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Old 12-02-2021, 13:28   #3645
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Behavioural scientists would be all over the statement

"All adults who want the vaccine have had it"

It's optional? Okay wait there will I Google the merits of vaccination versus not getting it. What? There's a newer one coming in Autumn? Might as well wait then.

That's one of the more positive outcomes of googling the merits of vaccination or otherwise without going down the conspiracy theorists rabbit hole.

Anyone with medical reasons to not take it will be advised by professionals and anyone genuinely anti vax will not anyway. The last thing they want to do is nudge people against it.

As I've said before everyone should take it but you'll not hear anyone in authority speak in terms of it being optional unless outright asked "is it optional?".
Good point.

---------- Post added at 13:28 ---------- Previous post was at 12:50 ----------

This thread is in danger of getting a bit cheerful so I thought I'd better share today's reminder of the huge economic cost the UK is facing.
Quote:
UK economy shrinks by most in 300 years

Gloomy outlook for 2021 after pandemic batters economy in 2020

UK economic output fell 9.9 per cent in 2020, the largest drop in 300 years and more than twice the fall during the financial crisis, laying bare the scale of the pandemic’s impact.

The economy grew more than expected in the fourth quarter despite extensive Covid-19 restrictions but remained smaller than before the pandemic. The outlook for the start of 2021 has darkened. Output expanded 1 per cent in the three months to December from the previous quarter, according to data from the Office for National Statistics — a stronger showing than the 0.5 per cent forecast by economists polled by Reuters.

But the figures released on Friday showed UK output was down 7.8 per cent from the final quarter of 2019, twice the decline in Germany and three times the drop in the US. The differences reflect long periods of tough restrictions in the UK as well as generous US stimulus plans and tax cuts in Germany.
https://www.ft.com/content/96e19afd-...e-a72bd1f60d3c
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