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Reply | Ukraine
at 15:57 1 Feb 2023
Haven't posted on this thread before but having now read the last couple of pages I'd like to make a couple of points
Re the NHS funding:
The support for Ukraine is not stopping the funding of the NHS, it's just giving the government an excuse. If the support for Ukraine was the real reason then NHS under-funding would be a recent phenomena.
Re Putin's eye on further expansion:
My last holiday (Sept 2022) was in Georgia and most there believe they are next on the list (again!). They were invaded by Russia in 2008 and lost ~10% of their land when Russia annexed South Ossetia and Abkhazia. They are a small country with a population of under 4 million and a widely held belief is that Putin will want a quick and easy victory after the Ukraine shambles and Georgia fits the bill. Also bear in mind this isn't the first war under Putin, Chechnya, Georgia the annexation of Crimea all come to mind, he has to be stopped somewhere. |
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Reply | Bye bye bye Johnson
at 14:14 7 Jul 2022
I couldn't agree more, I didn't see as a true general election but as more of a second referendum, and Boris won it with his "oven ready" deal. Which like most things with "oven ready" on the label leave a lot to be desired. |
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Reply | Bye bye bye Johnson
at 13:41 7 Jul 2022
I'm firmly in the remainer camp, but I don't think we can consider rejoining the EU for at least a decade and possibly a whole generation (20 years?). This is for a number of reasons including:
1. It would open the door to leaving again in a similar timescale, we'd then be the equivalent of a yo-yo team.
2. Whether we like it or not the country did vote to leave.
3. It would dominate British politics at every election. I honestly believe that the reason Boris got in was not due to his range of politics or any Corbyn effect, it was because he sold the whole election on getting Brexit done. The "red wall" defections to the Tories are part of this as they mainly voted leave. |
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Reply | 5 Subs next season
at 13:23 15 Jun 2022
It's down to the ref to add the time back on no matter how long a player takes, so it shouldn't be an issue |
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Reply | Two Brits sentenced to death
at 18:06 9 Jun 2022
it's a bit rich calling them "foreign" mercenaries, They both have Ukrainian wives and have live there for a number of years. One of them has even served in the Ukrainian armed forces since 2018 |
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Thread | Warburton's out
at 14:10 24 Feb 2022
I can't get Warburton's crumpets down my local Waitrose anymore, they've been replaced with Hovis ones.
Just thought you'd like to know.
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Reply | Bournemouth odds
at 12:02 23 Dec 2021
It all speculation atm. with extrapolating from early overseas data all of which still contains terms like "data suggests" and "may be milder".
Data from infection within our own population about hospitalisations will start to appear soon, unfortunately complicated by reporting issues over Christmas. This is when we will start to see the true effect on us and our health system.
Also bear in two points:
1. In the Guardian article someone posted earlier as proof of Omicron being milder the headline was "Risk of hospital stay 40% lower with Omicron than Delta, UK data suggests", first note the "suggests" then note 40% lower - i.e. 60% will still need hospitalisations, so if Omicron is even only twice as infectious (data I keep seeing says 3+ times) ther will still be more hospitalisations (2 x 60% = 120%).
2. Hospital staff are getting the virus at an increased rate as well, so even if hospitalisations remain stable, there might not be enough staff to look after them. This is what protecting the NHS means |
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Reply | Omicron Prickly Heat
at 11:48 23 Dec 2021
You should only stop isolation after 10 days if you are symptom free, as this means you have overcome the infection. The virus can most definitely replicate past this point as shown by the hospitalisations and deaths which are almost all later than 10 daya. |
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Reply | Bournemouth odds
at 17:32 22 Dec 2021
Not necessarily so I'm afraid.
Not sure if this link will work but if it doesn't search "Covid UK" in Google :
https://www.google.com/search?q=uk+covid&oq=uk+covid&aqs=chrome..69i57j6
If you look at the graph after the ads you can using your mouse see the figures for each day, and you can also select a number of statistics to view including new cases and hospitalisations.
