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Post by olliebean on Nov 18, 2021 18:50:57 GMT
Had mine this morning, along with the flu jab. They gave me the Moderna (my first two were AstraZeneca). My Moderna arm is now hurting like hell, whilst my flu arm is fine. What I'm hoping is that it'll turn out the protection doesn't wane in the same way after the booster as it does after the first two jabs, so we won't have to keep having boosters every 6 months or every year (unless there's a new variant that needs one). I think annual boosters are fairly likely due to the variant issue. Like the flu. I hope there won't be an increasing problem year on year with booster hesitancy. Side effects seem more common and more unpleasant than with the flu vaccine, I'd imagine a lot of people might decide they're not up for it on a regular basis - even if it is only once a year.
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Post by olliebean on Nov 18, 2021 18:42:52 GMT
Had mine this morning, along with the flu jab. They gave me the Moderna (my first two were AstraZeneca). My Moderna arm is now hurting like hell, whilst my flu arm is fine.
What I'm hoping is that it'll turn out the protection doesn't wane in the same way after the booster as it does after the first two jabs, so we won't have to keep having boosters every 6 months or every year (unless there's a new variant that needs one).
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Post by olliebean on Nov 15, 2021 17:48:28 GMT
I don't understand - to prepare the UK for living with Covid, they are removing every single rule that is currently allowing us to go about our lives freely whilst living with Covid? This is what living with Covid is! I don't think it will happen, because I don't think the Covid situation will have sufficiently improved by then to justify it. Johnson has always been delusionally optimistic about how quickly and successfully we are going to get past Covid, and this is another example of that.
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Post by olliebean on Nov 14, 2021 18:07:36 GMT
I saw the Sedos production a few years back, and loved it. Unexpectedly, as I can't stand Rent and have been unable to get through any of the three filmed versions.
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Post by olliebean on Nov 14, 2021 9:25:41 GMT
Going by everything I have read and heard about it, in my opinion there has been a deliberate policy since a critical mass of people were vaccinated, not just to let the virus spread but to actively encourage it (without actually saying that's what they're doing) - the thinking being that the vaccine will protect most people against severe illness and death, and that vaccination followed by natural infection will ultimately result in a higher level of immunity than vaccination alone. The possibility that this will result in more resistant variants either hasn't been seriously considered by policy makers, or has been judged a risk worth taking. (Given the policy makers we have, I suspect the former.)
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Post by olliebean on Nov 11, 2021 11:41:53 GMT
The casting of Ariana Grande is what dissuades me from seeing this. I find her singing style deeply unpleasant, and, if that's the sound the director is going for, I am clearly not in the target demographic. Did you listen to the clip posted by Theatre Fan on the previous page? She is aware that different singing styles are required for pop and musicals, and capable of adapting her style to the material.
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Post by olliebean on Nov 11, 2021 9:22:21 GMT
While I essentially agree with the idea that people working in healthcare ought to be expected to have taken the necessary steps to minimise their risk of spreading disease (in this case, being vaccinated against coronavirus), it's also difficult not to interpret the timing of this as being calculated to drive more public healthcare workers out of the industry just when they are likely to be needed, thus propping up the specious argument that the NHS can't cope as it is and needs to be privatised further.
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Post by olliebean on Nov 8, 2021 20:57:01 GMT
You don't count week-on-week change by comparing a single day to the corresponding day a week earlier. You count it by comparing an entire week to the previous week. Week-on-week reduction today is 16.6%.
It is encouraging that the downward trajectory doesn't appear to be slowing, a week after half term ended. It's starting to look like a more sustained fall than in September. Hopefully it'll be below the September low by the end of the week.
Worth remembering that although new cases are dropping, an awful lot of people still have it - estimated around 1 in every 55-60 people across the UK with symptomatic cases; higher than at its previous peak in January - although this number also looks like it may have peaked and is now dropping.
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Post by olliebean on Nov 8, 2021 13:02:25 GMT
It is when people think 30k cases a day are nothing major. It was hard enough during 1000 deaths a week to get people in London to follow the rules. If a vaccine busting restriction comes people are not ready to cope with restrictions and people need to be prepared for that or we will have hell if it happens. It's not 100-200k a day like the scientists and fake SAGE said when we had all he restrictions removed. The chances of a vaccine resistant variant isn't massively high. I don't think the restrictions rhe doomsters want are proportionate to that chance 100% vaccine resistant, no. But we've already had at least one variant - Delta - that is significantly more vaccine resistant than the original virus. The chances of future variants chipping away at the effectiveness of the existing vaccines isn't especially low. That's what the flu does every year, which is why the vaccines need to be adjusted every year to keep up. I wouldn't be surprised if that's where we end up with Covid.
