Whitey Grandad

So not charging someone tax counts as subsidising them?

Actually it would be a pointless choice seeing as malaria is passed on by a parasite present in mosquito bites. In the Middle Ages malaria was quite common in some areas of England such as the Fens. Lock down the mosquitoes by all means. You started with an ‘if’ which does not and cannot apply. Malaria is of course one of the world’s greatest killers but thankfully work on a vaccine offers some real hope. https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-04-23-malaria-vaccine-becomes-first-achieve-who-specified-75-efficacy-goal

So what? Every house? There are a lot of people in China. But this has no relevance to our lockdowns and how it’s severity compares with other countries. Length of time is an important factor too. You cannot just assume that this type of lockdown is what was needed. I repeat what I said earlier. The schools made no significant difference but their closure has done irreparable damage to a generation of youngsters.

These people have studied it in depth. A strict lockdown for a couple of weeks doesn’t count as much as a looser one for several months. This has been going on for over a year now, with a couple of breaks. I know you might not like to hear it but I know which I would prefer. Our early lockdown with its enthusiastic policing wasn’t a lot different from what you describe.

Not just my view. You might not like to hear it but an Oxford study has looked into it. Don’t forget that length of time is a factor. This is what happens when you isolate people from the world outside. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-worlds-sixth-toughest-lockdown-23554938 ”Compared to EU countries including Germany, France, Belgium, Slovenia ad the Czech Republic, the UK imposed the harshest restrictions - yet suffered the fourth highest death toll. The UK also suffered the highest fatality rate from the virus out of the 10 countries with the harshest restrictions globally - possibly due to the lockdown measures being introduced after surges in deaths.

Neither. But would you still advocate a lockdown?

Yep. Not quite as tough as Ireland but more severe than the others. Sorry it’s the Daily Mail but reported in others. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9290029/Britains-coronavirus-lockdown-one-toughest-WORLD-study-claims.html

https://youtu.be/L-l6tHeseDY

Yes indeed but I think there is a sense that they don't want to have to have another lockdown so they want this one to last as long as possible. There's also a headline from The Times this morning, "Vaccines likely to be slowing spread of Covid, scientists believe" Er, yeah, you'd bloody well hope so.

We don't know that. Schools, shops, even restaurants being open would not have made any difference. We have just had the most severe lockdown in the world and it's not over yet. How much of it was really necessary?

But lockdowns come in all shapes and sizes. It’s not just a question of lockdown/no lockdown. I strongly believe that this one has been too severe and has gone on too long.

We had a talk once by the manager of Bognor Regis. Even for his league he said that if you showed him a club’s wage bill he could tell you where they’d finish in the table.

I just hope that we’re all allowed in to see it.

thongin

Fulham only have five games left. Provided they don’t win three of them we ought to be ok. But if we don’t pick up any more points they should all be shot like lame horses.

So you can’t answer but resort to personal attacks. Might I suggest that you read what I wrote? Let’s try again, Where did the ‘foul’ occur? In other words, in this instance where was the point of contact? And don’t try and say that you can tell that from the TV shots because nobody can.

Answer the f***ing question! Djenepo Is the one who gets kicked. He throws his leg across the shot to try and block it and gets kicked for his efforts.

But when was the contact? VAR cannot see that.

But where did the perceived foul occur?

What was in the box? Who kicked whom? Besides, Aldeweireld had a clear handball just before.

I think Djenepo got kicked.

Good point.

How can VAR tell where the contact was from that distance?

I believe they are called ‘draught excluders’