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Kids can spread Covid amongst themselves and their parents can still go to work. This will go well I am certain of it.
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For businesses forced to close as a result of inevitable Covid outbreaks do you support financial support schemes for them and their workers? I didn’t catch you or OB responding to my question the last time so apologies if I missed it. After all we do want the economy to recover, don’t we? |
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Every serious hospitalization or death is someone's loved one I kind of agree with what you're saying in this instance, but I think you're being incredibly blase in the way you're saying it. Almost sociopathic. |
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Britain is on the road to lock down. I'm trying to tell everyone how to avoid it.
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The difference being i think we should act with a degree more caution than we are doing. Boris last night to me acted like it's all or nothing when it's not a binary choice. |
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I wonder why these same people are not campaigning to have men and women with red flags walking ahead of every car on the road, given the number of accidents causing death or serious injury each year on the roads. In the UK, the number stands at 26,610 killed or seriously injured. I don’t hear those same people bleating on about that. We tolerate it because we need to get about and live our lives. I can only think that the lockdown enthusiasts are on furlough or otherwise lead very boring lives. |
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All that’s happened is we have nudged the dial on these numbers. However as Hugh points out across the entire population that can still be a considerable number. However in fairness you didn’t believe the original figures were enough to merit restrictions or lockdowns therefore it’s improbable that you’d reach a different, evidence based, conclusion this time. ---------- Post added at 16:58 ---------- Previous post was at 16:57 ---------- Quote:
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What I’m assuring you is that it’s absolutely inevitable without any other mitigations in place to prevent the spread of the virus. As it always has been. |
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0.19% of total population have died from Covid in total 0.25% die from cancer every year (and that will increase on this year as cancer sufferers have been sacrificed due to Covid) of the "known" infections 4.93 million 128K have died, that's a mortality rate of 2.6% (and that's a bottom end estimate as there will have been millions infected and not tested. You could probably half that easily and more.) 367K get cancer every year and 166K die. that's a mortality rate of 45%. I know what I would be scared of getting. No matter what way you try to carve it up. COVID still is a relatively mild infection, that still mainly affected the elderly and those with co-morbidities and kills a very small % of those it infects, and now with Vaccines offering 90%, and other anti-viral and anti-inflammatory treatments that are available the chances of very serious illness and death is low, in fact they're at rates as low as the "flu" yes, I said it again. |
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Fortunate indeed, but as the restrictions are to protect people from “at risk” situations then it’s clear they aren’t designed to protect people like you. While it’s perfectly rational for you to have concern for medical conditions that aren’t contagious (e.g. cancer) not everyone is in that situation. It’s also a bad way to manage public health at a population level. |
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The hospitalisation rate is starting to looking concerning. 38% in a week. That's from a low number but we can't afford for it to increase at that rate at all.
If you look at the official dashboard it's starting to show a steep incline: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare |
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It’s not here, that’s for sure. I take it you still don’t want mask wearing until then? No? Vaccinating teenagers? No? Red herring alert. |
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As mentioned a few posts ago. 45M have had one jab 86% of the population 34M have had 2 jabs 64% of the population. + the millions that have been infected and recovered and have antibodies. The nation will be pretty much done in a month or two. Then the booster program starts. |
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So you agree the vaccination programme is working and a success, and the vaccines are working as they should. Therefore I can only think you have other reasons for not wanting to open up fully. |
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I’m not here to answer for your contradictions Pierre. On one hand people being vaccinated is absolute - they are no longer at risk, on the other you are talking up the booster programme that would be unnecessary if your first statement held true.
Fundamentally you’ve misrepresented the risks from outset because of your ideological position against state intervention. And you will continue to do so for months to come. A mere day after the UK recorded its highest case numbers you were presenting Covid as state scaremongering. https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...postcount=2722 Quote:
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I can only think you have other reasons for wanting to open up fully regardless (including removing the use of masks) of evident risks. A position you’ve held consistently. I’ve been clear the risk of too much, too soon, is always lockdown. And we know how much you love those. |
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I’d say it’s objective to consider things other than from my personal preference. As opposed to being unaffected by restrictions, self-proclaimed privileged and deciding everyone else should take risks because I’m bored and ideologically driven. Death isn’t exciting for the dead. |
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Distancing I get there’s an economic argument around. Masks less so. |
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Sorry this is paywalled - it was free on Apple news yesterday on my iPhone but I only skimmed it.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...down-ever-end/ Maybe someone with access can get the more salient quotes out. |
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No emotive words/statements there, then...
gilded trappings of lockdown, every movement micromanaged, independent self-direction shrivelled, irresponsible anti-Covid messaging, culture war, freedom lovers, etc. Who wrote this - Lozza Fox? |
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The average person sits somewhere in the middle - they want restrictions to ease but not at all costs. The Telegraph making the observation is - without irony - stoking the culture war. Presenting the reality as binary “freedom” versus “terror”. Misrepresenting restrictions as “lockdown”.
