RossyG
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I wouldn’t call that good news.
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[News] The Coronavirus Good News thread
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I wouldn’t call that good news.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Why on earth not?
The Wizard
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Any health pass opens up a whole world of black market and prejudices on what you can do based on whether you have had the vaccine, someone like me probably won’t be offered the vaccine till next year (if at all) and so we won’t be allowed to travel but those who have had a vaccine would be? Boris categorically said health passports will not happen.
O/T but thought I’d explain why I don’t think it’s good news. Subjective, I guess.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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So it categorically WILL happen then
I'm sure there will be more unwieldy alternatives put in place for those who are unable or unwilling to have the vaccine. But I personally welcome it as good news if it opens up the world to something a bit more normal. I'd have thought most people would consider that to be good news
beorhthelm
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doesnt have a lot of say in it if other countries insist on it for travel.
The Wizard
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So it categorically WILL happen then
I'm sure there will be more unwieldy alternatives put in place for those who are unable or unwilling to have the vaccine. But I personally welcome it as good news if it opens up the world to something a bit more normal. I'd have thought most people would consider that to be good news
Will reply in the main discussion thread.
A bit of good news, considering the nonsense being spouted in the media about these new Brazilian variants from a chief involved in investigating mutations in the virus.
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19...iants-detected-in-uk-says-virologist-12188419
"The new Brazilian variant of concern, that was picked up in travellers going to Japan, has NOT been detected in the UK. Other variants that may have originated from Brazil have been previously found."
Hopefully as this variant they are concerned about hasn’t been found in the U.K. yet, even if it is here the spread will be minimised with the restrictions we have here + having put a ban on flights, important as ever to try and ignore U.K. media and tabloids.
Marshy
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I would call it great news. Sooner I get to visit my parents in Spain the better, its been 18 months and rising. Anything that gets people back to some sort of normal is good news.
Weststander
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An interesting radio interview just then with Cristina Gallardo of politico.eu. She was full of praise for the UK's vaccination programme. She put this down to the UK government (in effect) indemnifying the pharmaceutical companies, also by setting clear short and medium term targets on the numbers and groupings to be vaccinated. She has a new article somewhere online expanding on this, I could only find this earlier piece.
https://www.politico.eu/article/coronavirus-vaccination-europe-by-the-numbers/
I wonder if the number of covid deniers or anti-vaxers is thankfully very low in the UK? Helping the programme. By contrast, in France for example, 60% are distrustful and say they'll refuse.
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/jan/11/vaccine-scepticism-in-france-reflects-dissatisfaction-with-political-class
https://www.politico.eu/article/coronavirus-vaccination-europe-by-the-numbers/
I wonder if the number of covid deniers or anti-vaxers is thankfully very low in the UK? Helping the programme. By contrast, in France for example, 60% are distrustful and say they'll refuse.
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/jan/11/vaccine-scepticism-in-france-reflects-dissatisfaction-with-political-class
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And the French now been given stricter lockdown regulations. Blackmailing the population to have a jab. Like it!!
I certainly think there's something in the British psyche where by people defer to the "authority" in most situations. It's more prevalent especially in older generations (my grandparents basically took anything that was told to them by any sort of authority figure as gospel) who've been the primary targets of the vaccination programme thus far.
279k was the number for 13th.......posted yesterday (248k was 12th)
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/det...ve_received_vaccinations_by_report_date_daily
I think we're getting confused.....I'm talking about England only, not UK wide.
278k was the total vaccinated in UK on 13th, including my 248k figure in England only.
It may just be that I’ve got rid of a lot of dick heads of my social media, but I seem to be seeing a lot less conspiracy theories and anti vac posts since the vaccine rollout as actually started !
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So when you said today, you meant yesterday? [emoji23][emoji23]
I admit I may be getting confused on dates (I mean reported daily figure today, which yes is of course from yesterday), but numbers wise it seems you were looking at UK wide and I was referring to England only.
