, follow the guidance for staying safe and helping to prevent the spread of the virus. For more information and details about exemption from self-isolation, visit: https://contact-tracing.phe.gov.uk/links/guidance-for-contacts
To update details on your Test and Trace account, visit: https://contact-tracing.phe.gov.uk/ and sign in with your account ID and password."
What did yours say?
However, this morning I got a text saying every member of my family needs to LFT daily till Jan 3rd.
So we'll be needing above 20. Multiply that out and that's a lot of tests nationwide.
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I think.
https://twitter.com/donaeldunready/status/1476315694920839169
https://www.science.org/content/article/where-did-weird-omicron-come
"Omicron clearly did not develop out of one of the earlier variants of concern, such as Alpha or Delta. Instead, it appears to have evolved in parallel—and in the dark. Omicron is so different from the millions of SARS-CoV-2 genomes that have been shared publicly that pinpointing its closest relative is difficult, says Emma Hodcroft, a virologist at the University of Bern. It likely diverged early from other strains, she says. “I would say it goes back to mid-2020.” "
Death penalty for these morons, these fuckers are denying the jab to people who need it, they have blood on their hands.
Absolute [naughty word that OGH bans people for using.]
with Intent to Engage in Illegal Sexual Activity
Maybe get Channel 4 to send a camera crew around. Great British Fuck Off.
NY Times
Except for those dealing in ready flaked Parmesan. They will be hunted down.....
I've heard it pronounced three different ways in the past five minutes.
NY Times
Italian newspaper La Repubblica and publication Umbria24 claim airport sources told them that Mr Johnson “travelled to Perugia” arrived “on Friday, September 11, at 2pm”, but a Number 10 spokesman said: “This claim is wrong.”
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/boris-johnson-accused-secret-trip-18968102
The official airport response was we checked it isn't true,
“He absolutely did not recently land in Perugia. In recent years, yes, he passed through, but not recently,” Stefano Panato told the Guardian. “I have checked the registries and spoken to people, this is the official denial.”
Panato said the newspapers’ sources may have mistaken Mr Blair for Mr Johnson. “Tony Blair arrived the 13th and left 14th. Someone said the British prime minister had passed through but the British prime minister is no longer Tony Blair,” he said.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/italian-airport-quashes-claims-of-boris-johnson-s-secret-trip-1.4360552
Tory MP to BuzzFeed on Mark Reckless defecting: “I can’t say the word c**t but he’s a f**king c**t who deserves a hot poker up his arse.”
https://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2014/09/30/memo-to-the-tories-never-hate-your-enemies-it-affects-your-judgement/
The front page of the i uses the word shortages. The PB Brain Trust will no doubt write to the editor to explain there is no shortage, there just are not enough to go around.
I wonder if they might change their mind now.
But yeah, time to chuck them in a tent and free up the beds for others
We have new results on T cell responses to #Omicron, and its good news!
Paper submitted for peer review & preprint:
https://medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.26.21268380v1…
TL;DR: Most of your T cell responses from vaccination or previous infection still recognise Omicron.
https://twitter.com/virusmonologues/status/1476221647417921536?s=20
I wonder if her suicide watch will be any better than that for her man?
But I bet Prince Andrew currently looks like
She is 60.
The anti vaxxers have been full on conspiracy nonsense for a long, long time.
That kid needing ICU for brain tumour? He gets to go in first. The Piers Corbyn worshippers get to stay in the corridor until there is capacity. Brutal but what else is fairer?
And lastly, there will be another 4-day span over new years with no data being released again (1st/2nd/3rd/4th).
No Scottish data will be released at all, and I believe there won't be any data for Wales/Northern Ireland on the 1st/2nd/3rd either.
https://twitter.com/TravellingTabby/status/1476319907344109569?s=20
So expect a major “surge” (sic) on the 5th..
I suspect it will be the sort of consecutive sentence that the US loves to hand out so probably 60 years in jail.
Yes, we must use the vaccines where needed, and thank God for them. But the main focus belongs on us reclaiming our own health, not on jabbing.
Its beyond a joke that a criminal can commit as many crimes as they like and they'll only ever risk sentencing for one of them, if that.
That's in fact wronger than anyone who said Owen Paterson had no appellate process.
eg https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/overarching-guides/magistrates-court/item/totality/