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pip08456 · 09-10-2021, 23:39

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Originally Posted by Hugh

That would be handy…

Which is it though?

**Hugh** · 10-10-2021, 08:54

Either, neither, or both…

mrmistoffelees · 10-10-2021, 10:27

Father in law tested positive on Thursday night.

He’s on a virtual hospital ward and the fire brigade have dropped off oxygen monitoring kit.

Horrific head cold & no sense of smell is how he describes it but the worst part of it is he’s going up the walls self isolating as he loves being out and about.

Seeing as though we all had Sunday lunch together last week, SWMBO and I have been doing. lateral flow tests so far all clear.

**Hugh** · 10-10-2021, 12:29

Ian Duncan Smith bloviating in today’s Mail on Sunday…

A) Considering most of the bombing raids were at night, they probably weren’t going into the offices "as Hitler’s bombs were raining down"
B) Bombs aren’t contagious - workers didn’t pick up unexploded bombs and take them home to their families
C) You didn't catch explosions from being too close to co-workers.
D) 1.37 million people were evacuated during the Blitz from cities.
E) Some Ministries were de-centralised into the Regions, or moved out of London completely.
E) There was an shortage of laptops, broadband, and home wifi in 1940 to enable "home working"

But other than that, "True story, Bro…"

nffc · 10-10-2021, 12:43

Well, exactly

We're talking about a contagious disease which is easily spread from person to person not a bombing raid which you can see coming from an enemy who you can ultimately reason with.

Not to mention the whole office work was completely different back then.

I actually think IDS was by some distance the worst of the Tory opposition leaders. Cameron got elected, and actually Hague was very similar in terms of how electable he would be (even though he was more from the opposite side of the party ideologically) but they were in such a mess after Major and the defeat to Blair that I doubt anyone would have won an election at the end of that term. In a sense they would have probably been better keeping Hague in because he would have done a better job than IDS or Howard (who was only marginally better) and perhaps then not needed Cameron, given how that ended up, we may well be in a completely different place (or may have already left under Hague...). I dread to think what would have happened if IDS was PM, people think Johnson is bad, but he's an educated moron, IDS is just a moron.

**Paul** · 10-10-2021, 14:04

Well IDS as a bit of a muppet, and thats a bit of a daft comparison.

A more accurate one would be that people kept going to the office (and life carried on as normal) during every Flu epidemic (at least in my lifetime).

By some accounts, we are due another one this year.

Carth · 10-10-2021, 14:20

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Originally Posted by Paul

Well IDS as a bit of a muppet, and thats a bit of a daft comparison.

A more accurate one would be that people kept going to the office (and life carried on as normal) during every Flu epidemic (at least in my lifetime).

By some accounts, we are due another one this year.

Flu epidemic, educated moron, or blitz?

. . or even all 3

Taf · 10-10-2021, 14:47

Our GP advised our daughter to get a 'flu jab "ASAP", but his surgery will NOT be offering them (again) so she (we) should book at the local Tesco.

I've just been on the Tesco site. NO appointments available before Xmas, and their system doesn't allow people to book after then.

And no sign of the booster covid-19 jab for "those at higher risk or over 60".

jfman · 10-10-2021, 14:53

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Originally Posted by Taf

Our GP advised our daughter to get a 'flu jab "ASAP", but his surgery will NOT be offering them (again) so she (we) should book at the local Tesco.

I've just been on the Tesco site. NO appointments available before Xmas, and their system doesn't allow people to book after then.

And no sign of the booster covid-19 jab for "those at higher risk or over 60".

It does seem strange we’ve gone from vaccinating millions of people per week to the rather glacial speed of booster/teenage vaccinations. Second doses were 400,000 a day six months ago.

joglynne · 10-10-2021, 15:09

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Originally Posted by Taf

Our GP advised our daughter to get a 'flu jab "ASAP", but his surgery will NOT be offering them (again) so she (we) should book at the local Tesco.

I've just been on the Tesco site. NO appointments available before Xmas, and their system doesn't allow people to book after then.

And no sign of the booster covid-19 jab for "those at higher risk or over 60".

Our local supermarkets are offering the flu jabs but people around me here in Manchester have been mainly using our local Chemists who seem to have more capacity. I have just done a quick google and see that there are some alternative listings in the Cardiff? area. so it may be possible to track down a Pharmacy/Chemists in your local area.

Maybe the following search will be helpful and hopefully you will find somewhere near. Fingers crossed for you. xx

https://www.google.com/search?q=chem...client=gws-wiz

OLD BOY · 10-10-2021, 16:42

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Originally Posted by Paul

Well IDS as a bit of a muppet, and thats a bit of a daft comparison.

A more accurate one would be that people kept going to the office (and life carried on as normal) during every Flu epidemic (at least in my lifetime).

By some accounts, we are due another one this year.

I’m not sure I buy all this speculation about a major flu epidemic this winter.

I get the argument, but I think those most likely to succumb to respiratory viruses have already died of Covid. I guess we’ll see soon enough whether the lockdown did more harm than good.

jfman · 10-10-2021, 17:10

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I’m not sure I buy all this speculation about a major flu epidemic this winter.

I get the argument, but I think those most likely to succumb to respiratory viruses have already died of Covid. I guess we’ll see soon enough whether the lockdown did more harm than good.

Quelle surprise.

spiderplant · 10-10-2021, 17:41

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I think those most likely to succumb to respiratory viruses have already died of Covid.

Only 35% of the population of England have had COVID.

https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/now-casting/

Carth · 10-10-2021, 17:53

Wife daughter and myself are just getting over a nasty cold/mild flu that's lasted almost 2 weeks.

I'm 67, doctors surgery usually blasts me with texts about the flu jab but I've heard nothing (yet) . . and nothing about a Covid booster either

Sephiroth · 10-10-2021, 18:37

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Originally Posted by Carth

Wife daughter and myself are just getting over a nasty cold/mild flu that's lasted almost 2 weeks.

I'm 67, doctors surgery usually blasts me with texts about the flu jab but I've heard nothing (yet) . . and nothing about a Covid booster either

The flu jab gives me flu. Doesn't matter what they say about inactivated viruses, I know the difference between a cold and a flu and what I got after 3 successive flu jabs in different years was not a cold.

OK, it might not have been flu really, but was it then? Felt really unwell, developed cough and short of breath, etc.

In normal life, I haven't caught flu for more than 20 years. I get two colds a year (which I control with Tissue Salts Combination J).