The numbers continue to look more positive and I joined the growing band of the vaccinated – politic
The rolling average of Deaths with 28 day cut off falls by 13.57 (1.09%) to 1228.141725 deaths reported today compared to 1820 last WednesdaySpring PeakNew deaths: 1224 (21 Apr)Rolling Avg: 942.43 (13 Apr)Winter PeakNew deaths: 1820 (20 Jan)Rolling Avg: 1248.43 (23 Jan) pic.twitter.com/gYrgvkTk80
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First. And congratulations. If that's appropriate.1
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Did OGH's vaccine come from a bag marked "le swag"?4
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It is great getting vaccinated.0
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Good news OGH.1
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Mike, ignore Macron. He's just jealous of you.....0
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I hope owning a premier political resource counts as being a critical worker, or perhaps as an underlying condition, and saw OGH bumped up the queue.0
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Well done mike.
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You can tell a Doctor didn't write your details on your vaccine card, I mean it is entirely legible.4
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Well I'm classed as a critical worker, so why not OGH.kle4 said:I hope owning a premier political resource counts as being a critical worker, or perhaps as an underlying condition, and saw OGH bumped up the queue.
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Yay! You're getting there. We're all getting there together, ever so gradually. Feels like we've turned a corner. I hope so, anyway.0
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Jealous, Mike. There is no 'over-60s' group in the US prioritization, just 65+. So I am pretty much at the back of a longer and slower queue. But very thankful the wife has had both Pfizer jabs as a frontline HCW.1
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Well done Mike!0
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Activate the microchip, download betting tips.8
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I produced a chart similar to this about a week ago to show change in rolling 7 day cases. Some mentioned about making it a percentage version so here it is.
The stats from early in the first wave were all over the place due to how percentages work and so I have cut off the scaling.
There were some larger % falls at the end of the first wave but the numbers then were far more uncertain due to limited testing. Since the most recent peak the numbers have been coming down very rapidly, about 30% per week. The current stats show an increase in pace of reduction also.
Let's hope the vaccines help further with this and helps it accelerate.
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Hate to trump OGH on the "medical procedures of the day" front but I`ve spent this afternoon in Oxford Hospital with a surgeon poking around in my right eyeball. It was like a horror film. Suspected retinal detachment - luckily was "just" a tear with a blood hemorrhage complication.
What a fun week I`ve had!
I should have sought attention a week earlier but Covid blah blah.3 -
Sounds hideous. Hopefully you are on the mend.Stocky said:Hate to trump OGH on the "medical procedures of the day" front but I`ve spent this afternoon in Oxford Hospital with a surgeon poking around in my right eyeball. It was like a horror film. Suspected retinal detachment - luckily was "just" a tear with a blood hemorrhage complication.
What a fun week I`ve had!
I should have sought attention a week earlier but Covid blah blah.5 -
Congratulations Mike.3
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The Epping bot farm in full swing. Lots of chimps or just one very busy one?
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Well done Mike.
My wife is 75 and am hopeful for a date soon. We live in Wales btw.0 -
Congratulations Mike and get well soon Stocky.0
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Not nice at all! Hope you are fully recovered soon 👍Stocky said:Hate to trump OGH on the "medical procedures of the day" front but I`ve spent this afternoon in Oxford Hospital with a surgeon poking around in my right eyeball. It was like a horror film. Suspected retinal detachment - luckily was "just" a tear with a blood hemorrhage complication.
What a fun week I`ve had!
I should have sought attention a week earlier but Covid blah blah.1 -
I think I have a way out of this diplomatic spat for the EU and UK.
Clearly the EU needs many millions more vaccines in the near term, however there is pressure on the UK to start supplying it's spare doses from April onwards to developing nations and let the EU fend for itself because it's rich and can afford to build output.
There's a very good chance that from April we won't need ~20m Pfizer doses or ~50m AZ doses. That would be an invaluable boost to the European vaccination drive. We're going to be covered by supplies from Novavax and Moderna and long term we'll have J&J (up to 52m) + Valneva (60m) available for mutations.
The way out of this is to offer the EU our spare capacity on the basis that it funds COVAX to the same level we have. Our funding is equivalent of €4.5bn scaled to the EU vs ~€750m it has currently pledged via EU and national governments. The EU won't have anywhere it can get 70m vaccine doses from in the short term from April onwards and it will make a big difference to them and making our gift to them contingent on them properly funding COVAX makes a much, much bigger difference to developing nations than 70m doses ever could as it could be used to purchase 1.5bn additional doses of AZ vaccine or 1bn additional Novavax doses both of which are in the CEPI programme.
This way the EU gets its doses, it gets its "win" against the UK by getting UK vaccine supply it covets and the developing world gets funding for 1-1.5bn additional doses it doesn't currently have.
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Have to EU managed to go today without threatening to sue somebody or claim war is being initiated?2
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Or we could insist on their buying a crate of our fresh fish or seafood with every packet of vaccine?MaxPB said:I think I have a way out of this diplomatic spat for the EU and UK.
