Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (234 Viewers)

[shmmeee]

Is there anything good on at the cinema? I really fancy it but not for Peter Rabbit 2.

 

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[Sky Blue Pete]

Showcase are doing cut price tickets at the moment I think. I may go for the A quiet place/Quiet place 2 double header!

Yep £5 last time with no one there for most of the ones I went to

 

[Skybluefaz]

Is there anything good on at the cinema? I really fancy it but not for Peter Rabbit 2.

Godzilla/Kong is available at the moment. I'm happy to watch something big and dumb like that at the minute. Nomadland, some Saw spin off thing called Spiral also out.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

6,000 vaccinated in Bolton this weekend, good work.

 

[shmmeee]

Same good news as last time but from a different angle:

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Same good news as last time but from a different angle:

How come they’ve slowed down the rollout?

 

[shmmeee]

How come they’ve slowed down the rollout?

Hesitancy I’d guess. Read a bit about lots of hesitancy in heavily religious groups.

This suggests Arab-Israelis and Hasidic Jews have very low take up:Israel's COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout Is Slowing at a Critical Moment. That's a Warning for the Rest of Us

 

[CCFCSteve]

How come they’ve slowed down the rollout?

Double jabbed a decent number at least. Hopefully that same hesitancy won’t be shown here....maybe the Indian variant might be the kick up the arse some needed (always like to take at least a small positive out of a potentially shitty situation !)

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Double jabbed a decent number at least. Hopefully that same hesitancy won’t be shown here....maybe the Indian variant might be the kick up the arse some needed (always like to take at least a small positive out of a potentially shitty situation !)

Really frustrating hearing about those eligible just not getting it when some of us are still waiting for the first one.

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

And yet I thought you were also accusing the media of burying the exact same story? Based on the fact you can mysteriously no longer find an article which you definitely, definitely read?

Oranges and apples. You know that though.

The fact you think the media don't play the pandemic up shows just how out of touch you are.

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Is there anything good on at the cinema? I really fancy it but not for Peter Rabbit 2.

That's a good film. Take it back!

 

[SBT]

Oranges and apples. You know that though.

The fact you think the media don't play the pandemic up shows just how out of touch you are.

I'm sorry, I can't and won't take media lessons from anyone who apologises for Peter Rabbit 2.

 

[David O'Day]

The latest overpromoted stuffed shirt cabinet member who did the rounds of TV studios today seemed to attack councils for doing what the PM announced on Friday?




Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, was on TV and radio this morning as No 10’s minister for the media. Here are the main points from his interviews.

• Kwarteng appeared to criticise health officials in Bolton for allowing young people to be vaccinated early. Asked about reports that they were vaccinating “anyone who wants it” in the town, and whether he approved of this approach, Kwarteng said:

No, I think the government has very clear guidelines in terms of the ordered way in which we roll out the vaccine.
That has been working and has been a very effective rollout, and we would suggest that people should do it in the correct order, in the right way.

• He said he thought it was “very likely” that all coronavirus restrictions would be scrapped on 21 June, despite the threat of the Indian variant. Asked if he expected the full reopening to go ahead in England on 21 June, as proposed in the government’s roadmap for easing restrictions, he said:

 

[PVA]

Kwarteng is a tosser to be fair.

 

[Nick]

Looking more and more likely it will be delayed.

Then the next variant that pops up, rinse and repeat.

 

[robbiekeane]

Looking more and more likely it will be delayed.

Then the next variant that pops up, rinse and repeat.

I mean the second that a variant pops up that’s different enough to be resistant to the vaccine, we are fucked. Why don’t we do an Australia and just close the borders?

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

I mean the second that a variant pops up that’s different enough to be resistant to the vaccine, we are fucked. Why don’t we do an Australia and just close the borders?

Business

 

[jordan210]

 

[Ccfcisparks]

I mean the second that a variant pops up that’s different enough to be resistant to the vaccine, we are fucked. Why don’t we do an Australia and just close the borders?

Thats to simple a solution.

 

[chiefdave]

Viruses with B.1.617 and B.1.618 spike were neutralized with a 2-5-fold decrease in titer by convalescent sera and vaccine-elicited antibodies.

That's exactly what I was thinking

 

[robbiekeane]

Business

Yeh probably, but now look at australia basically business as usual domestically.

 

[Skybluefaz]

Pub?

 

[Cityandproud87]

Pub?

Yet SAGE want to keep us locked away even with the figures so well / vaccine working against the indian variant! Its crazy.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Yet SAGE want to keep us locked away even with the figures so well / vaccine working against the indian variant! Its crazy.

I want us locked away until all the variants go away. This indian variant is very scary.

 

[Cityandproud87]

I want us locked away until all the variants go away. This indian variant is very scary.

Seriously? You stay locked away then, the rest of the UK will get on with our lives.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Seriously? You stay locked away then, the rest of the UK will get on with our lives.

Not if Boris and Sage has anything to do with it. Hopefully they close the pubs ASAP

 

[Cityandproud87]

Not if Boris and Sage has anything to do with it. Hopefully they close the pubs ASAP

Not a chance.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Yet SAGE want to keep us locked away even with the figures so well / vaccine working against the indian variant! Its crazy.

Well the government had said it too

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Not a chance.

They should do. Close the pubs and other acts of socialising so we can go back to being a healthy nation.

 

[Nick]

I want us locked away until all the variants go away. This indian variant is very scary.

Then the next one and the one after that?

I assume you are taking the piss though.

 

[Nick]

Had my jab yesterday, first one. Piece of piss.

 

[AOM]

Had my jab yesterday, first one. Piece of piss.

Let em know you're there early doors

 

[chiefdave]

Steve Sayer, GM of the O2 Arena has confirmed that following test events they will be running events at full capacity from August. If they can have 20K in there we should be able to open up to full capacity for our games.

 

[AOM]

Steve Sayer, GM of the O2 Arena has confirmed that following test events they will be running events at full capacity from August. If they can have 20K in there we should be able to open up to full capacity for our games.

Really hope so.
Be a massive anti-climax if first game back in Coventry we have limited attendance or no away fans

 

[Deleted member 4439]

From the Telegraph


Downing Street is no longer promising that conclusions of the social distancing and Covid passports reviews will be announced this month, citing uncertainty caused by the Indian variant.

The Prime Minister's official spokesman said at a briefing of political journalists this afternoon that there was no "set time" for those announcements to be made.

Yet Boris Johnson had set out a time frame only last week, saying an update on whether social distancing will continue and Covid status certificates will be needed after June 21 would come later in May.

The change in position reflects the new uncertainty created by a surge in the Indian variant of Covid-19, which early data suggests could be more transmissible than other variants.

Number 10 was also unable to confirm that a decision on relaxing rules on weddings would be made on May 24, despite Mr Johnson also saying that would be the case last Monday.

The decision to no longer pledge announcements by the end of the month will raise concerns that the June 21 unlocking could happen on a smaller scale than hoped for just a few weeks ago.

Government figures have stressed that early data suggests the Covid vaccines remain effective against the Indian variant and urged people to get their two doses when eligible.