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Post by olliebean on Nov 7, 2021 16:38:27 GMT
Or, cases are dropping like a stone now (25% week on week) Without a mask mandate. So it's not really needed 12.9% week on week, according to the official figures. I acknowledge your point but there's no need to exaggerate.
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Post by olliebean on Nov 5, 2021 21:53:10 GMT
Hospital admissions and, to a greater degree, deaths always lag behind cases. But also, confirmed cases lag infections, and the current drop in cases is still probably largely due to the half term last week. Give it another week, and we'll start to see if it's a trend or just a blip.
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Post by olliebean on Nov 2, 2021 11:19:59 GMT
Roku Channel seems to be only available in the UK on Sky Q and Now TV at the moment And on all Roku devices, for free. (I don't think you can actually get it via a Now TV subscription, but it is available for free on the Now TV streaming devices, which are rebranded Rokus.)
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Post by olliebean on Nov 1, 2021 17:40:47 GMT
To the people who were wondering upthread how Judi was going to have time to rehearse a routine for this week, I guess now we know - not even enough time to adequately rehearse last week's routine for this week.
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Post by olliebean on Oct 29, 2021 17:57:18 GMT
Are people getting the booster at the same place as they got their first two jabs, or is there a reduced availability of vaccination venues now?
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Post by olliebean on Oct 28, 2021 7:41:29 GMT
I notice that, now that a couple of MPs have recently tested positive, a fair number of Tory MPs seem to have decided that actually they will wear masks in parliament after all. Including the Prime Minister, although he seemed to be wearing it very sloppily and entirely below his nose yesterday.
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Post by olliebean on Oct 27, 2021 12:50:48 GMT
Keir Starmer today is the second MP to have tested positive since Rees-Mogg's stupid little speech implying they were protected by their convivial spirit. Without wishing anyone to become seriously ill, I think I would enjoy it if a minor outbreak of mild cases amongst MPs were to show up his idiotic words for what they are so soon after he spoke them.
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Post by olliebean on Oct 27, 2021 9:53:48 GMT
Whilst over here on our shores... Isn't it time for a proper, peer reviewed comparative study into the effectiveness of mask wearing versus conviviality?
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Post by olliebean on Oct 24, 2021 17:48:34 GMT
My neightbour thinks Covid is a conspiracy, that it doesn't really exist. By way of eidence, he says to me 'well, do you know anyone who died from it?'.
140K divided by 68 million means about the death rate is 1:500
But it's not. Most people who died have been over 65, overwhelmingly they had pre-existing conditions.
So the maths, more accurately, is that you would have to know 500 people over 65 in order to know one person who died, and that person may well have had pre-existing.
So, not many people *know* someone who died. Especially given a significant proportion were in nursing homes.
I don't take a view on your argument but I will say that probably (about) 1% of the population "has had someone close die of Covid".
I don't know anyone personally who died (although I do know people who were in hospital with it), but I have more than one friend who does, and I would think most people aren't more than two degrees of separation away from someone who died from Covid. So if your neighbour were to post his conspiracy theory on Facebook, for example, as one of my friends did, I'd be surprised if he didn't get at least one or two indignant comments, like my friend did, saying "Yes actually, I do know someone who died."
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Post by olliebean on Oct 24, 2021 10:53:55 GMT
I do wish they'd stop propagating this fiction that it's somehow less transmissible amongst people who know each other and see each other regularly, which is clearly intended to make people feel it's safe to go back to the office (and presumably to keep sending their children to schools, where it is rampant).
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Post by olliebean on Oct 23, 2021 17:59:35 GMT
More people in the UK now have Covid-19 than at any time previously, including during the January peak, so I'll keep wearing my mask for now, thanks.
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Post by olliebean on Oct 22, 2021 8:12:33 GMT
If she tested positive today, isolating for 10 days will mean she'll also miss the following Saturday no? I believe it's 10 days from the onset of symptoms, not from the date of the positive test.
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Post by olliebean on Oct 21, 2021 17:29:41 GMT
80 percent of tonight’s audience ignored it all. No exaggeration. On seeing the news last night and other countries being more successful, this is largely due to better behaviour from their populations with respect of getting vaccinations and wearing masks. Generally the continent have a better respect for authority and not the British attitude. Perhaps they have governments who are more worthy of their respect. As opposed to the one we have, who through their actions (and in many cases, lack of action) have certainly lost all of mine. (Not that Boris Johnson had any of it in the first place.)