Clearly the EU needs many millions more vaccines in the near term, however there is pressure on the UK to start supplying it's spare doses from April onwards to developing nations and let the EU fend for itself because it's rich and can afford to build output.
There's a very good chance that from April we won't need ~20m Pfizer doses or ~50m AZ doses. That would be an invaluable boost to the European vaccination drive. We're going to be covered by supplies from Novavax and Moderna and long term we'll have J&J (up to 52m) + Valneva (60m) available for mutations.
The way out of this is to offer the EU our spare capacity on the basis that it funds COVAX to the same level we have. Our funding is equivalent of €4.5bn scaled to the EU vs ~€750m it has currently pledged via EU and national governments. The EU won't have anywhere it can get 70m vaccine doses from in the short term from April onwards and it will make a big difference to them and making our gift to them contingent on them properly funding COVAX makes a much, much bigger difference to developing nations than 70m doses ever could as it could be used to purchase 1.5bn additional doses of AZ vaccine or 1bn additional Novavax doses both of which are in the CEPI programme.
This way the EU gets its doses, it gets its "win" against the UK by getting UK vaccine supply it covets and the developing world gets funding for 1-1.5bn additional doses it doesn't currently have.
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Congratulations OGH.0
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Oh man, I'm sorry to hear that. Eyes are my room 101, I don't know if I could bring myself to stay in the hospital and not run away if it were me.Stocky said:Hate to trump OGH on the "medical procedures of the day" front but I`ve spent this afternoon in Oxford Hospital with a surgeon poking around in my right eyeball. It was like a horror film. Suspected retinal detachment - luckily was "just" a tear with a blood hemorrhage complication.
What a fun week I`ve had!
I should have sought attention a week earlier but Covid blah blah.
I hope it all resolves fully.
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Well done, Mike.
Off raving tonite then?1 -
A rave would be great wouldn`t it!Peter_the_Punter said:Well done, Mike.
Off raving tonite then?0 -
BBC News - Covid: EU 'made a mistake' over vaccines, Gove says
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Your wife allows you to date? Lucky boy.Daveyboy1961 said:Well done Mike.
My wife is 75 and am hopeful for a date soon. We live in Wales btw.
Is this normal in Wales?3 -
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HY’s proclaiming Catalan nationalism as dead appears somewhat premature.Theuniondivvie said:0 -
Perhaps we could organise a PB Rave for all who have had the vaccine.Stocky said:
A rave would be great wouldn`t it!Peter_the_Punter said:Well done, Mike.
Off raving tonite then?
Mine's due soon.
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The EU's problems stem from last year, when the commission only signed a deal with Oxford-Astrazeneca three months after the UK had secured a priority deal for the vaccine. Two French vaccines backed by the EU had failed to materialise.
The French vaccines surrendered to Covid-19, who could have predicted that.6 -
Evening all. To answer the anxious concerns expressed last night by those who couldn’t form an opinion about the EU’s behaviour without my guidance, the Meeks view is that the EU made complete idiots of themselves.
Still, they managed to unite the Conservatives, Labour, the Lib Dems, Sinn Fein, the DUP and the Irish government. So you have to congratulate them on that unprecedented achievement.26 -
I did not say it was dead, I said Catalonia remains part of Spain.IanB2 said:
HY’s proclaiming Catalan nationalism as dead appears somewhat premature.Theuniondivvie said:
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Beginning of May for me if the utility below is anything to go by.Peter_the_Punter said:
Perhaps we could organise a PB Rave for all who have had the vaccine.Stocky said:
A rave would be great wouldn`t it!Peter_the_Punter said:Well done, Mike.
Off raving tonite then?
Mine's due soon.
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From attending England v. Wales rugby matches, dating sheep in Wales is normal.Peter_the_Punter said:
Your wife allows you to date? Lucky boy.Daveyboy1961 said:Well done Mike.
My wife is 75 and am hopeful for a date soon. We live in Wales btw.
Is this normal in Wales?1 -
Thanks Alistair. You are right that many wilting flowers on here needed your firm guidance.AlastairMeeks said:Evening all. To answer the anxious concerns expressed last night by those who couldn’t form an opinion about the EU’s behaviour without my guidance, the Meeks view is that the EU made complete idiots of themselves.
Still, they managed to unite the Conservatives, Labour, the Lib Dems, Sinn Fein, the DUP and the Irish government. So you have to congratulate them on that unprecedented achievement.2 -
hehe, I walked into that one.....Peter_the_Punter said:
Your wife allows you to date? Lucky boy.Daveyboy1961 said:Well done Mike.
My wife is 75 and am hopeful for a date soon. We live in Wales btw.
Is this normal in Wales?
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Also adding that any plan like that would allow the UK to take on the role of bringing people together to help the world's poorest people get access to vaccines, something the WHO has, unfairly, criticised us over.1
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Is that for real?Theuniondivvie said:The Epping bot farm in full swing. Lots of chimps or just one very busy one?
https://twitter.com/alisonharriso16/status/1355317709605638158?s=21
'Your' doing a great job?0 -
Sounds good to me. Perhaps combined with giving ROI more of a direct helping hand as part of the CTA - bearing in mind that their share of the additional vaccines given to the EU will be very small.MaxPB said:I think I have a way out of this diplomatic spat for the EU and UK.