If you hover over the nrecent new cases there are peaks in new cases on approximately 20th July, 7th September and 23rd October, switching to hospitalisations there are peaks on (approx.) 3rd August, 17th September and the 5th November. This suggest a lag time of 14, 10 and 13 days respectively between peaks in cases and hospitalisations for an average of 11 / 12 days.
The hospitalisations reported are therefore like to correspond cases from around 10th December when the new cases reported was 58,000 (48,500 7-day average). Today's (22nd Dec) new cases is reported as 106,000.
Cases only started taking off on the 15 / 16th for which we will have to wait until the 27/ 28th before we expect to see any hospitalisations that might arise, and it'll be around 3rd of January before today's new case figures start to impact. This is all coupled with the fact that this is going to be over the holiday period when delays in reporting (the same as weekends) are likely. |
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Reply | Bournemouth odds
at 12:10 22 Dec 2021
3 in my family (all ST's) won't be going, with a mixture of having a vulnerable person staying with us over Christmas and it being on Sky.
I'll be a bit miffed it is the last one I could have seen this season  |
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Reply | Coventry Away on sale today
at 16:39 21 Dec 2021
At the start of the pandemic "key workers" did indeed use public transport, but during that initial lockdown the busses and tube very fairly empty. As for mixing at work, where I work there are very strict Covid rules covering maximum room occupancies, minimum working distances from colleagues, mask wearing just about everywhere etc.
So no not super human powers but adherence to the rules |
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Reply | Bournemouth odds
at 15:48 20 Dec 2021
It's not just that the players will be out of isolation by the match, but whether they'll be fit. I don't just mean match fitness, after by bout of it it took me weeks to get my lung capacity back up.
Even so I'll have a vulnerable family member around for Christmas and I think it's on Sky so I might stay warm and safe despite there being three ST holders in my group would all normally go |
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Reply | Omicron Prickly Heat
at 15:41 20 Dec 2021
Sorry to hear you've all got it over the Christmas period, despite being triple vaxxed and having some natural immunity from having it in early October I've just cancelled some meet ups I was down for this week.
As I said on another thread, perhaps our last couple of matches being called off was a blessing in disguise. |
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Reply | Coventry Away on sale today
at 13:46 20 Dec 2021
I really don't want to go back to empty stadiums again and I know I'm being pessimistic but....
A smaller percentage of people getting very ill out of a greater number getting infected could still be a big number. For instance if Omicron is 3x as infectious as it seems to be, then it would need to be only a third as nasty just to "break even" on the number of hospitalisations.
PS can anyone remember if the football matches were being called off at this rate due to player infections earlier in the pandemic? |
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Reply | QPR/Covid what a bloody surprise!!
at 14:28 17 Dec 2021
Having got over my initial disappointment at not getting to see any more football before Christmas, I'm now thinking it might be a blessing in disguise.
I'm vax boosted, and have some natural immunity from having Covid about 2 months ago (caught I believe at the Birmingham match), so I'm probably covered against Covid as highly as is possible at the moment., yet having read of some on here who had already decided not to attend I think I might have agreed with them and not gone to the matches despite having a ST.
Now we are within 10 days of Christmas any infections we get will mean isolating over the holiday period and the possibility of feeling really rough AND the possibility of passing it on to our loved ones at the same time.
Hopefully when the matches are replayed we will have more data on Omicron and will be able to make better informed decisions about personal risk and attendance. That is of course if the decision isn't taken from us by the government. |
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Reply | QPR/Covid what a bloody surprise!!
at 10:22 17 Dec 2021
Yes some did win a nobel prize for working with Ivermectin in humans, however the following is from:
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-nobel-ivermectin-idUSL1N2QB2XA
and states:
"Social media users claim that the drug Ivermectin is safe to use as it received the Nobel Prize in 2015. While two scientists did win the prize for the medication, this was for parasitic infections and it does not mean the drug is a safe or effective drug in the treatment of COVID-19, a virus. As of this article’s publication, public health authorities in the United States are not recommending ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19. Scientific studies are ongoing."
So a horse dewormer can be used, with some associated risks, in smaller doses as a human dewormer, although it can be used to treat other parasitic infections in both humans and horses.
Finally just to clarify one thing if it is needed, Covid is a virus NOT a parasite. |
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