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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    From a purely academic standpoint, what happens next will be fascinating.
    50 deaths today. EVERYTHING is riding on the next few weeks. I'm pretty glad I live in rural County Durham, don't think I could hack crowded London in all this!
    Not hard to imagine 200+ dead a day soon, lasting for a good few months. What's that, another 20,000 or so dead? How many is too many? If the government actually have a number that they consider too high, I'd love to know what it is. This is Boris' biggest gamble yet, and he's got it wrong every single time so far.

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      Originally posted by mattster View Post
      If the government actually have a number that they consider too high, I'd love to know what it is.
      When the Daily Mail writes that it's too many, then it's too many.

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        Covid cases surge eightfold in the Netherlands after nightclubs reopen

        https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-ne...tclubs-reopen/

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          Everyone vulnerable who can be vaccinated has been. Most over 18s have had at least one jab and the only ones waiting two jabs are the youngest who are less likely to be seriously ill.

          We can't eradicate covid so we may as well open up now. If someone is unfortunate that their jab has not worked and they are unlucky enough to be in the 1% who die, there is not much more we can do.

          Long covid is post viral fatigue syndrome which has been known about for decades.

          AS they said, if we don't open up now when do we?

          September when the kids go back to school and we're heading into flu season? We'd end up being restricted until next Spring!

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            Originally posted by mookiemoo View Post

            We can't eradicate covid so we may as well open up now. If someone is unfortunate that their jab has not worked and they are unlucky enough to be in the 1% who die, there is not much more we can do.
            So all the people with blood cancers can go f*** themselves?

            The Covid vaccine hasn't worked for them as they don't have working immune systems.




            "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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              Originally posted by AtW View Post
              Covid cases surge eightfold in the Netherlands after nightclubs reopen

              https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-ne...tclubs-reopen/
              South Korea had a super spreader who went to some bars and a nightclub.

              I am continually amazed over the stupidity of Western governments....
              "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                Originally posted by mookiemoo View Post
                Long covid is post viral fatigue syndrome which has been known about for decades.
                What are you even trying to say with this statement? Firstly, we don't know enough about long covid to be able to say exactly what it is, but we do know that some people are still extremely sick (debilitated, economically inactive!) more than a year after contracting covid. Is that not of concern? The fact that this may or may not have similarities to existing post-viral syndromes (which are broadly untreatable, and can be equally debilitating) doesn't lessen the importance of it in any way.

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                  Originally posted by mookiemoo View Post
                  Everyone vulnerable who can be vaccinated has been. Most over 18s have had at least one jab and the only ones waiting two jabs are the youngest who are less likely to be seriously ill.
                  So why not wait until everyone who wants it has been double-jabbed (including down to 12 year olds, for whom the vaccine is now approved)? Our current restrictions are mild, so it would just be a case of continuing to support the few sectors left who are unable to operate at full capacity. Or is it a case of "got mine, don't care about the rest"?

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                    Originally posted by mookiemoo View Post
                    Everyone vulnerable who can be vaccinated has been. Most over 18s have had at least one jab and the only ones waiting two jabs are the youngest who are less likely to be seriously ill.
                    How do you know everyone vulnerable has been vaccinated?
                    If the vast majority are vaccinated, how do you explain the exploding case rate when even a single dose has significant impact on transmissibility?
                    Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                    I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                    Originally posted by vetran
                    Urine is quite nourishing

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                      Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

                      So all the people with blood cancers can go f*** themselves?

                      The Covid vaccine hasn't worked for them as they don't have working immune systems.




                      How long do you propose we have restrictions for? Indefinitely because there will always be people in that situation. They have always had to be careful even before Covid.

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