Clearly the EU needs many millions more vaccines in the near term, however there is pressure on the UK to start supplying it's spare doses from April onwards to developing nations and let the EU fend for itself because it's rich and can afford to build output.
There's a very good chance that from April we won't need ~20m Pfizer doses or ~50m AZ doses. That would be an invaluable boost to the European vaccination drive. We're going to be covered by supplies from Novavax and Moderna and long term we'll have J&J (up to 52m) + Valneva (60m) available for mutations.
The way out of this is to offer the EU our spare capacity on the basis that it funds COVAX to the same level we have. Our funding is equivalent of €4.5bn scaled to the EU vs ~€750m it has currently pledged via EU and national governments. The EU won't have anywhere it can get 70m vaccine doses from in the short term from April onwards and it will make a big difference to them and making our gift to them contingent on them properly funding COVAX makes a much, much bigger difference to developing nations than 70m doses ever could as it could be used to purchase 1.5bn additional doses of AZ vaccine or 1bn additional Novavax doses both of which are in the CEPI programme.
This way the EU gets its doses, it gets its "win" against the UK by getting UK vaccine supply it covets and the developing world gets funding for 1-1.5bn additional doses it doesn't currently have.
Anyone see any downsides?1 -
We got "end of day" Moderna jabs. There probably 400 cars waiting to see if there were any left over at the close of the vaccination site, and we got lucky.TimT said:Jealous, Mike. There is no 'over-60s' group in the US prioritization, just 65+. So I am pretty much at the back of a longer and slower queue. But very thankful the wife has had both Pfizer jabs as a frontline HCW.
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Covid cases down.Peter_the_Punter said:
Perhaps we could organise a PB Rave for all who have had the vaccine.Stocky said:
A rave would be great wouldn`t it!Peter_the_Punter said:Well done, Mike.
Off raving tonite then?
Mine's due soon.
Heart attack cases rising.2 -
Blimey. Sounds like a close run thing. Get well soon.Stocky said:Hate to trump OGH on the "medical procedures of the day" front but I`ve spent this afternoon in Oxford Hospital with a surgeon poking around in my right eyeball. It was like a horror film. Suspected retinal detachment - luckily was "just" a tear with a blood hemorrhage complication.
What a fun week I`ve had!
I should have sought attention a week earlier but Covid blah blah.1 -
This covid crisis is creating some strange bed fellows....who would have thought Piers Corybn and Emmanuel Macron would be on the same side when it comes to vaccines.
And the EU and Jezza against Big Pharma....1 -
I expect the Rave will still be going then but you may have to bring your own drugs.Stocky said:
Beginning of May for me if the utility below is anything to go by.Peter_the_Punter said:
Perhaps we could organise a PB Rave for all who have had the vaccine.Stocky said:
A rave would be great wouldn`t it!Peter_the_Punter said:Well done, Mike.
Off raving tonite then?
Mine's due soon.
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Yet given most GOP House Representatives voted to challenge Biden's election and 95% of them voted against impeaching Trump he represents his caucusTheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Exciting stuff. From afar it all seems to have quieted down - not sure how thhe area moves forward without an official attempt to settle the question, which presumably is still a no no.Theuniondivvie said:0 -
A Donald Trump supporter who wrote about attacking high-profile Democrats and the offices of Twitter and Facebook has been charged with stockpiling weapons and homemade explosives.
Officials found dozens of firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, pipe bombs and manuals like The Anarchist Cookbook and US Army Improvised Munitions Handbook when they raided the home and business of Ian Rogers in California's Napa wine country earlier this month.
The 44-year-old has been charged with the unlawful possession of unregistered destructive devices.
Among the items seized by investigators was a mock credit card emblazoned with the slogan White Privilege, Trumps Everything. It bore the number 0045 - in honour, according to the FBI, of Donald Trump, the 45th president.
Rogers also had a car bumper sticker celebrating the anti-government militia the Three Percenters. The group's name refers to the belief that only 3% of American colonists fought against the British during the American Revolution.
The charges were revealed as the US Department of Homeland Security issued a warning that anger "fuelled by false narratives" could lead to some within the country to launch attacks in the coming weeks. The warning system is usually reserved for alerts to threats of terror attacks.
In court documents, the FBI alleges text messages found on Rogers' phone revealed that he believed Trump had won the 2020 election. He expressed anger towards the social media companies who had suspended the president's accounts.
He wrote: "We can attack Twitter and the Democrats easy right now."
And in another message, he said: "I want to blow up a democrat building bad. The democrats need to pay."
In other texts he referred to the "sac office" believed to be that of California Governor Gavin Newsom, and the "bird and face offices" referring to the headquarters of Twitter and Facebook.
He also wrote: "Let's see what happens, if nothing, I'm going to war" - adding: "I hope 45 goes to war, if he doesn't I will."
