16-08-2020, 12:40
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Re: Coronavirus
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That's a very muddled article..
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Agreed Maggy, it's almost as though someone threw it together as a page filler . . . has The Sun run out of booby pictures? 
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16-08-2020, 13:48
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Re: Coronavirus
There’s a difference between wanting to spend money and having to spend money. Unfortunately the end result is still spending money.
The difference will be in the plan, whatever that is, to recover the expenditure.
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16-08-2020, 18:37
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Re: Coronavirus
Seems kind of pointless to compare it as well considering the GLOBAL PANDEMIC that has happened in the interim.
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16-08-2020, 19:15
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Re: Coronavirus
I'm not sure how much of this a new news but I thought the last 2 paragraphs were interesting.
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"It is encouraging that Novavax' recent clinical data shows their vaccine triggers an immune response greater than that in patients who have recovered from the disease", Kate Bingham, Chair of the UK Government's Vaccines Taskforce said in a statement. We are also delighted to expand our collaboration with FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies in the UK.
With six deals each so far, Britain and the United States are leading the global race to strike deals with drugmakers for vaccines as the pandemic continues to rage.
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https://clicklancashire.com/2020/08/...-covid-19.html
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17-08-2020, 01:14
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Interesting article here analysing Boris Johnson's policy reactions to Covid and how they seem close to Jeremy Corbyn's manifesto. Below is an extract.
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So if JC had been in charge, they money we needed to cover lockdown would not have existed, he would already have spent it 
Good job no one wanted that moron in power then. 
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17-08-2020, 01:54
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Maggy
That's a very muddled article..
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Which bits do you find unclear?
I think the conclusion is that Boris is implementing a lot of policies close to what Corbyn promised, though of course this is largely due to the pandemic eg junk food advert ban before 9pm, railways nationalised, review of capital gains tax, biggest increase in spending since WW2.
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So if JC had been in charge, they money we needed to cover lockdown would not have existed, he would already have spent it
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I doubt JC would have been organised enough to spend the money!
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17-08-2020, 12:34
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Re: Coronavirus
A reminder to our self employed forum members, the second HMRC covid support grant is now available for claiming ... same procedure as last time, although they're paying out 70% of average profit rather than 80% this time.
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18-08-2020, 10:48
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by joglynne
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It's far too early to judge whether these vaccines will ever make it past the testing. Other drugs for coronavirus have looked positive at this stage but ultimately failed for one reason or another.
The swine flu vaccine made it through the tests but was later found to have an unacceptable side effect - narcolepsy - and had to be withdrawn..
I hope very much, with the whole world racing for a vaccine, we will be successful this time, but I won't hold my breath. Over many decades we have attempted to find a vaccine for coronavirus and we have not succeeded. So fingers crossed that this major effort will see results.
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18-08-2020, 12:09
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: Coronavirus
Nothing to see here, move along, please...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...o-Harding.html
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Public Health England has been axed after a series of failings during the coronavirus crisis - but the woman to be handed the reigns of its replacement is a Tory peer with no scientific background whose husband called for PHE to be abolished...
... She has also been spearheading the failing NHS Test and Trace system, which is still struggling to find 50 per cent of Covid-19 patients' close contacts, who are most at risk of being infected.
It emerged today that her husband, Tory MP John Penrose, is also board member of the think tank '182' which has published several reports calling for PHE to be abolished.
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Can I just point out the so-called "failing NHS Test and Trace system" is outsourced to Serco, so it should be the "failing Serco Test and Trace system"...
btw, Dido Harding's husband is Boris Johnson's "anti corruption champion" - amusing when his wife was appointed without going through a normal hiring process.
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18-08-2020, 12:34
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Hugh
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Maybe Boris should outsource the whole of his Government, then they don't need to take responsibility for anything !
'Simples', which should appeal to Boris.
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18-08-2020, 12:56
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Hugh
Nothing to see here, move along, please...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...o-Harding.html
Can I just point out the so-called "failing NHS Test and Trace system" is outsourced to Serco, so it should be the "failing Serco Test and Trace system"...
btw, Dido Harding's husband is Boris Johnson's "anti corruption champion" - amusing when his wife was appointed without going through a normal hiring process. |
Transparency seems to have done a disappearing act.
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18-08-2020, 14:04
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Hugh
Nothing to see here, move along, please...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...o-Harding.html
Can I just point out the so-called "failing NHS Test and Trace system" is outsourced to Serco, so it should be the "failing Serco Test and Trace system"...
btw, Dido Harding's husband is Boris Johnson's "anti corruption champion" - amusing when his wife was appointed without going through a normal hiring process. |
Sadly, Boris's actual grades are turning out to be as bad as predicted.
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18-08-2020, 14:23
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Re: Coronavirus
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Quote from Metro News: Russia is working on a coronavirus vaccine to protect the country’s mink fur industry – and domestic cats.
The development comes after Vladimir Putin claimed his country had approved the world’s first coronavirus vaccine for human use, adding that his daughter had already been given it.
Russia’s veterinary watchdog, Rosselkhoznadzor, is now producing a vaccine for felines, according to its head Sergey Dankvert.
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They say for mink as well as cats but maybe...
Putin_Blofeld.jpg
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18-08-2020, 15:06
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
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Is he encouraging us to see his softer side? I really didn't know he had one, I'm not convinced!
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18-08-2020, 15:49
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Re: Coronavirus
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Is he encouraging us to see his softer side? I really didn't know he had one, I'm not convinced!
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Blofeld, obviously.
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