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Yeah I am still really angry with the way the media have behaved throughout the pandemic but I've made the point, no need to keep mentioning it in every post.
I've never said they are the real problem though and have been very critical of the Government when I think they have made mistakes, I find that is more objective than just jumping on every decision they make as a way to attack Boris Johnson (who I actually think has been a terrible leader throughout the pandemic).
 

Is this the same Cummings that we were told was a bare faced liar 12 months ago? Amazing how eager some are to hang on his every word now!
Its also noticeable that alot of gone quiet on the comparisons with other countries now that the other countries have had their third wave of infections.
Remember when Germany were the gold standard in track and trace for Europe?
Pretty much all they are left with now are 2 countries out in the middle of nowhere and the middle eastern countries who have had experience of pandemics and are used to walking round wearing masks.

Im surprised that any of you actually still believe that @ariotofmyownposts are actually Covid related and not just thinly veiled policital posts!
In fact they arent even veiled, 4 out of the last 6 posts have been direct attacks on Boris Johnson.

Yes.. We can’t hide anymore.. 
 
Variants are a reality of life now.. What do you suggest we do until we understand each possible variant?
Quantify cases? Hospitalised, ventilated, minor symptoms.. What’s the point of the vaccination if it does not mean anything changes? We can always move the goal posts on how we judge COVID to suit any position.. Should we view equally serious conditions in the same light as COVID? Flu kills and can be passed on. The common cold? Quick dust off the old nuclear shelter, buy some beans and hunker down.. For those who are genuinely worried about their own personal circumstances, then fine, do what you have to do.. Don’t go to major events, don’t go shopping at peak times, don’t have a meal in a restaurant.. Your choice 100% and I would support anyone doing this.. But the few cannot control my life now.. Sorry that may seem harsh but I’ve had enough.. I’ve done everything asked, been a good boy but it can do one now.

I might bring the Hampshire variant with me now., However I could still have the London variant still in my system from my time there.. I did go to Cornwall last week as well.. He’s got no chance really has he ?

Do you know the future? No.
I think it can be extrapolated from the way the flu and other viruses mutate that covid will continue to mutate. We can also extrapolate that the vaccines can be tweeked to deal with this.
How will Covid spread uncontrolled, when many in the UK have already been vaccinated. Plus 'uncontrolled' for many seems to be little or no symptoms.
Do you really know what you are scared of?

Have you heard how all the vaccines are working against all the variants?

Stats in Bolton show that in vaxinated population rate is <=10/100,000 so I think it is fair to say that we just need to complete the vaccine programme and were all good.
This is on assumption that we are going to be a nation that has small amount of corona around in hospitals for ever.
Interested in what places like Australia will end up with. They have been successful in their near zero corona approach but probably it is not sustainable if they want to properly turn their economy back on. Ie the rest of the world will accept it is ok to have some level of transmission without lock down, but know they have some level of herd immunity. Aus needs to convince their population to get to the same place as the rest of the world or end up being semi cut off.

Anarchy.
Policy worked ok for Australia as they are all criminals, or sons and daughters of criminals, effectively. They are ok being locked down. It’s in their DNA.

#FreeAlbert

Well done to Mason Mount on the second greatest night of his career.

First couple of seconds is about as unflustered as you can get!
 

Thats one of the promotion places sown up then!
Would have liked to have seen him here tbh ?

Thats one of the promotion places sown up then!
Would have liked to have seen him here tbh ?

Utd lose on penalties 11-10 
De Gea has penalty saved
Not very good at long penalty shootouts are they ?

Fortnite is pretty good tbh - maybe you can also get him into the creative that comes with it?  One of my lads had great fun designing his own maps etc.  
Also you should look at 'Save the World', its the solo/multiplayer PvE game that comes with Fortnite.  I've personally had hundreds of hours of fun with that and it teaches you to build/shoot etc without the pressure of some PvP god gunning you down before you realise you're under attack ? You can get it pretty cheap now-a-days or iirc you can pick it up free with a fortnite membership.

Utd lose on penalties 11-10 
De Gea has penalty saved
Not very good at long penalty shootouts are they ?

Utd lose on penalties 11-10 
De Gea has penalty saved
Not very good at long penalty shootouts are they ?

I remember seeing the reports of people dropping in the streets in China at the start and my experience of it here has been totaly different, I know a fair number of people who have tested positive and been mildly ill ( wife included) or totally no ill effects whatsoever, like yourself I don’t know a single person who has died of covid or been hospitalised even though I have worked throughout the whole time as have my family, so like yourself I’m also not saying that there’s no deaths but I also believe the whole world being closed down is hard to fathom??‍♂️

I think you missed out an important “n”  in there

I have watched a few highlights of womens football and even tried to watch some of the last World Cup but tbh find it slow, boring and have never actually made it through an entire match.  As you say, it doesn't interest me in the slightest.  Each to their own but its not for me.
The (minor) problem I increasingly have however is the BBC and Sky posting ambiguous tweets or article titles.  I reckon half the clicks they get are from people thinking they are clicking on a mens football article and not a womens football article - I'm forever doing it lol.

Without wanting to get to political and despite playing his role down Dominic Cummings is a very clever man. 
Labour are on their knees at the moment and offer zero political opposition - has there ever been a better time to 'air the covid laundry' than now?   
Get it all out there, apologise, sack a few underlings then move on and forget about it all whilst the opposition are sinking faster than the Titanic and despite all the usual Tory sleaze they appear more popular than ever ? 

Without wanting to get to political and despite playing his role down Dominic Cummings is a very clever man. 
Labour are on their knees at the moment and offer zero political opposition - has there ever been a better time to 'air the covid laundry' than now?   
Get it all out there, apologise, sack a few underlings then move on and forget about it all whilst the opposition are sinking faster than the Titanic and despite all the usual Tory sleaze they appear more popular than ever ? 

Maybe some people aren't looking for a conspiracy theory but just find the figures hard to comprehend because of personal experience.
127,000 deaths is 0.2% of the population, 1 in 500 people.
In Derby that would equate to around 5,000 deaths.
I don't know of 1 single person that has died from it so Im left scratching my head a bit.
I don't think figures are being made up but I do think every figure that could have been used by the media to make this thing look worse than it is, has been played on massively.