He's doing well. Can only be the case that he has stolen these doses from the EU surely?
FWIW, Montgomery Co, MD where I live is now doing about 0.8% of its population first dose per day, and about half that 2nd dose on top. Not too shabby.
CNN: For all that prominent Brexiteers talked up the idea of London becoming "Singapore-on-Thames" -- a low-tax financial hub that could de-regulate its way to stealing businesses from Europe -- and a giant in global trade, the UK's socio-economic and political systems will probably remain very European for quite some time to come.
This may seem odd, given the monumental decision Brits took in 2016, backing a campaign to leave the EU led by people like Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson -- free-market capitalists and ardent Euroskeptics.
Yet while Brits did vote by a majority of 1.3 million to leave the EU, what isn't clear is whether they really wanted to be less European.
"There are essentially two dimensions to British politics: The left-right divide on economics and [the] liberal-conservative divide on social issues," says Chris Curtis, a pollster at Opinium Research. He explains that among the political classes, these tend to correlate as social conservatives supporting right-wing economics.
It's much less clear among the general public though.
"Lots of people voted 'Leave' because they wanted the UK to have more control and they opposed immigration, but they do not support the idea of shrinking the state, deregulating, and lowering standards," Curtis adds. "Many of the leaders of the Brexit movement saw the future of the country differently."
Britain as a European nation has always been a bit of a paradox.
On one hand, the public doesn't think of itself as particularly European. On the other, it supports policies which are.
It does not support vaccine nationalism and its appalling behaviour
Anyone know why NI is doing so poorly? Almost 10% behind now, best part of 2 weeks.
One factor is that you don't need an NHS number to book a vaccination, so hundreds of people from the Republic have been booking and then been turned away when they turn up.
I presume a "surprise" would be the Conservatives getting most votes but I just wonder if the surprise will end there.
If the numbers work that either Labour +PC or Conservative + PC would command a majority in the Senedd, there seems an assumption only the former is likely.
I wonder.
72 hours before the 2010 election, Cameron said he wouldn't do a deal with the Liberal Democrats. That's what politicians say because they want you to vote for them not for someone else. I don't know if Andrew Davies is honestly saying a Welsh Conservative Party he led couldn't work with Plaid but if the opportunity were there to replace Labour and become First Minister, are we saying he wouldn't take it?
That would be the surprise, a CON/PC Government in Wales.
I wouldn't rule it out whatever the respective Party leaders are saying now - the temptation of power can be very strong.
I suspect if PC changed their minds and jumped into an RT lead coalition (or any coalition/supply arrangement with RT) they would be heading down the same rabbit hole as the LDs did after their UK coalition with the Conservatives. I voted PC in 2016 only to be appalled at the idea of Leanne's rainbow coalition with UKIP and the Conservatives. If I vote for them either on a candidate or list basis it isn't to furnish the Welsh Conservatives ( who make Johnson look like a Statesman) with any part in the Sennedd Government, and I suspect I would not be alone.
If the Conservatives can smash Labour and almost go it alone, that is another matter.
Anyone know why NI is doing so poorly? Almost 10% behind now, best part of 2 weeks.
NI 50+ 677,166 18+ 1,452,962
First doses 703,334 (103.8% 50+)
Scotland 50+ 4,434,138 18+ 2,183,051
First doses 2,285,711 (104.7%)
Wales 50+ 1,293,189 18+ 2,522,940
First doses 1,320,188 (102.1%)
England 50+ 21,043,663 18+ 44,263,393
First doses 24,681,955 (117.3%)
I'd also posit that broadly you'd expect health and social care (Outside of obstetrics and paediatrics) requirements to increase with age, as well as pre-existing conditions.
So the Wales-Scotland-NI gap is not so large. England is clearly ahead.
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
The term 'white supremacist' seems to be trotted out far, far more often than seems credible. Either there is a massive dose of McCarthyism going on or there has been a linguitic shift such that 'white supracist' now means what 'white person' did ten years ago. I simply don't believe there are that many white supremacists around.
The article mentions white supremacists twice, as far as I could see. Given that it is Minnesota, could 2 people out of a black community have run into white racists? I'd be gobsmacked if they hadn't. Is it too much to call a white racist a white supremacist? Maybe, but I'd be interested in where and how you draw the line.
A more complete collection of Stegosaurus, Velociraptors, Triceratops, Diplodocus and Tyrannosaurus has not stalked the Earth for the last 60 million years.
It is a remarkable breakthrough in palaeontology that Llafur have accomplished.
Wales is like Jurassic Park.