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Post by olliebean on Oct 21, 2021 7:38:51 GMT
Bravo to the Curve Theatre tonight for Derren Brown’s Showman. On entry signs everywhere requesting masks be worn and ushers giving out masks at every door. They had ushers in the auditorium walking around with giant placards asking for masks to be worn. There was a pre show announcement specifically requesting that unless you were medically exempt that you should wear a mask. Just before the lights went down ushers traversed the aisles extremely slowly with the giant signs - the clear message PUT YOUR MASK ON. 80 percent of tonight’s audience ignored it all. No exaggeration. From my side slip seats we could see the whole of the stalls area. Shocking behaviour by grown ass people. it was almost laughable (if it wasn’t so serious) to see adults scowl and complain when they saw the signs - realise the ushers were serious - reluctantly put them on - then as soon as the ushers passed them by sneakily take them off like naughty kids.. Huge swathes of folk just blatantly disregarded them completely. Just pathetic. What a bunch of selfish babies. Such a tiny thing to ask but for some a step too far to think of others than themselves. Still, 20% wearing masks is more than can be bothered in the House of Commons.
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Post by olliebean on Oct 20, 2021 7:35:15 GMT
Absolutely fed up with this strategy of bringing in measures not to keep infections low, but waiting until they've already been high for a while and stronger measures are needed. The whole reason we're in this mess is because of an emphasis on mitigation after the fact rather than timely prevention, and it looks like there's a strong determination not to learn that lesson.
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Post by olliebean on Oct 19, 2021 12:31:53 GMT
I'm surprised they don't do a fitness check for all the contestants, or at least ask them to check with their doctors before taking it on, to be honest.
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Post by olliebean on Oct 15, 2021 21:50:47 GMT
Impressed with the booster service. When you call 119 you get a recorded message saying that you will be contacted 6 months and 1 week after 2nd jab and, sure enough, text just came through. Offered me several locations and appointments available from as soon as tomorrow. Booked my local site for Tuesday so very pleased. When the booster programme was originally announced, wasn't it supposed to be 6 months after the second jab? If it's now 6 months and 1 week, does that mean they're falling behind? Is it going to slip, as time goes on, to 6 months and 2 weeks, then 3 weeks, etc.? (Genuinely asking, as it seems rather odd otherwise to specify that you will be contacted a week after 6 months, especially as for my second jab I was contacted a week before it was due.)
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Post by olliebean on Oct 14, 2021 15:22:19 GMT
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Post by olliebean on Oct 13, 2021 9:40:04 GMT
At no point did I say that it was unfair that people have an option to work from home. And a number of the benefits listed are legally enforced wherever you work. There is a move towards employees having a right to flexible working - in some cases from day one. And part of that flexible working includes the right to work from home. My point is simply that this is not something that can be made a universal right. So many sectors of our economy require employees to be working out in the community or at a dedicated workplace (or some combination thereof) for home working simply not to be an option. There is going to growing pressure on employees in other sectors to be 'encouraged' to work from home so that employers can reduce office space/costs. Now good employees will ensure that home workers have the right set up, make contributions towards the extra costs of working from home and ensure workplace protections are maintained. But sadly many won't. And there are people who can't work from home because they lack the space or privacy necessary to make that a long term viable option. I think we will see a growth in hybrid working patterns. But I don't want this to create situations where employees are forced out of a workplace into a home working situation. Enhanced protections need to be put in place to protect people from those who seek to exploit home working for financial gain for employers. It is a complex issue and complex solutions need to be found. No one should lose out because they can't or don't want to work from home. Yeah. There will be plenty of people that are going to be forced in home working when for Whatever reason it doesn’t suit them. And usually they working in a industry that it will be harder to find jobs that are fully in an office. (As for those who don’t like home working many of reasons mean even Hybrid is not suitable for their circumstances.) In which case imposing an extra tax burden on people who work from home, as you were suggesting last week, would be an especially cruel measure.
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Post by olliebean on Oct 10, 2021 15:10:55 GMT
The Government tends to listen to the Mail so I fully expect some dramatic policy designed to limit working from home to be proposed by them this autumn to please then and get good headlines. Yes, let's abrogate the use of any technology that has been developed since the 1940s.
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Post by olliebean on Oct 2, 2021 17:12:35 GMT
Well, I'd say this gives a fair idea of what to expect:
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