Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion
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elbows
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More on that sort of thing:
Hotels being used as care facilities to relieve pressure on NHS
Patients discharged from hospital are being looked after by live-in carers in three hotels in south of England
tommers
It was... Rebekah Vardy's account
I imagine lots of people will do that anyway. Even if meeting isn't allowed.I'm wondering, assuming Xmas meeting is allowed at all, whether there'll be a run on PCRs as lots of people have the 'bright idea' to get a PCR and self-isolate 3 or 4 days before Christmas in the hopes of assuring a safe meeting.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
I get the impression that some people are, effectively, isolating from around now up to their big family gathering ...
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
So, do we think the government have passed the point of no return in terms of further measures around pubs and entertainments before Xmas? If so, we could conceivably have schools closing early next week due to the spread amongst staff and kids, while Xmas dos and things like gigs with under 500 punters carry on as normal.
Yeah, I've certainly got friends cancelling stuff at the moment as they're seeing elderly relations over Christmas.
elbows
Well-Known Member
No I'd never make that claim in this pandemic since they are sometimes required to act based on emerging reality even when it means large u-turns.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Time is pretty short though, the bulk of Christmas work dos will be this week. Also, they are politically weaker this year and their backbench revolts will go through the roof if they close venues. I know what you mean in that specific reports and projections have been the trigger to reluctant action in the past, but politics makes the situation soggier this year.
elbows
Well-Known Member
Everything about the situation is messier and even harder to predict this time, including the immunity and disease burden picture. The ridiculously low doubling time seen so far does rebalance things somewhat towards government taking action, but they always find a way to be late.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
same as "everyone can be a Billionnaire" (because note everyone will be)
Pharmacist locally said on Saturday to start ordering as they have only been receiving a box a week recently, they also said there is a lockdown coming (don't quote me on this was also said)
Anecdotal too traffic was horrendous here this morning.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Hands up who else had completely forgotten about the covid 'alert levels'.
Was that the work experience graphics thing early on? If not, no idea.
wtfftw
melting like a toastie
Not all.
But by Friday they all close and it's already Tues tomorrow.
My nephew finishes on the 22nd (Glasgow).
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
Lots of Scottish schools don't close til next week. Depends on your council area. Ours close on Friday but I know there's lots that don't.
That's pretty shit. I do hope they close them by Friday then, the term has been long enough plus Covid.
kenny g
Sheeple Awake!
Scotland is a different country.
Remember Paul in work? The one who has only just found out that the infection numbers are daily and not weekly? Well today he shared this nugget with me: that 50% of all new Omicron cases are people infected when they get their boosters.
I ask him the same question every single time he comes out with nonsense - 'what was the source of that, Paul?'. And he says that he heard it on the radio. He listens to Talk fucking Radio.
I ask him the same question every single time he comes out with nonsense - 'what was the source of that, Paul?'. And he says that he heard it on the radio. He listens to Talk fucking Radio.
ska invita
back on the other side
its such a sewer
i hate how clips from it (LBC especially) make the news now
kill it with fire
cupid_stunt
Merry fecking Christmas.
LBC is fairly sane compared to Murdoch's TalkRadio.
ska invita
back on the other side
Nick Ferrari, Katie Hopkins, Nigel Farage and Maajid Nawaz is rabid shit, and thats just the ones i know
Can TalkRadio really beat that lineup?
They deserve a beating!
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Yes, I was channel surfing Sunday afternoon and found a really irritating presenter on LBC who wouldn't let any of his callers finish their sentences, he was basically just anti vax .. pissed me off ..
cupid_stunt
Merry fecking Christmas.
They sacked Hopkins back in 2017, Farage was shown the door last year. I don't know much about Nawaz, is he that bad? Ferrari is certainly a cunt.
But, LBC tend to have a more balanced line-up, whereas TalkRadio doesn't.
elbows
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I'm watching Sturgeons latest statement right now:
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