Llafur -- with their record of failure, cronyism and corruption since 1999 -- have managed to bring the dinosaurs back to life.
That's grossly unfair to the dinosaurs. And it's 65 Myr for Tyrannosaurus - Stegosaurus was a lot earlier.
Yes, there's a misconception that all the dinosaurs were around at a similar time, but of course the Mesozoic lasted for about 180 million years. Less time separates us from Tyrannosaurus than separated Tyrannosaurus from Stegosaurus.
That's like the stat that Cleopatra lived closer in time to now than to when the Great Pyramid was built.
I hadn't heard your one before but it is obviously right when you think about it. The Stegosaurus one made me worry about the authenticity of Land Before Time when I heard it. Next I will be getting told that dinosaurs didn't do singing numbers.
I bet they did "sing"! Birds do...
That'd imply having a syrinx, no? A quick google produced this which implies otherwise (alas). But obviousloy some uncertainty as to when it evolved.
Presumably they did have vocalisations of some sort, though, otherwise it is hard to see how/why a syrinx might evolve. Sadly, without soft tissue there is only ever going to be a lot of speculation and not a lot of evidence...
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
I've met a quant who couldn't add, and a derivatives trader who didn't know that risk numbers moved when the base rate changed...
Anyone know why NI is doing so poorly? Almost 10% behind now, best part of 2 weeks.
One factor is that you don't need an NHS number to book a vaccination, so hundreds of people from the Republic have been booking and then been turned away when they turn up.
I guessed it had something to do with Ireland but I couldn't see the angle. Thanks. Might have been the only part of the UK where the Scottish don't call us, we'll call you policy just might have been better.
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
I've met a quant who couldn't add, and a derivatives trader who didn't know that risk numbers moved when the base rate changed...
I think I've interviewed that quant and dismissed that derivatives trader.
The term 'white supremacist' seems to be trotted out far, far more often than seems credible. Either there is a massive dose of McCarthyism going on or there has been a linguitic shift such that 'white supracist' now means what 'white person' did ten years ago. I simply don't believe there are that many white supremacists around.
The article mentions white supremacists twice, as far as I could see. Given that it is Minnesota, could 2 people out of a black community have run into white racists? I'd be gobsmacked if they hadn't. Is it too much to call a white racist a white supremacist? Maybe, but I'd be interested in where and how you draw the line.
Why 'given that it is Minnesota'? Is Minnesota particularly known for white racists?
Anyone know why NI is doing so poorly? Almost 10% behind now, best part of 2 weeks.
One factor is that you don't need an NHS number to book a vaccination, so hundreds of people from the Republic have been booking and then been turned away when they turn up.
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
If you're struggling for decent candidates, I've got rather a nice spreadsheet on Welsh elections I could send you.
Biden told a massive whopper at the press conference...
Earlier, Biden said: “There is a significant increase in the number of people coming in the border in the winter months of January, February, March. It happens every year”.
The term 'white supremacist' seems to be trotted out far, far more often than seems credible. Either there is a massive dose of McCarthyism going on or there has been a linguitic shift such that 'white supracist' now means what 'white person' did ten years ago. I simply don't believe there are that many white supremacists around.
The article mentions white supremacists twice, as far as I could see. Given that it is Minnesota, could 2 people out of a black community have run into white racists? I'd be gobsmacked if they hadn't. Is it too much to call a white racist a white supremacist? Maybe, but I'd be interested in where and how you draw the line.
Why 'given that it is Minnesota'? Is Minnesota particularly known for white racists?
The term 'white supremacist' seems to be trotted out far, far more often than seems credible. Either there is a massive dose of McCarthyism going on or there has been a linguitic shift such that 'white supracist' now means what 'white person' did ten years ago. I simply don't believe there are that many white supremacists around.
White Supremacist now simply means “Not ‘Anti-Racist’” in woke-speak.
The term 'white supremacist' seems to be trotted out far, far more often than seems credible. Either there is a massive dose of McCarthyism going on or there has been a linguitic shift such that 'white supracist' now means what 'white person' did ten years ago. I simply don't believe there are that many white supremacists around.
The article mentions white supremacists twice, as far as I could see. Given that it is Minnesota, could 2 people out of a black community have run into white racists? I'd be gobsmacked if they hadn't. Is it too much to call a white racist a white supremacist? Maybe, but I'd be interested in where and how you draw the line.
Why 'given that it is Minnesota'? Is Minnesota particularly known for white racists?
It is a very white (~84%) part of the country with a larger rural population than most states.
