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None better.

I love this quote : Not just a competitive budget, but a 'very, very competitive budget', some might even say 'the bestest budget'. And yet, what have they achieved in the past four seasons with their very, very competitive budget?

Maybe they've all heard about the new 'live stream' that will be available on the back of the seat in front, giving frree access to any game being played anywhere in the world at the time, thus improving the fan experience by not making the fans watch the shite being played out on the pitch

People who don't use an antiperspirant - especially when they go to the gym. 30 seconds to apply to save the rest of us from smelling you isn't asking much.

I've had a think about it and the only thing I can come up with is that they are trying to increase their take up of the vaccine, which in some areas is struggling to get over the 50% mark. Clearly I'm missing something glaringly obvious so need some help to be pointed in the right direction...

I can't believe that you, of all people, would swallow the 2004 Tsunami horseshit, what a completely made up load of bollocks that was

Apologies, I missed the last bit - probably due to falling asleep whilst reading the rest of it!

Surely questions end with question marks?

Ideally you should provide a link to your source as well if you don't want to be accused of plagiarism. Failing that, you could click the quote marks and paste the quote into the handy little box that pops up. It's not rocket science.

You're not a linguist either

Good job we put all our stock in whatever those scientists profess and don't look at the statistics and think for ourselves

I agree, completely reasonable response from the industry - it should have been legislated for way before it was all opened up, but I think the Govt's current stance on going / not going on holiday tells you all you need to know about their thought process. Always trying to please everyone and ending up with some mish mashed bollocks of a policy!

I understand the point, but it shouldn't be an issue. Airport and airline owners have been baying to get their industry up and running, so really should have thought this through. Yep, it will cost more to open up more terminals, but that cost should be passed on to the consumer. If the ticket prices are higher as a result, then that will be self prohibitive and reduce unnecessary international travel. The airlines want to be at full capacity as soon as possible (completely understandable), so won't want to introduce anything that might hinder that.

They are supposed to. The bigger issue is that they arrive at the airports with other flights (some from countries that don't have to quarantine / isolate) and can spend many hours in immigration mixing freely with little to no separation.

How do those figures look if you take out London?

Global warming, innit!

It comes to something when even the Chinese think cryptocurrency is dodgy!! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57169726

You seem too knowledgable

No. As Whelk points out, the efficacy will affect the severity of the illness in vaccinated people - hence why the old and vulnerable were vaccinated first to provide as much protection as possible. No idea where Egg gets the 1 in 5 people thing from.

Can you? If the vaccine isn't 100% effective then there is a possibility that even those that are fully vaccinated can still catch the virus in another country and bring it home with them, passing it to unvaccinated people and allowing it to spread. The only effective system would appear to be the one adopted by Australia where everyone has to quarantine for two weeks in a quarantine hotel where spaces are limited so the number of arrivals each day / week is controlled. Whilst it's effective, it probably wouldn't be appealing to our populist government who want to keep everyone happy all the time.

Should all international travel be banned just in case? The 7 day average for positive tests is now down by 2.6% and the average for deaths is down by 27.9% over the same time period, so the vaccinations must be working, right? data source The even better news, though, is that a fair few of those who had refused to have the vaccine in the Indian variant hotspot areas have now come forward and had their jabs. Who knew that a bit of scaremongering could be so successful?

I don't understand your argument here. There is one absolute certainty with the covid virus and that is that once lockdown is lifted, the number of infections WILL rise, put very simply, this is due to two things : 1. The vaccine is not 100% effective, therefore, even vaccinated people can still catch the virus and spread it amongst other vaccinated people. Fortunately it protects against 'serious' illness so the impact won't be as great as it could be, especially to those in the 'vulnerable' categories. 2. We haven't vaccinated 100% of the population - infact, taking the info from the link above, we have only completed 39.0% with 2 doses (even then they won't be 100% 'safe', see point 1!) and another 30% with one dose (currently estimated to be about 85% effective), which leaves 31% of the population (circa 21 million people), who are not vaccinated at all and still more than capable of catching the virus and spreading it. It's pretty obvious that increased vaccinations HAVE led to reduced cases, although they are still going to rise once lockdown is totally lifted as a result of points 1 and 2! Once you accept that as a fact, you will be able to sleep soundly at night and carry on with your life!

I also posted a link to the data source I used so anyone could click it and check out the information for themselves. Here it is once more in case anyone missed it - it links directly to the Gov website which publishes the covid figures every day.....

A very tiny increase, which could be a result of increased surge testing. Personally I'd also put that down to the millions of people who are yet to be vaccinated (as well as those that have refused), but yet will not have many adverse effects from the virus. Combine that with a significant drop in hospitalisations and deaths and there really isn't anything to worry about. We are seeing infection levels similar to last summer. If you think we are going to get the number down to zero then you'll be pretty upset when that doesn't happen, especially as we've already been told this virus will be around for years to come (much like 'flu)....

Just to put some meat on the bones for the Indian variant - you know, the dominant one that is ripping through the nation and threatening the end of lockdown... This has been an issue for a number of weeks now with daily newspaper headlines citing 'fears' and 'tiers'. Since the beginning of May we have held steady at just under 2000 cases per day. We've since increased 'surge testing' in Indian variant 'hotspots' around the country and the picture that has been painted has been pretty bleak - aintclever wants us to be locked down until the end of time! Yet, the reality is, despite all the increased testing (test more, find more!!) we have seen a week on week rise, for the entire country, of 173 cases. Yep, 173 cases. 75 people have died in the last 7 days (which may or may not have been caused by covid!) and 751 people have been admitted to hospital, 9 fewer than the previous 7 days. Still, good job the papers have got something to write about! Data source