However it’s a tried and tested strategy to divide people into two uncompromising camps, allowing Government incompetence to go unchecked. People blame other people for the impact on health (the covid deniers) and the economy (the rationally risk averse who spend less against a backdrop of a public health crisis). |
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Reading those excerpts of that Telegraph article, you could swap COVID with Brexit very easily...
Get COVID done! It's all project fear! I just hope that we don't regret things a few months down the line. Viruses don't really care about bullish optimism |
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Well some covidiots on my town's FB page have said the threw their mask away early in the year, and fully expect to travel without restrictions even though they have refused to take the vaccine, as they just say Covid-19 is just flu. They also said stopping them is discrimination |
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Covid is nowhere near as dangerous as our pathological obsession with abolishing risk. 5 November 2020 Where is the Conservative fight back against a statist Covid dystopia. 29 October 2020 Viral second wave fear will send us into another lockdown . 23 July 2020 We risk going over a cliff chasing second wave red herrings. 2 July 2020 Britain has fallen down the rabbit hole of second wave hysteria. 25 June 2020 ---------- Post added at 11:50 ---------- Previous post was at 11:49 ---------- Quote:
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My local records my name and landline number in their own trace system. As a rule I try to sit outside. |
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Maybe people who are paranoid about others not wearing a mask should wear two masks. :D
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Speaking to someone in the events industry and their organisation is a bit annoyed. They wanted BoJo to hang on a bit longer so that they had more certainty for the return of their in-person Winter events.
Now it feels all uncertain again and exhibitors are now rowing back on their earlier enthusiasm after yesterday's news. |
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A) you’re unlikely to get seriously ill B) your ability to transmit the virus is cut by half after one dose https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56904993 So if your argument is that 90%+ overwhelming majority of the population should wear masks for a tiny % of people that can’t or won’t be vaccinated. Well that’s a pretty warped stance to take. |
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Get set to have to pay for your lateral flow tests:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...JgscJEQc8cy2q0 Anyone know how much they cost? |
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In the U.K. population, half have had only one dose - that half have an over 50% chance of catching Covid (51%-62%, according to your link); and the link isn’t about the Delta Variant, which is much more infectious. So if your argument that over 50% of the U.K. population should risk a higher than average chance of getting Covid "Well that’s a pretty warped stance to take"… |
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Hey jfman, have you had your bots at work again?:D
Some Britons crave permanent pandemic lockdown https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...6&d=1625764303 https://www.economist.com/britain/20...demic-lockdown |
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Seems like the 100,000 infections per day forecast was way off beam. The rate of increase of infections has slowed for six days in a row.
Should we panic at the thought that things may return to normal soon? :p: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...h-day-row.html |
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I think the opening of a fast food outlet on every street corner has already created a generation afflicted with chronic health problems and disabilities.
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Then, when it all gets out of hand, he will say that we have no choice but to go back into lockdown again and will blame the public for their reckless behaviour. A bit of herd immunity too for good measure. |
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A bit simplistic but if something cock's up it's Boris' fault, if it works it's in spite of Boris.
(Of course from the Boris POV - if it works it because of him, if not he tried but someone else is to blame!) (For Boris you could likely put in any head, politician, boss etc). Scientists look at the science, economists at the economy and business owners at their company going down the toilet. Individuals look at the empty seat at the table and care much less about the big picture. |
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Therefore a balance has to be met - how many deaths are an acceptable cost for improved economic activity? That's what we have the Prime Minister for - to make that judgement |
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The foresight he showed in signing up early to AZ was a master stroke and it has put us ahead of the rest of the world. I’m not surprised that you would rather ignore that rather obvious fact. |
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Scientists also gave the ok for large scale sporting events to go ahead. Which countries didn't have a shortage of PPE? The UK had an estimated £60m of stock in preparation for a pandemic. In 2019, the UK was independently judged to be 2nd best prepared in the world for a pandemic. |
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PM holding 5pm briefing today about 19th July changes.
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BREAKING: UK Government confirms that restrictions will be lifted on July 19th.
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They have acknowledged that this will cause cases to rise, but will the NHS not be overwhelmed? This was the whole point of these measures in the first place.
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