Anyone know why NI is doing so poorly? Almost 10% behind now, best part of 2 weeks.
NI 50+ 677,166 18+ 1,452,962
First doses 703,334 (103.8% 50+)
Scotland 50+ 4,434,138 18+ 2,183,051
First doses 2,285,711 (104.7%)
Wales 50+ 1,293,189 18+ 2,522,940
First doses 1,320,188 (102.1%)
England 50+ 21,043,663 18+ 44,263,393
First doses 24,681,955 (117.3%)
I'd also posit that broadly you'd expect health and social care (Outside of obstetrics and paediatrics) requirements to increase with age, as well as pre-existing conditions.
So the Wales-Scotland-NI gap is not so large. England is clearly ahead.
All nations outside England have issues -
Republic residents turning up and gumming up NI works; Wales is using far too short a gap to second doses; Scotland is relying too much on slow paper invitations.
Biden told a massive whopper at the press conference...
Earlier, Biden said: “There is a significant increase in the number of people coming in the border in the winter months of January, February, March. It happens every year”.
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
Let me guess, the kid barely out of uni described himself as a ‘data scientist’?
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
Biden told a massive whopper at the press conference...
Earlier, Biden said: “There is a significant increase in the number of people coming in the border in the winter months of January, February, March. It happens every year”.
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
When I started my first job I was taken through the trading floor. This is where all the rocket scientists are I joked. "Bill and Joe here are from JPL, Tom is from....etc..." I was curtly informed.
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
When I started my first job I was taken through the trading floor. This is where all the rocket scientists are I joked. "Bill and Joe here are from JPL, Tom is from....etc..." I was curtly informed.
For a while, I wrote petitions for people getting EB-1 (alien of extraordinary ability) visas in the US. Most were Wall St types. Nearly all the quants came from High Energy Particle physics research labs.
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
The term 'white supremacist' seems to be trotted out far, far more often than seems credible. Either there is a massive dose of McCarthyism going on or there has been a linguitic shift such that 'white supracist' now means what 'white person' did ten years ago. I simply don't believe there are that many white supremacists around.
White Supremacist now simply means “Not ‘Anti-Racist’” in woke-speak.
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
Let me guess, the kid barely out of uni described himself as a ‘data scientist’?
Data and Information Scientist.
His cover letter was an epic soliloquy on the difference between data and information.
The term 'white supremacist' seems to be trotted out far, far more often than seems credible. Either there is a massive dose of McCarthyism going on or there has been a linguitic shift such that 'white supracist' now means what 'white person' did ten years ago. I simply don't believe there are that many white supremacists around.
White Supremacist now simply means “Not ‘Anti-Racist’” in woke-speak.
Even anti racists dont get a free pass, it merely means you are slightly less of a white supremist.
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
Let me guess, the kid barely out of uni described himself as a ‘data scientist’?
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
If you're struggling for decent candidates, I've got rather a nice spreadsheet on Welsh elections I could send you.
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
When I started my first job I was taken through the trading floor. This is where all the rocket scientists are I joked. "Bill and Joe here are from JPL, Tom is from....etc..." I was curtly informed.
For a while, I wrote petitions for people getting EB-1 (alien of extraordinary ability) visas in the US. Most were Wall St types. Nearly all the quants came from High Energy Particle physics research labs.
This was around the time when Gibson Greetings Cards lost a ton of money on IRSs.
We were taught to ask clients "are your views really that complicated?"
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
Let me guess, the kid barely out of uni described himself as a ‘data scientist’?
Data and Information Scientist.
His cover letter was an epic soliloquy on the difference between data and information.
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
Let me guess, the kid barely out of uni described himself as a ‘data scientist’?
Data and Information Scientist.
His cover letter was an epic soliloquy on the difference between data and information.
LOL, the guy I interviewed who described himself as such knew less SQL than I did, and I was supposedly hiring him to write the reports I didn’t have time to do!
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
Don’t hire a mean one. It’s not a la mode.
But try to be discrete, or your search will be continuous.
I'm not about to worry about the streets of the Channel ports being awash with unquarantined migrants based on one report from the Daily Mail. As a general principle, however, new arrivals do all need to be locked away in secure accommodation for three weeks before anything else is done with them. I've no idea of the extent to which this is being enforced.
I don’t think the Daily Mail is lying here. Nor is the report particularly provocative. The fact is we aren’t securing the Anglo-French border properly. We need to quarantine illegal migrants much more securely, and Boris has to start testing hauliers.
