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Discussion in 'General Chat' started by king karl, Feb 15, 2020.

  1. Faithful Bantam

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    And dont the overall deaths, regardless of cause, show a negligible difference in numbers....?
     
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  2. Aaron Baker

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    No. We're about 50,000 over the usual annual deaths so far.
     
  3. Hulmebantam

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    Plus the legacy of people who have survived having the disease, but now have life-changing long-term conditions as a result.

    Factor in that people are also not getting the treatment they need for other ailments unrelated to Covid-19; and there is a likely to be both a multiplier effect and lag on the overall impact of it.
     
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  4. king karl

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  5. Fordy117

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    Meanwhile in England..

    Boris Johnson is due to take part in a Flip Flop contest with me @Fordy117@Fordy117

    This contest could go on years.
     
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  6. Edin Nowhere

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    What's this pubs or schools bollocks?

    We might need to close the pubs otherwise the schools won't open?

    Another back of a beer mat policy turns to shit.
     
  7. Aaron Baker

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    It's not a policy. They're suggesting that we have reached the limit of what we can open up without slipping back to exponential growth.

    If they're right then it's being suggested that anything else that's is opened I.e. schools will have to be balanced off with something being restricted.

    Nothing set in stone at the moment. Just a theory which is being put out there.
     
  8. Campbell's soup

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    I’m hoping it won’t lead to a generation of babies born without limbs and hideously disfigured.
     
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  9. trevor

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    How many of those thousands of deaths are due to the fact very few could see a doctor or get healthcare for nearly 5 months as the NHS protected itself at the expense of patients, Many have died that could have been saved by a doctor actually seeing patients rather than guessing over the phone.
     
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  10. Bronco

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  11. Frank Castle

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    Out of interest, who here would take a vaccine?

    A vaccine that has been rushed through without the thorough testing that is usually required by law?
    A vaccine where the manufacturers will have no liability if it turns out that there are serious side effects further down the line?
     
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  12. How

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    Skipped out research phases to get to that result. Who knows what side effects it will cause. Not for me. I’ll take my chances without one
     
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  13. Campbell's soup

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    Deleted my long, somewhat angry rant... just a simple ‘no’ from me and my family.
    #saynotothepoison
     
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  14. bantamdave41

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    Not a Fecking chance.....I'll take the chance that I'm OK. If not, shit happens. Off to a place worse then Elland Road for me....

    Crikey, cancer effects 1 in 3 approx and alzheimer's about 7%. I'm a hell of a lot more worried about these two conditions alone.
     
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  15. bantamdave41

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  16. Bronco

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    I would not think a vaccine that has not been thoroughly tested would be but onto the open market in the UK, someone would have to take responsibility the manufacturers or the government.
    It will be interesting if and when a vaccine is available where the government priorities lie as with the Russian vaccine that is being rushed through their priorities are Doctors and teachers, if it has side effects God help their medical services.
     
  17. Keefly Bantam

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    Heard from someone who works in the vaccine industry that the earliest they expect a vaccine is September NEXT year.

    Gulp.
     
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  18. Frank Castle

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    Let's see shall we.

    British Big Pharma have already been granted legal protection by the Government if their vaccine leads to damaging side effects. AstraZeneca have confirmed this.

    It takes years to develop, test, trial and manufacture a safe and successful vaccine. The first job I ever had was working in a lab for a pharma company developing an inhalable insulin.

    Let's see how long it takes for a vaccine to be available. I certainly would not even consider taking something that has not been through the detailed, rigorous testing and trials that it should have been, let alone let somebody give it to my children.
     
  19. Bronco

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    I have nothing but respect for those that are trialing the vaccine, I worked with a lad who was on some sort of medical list to trial various medication and he made good money from it, at times he had to take time off work as he would be hospitalised in the early stages.
     
  20. Hulmebantam

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    Major Covid-19 incident just declared in Manchester.

    Not surprised in the least. Cycling yesterday, I saw pubs at bursting point, beer gardens full, people standing on the streets drinking and that was at 3pm.
     
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