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I'm playing tomorrow night and I had my booster last week. I just know that it's going to make me continually shin stuff over the bar, misplace easy passes, and stop me tracking back. Feckin' booster.

No, but letting people know in no uncertain terms that people were dying in large numbers of HIV probably encouraged safer sex and saved a lot of lives. Maybe you'd define it as scaremongering, I'd say it was a fairly sensible public health approach. It probably sold a few more papers, maybe...

They certainly want to sell papers and get clicks, but then if there's a substantial proportion of the population resistant to vaccination and/or masks in the face of all of the evidence, then maybe a little fear isn't misplaced. Is that scare-mongering, I don't know.

No mate, what I'm saying is that it isn't helpful to suggest that it's all some kind of myth driven by the media and government. That just gives oxygen to the lunatics spouting the anti-vax rubbish, and the selfish who can justify all of their other crap behaviour. That seemed to be where you...

Right. But he seems to be arguing in favour of vaccination here, or have I misunderstood? Mostly the complaint I hear is that the science against vaccination is somehow being suppressed, but when you dig into that there isn't much evidence. This looks more like a spat than some sort of...

Mate, again, I reckon I can beat you easily in a who hates the Boris the most competition. :) Are you saying though that this is all about the government and the scientists are in on this political conspiracy too? If so, without wanting to get into a(nother) row, there are plenty of other...

OK, you've got me interested. What was Chise saying?

No dispute from me here. There's definitely a grown up conversation to be had, but first we've got to get it under some measure of control. And I'm not saying you're doing it, but when we do have that conversation I don't think disregarding the science and evidence would be a good place to start.

So just to clarify, you think that the government and scientists are advocating mask use to maximise their personal profit?

Apologies, I don't use Twitter for science. You shouldn't either. Or Facebook, or that fat bloke down the pub. What scientific opinion has been shut down by other scientists, can you give an example perhaps?

Politely, that's not a very well informed perspective. Might be worth having a read of this. https://www.eastlondonhcp.nhs.uk/ourplans/covid-19-vaccine-faqs-for-younger-adults.htm Or maybe a watch of this...

Which scientists have been shut down? Specifically, which scientific opinion is it that you think has been closed out. Can you point to it? It's one thing to lose trust in the government, who wouldn't, but are you really saying there's a conspiracy of scientists somewhere shutting down...

Just on this, I tend to trust the scientists rather than Boris. To me, following the rules means getting vaccinated and wearing a mask where needed unless there's a medical reason why you cannot do so. The risks of dying from Covid if you are young are low, of getting hospitalised, slightly...

Mate, I've got no time for this Government, but underplaying the seriousness of what we're facing isn't smart either. We're in a bad place right now, with every indication that it's going to get worse if we aren't a bit more careful. This government has consistently been behind the curve up...

What issue, Nick? Do you think there's a conspiracy here to overstate Covid impacts? If so, to who's benefit is it?

That's bollocks. You find something and link to it, and if I'm wrong I'll put my hands up. The truth is that you can't, because there really isn't anything. You are literally making stuff up or relying on twitter. I wouldn't mind if it was football, but this is serious and dangerous because...

Yep, and I worry that people who try to play it down are either being selfish or deliberately missing the point. The problem is that some people don't seem to see that that even very small proportions of very big numbers, are in themselves pretty big numbers. Even if Omicron is less deadly...

Without using Facebook or Twitter or some other made up bullshit, please link to something credible that shows holes in the trials that make the Covid vaccination unsafe. I'm sick of dangerous, selfish lunatics making shit up on here, because they're scared of a simple vaccination that would...

I listened to the commentary. I don't know about the numbers, but it certainly sounded like Wasps fans were very definitely in the minority. In fact, if it wasn't for the Munster fans I fancy all that you would have heard would have been the gentle pop of bubbles bursting. :)

If they've got to that age and they don't completely hate you, and they're not in a Youth Offenders Institution, then congratulate yourself on doing a decent job as a parent. Sounds like you've given them the right values and the confidence to be independent, don't beat yourself up for that. In...