I see the R has made a comeback.
I see the R has made a comeback.
Our R(etard) number is at 47%.
Ah there's the interest rate rise right on time
Go on...
What does the interest rate rise of 0.1 to 0.25% mean to you Magic?
Buckle up.
I don't really get the point of raising interest rates at the minute. The inflation we're seeing isn't from cheap credit.
Unless you are extravagantly wealthy it's barely noticeable. Who notices a 0.15% increase in anything?
Maybe if you have a mortgage on a mansion or a yacht on credit.
They better not ban crowds at [League 1] football before 22nd January, now I’ve bought a bloody Gillingham shirt.
I'm a twit
Our game against Stoke on Saturday looks like it'll be off, Stoke requesting postponement for covid and not because they have half a team injured already. Give us the points and send us up on PPG again
The Magic Variant has spread to Ireland.
Really hoped that second one was going to end with someone standing up and decking him.
88,000 cases today. Spread it like butter.
The rate this thing spreads at is mental. We only found our first case of it 2 or 3 weeks ago and now it's the dominant strain in much of the country. It's pretty cool in a rather unfortunate way.
I have to say, fair play to Johnson for holding firm so far on not introducing (more) nonsense restrictions in the face of the scientists and media utterly shitting the bed over this. He obviously has a dual motive for that, but I'm liking, to a degree at least, the end result at the moment.
Only unfortunate if we get a shitload of severe disease off the back of it. If we don't (which we won't, there I said it) it might be the catalyst for the end of the nonsense.Originally Posted by Spikey M
If he didn't have half his party rebelling, and a Chancellor who wants his job unwilling to pay for any more business support, we'd be in the slammer by now.
I wonder if we tracked strains of say the cold or flu on an annual basis, would they spread like this, 100,000 odd cases a day and 2 day doubling.
He'll buckle soon enough.
I'm all for positivity, but I struggle to spin a new variant replacing one we had under control as anything other than
rather unfortunate. We were already half way out the door. Bar holidays we were pretty much back to normal.
Hopefully the Sithafrikeens are right, it's nice and mild and SAGE are just being a load of old tarts. But if it isn't MUCH more mild, then we will be longing for the halcyon days of Delta long into the spring.
We won't be doing anything long into the spring. This one will be wham, bam, thank you Pam (assuming Pam charges by the hour).
Stoke have requested our game be postponed, it's been confirmed that there are 0 cases in the Cov squad and staff. Should be three points awarded if it wasn't for the PC do-gooders in charge
Yep, it'll shoot through the population by 1st/2nd week of Jan and hospitalisations done by the end of Jan.
Maybe. If I had to make a prediction, I think the vaccine will do a good enough job but the sheer caseload we're heading for could see us back up to 300-400 deaths per day. It will then come down to how hysterical the frozen dinners get. There was barely a peep when we had 200 deaths a day a month or so ago but they were good old Delta deaths. Omicron deaths will receive different coverage because reasons.
Think we're on the same page then Spikey, in that I could see us getting 300 to 400 deaths per day during the TSUNAMI, but I guess where we differ is that'll be a low enough number for us to hold out. By the time we get to that point the damage will have been done anyway.
It'll all be down to the media. 200 deaths a day was getting no coverage at all last month, but now Boris is under pressure and we have a sexy new variant. The media live that shit.
I seem to remember last year peak cases by specimen day was 27th December, or thereabouts, think it will be pretty much bang on the same this time. Sooner in London.
Over by January.
Well, the oldest person in the office turned positive today. Walked in to find the floor I worked on was off limits until they'd bug bombed it.
Wales are bringing back social distancing / one way systems in shops and all that.
IT'S AIRBORNE YOU THICK TAFF FUCKS
Normalising this kind of shit (Whitty was loving trotting it out as well) is also dangerous:
The government doctors will tell you what matters in life.Dr Frank Atherton, chief medical officer for Wales, had previously advised the people to reduce their social contacts.
"We absolutely need to prioritize what we want to do at Christmas, for me, it's about seeing family," he told BBC Wales.
"It's not about going to the pub, it's not about going to a nightclub, it's not about going anywhere that's crowded or indoors."
Dr Frank is spot on Jim, you dickhead. As such I have prioritised doing whatever I want, just as he wanted.
Like I said, these people are dangerous. Thank God we have systems in place to keep them from following through on this shit in the way they'd like to.