Rogers, who runs a car repair business called British Auto Repair, told investigators he made the pipe bombs for "entertainment purposes only".
Bomb technicians who examined the five improvised explosive devices Rogers had constructed concluded they were fully operational and could cause great bodily harm.
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Paying personal homage to the defeated President does seem above and beyond.TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
There is a Catalonian regional election in February which will likely lead to another nationalist majority on that poll, PM Sanchez will likely refuse a legal independence referendum as Boris will in May, though perhaps a little less aggressively than Rajoy did in 2017.kle4 said:
Exciting stuff. From afar it all seems to have quieted down - not sure how thhe area moves forward without an official attempt to settle the question, which presumably is still a no no.Theuniondivvie said:0 -
Does anyone know how to inform whoever needs to know that one is a key worker eligible for Group 2 vaccination?
My partner, as a self employed counsellor and psycotherapist, has recently been added to this group.
All we have heard is please dont conract us, we will be in touch.
But we aren't sure anyone other than HMRC knows of her occupation. Her GP certainly won't.0 -
Appears to be. Natev67 was so full of BJ love he joined Twitter this month to proclaim it.kle4 said:
Is that for real?Theuniondivvie said:The Epping bot farm in full swing. Lots of chimps or just one very busy one?
https://twitter.com/alisonharriso16/status/1355317709605638158?s=21
'Your' doing a great job?
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They are all traitors.HYUFD said:
Yet given most GOP House Representatives voted to challenge Biden's election and 95% of them voted against impeaching Trump he represents his caucusTheScreamingEagles said:1 -
I'm glad these sinister propaganda videos are not a feature of British politics.TheScreamingEagles said:1 -
Quite, but how to break this cycle?HYUFD said:
There is a Catalonian regional election in February which will likely lead to another nationalist majority on that poll, PM Sanchez will likely refuse a legal independence referendum as Boris will in May, though perhaps a little less aggressively than Rajoy did in 2017.kle4 said:
Exciting stuff. From afar it all seems to have quieted down - not sure how thhe area moves forward without an official attempt to settle the question, which presumably is still a no no.Theuniondivvie said:0 -
Ring your GP surgery.dixiedean said:Does anyone know how to inform whoever needs to know that one is a key worker eligible for Group 2 vaccination?
My partner, as a self employed counsellor and psycotherapist, has recently been added to this group. But we aren't sure anyone other than HMRC knows of her occupation.0 -
Hear hear! Do you have as date for round 2, Mike?Luckyguy1983 said:Congratulations Mike and get well soon Stocky.
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BBC News - EU 'fiasco' on N Ireland heaps pressure on Commission
"It's like watching a car crash in slow motion," one irate EU diplomat told me. "President von der Leyen is a medical doctor. She wanted to take over the mass purchase of vaccines for all the EU - as a high-profile exercise. Normally health issues are dealt with nationally. This hasn't been a great advertisement for handing over powers to Brussels. I think that's the lesson member states will take away from this."
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The second jab is booked for mid-April. Have you had yours Nick?NickPalmer said:
Hear hear! Do you have as date for round 2, Mike?Luckyguy1983 said:Congratulations Mike and get well soon Stocky.
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It's just amazing/bonkers that Ireland wasn't involved, or even told, of the upcoming decision.FrancisUrquhart said:BBC News - EU 'fiasco' on N Ireland heaps pressure on Commission
"It's like watching a car crash in slow motion," one irate EU diplomat told me. "President von der Leyen is a medical doctor. She wanted to take over the mass purchase of vaccines for all the EU - as a high-profile exercise. Normally health issues are dealt with nationally. This hasn't been a great advertisement for handing over powers to Brussels. I think that's the lesson member states will take away from this."
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Its interesting in some areas people get booked up for second jab then and there, others they don't. Not sure what the thinking is.MikeSmithson said:
The second jab is booked for mid-April. Have you had yours Nick?NickPalmer said:
Hear hear! Do you have as date for round 2, Mike?Luckyguy1983 said:Congratulations Mike and get well soon Stocky.
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He's a Chelsea fan, so he's automatically sub human scum.Theuniondivvie said:
Appears to be. Natev67 was so full of BJ love he joined Twitter this month to proclaim it.kle4 said:
Is that for real?Theuniondivvie said:The Epping bot farm in full swing. Lots of chimps or just one very busy one?
https://twitter.com/alisonharriso16/status/1355317709605638158?s=21
'Your' doing a great job?
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Family member told me they wouldn't take a Johnson jab if offered, given the 66% effectiveness. Hope that is not common, albeit it'll be some time before it occurs.0
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Cheers. Will do.TheScreamingEagles said:
Ring your GP surgery.dixiedean said:Does anyone know how to inform whoever needs to know that one is a key worker eligible for Group 2 vaccination?
