Slow news day? The real deal? End of the world? 
 

They’re saying it probably came from an animal, has Somebody been shagging monkeys again? 

2 hours ago, Burndens Bogs said:

When can we travel up to Scotcherland does anyone know? Due up in Edingburgh for a few days at the end of this month.

 

2 hours ago, Escobarp said:

26th April she’s opening up for free travel across the border pal 

Nope, still not seen it confirmed anywhere. Travel within Scotland yes, but travel from the UK is still "expected to be on the 26th April.....OR VERY SOON AFTER" Come on Krankie, i want to know if i'm travelling or not you little gobshite

Wee jimmy still worried about people traveling to England and bringing back covid 🙄

There's more chance of the English catching the virus in Scotchland.

Just now, Burndens Bogs said:

There's more chance of the English catching the virus in Scotchland.

Correct she’s fucking deluded 

Decent for a catch-up day

21 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

Decent for a catch-up day

Let's play "Guess tomorrow's death toll", with Bob Monkhouse

15

See bozo (the shithouse) has decided lockdown and not vaccine has got the numbers down

Feels like he's preparing the ground, the cunt

10 minutes ago, Casino said:

See bozo (the shithouse) has decided lockdown and not vaccine has got the numbers down

Feels like he's preparing the ground, the cunt

Oh he is, even if the numbers start to rise even by the smallest amount now that we're allowed in pub Gardens, he'll start closing shit down again.

Yet one scientist interviewed agreed!

Surely both are responsible. 

Fwiw, I see it as nothing more than a warning to folk not to take the piss.

Reasonable 

Just been called for my 2nd stabbing 12.30 tomorrow 

Pretty surprising really as I only had 1st stabbing 8 weeks ago

2 hours ago, jmjhb said:

Reasonable 

A bit stagnant at the mo, having said that it wasn't too long ago when new cases stubbornly stayed around 5k and deaths around 500 per day.

1 hour ago, 1969 said:

Just been called for my 2nd stabbing 12.30 tomorrow 

Pretty surprising really as I only had 1st stabbing 8 weeks ago

Getting rid of the cheapo AZ stuff before it goes off

I think it’ll probably linger around a couple thousand cases every day now as these surges crop up.

Hospitalisations and deaths stay low and we’re golden.

Im getting jabbed tomorrow. Proper excited.

7 minutes ago, Spider said:

I think it’ll probably linger around a couple thousand cases every day now as these surges crop up.

Hospitalisations and deaths stay low and we’re golden.

Im getting jabbed tomorrow. Proper excited.

Have you volunteered for this mixed vaccine programme?

Get monitored etc, and scientists seem to reckon it should be better than having the same one twice.

 

Just now, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Have you volunteered for this mixed vaccine programme?

Get monitored etc, and scientists seem to reckon it should be better than having the same one twice.

 

I’d volunteer to have it injected down my japs eye if it means this shit is finished

8 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

Any new variants appeared today ?

..... thought not 🤔

?

 

23 minutes ago, Spider said:

I’d volunteer to have it injected down my japs eye if it means this shit is finished

Wouldn't be your first rodeo, cowboy.

30 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

Any new variants appeared today ?

..... thought not 🤔

Nightmare scenes of a country struggling to cope have begun to emerge as doctors speak of a new variant of the virus that appears to be spreading faster than ever before, affecting young people and even children this time around and pushing India’s healthcare system to the brink of collapse.

....

Over the weekend bodies piled up outside the government hospital in Raipur, in the state of Chhattisgarh, because the hospital had “not expected so many people to die at once” from coronavirus and could not cremate them fast enough. In Surat, in the state of Gujarat, crematoriums became so overwhelmed with coronavirus victims that families began burning their dead on open ground.

 

“This sheer tsunami of cases has already overwhelmed the healthcare infrastructure in the state,” said Dr Shashank Joshi, a member of the Mumbai Covid taskforce. “This time we are seeing younger people between 20 and 40 getting seriously affected and even children are now being hospitalised with severe symptoms. The capacity for the healthcare system to hold on is fast dwindling.”

 

In other variants, the L452R mutation has been shown to make the virus more transmissible. There is also evidence that antibodies don't recognize that mutation, which has been found in other strains to reduce the effectiveness of vaccines.

The E484Q mutation has also been shown to be less susceptible to neutralizing antibodies, which help fight the coronavirus. It's still too early to tell if the mutation makes the virus more contagious.

Edited April 14, 20215 yr by jmjhb

What passes for Knowsley Road these days in St Helens for my first jab in a couple of weeks, made a bit of a balls of booking it.

Just now, Mr Grey said:

Is that you Boris 🤔

I have better hair

2 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

Stop talking colly wobble, nobody has better hair than Bojo 

He looks like a badly groomed Yorkshire Terrier

25 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

Exactly fella, still waiting for it.

For what?

A new variant?

How often do they occur?

No one knows as most countries can't analyse the virus to find out. 

Not sure what point you're trying to make, but I'm very glad I live here at the moment. 

India and Brazil could fuck everything up

2 minutes ago, Spider said:

India and Brazil could fuck everything up

There is a religious element to this too. Was chatting to some Hindus last year who were frankly indifferent to it all. Not in a nasty way, but a shrug of the shoulders and "we've got to go one way or another" apparent lack of concern about death sort of way.

Put that into a country with a huge, densely packed population and its a recipe for disaster. 

Just can't vaccinate folk quick enough.

Brazil on the other hand is led by a loon.