I'm not denying it's successes.
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cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
That's not strictly true, what the UK did, together with most western countries including the US & EU block, was to vote to protect patents, had we voted against it, it would have made different to the outcome.
What we went on to do is contribute millions to the COVAX fund, and as Sunray has just pointed out, came to an agreement with AZ to sell at cost price to ensure the maximum number of doses can be delivered to poorer countries. The AZ vaccine is being manufactured all over the world, so poorer countries will be getting it from various supply lines fairly quickly, with the UK factories contributing more supplies in time.
Sadly, we can't vaccinate the whole world within a few months, but the UK has been a leader in ensuring poorer countries get it as soon as possible.
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Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
Sadly 100,000 deaths means nobody gives a shit about this, they failed hard. Id jail them so people realise failure has consequences.
SpineyNorman
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If you love right wing forums so much why don't you go live there?
So at the end of the day we made sure that the market is protected and then gave some charity to the developing nations, as long as they don't mind waiting and dying an extra 4 months while we vaccinate the west. Lots of moral issues here, don't see where we are absolved.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
France
No lockdown yet.
No entry from outside the EU except in a major emergency
Entry from other EU country dependent on a negative PCR test (except for crfossborder workers)
both the above from Sunday morning
non food shopping centre ov er 20 000 square meters to be closed from Monday (I saw some silly pictures of those the other days as it's the January sales at the moment)
more WFH to be facilitated
more control and enforcement of curfew rules
No lockdown yet.
No entry from outside the EU except in a major emergency
Entry from other EU country dependent on a negative PCR test (except for crfossborder workers)
both the above from Sunday morning
non food shopping centre ov er 20 000 square meters to be closed from Monday (I saw some silly pictures of those the other days as it's the January sales at the moment)
more WFH to be facilitated
more control and enforcement of curfew rules
hash tag
Books, not bombs
France! Who would have guessed this? " the chance of contracting Covid-19 from an infected person during sex is almost guaranteed. "
www.mirror.co.uk
Warehouse orgy with 100 men and women raided by police for breaking Covid rules
Police fined up to 100 people and arrested three as they broke up an orgy in Collegien, Paris, which was in breach of current rules to stop the spread of Covid-19
www.mirror.co.uk
Superdupastupor
fun to funky
Fucking awful in Portugal:
50% of all deaths in January 2021-
Strong connections with UK, Brasil, and S.Africa.
Gran,aunt and uncle -in-law +ve.
7% of total the whole population have, have had, or had COVID.
Excess mortality creeping up too.
50% of all deaths in January 2021-
Strong connections with UK, Brasil, and S.Africa.
Gran,aunt and uncle -in-law +ve.
7% of total the whole population have, have had, or had COVID.
Excess mortality creeping up too.
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
Been looking at Google Maps' covid-19 overlay, which shows the average number of new cases per 100k people for the past 7 days in each area, depending on how far you zoom in or out.
Wtf is going on in Montenegro? It seems to be second in the world, with 74.4 and rising, behind Spain (77.1; wtf is going on in Spain).
The map also shows data for Africa, which most other outlets seem to completely ignore. Lots of zeros and <1s.
Wtf is going on in Montenegro? It seems to be second in the world, with 74.4 and rising, behind Spain (77.1; wtf is going on in Spain).
The map also shows data for Africa, which most other outlets seem to completely ignore. Lots of zeros and <1s.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
The call for the protest spelt out:
"please do not wear MAGA/Trump attire"
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
I was just checking the worldwide vaccine stats and noticed the Seychelles are steamng ahead with nearly a third of the population having had their first vaccine.
They are also the first country to require a vaccine passport to enter the country:
They are also the first country to require a vaccine passport to enter the country:
Chairman Meow
Perth, WA
So we have haven't had a single case of community transmission in Western Australia since April. Until today! A security guard in a quarantine hotel tested positive, and it looks like he has caught the UK variant. So from 6pm tonight most of the state has gone into hard 5 day lockdown. We have to wear masks for the first time! The supermarkets and bottle shops this arvo were packed! Anyway, lets hope it works, I'm very happy to WFH for a bit but really hope we can get things under control quickly.