We’re nearly at the finishing line. But one fuck up - importing a load of the SA bug from France - could destroy alll our grinding hard work. This is exceptionally important. Just get a fucking grip, Boris. France is on fire.
they get sent up to hotels in manchester and glasgow.
Can't blame Novavax really, I wouldn't sign a contract if I was them with the EU either.
They've watched the EU burn AZ at the stake for their lower than hoped for yields, whereas the UK Government has been emollient about similar problems throughout. So, as you say, who would you rather work with?
Besides which, if Novavax really are struggling to get hold of finite raw materials, it's only to be expected that they'd prioritise pre-existing commitments before taking on new ones.
Did we already know the 2 booking systems don't talk to each other.
I have a 2nd jab on 14th on National system and swiftqueue sent me one for the following day in GP system.
Rang up my GP to cancel one. No can do apparently.
A few weeks ago you were stressing that your card hadn't been filled in and that meant you wouldn't get a 2nd dose...now you got two 2nd doses.
The way GPs are running their systems varies from place to place, some much better than others. My fathers one is really flexible, all online, he was sent a code, put in to a website, choose from a range of dates and times and you can change / cancel at any time.
Whats the 2021 equivalent? Toyota Terry? Hybrid Harry?
Tesla Tosser?
EV Eddies....they are the ones that tell everybody you really need to get one, to save the planet, but they themselves drive a diesel.
What do we call the guy who buys a plug-in hybrid for the BIK, but never plugs it in and drives around lugging a couple of hundred extra kilos compared to the standard petrol model?
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
Let me guess, the kid barely out of uni described himself as a ‘data scientist’?
Data and Information Scientist.
His cover letter was an epic soliloquy on the difference between data and information.
Yes but did he say data are or data is...?
He's a data is man, another reason to toss out his CV.
Did we already know the 2 booking systems don't talk to each other.
I have a 2nd jab on 14th on National system and swiftqueue sent me one for the following day in GP system.
Rang up my GP to cancel one. No can do apparently.
A few weeks ago you were stressing that your card hadn't been filled in and that meant you wouldn't get a 2nd dose...now you got two 2nd doses.
The way GPs are running their systems varies from place to place, some much better than others. My fathers one is really flexible, all online, you put in a code, choose from a range of dates and times and you can cancel at any time.
That was then.
This is now.
Apparently the Tories know there is a shortage coming so they are sending out 2 2nd doses to all good Socialists!!!
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
Let me guess, the kid barely out of uni described himself as a ‘data scientist’?
Data and Information Scientist.
His cover letter was an epic soliloquy on the difference between data and information.
LOL, the guy I interviewed who described himself as such knew less SQL than I did, and I was supposedly hiring him to write the reports I didn’t have time to do!
Still not as impressive as another guy who applied to work for us a few years ago, we did a social media search on him and he was wearing a 'Bankers are Wankers' T shirt and in many posts blamed banks, especially the Jewish ones, for all the evil in the world.
Did we already know the 2 booking systems don't talk to each other.
I have a 2nd jab on 14th on National system and swiftqueue sent me one for the following day in GP system.
Rang up my GP to cancel one. No can do apparently.
A few weeks ago you were stressing that your card hadn't been filled in and that meant you wouldn't get a 2nd dose...now you got two 2nd doses.
The way GPs are running their systems varies from place to place, some much better than others. My fathers one is really flexible, all online, he was sent a code, put in to a website, choose from a range of dates and times and you can change / cancel at any time.
As I say they told me I couldn't cancel.and they wouldn't. Sounds like they both want to get paid for jabbing me.
Did we already know the 2 booking systems don't talk to each other.
I have a 2nd jab on 14th on National system and swiftqueue sent me one for the following day in GP system.
Rang up my GP to cancel one. No can do apparently.
A few weeks ago you were stressing that your card hadn't been filled in and that meant you wouldn't get a 2nd dose...now you got two 2nd doses.
The way GPs are running their systems varies from place to place, some much better than others. My fathers one is really flexible, all online, you put in a code, choose from a range of dates and times and you can cancel at any time.
That was then.
This is now.
Apparently the Tories know there is a shortage coming so they are sending out 2 2nd doses to all good Socialists!!!
I don't see your issue...the systems have been set up to try and ensure everybody gets vaccinated. That's happening at incredible speed and minimal fuss. I have no idea why your GP is acting like a twonk that can't deal with somebody saying they don't need an appointment. But in the grand scheme of things the wastage is tiny, the throughput is huge and all happening with minimal fuss, so these things can't be very widespread.