My partner, as a self employed counsellor and psycotherapist, has recently been added to this group. But we aren't sure anyone other than HMRC knows of her occupation.0 -
The EC were too busy pulling all the tins off the shelves in the supermarket like somebody who has been asked to leave for not wearing a mask...RobD said:
It's just amazing/bonkers that Ireland wasn't involved, or even told, of the upcoming decision.FrancisUrquhart said:BBC News - EU 'fiasco' on N Ireland heaps pressure on Commission
"It's like watching a car crash in slow motion," one irate EU diplomat told me. "President von der Leyen is a medical doctor. She wanted to take over the mass purchase of vaccines for all the EU - as a high-profile exercise. Normally health issues are dealt with nationally. This hasn't been a great advertisement for handing over powers to Brussels. I think that's the lesson member states will take away from this."
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That is the part with really no excuse. Doing it, even doing it improperly by not informing the UK, can be argued as either justified or minor (not easily, but you could do it). But even if the Commission could do it regardless of Ireland's wishes, there's no excuse for not picking up the phone to Dublin. That's just rank stupidity.RobD said:
It's just amazing/bonkers that Ireland wasn't involved, or even told, of the upcoming decision.FrancisUrquhart said:BBC News - EU 'fiasco' on N Ireland heaps pressure on Commission
"It's like watching a car crash in slow motion," one irate EU diplomat told me. "President von der Leyen is a medical doctor. She wanted to take over the mass purchase of vaccines for all the EU - as a high-profile exercise. Normally health issues are dealt with nationally. This hasn't been a great advertisement for handing over powers to Brussels. I think that's the lesson member states will take away from this."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55872763
It won't be Ursula even though she must have been consulted about it first, but someone at least needs to be pinned down on it.
Interestingly, the BBC story on this this morning only, as far as I could tell, referred to the Irish PM as Prime Minister, not the more common Taoiseach (Prime Minister).0 -
Just make sure your partner has evidence of her status that she can take to vaccination site to prove she is a key worker.dixiedean said:
Cheers. Will do.TheScreamingEagles said:
Ring your GP surgery.dixiedean said:Does anyone know how to inform whoever needs to know that one is a key worker eligible for Group 2 vaccination?
My partner, as a self employed counsellor and psycotherapist, has recently been added to this group. But we aren't sure anyone other than HMRC knows of her occupation.
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I think the government do need to a better job of communicating all these vaccines have an incredible high level of protect against serious illness. I don't want Covid, but if i got a bad flu for a week, that isn't the same as being in ICU because I didn't get a jab because it only stopped me getting covid with 66% efficacy.kle4 said:Family member told me they wouldn't take a Johnson jab if offered, given the 66% effectiveness. Hope that is not common, albeit it'll be some time before it occurs.
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I used to know him fairly well many years ago, and I've dealt with Johnson briefly professionally. I'd say Kwasi is much more Prime Ministerial material than Boris, but would have less of an appeal to the Red Wall types.Omnium said:Kwarteng on R4 doing very well. I don't see him as a future leader, but this sort of good performance isn't so common.
Personal anecdote - Kwasi and I last met in the British Library in late '09 or early '10. Back then, it still looked more than likely that Cameron would get an overall majority. I said they would. He demurred. History has spoken and he was right.3 -
Yes, and about the sort of level required for approval. Hopefully they consider that, as their initial take seemed to be that 66%= hardly worth it.RobD said:
Did you tell them it's almost completely effective at preventing serious illness?kle4 said:Family member told me they wouldn't take a Johnson jab if offered, given the 66% effectiveness. Hope that is not common, albeit it'll be some time before it occurs.
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BTW, your friend isn't a certain E Macron, is he?kle4 said:
Yes, and about the sort of level required for approval. Hopefully they consider that, as their initial take seemed to be that 66%= hardly worth it.RobD said:
Did you tell them it's almost completely effective at preventing serious illness?kle4 said:Family member told me they wouldn't take a Johnson jab if offered, given the 66% effectiveness. Hope that is not common, albeit it'll be some time before it occurs.
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It was. I`ve been mentally preparing myself to being blind in one eye. Would have meant only being able to ski round Sella Ronda anti- clockwise. (That was a skiing joke.)rottenborough said:
Blimey. Sounds like a close run thing. Get well soon.Stocky said:Hate to trump OGH on the "medical procedures of the day" front but I`ve spent this afternoon in Oxford Hospital with a surgeon poking around in my right eyeball. It was like a horror film. Suspected retinal detachment - luckily was "just" a tear with a blood hemorrhage complication.
What a fun week I`ve had!
I should have sought attention a week earlier but Covid blah blah.
Moral of the story is if you get big floaters in your eye go straight to Eye Casualty; don`t faff around I like did for a week thinking it wasn`t serious and being wary of catching the pox is the hosp.2 -
It’s easy to neglect our feet - until something goes awry.0
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If they cant speak English, I suppose they are automatic trolls... and the fact that so many trolls fight on one side might be suggestive...TheScreamingEagles said:
He's a Chelsea fan, so he's automatically sub human scum.Theuniondivvie said:
Appears to be. Natev67 was so full of BJ love he joined Twitter this month to proclaim it.kle4 said:
Is that for real?Theuniondivvie said:The Epping bot farm in full swing. Lots of chimps or just one very busy one?
https://twitter.com/alisonharriso16/status/1355317709605638158?s=21
'Your' doing a great job?
