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jfman · 20-12-2020, 18:42

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Originally Posted by Damien

Well looks like the world is cutting us off!

They need us more than we need them, honest guv.

Maybe we should go full New Zealand now seeing as they aren’t that bothered about our international transport hub status.

**Hugh** · 20-12-2020, 18:46

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

Bloody foreigners

as long as the north pole don't cut us off before Christmas we'll be ok.

It’s OK, Santa’s had his vaccination.

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/19/94840...uci-tells-kids

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Kids want to know: Is it safe for Santa to stop by this year?

"Will Santa still be able to visit me in coronavirus's season?" asked 6-year-old Paxton from Geneva, Ill., during a CNN-Sesame Street town hall Saturday. "What if he can't go to anyone's house, or near his reindeer?"

Luckily for children everywhere, the nation's top infectious disease specialist is on the case. "I took care of that for you, because I was worried that you'd all be upset," Dr. Anthony Fauci responded. "So what I did a little while ago: I took a trip up there to the North Pole, I went there and I vaccinated Santa Claus myself.

"I measured his level of immunity, and he is good to go," Fauci added. "He can come down the chimney, he can leave the presents, he can leave, and you have nothing to worry about."

jfman · 20-12-2020, 19:27

Even herd immunity Sweden don’t want the new strain, you couldn’t make it up.

Thought Tengell would be subsidising flights over to get it done with.

**Hugh** · 20-12-2020, 19:35

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Originally Posted by jfman

Even herd immunity Sweden don’t want the new strain, you couldn’t make it up.

Thought Tengell would be subsidising flights over to get it done with.

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/e...ainst-covid-19

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Both supporters and detractors have described Sweden’s strategy as one of “herd immunity”: allowing the majority of the population to contract Covid-19 in the hope of building resistance to it. But Tegnell insists that this is not the case. “That’s incorrect – in common with other countries we’re trying to slow down the spread as much as possible... To imply that we let the disease run free without any measures to try to stop it is not true.”

He warned that a genuine herd immunity strategy could be disastrous: “If you have Covid-19 spreading, so that 50-60 per cent of your society eventually have the disease, it can rapidly overwhelm your health service and possibly cause a number of deaths indefinitely and leave people with long-term consequences. If you can avoid that I would say that you definitely should.”

**Mick** · 20-12-2020, 19:42

BREAKING: Italy reporting they have a case of the new COVID-19 Variant found UK.

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-new...weeks-12162014

Spain decides against banning flights from UK

**Damien** · 20-12-2020, 19:50

COVID is a bit rubbish really isn't it?

#CancelCOVID

**Hugh** · 20-12-2020, 20:01

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Originally Posted by Damien

COVID is a bit rubbish really isn't it?

#CancelCOVID

Snowflake!

jfman · 20-12-2020, 20:28

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Originally Posted by Damien

COVID is a bit rubbish really isn't it?

#CancelCOVID

I’m looking forward to the sequel.

**Chris** · 20-12-2020, 20:35

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Originally Posted by jfman

I’m looking forward to the sequel.

That will be #BDSCovid

**Hugh** · 20-12-2020, 20:37

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Originally Posted by jfman

I’m looking forward to the sequel.

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Originally Posted by Chris

That will be #BDSCovid

The COVID Strikes Back!

Mr K · 20-12-2020, 20:38

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Originally Posted by Damien

COVID is a bit rubbish really isn't it?

#CancelCOVID

Oh I don't know, there's a lot to be said for social distancing #unwelcomerelatives@xmas

**Hugh** · 20-12-2020, 21:39

Covid-19: Dover port halts exports to France for 48 hours

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55389505

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France will stop lorry movements from the UK for 48 hours in the wake of fresh concerns over the spread of a new strain of coronavirus in the UK.

The move means outbound traffic from Dover will stop.

Ministers and officials will discuss the move at the government's COBRA emergency committee on Monday.

Freight from France to the UK will be allowed, there are fears lorry drivers will not travel plans to avoid being stuck in the UK.

The Port of Dover is closed to traffic leaving the UK "until further notice" due to border restrictions in France, port authorities said in a statement.

Pierre · 20-12-2020, 22:11

Peak fear has been initiated, “new variant”...”out of control”.......we’re all doomed.

Sir Kier hindsight, says we should have gone into lockdown earlier and harder.

I can’t remember when a Labour leader demanded that more people should lose their jobs? But that’s the left nowadays, so far removed from the working class as to be totally irrelevant in modern politics.

Ports have closed......not political at all, but then if you promote a “new variant” fear agenda, then you might scare the neighbours....well done.

We have nothing to fear, but fear merchants themselves.

jfman · 20-12-2020, 22:20

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Originally Posted by Pierre

Peak fear has been initiated, “new variant”...”out of control”.......we’re all doomed.

Sir Kier hindsight, says we should have gone into lockdown earlier and harder.

I can’t remember when a Labour leader demanded that more people should lose their jobs? But that’s the left nowadays, so far removed from the working class as to be totally irrelevant in modern politics.

Ports have closed......not political at all, but then if you promote a “new variant” fear agenda, then you might scare the neighbours....well done.

We have nothing to fear, but fear merchants themselves.

To be honest I think we’ve got more to fear from those ignorant to reality, but each to their own.

I can’t think of a rational reason any Government - let alone a Conservative one - would willingly pursue these policies with economic impacts unless there was an overwhelming health concern.

**Damien** · 20-12-2020, 22:24

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Originally Posted by Pierre

Sir Kier hindsight, says we should have gone into lockdown earlier and harder.

He did call for these restrictions before the Government did and he did call for the lockdown in November before the Government did. Hardly hindsight. Although he was only advocating what SAGE had already recommended in both cases.

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We have nothing to fear, but fear merchants themselves.

And a pandemic.