My mother got contacted nationally and via GP in the space of a couple of days, she just cancelled one of them.
Just wanted to say thank you very much for so many likes to my positive health news on the last thread. Contrary to popular belief you are all a really nice lot really.👍
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
Let me guess, the kid barely out of uni described himself as a ‘data scientist’?
Data and Information Scientist.
His cover letter was an epic soliloquy on the difference between data and information.
LOL, the guy I interviewed who described himself as such knew less SQL than I did, and I was supposedly hiring him to write the reports I didn’t have time to do!
Still not as impressive as another guy who applied to work for us a few years ago, we did a social media search on him and he was wearing a 'Bankers are Wankers' T shirt and in many posts blamed banks, especially the Jewish ones, for all the evil in the world.
That’s a good one.
I know of someone who changed their name by deed poll when they graduated, and got the degree in their new name, purely to avoid employers finding anything on them from four or five years of student antics.
I have a presentation I do to schools and parents groups, called “Why I’m not on Facebook”.
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
Let me guess, the kid barely out of uni described himself as a ‘data scientist’?
Data and Information Scientist.
His cover letter was an epic soliloquy on the difference between data and information.
LOL, the guy I interviewed who described himself as such knew less SQL than I did, and I was supposedly hiring him to write the reports I didn’t have time to do!
Still not as impressive as another guy who applied to work for us a few years ago, we did a social media search on him and he was wearing a 'Bankers are Wankers' T shirt and in many posts blamed banks, especially the Jewish ones, for all the evil in the world.
Did they expect to get the job or were they just trolling you?
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
Let me guess, the kid barely out of uni described himself as a ‘data scientist’?
Data and Information Scientist.
His cover letter was an epic soliloquy on the difference between data and information.
LOL, the guy I interviewed who described himself as such knew less SQL than I did, and I was supposedly hiring him to write the reports I didn’t have time to do!
Still not as impressive as another guy who applied to work for us a few years ago, we did a social media search on him and he was wearing a 'Bankers are Wankers' T shirt and in many posts blamed banks, especially the Jewish ones, for all the evil in the world.
That’s a good one.
I know of someone who changed their name by deed poll when they graduated, and got the degree in their new name, purely to avoid employers finding anything on them from four or five years of student antics.
I have a presentation I do to schools and parents groups, called “Why I’m not on Facebook”.
I'm so glad I went to university when camera phones and social media weren't things and I was a model student and good muslim boy to boot but I didn't half get into scrapes because of the antics of my friends.
A combination of variants getting a proper grip and partial, indecisive countermeasures. Tottering gradually backwards into national lockdown via a patchwork of regional restrictions, just like we did at the end of last year.
The French pattern of cases looks rather like that of the UK in mid-December; here, of course, the Government didn't finally throw in the towel on nationwide lockdown for two further weeks, the tsunami of death reached its peak two weeks after that, and pretty much three months on from the start of lockdown we're still in it save for the schools. France is in for a Springtime of horrors, God help them.
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
Let me guess, the kid barely out of uni described himself as a ‘data scientist’?
Data and Information Scientist.
His cover letter was an epic soliloquy on the difference between data and information.
LOL, the guy I interviewed who described himself as such knew less SQL than I did, and I was supposedly hiring him to write the reports I didn’t have time to do!
Still not as impressive as another guy who applied to work for us a few years ago, we did a social media search on him and he was wearing a 'Bankers are Wankers' T shirt and in many posts blamed banks, especially the Jewish ones, for all the evil in the world.
That’s a good one.
I know of someone who changed their name by deed poll when they graduated, and got the degree in their new name, purely to avoid employers finding anything on them from four or five years of student antics.
I have a presentation I do to schools and parents groups, called “Why I’m not on Facebook”.
Should I delete all my "Kill the managers" posts before applying for my next position?
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
Let me guess, the kid barely out of uni described himself as a ‘data scientist’?
Data and Information Scientist.
His cover letter was an epic soliloquy on the difference between data and information.
LOL, the guy I interviewed who described himself as such knew less SQL than I did, and I was supposedly hiring him to write the reports I didn’t have time to do!
Still not as impressive as another guy who applied to work for us a few years ago, we did a social media search on him and he was wearing a 'Bankers are Wankers' T shirt and in many posts blamed banks, especially the Jewish ones, for all the evil in the world.
Did they expect to get the job or were they just trolling you?
Genuinely thought they deserved the job (tbf their education suggested as much) but didn't think their youthful indiscretions would be found, and if they did, wouldn't matter.
Did we already know the 2 booking systems don't talk to each other.