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Allo allo, what have we here?Luckyguy1983 said:
I'm glad these sinister propaganda videos are not a feature of British politics.TheScreamingEagles said:
https://twitter.com/scotsecofstate/status/1355197696487919620?s=21
'So preem ministeer, have yoo foond yoor veesets in Scodland interesting todday?'
'I've had a fantastic day Alister, so far in Scotland and looking really at the contribution of Scottish people.
The Scotch – what a verminous race!
Canny, pushy, chippy, they’re all over the place, Battening off us with false bonhomie, Polluting our stock, undermining our economy...'
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The only permanent member of the UN Security Council yet to develop its own vaccine.TheScreamingEagles said:The EU's problems stem from last year, when the commission only signed a deal with Oxford-Astrazeneca three months after the UK had secured a priority deal for the vaccine. Two French vaccines backed by the EU had failed to materialise.
The French vaccines surrendered to Covid-19, who could have predicted that.
Then they are traitors too.HYUFD said:
Yet given most GOP House Representatives voted to challenge Biden's election and 95% of them voted against impeaching Trump he represents his caucusTheScreamingEagles said:
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Or French orgying?Peter_the_Punter said:Well done, Mike.
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Don't bank on that if it's the Pfizer jab, Mike. I know that Michael Gove has gone on record saying that the Government is not worried about 2nd doses being interrupted by the EU, but that seems to be window dressing. It's not in our Government's hands. Even if some reassurance has been given behind the scenes, it would still come down to whether this country can place any trust in the word of a mendacious EU Commission and the likes of Macron, and the answer to that is obvious now. It seems foolhardy at this point not to start giving some 2nd doses to the very early Pfizer cases, at least to reduce the backlog if everything goes pear shaped and exports from Pfizer plans in the EU are suddenly halted.MikeSmithson said:
The second jab is booked for mid-April. Have you had yours Nick?NickPalmer said:
Hear hear! Do you have as date for round 2, Mike?Luckyguy1983 said:Congratulations Mike and get well soon Stocky.
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It's not the same without an authoritative voice over from someone who probably does movie trailers that begin 'In a world...'Theuniondivvie said:
Allo allo, what have we here?Luckyguy1983 said:
I'm glad these sinister propaganda videos are not a feature of British politics.TheScreamingEagles said:
https://twitter.com/scotsecofstate/status/1355197696487919620?s=21
'So preem ministeer, have yoo foond yoor veesets in Scodland interesting todday?'
'I've had a fantastic day Alister, so far in Scotland and looking really at the contribution of Scottish people.
The Scotch – what a verminous race!
Canny, pushy, chippy, they’re all over the place, Battening off us with false bonhomie, Polluting our stock, undermining our economy...'
Camera hastily switched off and BJ bundled off to learn alternative script.0 -
BBC News - Russian billionaire Arkady Rotenberg says 'Putin Palace' is his
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55872249
Of course you are......perhaps on paper.....and Vlad is your permanent unpaid house guest
And of course the documentary never claimed Putin owned it on paper. They went into great depth about how official ownership had changed over time and how there was a very complex network of names who owned the vieyards and shell fish processing ventures associated with it.1 -
It was AZN - card is in the Header.Wulfrun_Phil said:
Don't bank on that if it's the Pfizer jab, Mike. I know that Michael Gove has gone on record saying that the Government is not worried about 2nd doses being interrupted by the EU, but that seems to be window dressing. It's not in our Government's hands. Even if some reassurance has been given behind the scenes, it would still come down to whether this country can place any trust in the word of a mendacious EU Commission and the likes of Macron, and the answer to that is obvious now. It seems foolhardy at this point not to start giving some 2nd doses to the very early Pfizer cases, at least to reduce the backlog if everything goes pear shaped and exports from Pfizer plans in the EU are suddenly halted.MikeSmithson said:
The second jab is booked for mid-April. Have you had yours Nick?NickPalmer said:
Hear hear! Do you have as date for round 2, Mike?Luckyguy1983 said:Congratulations Mike and get well soon Stocky.
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I’m guessing the name of his business has more to do with the makes of (possibly vintage) cars he specialises in repairing than his nationality?TheScreamingEagles said:A Donald Trump supporter who wrote about attacking high-profile Democrats and the offices of Twitter and Facebook has been charged with stockpiling weapons and homemade explosives.
Officials found dozens of firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, pipe bombs and manuals like The Anarchist Cookbook and US Army Improvised Munitions Handbook when they raided the home and business of Ian Rogers in California's Napa wine country earlier this month.
The 44-year-old has been charged with the unlawful possession of unregistered destructive devices.
Among the items seized by investigators was a mock credit card emblazoned with the slogan White Privilege, Trumps Everything. It bore the number 0045 - in honour, according to the FBI, of Donald Trump, the 45th president.
Rogers also had a car bumper sticker celebrating the anti-government militia the Three Percenters. The group's name refers to the belief that only 3% of American colonists fought against the British during the American Revolution.