One of the potentially mad things about these numbers will be the ONS estimates that come off the back of it. They seem to think 1 in 60 get it weekly with the Delta strain. So that's roughly 1m people. Let's say Omicron does double that. That'll get the whole country crop-dusted in a month. Short enough for the cases to drop right off and herd immunity might actually be achieved.
Or not.
Is there not a case to say we've already reached herd immunity? EDIT: Or as good as it's going to get? We have extremely low deaths compared to how it would have been opening up without the vaccines.
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See the step father has said the noob who died from moronic was perfectly healthy and an antivax.
Possibly. I do wonder what impact a jab aimed at the later variants would do. Plus the treatments are getting better.
An emergency team meeting was called at work to tell everyone that normal work must take a backseat and Covid response is the number one priority until at least February.
I managed to completely miss any Covid job stuff first time round and just carried on with my usual role (almost - had to mobilise assisted LFTs in chemists, which nobody bothered doing anyway - I've paid for one since setting it up in August.
Thankfully I was off during said emergency meeting so I reckon I can dodge it all over again.
I honestly wish Covid would get lost though. Like if I was told I could completely abolish it forever but there's 10% chance I'd have covid symptoms forever, I'ld probably risk it you know. Pain in the arse now.
I'm a twit
Isn't there an argument now that herd immunity isn't happening/going to happen, with the vast majority of the country already with antibodies and cases still rising massively?
The Vaccine mandate for the State of Queensland started today.
From today, the following conditions apply across the state:
�� Some business establishments now require you to give your contact information, proof of COVID-19 vaccination or evidence of medical contraindication by using the Check In Qld app or another measure of record keeping before entering.
�� Business operators should collect contact information, proof of vaccination or evidence of medical contraindication from all staff, guests and patrons when entering an establishment by using the Check In Qld app or alternative measures to record the contact information details.
�� There will be no capacity restrictions on businesses that are only permitted to allow fully vaccinated people to attend.
⛔️ Venues used for private hire will have no capacity limit if people attending are fully vaccinated. However, if there is a person attending who is not fully vaccinated, COVID-19 density restrictions will apply. This means a maximum of 20 people or 1 per 4 square meters, whichever is less.
Unvaccinated people will now be unable to:
�� Attend hospitality venues, entertainment venues, festivals or Queensland Government owned galleries, museums or libraries.
�� Visit vulnerable settings, including hospitals, residential aged care, disability accommodation services, and prisons.
This does not apply to residents and patients of these facilities, and there will be some exceptions for medical treatment, end-of-life visits, childbirth and emergency situations.
Just a reminder that vaccine patents still haven't been waived.
Unbelievable, Jeff.
Biggest and most underrated scandal in this whole thing.
100%. The lack of ambition to actually get everyone globally jabbed shows how bad the new world order have planned this.
Closing pubs and restaurants at 5pm
My wife's Cousin has had OMICRON VARIANT confirmed this morning/last night, and my wife's sister is having an absolute meltdown about it. She hasn't seen them for weeks as far as I'm aware.
"WELL WE WON'T BE SEEING THEM OVER CHRISTMAS"
her isolation ends on Christmas Eve, so we ca...
"I'M NOT RISKING IT"
Oh, OK. We'll probably just drop her pres...
"WHY RISK IT?!"
I see people that have had Covid all the time at work and...
"NOT OMICRON!!!"
It's the same virus
"NO IT ISN'T"
I love my wife but I don't know how or why she tolerates her.
Get her signed up here, she'd fit right in.
That’s how we get into the 40+% Spikey.
What annoys me most, is for all this panic, she's taking her daughter to Disney on Ice between Christmas and New Year.
90% of it is just because she fucking loves Drama.
In further tales of retardation - I currently have a cold, but I have a Court Hearing this afternoon. Being ill, I'm not allowed in the office, but needs must. I need up to date paperwork.
So I've told my manager I'm a bit snotty, but I've done a test and it's all gravy (baby).
Well you can't go into the office
"But I can't turn up at court without paperwork"
................
"So what do I do?"
I'm thinking... leave it with me
I feel like I'm cracking up here. Pull it together people.
That's proper textbook heads have gone.
Ok, so someone called Dave - who I've never heard of - is going to print it for me, and hand it to me in the car park.
I like to think they've employed him just for this.
I was going to get a Greggs for lunch but I might upgrade to a Burger and a Pint at the 'spoons. I've earned it and I've only been working (achieving nothing) for 57 minutes.
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