I have a 2nd jab on 14th on National system and swiftqueue sent me one for the following day in GP system.
Rang up my GP to cancel one. No can do apparently.
A few weeks ago you were stressing that your card hadn't been filled in and that meant you wouldn't get a 2nd dose...now you got two 2nd doses.
The way GPs are running their systems varies from place to place, some much better than others. My fathers one is really flexible, all online, you put in a code, choose from a range of dates and times and you can cancel at any time.
That was then.
This is now.
Apparently the Tories know there is a shortage coming so they are sending out 2 2nd doses to all good Socialists!!!
I don't see your issue...the systems have been set up to try and ensure everybody gets vaccinated. That's happening at incredible speed and minimal fuss. I have no idea why your GP is acting like a twonk that can't deal with somebody saying they don't need an appointment. But in the grand scheme of things the wastage is tiny, the throughput is huge and all happening with minimal fuss, so these things can't be very widespread.
My mother got contacted nationally and via GP in the space of a couple of days, she just cancelled one of them.
I don't have an issue.Just pointing out we have a system where one half can't communicate with the other.
Can't blame Novavax really, I wouldn't sign a contract if I was them with the EU either.
They've watched the EU burn AZ at the stake for their lower than hoped for yields, whereas the UK Government has been emollient about similar problems throughout. So, as you say, who would you rather work with?
Besides which, if Novavax really are struggling to get hold of finite raw materials, it's only to be expected that they'd prioritise pre-existing commitments before taking on new ones.
My first thought is -
"We are dealing with people who don't understand production problems."
My second is -
"We need a clause in the contract where the person who signs for the EU commits ritual suicide with a blunt spoon if anyone in the EU does something stupid. Again."
"More Britons think vaccine passports should be brought in for people using gyms than those visiting hospitals or GP surgeries, a poll has found.
Fifty-six per cent of respondents want the certificates to be enforced for those wanting to work out while only 43 per cent say they should be needed at medical centres, the YouGov survey said.
Over half - nearly six in ten - said they would support the plans and more than a quarter - 28 per cent - said they would strongly back the idea."
Forget all these media organizations sending all their employees on unconscious bias training, stats 101 seems like a more pressing training course they need to undertake.
I'm in the process of hiring a statistician.
Some of their CVs and work is something to behold.
In a good way or a bad way?
Both.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
Let me guess, the kid barely out of uni described himself as a ‘data scientist’?
Data and Information Scientist.
His cover letter was an epic soliloquy on the difference between data and information.
LOL, the guy I interviewed who described himself as such knew less SQL than I did, and I was supposedly hiring him to write the reports I didn’t have time to do!
Still not as impressive as another guy who applied to work for us a few years ago, we did a social media search on him and he was wearing a 'Bankers are Wankers' T shirt and in many posts blamed banks, especially the Jewish ones, for all the evil in the world.
Had a couple of those. They really wanted the jobs.
Seems like the joke about handing out business cards* at "Killer The Banksters!" demos is true.
Whats the 2021 equivalent? Toyota Terry? Hybrid Harry?
Tesla Tosser?
EV Eddies....they are the ones that tell everybody you really need to get one, to save the planet, but they themselves drive a diesel.
What do we call the guy who buys a plug-in hybrid for the BIK, but never plugs it in and drives around lugging a couple of hundred extra kilos compared to the standard petrol model?
In the UK you'd call him a complete idiot, given how much cheaper electricity is than petrol.
"More Britons think vaccine passports should be brought in for people using gyms than those visiting hospitals or GP surgeries, a poll has found.
Fifty-six per cent of respondents want the certificates to be enforced for those wanting to work out while only 43 per cent say they should be needed at medical centres, the YouGov survey said.
Over half - nearly six in ten - said they would support the plans and more than a quarter - 28 per cent - said they would strongly back the idea."
Back on topic, the YouGov poll numbers give a seat projection of:
Lab 22 Con 19 PC 14 Abolish 4 LD 1
Abolish and LDs are irrelevant on those numbers but the options of a Lab/PC or Con/PC Government are both viable. It's a huge reverse for Labour and their worst ever Senedd result and it would be the best ever for the Conservatives.
I suppose the Conservatives will be hoping they can yoke PC to Labour and win against them both in 2026 though that will be strongly contingent on the result of the next GE I suspect.
Would Drakeford survive such a reverse? Perhaps his head is the price for PC's support - I don't know.
There is no sense in us turning on each other, just as there is no sense in thinking that others are doing much better," European Parliament President David-Maria Sassoli said at a press conference.