The charges were revealed as the US Department of Homeland Security issued a warning that anger "fuelled by false narratives" could lead to some within the country to launch attacks in the coming weeks. The warning system is usually reserved for alerts to threats of terror attacks.
In court documents, the FBI alleges text messages found on Rogers' phone revealed that he believed Trump had won the 2020 election. He expressed anger towards the social media companies who had suspended the president's accounts.
He wrote: "We can attack Twitter and the Democrats easy right now."
And in another message, he said: "I want to blow up a democrat building bad. The democrats need to pay."
In other texts he referred to the "sac office" believed to be that of California Governor Gavin Newsom, and the "bird and face offices" referring to the headquarters of Twitter and Facebook.
He also wrote: "Let's see what happens, if nothing, I'm going to war" - adding: "I hope 45 goes to war, if he doesn't I will."
Rogers, who runs a car repair business called British Auto Repair, told investigators he made the pipe bombs for "entertainment purposes only".
Bomb technicians who examined the five improvised explosive devices Rogers had constructed concluded they were fully operational and could cause great bodily harm.
https://news.sky.com/story/pro-trump-supporter-charged-with-stockpiling-explosives-wanted-to-attack-democrats-122018390 -
GBTV coming soon to a screen near youLuckyguy1983 said:
I'm glad these sinister propaganda videos are not a feature of British politics.TheScreamingEagles said:1 -
I can get you into see Rob Maclaren if you need - he still practices down at Nuffield. Lovely guy for an extraordinary scientist - world specialist in retinasStocky said:Hate to trump OGH on the "medical procedures of the day" front but I`ve spent this afternoon in Oxford Hospital with a surgeon poking around in my right eyeball. It was like a horror film. Suspected retinal detachment - luckily was "just" a tear with a blood hemorrhage complication.
What a fun week I`ve had!
I should have sought attention a week earlier but Covid blah blah.2 -
And, as a single jab, it's probably as good as anything else, and may well be supplemented by another at a later date?RobD said:
Did you tell them it's almost completely effective at preventing serious illness?kle4 said:Family member told me they wouldn't take a Johnson jab if offered, given the 66% effectiveness. Hope that is not common, albeit it'll be some time before it occurs.
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Oui.DougSeal said:
I’m guessing the name of his business has more to do with the makes of (possibly vintage) cars he specialises in repairing than his nationality?TheScreamingEagles said:A Donald Trump supporter who wrote about attacking high-profile Democrats and the offices of Twitter and Facebook has been charged with stockpiling weapons and homemade explosives.
Officials found dozens of firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, pipe bombs and manuals like The Anarchist Cookbook and US Army Improvised Munitions Handbook when they raided the home and business of Ian Rogers in California's Napa wine country earlier this month.
The 44-year-old has been charged with the unlawful possession of unregistered destructive devices.
Among the items seized by investigators was a mock credit card emblazoned with the slogan White Privilege, Trumps Everything. It bore the number 0045 - in honour, according to the FBI, of Donald Trump, the 45th president.
Rogers also had a car bumper sticker celebrating the anti-government militia the Three Percenters. The group's name refers to the belief that only 3% of American colonists fought against the British during the American Revolution.
The charges were revealed as the US Department of Homeland Security issued a warning that anger "fuelled by false narratives" could lead to some within the country to launch attacks in the coming weeks. The warning system is usually reserved for alerts to threats of terror attacks.
In court documents, the FBI alleges text messages found on Rogers' phone revealed that he believed Trump had won the 2020 election. He expressed anger towards the social media companies who had suspended the president's accounts.
He wrote: "We can attack Twitter and the Democrats easy right now."
And in another message, he said: "I want to blow up a democrat building bad. The democrats need to pay."
In other texts he referred to the "sac office" believed to be that of California Governor Gavin Newsom, and the "bird and face offices" referring to the headquarters of Twitter and Facebook.
He also wrote: "Let's see what happens, if nothing, I'm going to war" - adding: "I hope 45 goes to war, if he doesn't I will."
Rogers, who runs a car repair business called British Auto Repair, told investigators he made the pipe bombs for "entertainment purposes only".
Bomb technicians who examined the five improvised explosive devices Rogers had constructed concluded they were fully operational and could cause great bodily harm.
https://news.sky.com/story/pro-trump-supporter-charged-with-stockpiling-explosives-wanted-to-attack-democrats-12201839
British Auto Repair of the Napa Valley Incorporated opened in Napa, California in August of 2005. We specialize in repairing British vehicles, mainly Land Rover and Jaguar. Our company is owned and operated by Ian Rogers, local wine country native, along with our trusted employee Michael Yokoi.
https://britishautorepair.net/about-us/0 -
The UK does still have some control. They could opt to store all Pfizer they have left and just use AZN for the next couple of months. That it suboptimal, but one potential approach.Wulfrun_Phil said:
Don't bank on that if it's the Pfizer jab, Mike. I know that Michael Gove has gone on record saying that the Government is not worried about 2nd doses being interrupted by the EU, but that seems to be window dressing. It's not in our Government's hands. Even if some reassurance has been given behind the scenes, it would still come down to whether this country can place any trust in the word of a mendacious EU Commission and the likes of Macron, and the answer to that is obvious now. It seems foolhardy at this point not to start giving some 2nd doses to the very early Pfizer cases, at least to reduce the backlog if everything goes pear shaped and exports from Pfizer plans in the EU are suddenly halted.MikeSmithson said:
The second jab is booked for mid-April. Have you had yours Nick?NickPalmer said:
Hear hear! Do you have as date for round 2, Mike?Luckyguy1983 said:Congratulations Mike and get well soon Stocky.
