cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Shapps is an idiot !
You've only just noticed?
Shapps is an idiot !
No, I already knew he was a pratt, this jumping the quarantine thing is just further proof, of the extreme level of his prattness !You've only just noticed?
No, I already knew he was a pratt, this jumping the quarantine thing is just further proof, of the extreme level of his prattness !
Wait, what, Mick Jones is Grant Shapps' cousin? Mick Jones from The Clash Mick Jones?It ties in with Williamson’s tongue poking at verifying the sodding vaccine, just public school pricks.
I shall again quote Mick Jones on being reminded Shapps is his cousin, “He’s a cunt.”
Wait, what, Mick Jones is Grant Shapps' cousin? Mick Jones from The Clash Mick Jones?
Christ.Yup.
We all have embarrassing relations but there's embarrassing and there's embarrassing.Afaik they have never met, but the biology is there.
What’s the latest on excess deaths so far guys second wave?
I'm not really sure how accurate the lateral flow tests are, so I am unsure if its really a good idea to use them at this stage to allow care home visits, although I would obviously want to bring in the harm of isolation and loneliness as factors when trying to balance that decision.
Touching as some of the images are, some are also the wrong sort of touching, and I will quite loudly suggest that it is not a good idea to have your 95 year old mother kiss your mask
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Rapid Covid test: Daughter and mum, 95, hug for first time since March
Christine Colburn embraces her mum for the first time in months after taking a rapid Covid test.www.bbc.co.uk
Greater Manchester councils have become the latest to pause rapid testing for care home visitors over concerns they fail to detect enough infections.
Data suggests the rapid kits miss about a third of the most infectious cases picked up by conventional lab tests.
Lateral flow tests are being used in England so residents can see family indoors for the first time since March.
It was already known that lateral flow tests were less sensitive - they miss about 50% of infections overall.
But lab tests had suggested that figure could fall to 5% when a high level of virus was present.
The government had argued that the tests were therefore as effective as PCR tests at picking up people with the most virus in their systems - those most likely to be currently infectious.
However, data published from the Liverpool testing pilot suggests that when it comes to people with higher viral loads, rapid tests only pick up seven infections for every 10 picked up by a PCR test.
This means about a third of the most potentially infectious people could be told they were free of the virus. This could be even lower if the tests were conducted by non-clinically trained people.
Jo Cox-Brown, from Night Time Economy Solutions, said she had been in the city centre to support Small Business Saturday and witnessed crowds where people were close together and not wearing masks.
She said she worried the market could cause a spike in local coronavirus cases.
"It wasn't being well managed it wasn't being very well controlled," she said.
"People were defecating in doorways because there's no toilets open because hospitality is closed."
Ms Cox-Brown said many people who had been in touch were "really angry" the event went ahead and felt organisers were "putting their Christmas at risk".
Anopther crap idea that was found wanting rather quickly:
Nottingham's Christmas market closes for the rest of the year
The market in Nottingham closes for the rest of the year, following "unprecedented high footfall".www.bbc.co.uk
What a lovely Christmas story , let's go to to ye old Christmas Market and shit in a doorway.Anopther crap idea that was found wanting rather quickly:
Nottingham's Christmas market closes for the rest of the year
The market in Nottingham closes for the rest of the year, following "unprecedented high footfall".www.bbc.co.uk
Still trying to work out the cause of our local "spike" in cases (OK, it is "only" 30 in the past week, compared to single figures or zero/less than three suppression level until a few cases in mid-October, this good run was from April)
Doubt it is the local plastic bottle making plant - people from all over work there, and the case rates in neighbouring areas are going down .
We do have some "hospital / elderly care" facilities ...
alternatively, the local schools have not been totally clear of cases, either.
Quite possibly - it is a mainly rural area, one "town" and several villages plus many farms. Unfortunately, we are within commuting distance of a large urban area which had a significant peak recently ( a couple of months ago ). Mostly, though, people are quite good with masks and social distancing. Narrow pavements and small shops are a potential problem.Sounds like you live in a relatively small area. I think there is always the danger with smaller areas that haven't really seen many cases for people to get a bit complacent. Its certainly been the experience of a few friends and families. People have been largely fine just nipping round for a cup of tea, dropping of Christmas presents and holding small social gatherings because the area was virus free but soon as it does turn up it can spread very quickly.
It may not be a particular place or event just a bit of complacency combined with general fatigue.
That's okay. According to that map they appear to be moving Wirral Hospital over the Dee into Wales. They also seem to be moving Epsom Racecourse to Tonbridge Wells and the Excel Centre to Canvey Island. I know Johnson loves big projects, but this is really ambitious...i see they aren't including wales in the first tranche of vaccinations