"The more unity we show, the more trust we will inspire," he added. "Salvation lies in working together."
"More Britons think vaccine passports should be brought in for people using gyms than those visiting hospitals or GP surgeries, a poll has found.
Fifty-six per cent of respondents want the certificates to be enforced for those wanting to work out while only 43 per cent say they should be needed at medical centres, the YouGov survey said.
Over half - nearly six in ten - said they would support the plans and more than a quarter - 28 per cent - said they would strongly back the idea."
People who don't use gyms support vaccine passports for gyms shocker.
Specifically old people, hardly any of whom use gyms. As with taxation, authoritarianism is very popular in Britain, provided that it is inflicted on other people. The elderly are especially keen.
There is no sense in us turning on each other, just as there is no sense in thinking that others are doing much better," European Parliament President David-Maria Sassoli said at a press conference.
"The more unity we show, the more trust we will inspire," he added. "Salvation lies in working together."
Is that a direct quote? He sounds like a tele-evangelist.
There is no sense in us turning on each other, just as there is no sense in thinking that others are doing much better," European Parliament President David-Maria Sassoli said at a press conference.
"The more unity we show, the more trust we will inspire," he added. "Salvation lies in working together."
Is that a direct quote? He sounds like a tele-evangelist.
Yes it is a direct quote. All that is missing is the phone number to donate.
Back on topic, the YouGov poll numbers give a seat projection of:
Lab 22 Con 19 PC 14 Abolish 4 LD 1
Abolish and LDs are irrelevant on those numbers but the options of a Lab/PC or Con/PC Government are both viable. It's a huge reverse for Labour and their worst ever Senedd result and it would be the best ever for the Conservatives.
I suppose the Conservatives will be hoping they can yoke PC to Labour and win against them both in 2026 though that will be strongly contingent on the result of the next GE I suspect.
Would Drakeford survive such a reverse? Perhaps his head is the price for PC's support - I don't know.
I have just received a Business Rates Bill for a small hairdressers' shop which is in my mum's estate and has been empty since the T moved on.
Still waiting for probate, so I can't sell it.
12 month bill and it is planned to sell it ASAP.
Is there anything I can do here?
If the business rating is less than £12K you can apply for small business relief and pay nothing.
If you haven't claimed small business rate relief previously, you can also claim it retrospectively for up to six years (I believe). Told our neighbours who also have a holiday cottage this they got 12k back...
Back on topic, the YouGov poll numbers give a seat projection of:
Lab 22 Con 19 PC 14 Abolish 4 LD 1
Abolish and LDs are irrelevant on those numbers but the options of a Lab/PC or Con/PC Government are both viable. It's a huge reverse for Labour and their worst ever Senedd result and it would be the best ever for the Conservatives.
I suppose the Conservatives will be hoping they can yoke PC to Labour and win against them both in 2026 though that will be strongly contingent on the result of the next GE I suspect.
Would Drakeford survive such a reverse? Perhaps his head is the price for PC's support - I don't know.
If PC are to look at formal coalition they will certainly demand the FM post, but will probably abandon it at an early stage.
The LibDems will not win any seats. I am confident in that prediction. I could be wrong but I’m still confident.
Equally, I will be very surprised if Abolish the Assembly do. Since the Assembly has already technically been abolished, they are very much fighting a forgotten war.
And, no, Drakeford wouldn’t survive a really poor result, but he is helped by the paucity of alternatives.
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https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0323/1205728-northern-ireland-vaccinations/
If the Conservatives can smash Labour and almost go it alone, that is another matter.
50+ 677,166
18+ 1,452,962
First doses 703,334 (103.8% 50+)
Scotland
50+ 4,434,138
18+ 2,183,051
First doses 2,285,711 (104.7%)
Wales
50+ 1,293,189
18+ 2,522,940
First doses 1,320,188 (102.1%)
England
50+ 21,043,663
18+ 44,263,393
First doses 24,681,955 (117.3%)
I'd also posit that broadly you'd expect health and social care (Outside of obstetrics and paediatrics) requirements to increase with age, as well as pre-existing conditions.
So the Wales-Scotland-NI gap is not so large. England is clearly ahead.
One has worked for the the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency and a lot of the stuff they put in their experiences section has to be redacted.
One has worked for NASA.
Then there's one chap who is barely out of university and thinks he's an expert because he knows how to use excel. He would rival me for legendary modesty.