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What do you do when the Eu doesn’t actually pay?MaxPB said:I think I have a way out of this diplomatic spat for the EU and UK.
Clearly the EU needs many millions more vaccines in the near term, however there is pressure on the UK to start supplying it's spare doses from April onwards to developing nations and let the EU fend for itself because it's rich and can afford to build output.
There's a very good chance that from April we won't need ~20m Pfizer doses or ~50m AZ doses. That would be an invaluable boost to the European vaccination drive. We're going to be covered by supplies from Novavax and Moderna and long term we'll have J&J (up to 52m) + Valneva (60m) available for mutations.
The way out of this is to offer the EU our spare capacity on the basis that it funds COVAX to the same level we have. Our funding is equivalent of €4.5bn scaled to the EU vs ~€750m it has currently pledged via EU and national governments. The EU won't have anywhere it can get 70m vaccine doses from in the short term from April onwards and it will make a big difference to them and making our gift to them contingent on them properly funding COVAX makes a much, much bigger difference to developing nations than 70m doses ever could as it could be used to purchase 1.5bn additional doses of AZ vaccine or 1bn additional Novavax doses both of which are in the CEPI programme.
This way the EU gets its doses, it gets its "win" against the UK by getting UK vaccine supply it covets and the developing world gets funding for 1-1.5bn additional doses it doesn't currently have.
Anyone see any downsides?
Or accuses the U.K. of charging more than they paid for the vaccines?0 -
I'm glad we don't have traitors and seditionists in the House of Commons.Luckyguy1983 said:
I'm glad these sinister propaganda videos are not a feature of British politics.TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Technically we do with the Scottish National Party Sinn Féin.alex_ said:
I'm glad we don't have traitors and seditionists in the House of Commons.Luckyguy1983 said:
I'm glad these sinister propaganda videos are not a feature of British politics.TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
There's a reasonable chance that having a booster of Astra Zeneca is just as good. And if you think that you're going to need another round come the autumn...FrancisUrquhart said:
The UK does still have some control. They could opt to store all Pfizer they have left and just use AZN for the next couple of months. That it suboptimal, but one potential approach.Wulfrun_Phil said:
Don't bank on that if it's the Pfizer jab, Mike. I know that Michael Gove has gone on record saying that the Government is not worried about 2nd doses being interrupted by the EU, but that seems to be window dressing. It's not in our Government's hands. Even if some reassurance has been given behind the scenes, it would still come down to whether this country can place any trust in the word of a mendacious EU Commission and the likes of Macron, and the answer to that is obvious now. It seems foolhardy at this point not to start giving some 2nd doses to the very early Pfizer cases, at least to reduce the backlog if everything goes pear shaped and exports from Pfizer plans in the EU are suddenly halted.MikeSmithson said:
The second jab is booked for mid-April. Have you had yours Nick?NickPalmer said:
Hear hear! Do you have as date for round 2, Mike?Luckyguy1983 said:Congratulations Mike and get well soon Stocky.
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J&J wasn't 100% (or very close) at stopping serious illness though, unlike AZN. It was 85% I think?FrancisUrquhart said:
I think the government do need to a better job of communicating all these vaccines have an incredible high level of protect against serious illness. I don't want Covid, but if i got a bad flu for a week, that isn't the same as being in ICU because I didn't get a jab because it only stopped me getting covid with 66% efficacy.kle4 said:Family member told me they wouldn't take a Johnson jab if offered, given the 66% effectiveness. Hope that is not common, albeit it'll be some time before it occurs.
I suspect it will be turned into a two dose jab and will then be more or less equivalent to AZN given the technology is similar. Isn't there a trial being run to that effect?
Still, I wouldn't turn it down.0 -
I think some people are also overlooking that the early vaccines were trialled when the arguably more dangerous variants weren't circulating.Flatlander said:
J&J wasn't 100% (or very close) at stopping serious illness though, unlike AZN. It was 85% I think?FrancisUrquhart said:
I think the government do need to a better job of communicating all these vaccines have an incredible high level of protect against serious illness. I don't want Covid, but if i got a bad flu for a week, that isn't the same as being in ICU because I didn't get a jab because it only stopped me getting covid with 66% efficacy.kle4 said:Family member told me they wouldn't take a Johnson jab if offered, given the 66% effectiveness. Hope that is not common, albeit it'll be some time before it occurs.
I suspect it will be turned into a two dose jab and will then be more or less equivalent to AZN given the technology is similar. Isn't there a trial being run to that effect?0