Much of Western Australia goes into five-day lockdown after hotel guard tests positive to UK Covid variant | Australia news | The Guardian
Much of Western Australia goes into five-day lockdown after hotel guard tests positive to UK Covid variant | Australia news | The Guardian
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Strong action, I'm surprised that the security guards aren't kept on site to prevent onward transmission though.
Chairman Meow
Perth, WA
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Yes our state Premier, Mark McGowan went hard and fast from the start, shutting the state border very quickly, and going against that buffoon Scott Morrison. During the first lockdown they used Rottnest island just off the coast of Perth to quarantine people, but then they started using the city hotels, which is clearly a weak spot. Apparently the security guard was also an Uber driver, but luckily he hadn't been driving when he was infectious. Or so they claim, he did visit a few garages so I have my doubts. Anyway, they have published a list of everywhere he visited for the two days he was infectious and people are out testing in their droves. All we can do now is wait, and hope.
Cid
Proper break this time
I mean security guards are people too... You could do short-term rotors I suppose.
Cloo
Banana for scale
Very interesting stats about school closures worldwide. The UK is actually one of the places where schools haven't been shut for so long, we're kind of in the mid range:
en.unesco.org
UNESCO : Building Peace through Education, Science and Culture, communication and information
Learn more about UNESCO's role, vision and results. UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Our aim is to promote peace and security through international cooperation
It’s like the horseshoe theory as applied to school closures
ice-is-forming
With dignified ease and grace..
This is what happened in Brisbane first week of January. The quarantine hotel cleaner had been out and about in the community for 6 days before she was diagnosed . Hard lockdown for 5 days, 2 weeks of masks and then everything back to usual covid rules. And I don't actually think anyone else tested positive from that case! It was the uk variant though, and led to an instant rule change re no retuning to Aus without a negative test ( keeping the usual 14 day quarantine as well) plus talk of moving quarantine hotels into empty mining camps out west.
Meanwhile the government has said..
PM’s chilling warning on COVID-19
The Prime Minister has issued a chilling warning that even with the COVID-19 vaccine there must be “no let up” in international border controls and quarantine over the coming year.
www.news.com.au
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
Why does the mask pictured in that article look so grim?!Very interesting stats about school closures worldwide. The UK is actually one of the places where schools haven't been shut for so long, we're kind of in the mid range:
UNESCO : Building Peace through Education, Science and Culture, communication and information
Learn more about UNESCO's role, vision and results. UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Our aim is to promote peace and security through international cooperation
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miss direct
misfungled
That's what mine look like if I've had make up on.
Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
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Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
Ah. I wear makeup about once a decade, so it didn't occur to me.
Doesn't it feel weird putting a mask on top of makeup? Weirder than putting a mask on at all, I mean
miss direct
misfungled
No. I mean I've been wearing a mask regularly since last March. It's compulsory in Turkey as soon as you go outside so got used to it. I actually like to do a little eye make up when I'm wearing a mask for teaching.Ah. I wear makeup about once a decade, so it didn't occur to me.
Doesn't it feel weird putting a mask on top of makeup? Weirder than putting a mask on at all, I mean
Flavour
hang the bankers
Lockdown partially over in most of Italy from today. 15 out of 20 regions are in yellow zone, equivalent to Tier 1, where bars and restaurants and museums can open but only until 6pm - - like, you can go inside and sit down and stuff. Nationwide curfew at 10pm remains. Régions still in orange zone : Sicily, Umbria, Puglia, sardinia and South tyrol.
Spolier : this will last a week or two as cases will inevitably shoot up again, in our never ending lockdown merry go round.
Spolier : this will last a week or two as cases will inevitably shoot up again, in our never ending lockdown merry go round.