Yet.
https://twitter.com/DorothyBruce14/status/1375107207197552640?s=20
Presumably they did have vocalisations of some sort, though, otherwise it is hard to see how/why a syrinx might evolve. Sadly, without soft tissue there is only ever going to be a lot of speculation and not a lot of evidence...
However, the *peak* period is April/May.
Republic residents turning up and gumming up NI works;
Wales is using far too short a gap to second doses;
Scotland is relying too much on slow paper invitations.
https://youtu.be/NG4NCHuvCC4
https://twitter.com/andrew_lilico/status/1375150088335601667
His cover letter was an epic soliloquy on the difference between data and information.
https://twitter.com/DeepLearningAI_/status/1375100156186611712?s=19
We were taught to ask clients "are your views really that complicated?"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56526468
Whats the 2021 equivalent? Toyota Terry? Hybrid Harry?
I have just received a Business Rates Bill for a small hairdressers' shop which is in my mum's estate and has been empty since the T moved on.
Still waiting for probate, so I can't sell it.
12 month bill and it is planned to sell it ASAP.
Is there anything I can do here?
https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1375114125630705674
Can't blame Novavax really, I wouldn't sign a contract if I was them with the EU either.
Is it completely physically emptied of stuff?
Besides which, if Novavax really are struggling to get hold of finite raw materials, it's only to be expected that they'd prioritise pre-existing commitments before taking on new ones.
I have a 2nd jab on 14th on National system and swiftqueue sent me one for the following day in GP system.
Rang up my GP to cancel one. No can do apparently.
(No, this is not meant seriously.)
The way GPs are running their systems varies from place to place, some much better than others. My fathers one is really flexible, all online, he was sent a code, put in to a website, choose from a range of dates and times and you can change / cancel at any time.
So does that mean the Labour Party is fully phased out by early 2022?
This is now.
Apparently the Tories know there is a shortage coming so they are sending out 2 2nd doses to all good Socialists!!!
https://twitter.com/GuillaumeRozier/status/1375157560395829253
My mother got contacted nationally and via GP in the space of a couple of days, she just cancelled one of them.
I know of someone who changed their name by deed poll when they graduated, and got the degree in their new name, purely to avoid employers finding anything on them from four or five years of student antics.
I have a presentation I do to schools and parents groups, called “Why I’m not on Facebook”.
The French pattern of cases looks rather like that of the UK in mid-December; here, of course, the Government didn't finally throw in the towel on nationwide lockdown for two further weeks, the tsunami of death reached its peak two weeks after that, and pretty much three months on from the start of lockdown we're still in it save for the schools. France is in for a Springtime of horrors, God help them.
Some stuff stored on 1st Floor.
I'll try void rates as 3 months may cover us.
Hmm. There may be something under "entitled to occupation as a Personal Representative". I am the Executor.
"We are dealing with people who don't understand production problems."
My second is -
"We need a clause in the contract where the person who signs for the EU commits ritual suicide with a blunt spoon if anyone in the EU does something stupid. Again."
"More Britons think vaccine passports should be brought in for people using gyms than those visiting hospitals or GP surgeries, a poll has found.
Fifty-six per cent of respondents want the certificates to be enforced for those wanting to work out while only 43 per cent say they should be needed at medical centres, the YouGov survey said.
Over half - nearly six in ten - said they would support the plans and more than a quarter - 28 per cent - said they would strongly back the idea."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9401561/Where-vaccine-passports-used-YouGov-poll-reveals-Britons-want-IDs-place-gyms.html
Seems like the joke about handing out business cards* at "Killer The Banksters!" demos is true.
*With "Call in 3 years" on the back.
(Of course, that may not be true in Dubai.)
Lab 22
Con 19
PC 14
Abolish 4
LD 1
Abolish and LDs are irrelevant on those numbers but the options of a Lab/PC or Con/PC Government are both viable. It's a huge reverse for Labour and their worst ever Senedd result and it would be the best ever for the Conservatives.
I suppose the Conservatives will be hoping they can yoke PC to Labour and win against them both in 2026 though that will be strongly contingent on the result of the next GE I suspect.
Would Drakeford survive such a reverse? Perhaps his head is the price for PC's support - I don't know.
"The more unity we show, the more trust we will inspire," he added. "Salvation lies in working together."
Tories will underperform.
The LibDems will not win any seats. I am confident in that prediction. I could be wrong but I’m still confident.
Equally, I will be very surprised if Abolish the Assembly do. Since the Assembly has already technically been abolished, they are very much fighting a forgotten war.
And, no, Drakeford wouldn’t survive a really poor result, but he is helped by the paucity of alternatives.