04-01-2021, 15:58
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Mick
Told ya so. ^^^
So Boris is due to address the nation at 8PM tonight to announce further restrictions.
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Yup.
He'll probably call it tier 6 for everywhere except the Scilly Isles so he doesn't have to call it a national lockdown!
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04-01-2021, 15:58
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Mr K
Well thats my mind up. Its a go for the purchase of a 6 month Morrisons delivery pass!
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Ive had a yearly pass for the last 6 years (from when they first introduced them)
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04-01-2021, 16:00
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Mr K
Well thats my mind up. Its a go for the purchase of a 6 month Morrisons delivery pass!
Bet Boris has bought his Ocado one already, before announcing the lockdown, which is insider trading really...
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Luckily l am on Sainsbury's vulnerable priority list so l get a delivery slot each week thankfully.
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04-01-2021, 16:05
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#2539
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Re: Coronavirus
Sir Keir struggling to avoid falling off the fence on schools.
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04-01-2021, 16:06
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by denphone
Luckily l am on Sainsbury's vulnerable priority list so l get a delivery slot each week thankfully.
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Prefer Sainsburys but Morrisons give Mrs K a 10% NHS discount. (excluding alcohol which is a damn shame ...)
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04-01-2021, 16:12
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Mr K
Prefer Sainsburys but Morrisons give Mrs K a 10% NHS discount. (excluding alcohol which is a damn shame ...)
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They are all pretty good to be perfectly honest but Sainsbury's through information they received from the relevant authorities contacted me to say while coronavirus restrictions are in place l am on their priority list.
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04-01-2021, 16:16
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
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These announcements have a history of being overhyped and under whelming.
Let's hope he doesn't pander to the apocalypse worshippers.
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04-01-2021, 16:17
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by denphone
Apparently from what l hear the Covid threat level is being moved up to level 5 which is the highest level as we had level 4 for the first lockdown.
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They're different scales....
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04-01-2021, 16:19
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Mr K
Prefer Sainsburys but Morrisons give Mrs K a 10% NHS discount. (excluding alcohol which is a damn shame ...)
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I've got a Blue Light Card, and you get 10% off wine/fizz and beer, just not spirits, at Morrisons in England.
https://my.morrisons.com/blue-light-...nd-conditions/
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Discount is not valid on Fuel, Spirits (England), All alcohol (Scotland and Wales), Tobacco, Lottery products, Gift Vouchers & Cards, Infant/Formula Milk, Cash-back, Dry Cleaning, Fireworks, Online Games & Instant Tickets, Photo Printing, Saver Stamps, Postage Stamps, ‘Top-Up’ Mobile Phone Cards, & Pharmacy.
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04-01-2021, 16:19
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
I suspect you may join the working-from-home brigade soon. Another BoJo u-turn is on the books.
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weren't so many teachers working from home first time around, unless you count emailing out a PDF every Friday for the next week, working.........................
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04-01-2021, 16:20
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Pierre
These announcements have a history of being overhyped and under whelming.
Let's hope he doesn't pander to the apocalypse worshippers.
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It’s a done deal. Sir Keir eventually fell off the fence in favour of closing schools, and he wouldn’t have done that had he not been 100% certain of a u-turn. Heaven forbid he ended up having to spend the next week opposing Government policy.
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04-01-2021, 16:28
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by jfman
It’s a done deal. Sir Keir eventually fell off the fence in favour of closing schools, and he wouldn’t have done that had he not been 100% certain of a u-turn. Heaven forbid he ended up having to spend the next week opposing Government policy.
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Another u turn from him.
Only yesterday he wanted a return to the tier 4 lockdown of November.
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04-01-2021, 16:28
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Re: Coronavirus
This isn't good news
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The South African variant of coronavirus may be resistant to vaccines and more difficult to pick up through testing, scientists have warned, as they called for the immediate closure of borders.
Health Secretary, Matt Hancock said he was "incredibly worried" about the new mutation saying it was "even more of a problem than the UK variant."
The variant was picked up in Britain in December, and there are fears it may spread even more quickly than the Kent mutation which has caused an alarming spike in cases, hospital admissions and deaths.
Jeremy Hunt, the former health secretary, has called for an immediate 12 week lockdown and a closure of Britain’s borders and schools.
He said: “To those arguing winter is always like this in the NHS: you are wrong. I faced four serious winter crises as health secretary and the situation now is off-the-scale worse than any of those.”
The South African variant carries two mutations at key areas of the gene which builds the spike protein – a projecting arm that the virus uses to attach to human cells.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...rn-scientists/
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04-01-2021, 16:32
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Pierre
These announcements have a history of being overhyped and under whelming.
Let's hope he doesn't pander to the apocalypse worshippers.
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He'll usually let Downing Street's press officers Laura K and Peter P break any bad news before he does.
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04-01-2021, 16:33
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Julian
Another u turn from him.
Only yesterday he wanted a return to the tier 4 lockdown of November.
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The problem is he’s trying to offer polite opposition rather than meaningful opposition, while always trying to appear “ahead” of the curve. Trying to pre-empt this Government is a farcical ask.
Only yesterday we had Pierre very confident schools wouldn’t close because they wouldn’t send them in to close them after a week. Now, dealing with a capable, competent Government that should generally hold up - they’d assess the data and have the courage of their convictions to see it through.
Unfortunately this isn’t what we have. We get reactionary change after reactionary change.
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The good news is you can still fly from South Africa to the UK (via a third country).
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