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What on earth have pretty much every country in the western world been playing at ?! Seriously though, the comparison with NZ is crazy. Here’s some stats as to why (I’m dull I know but humour me) NZ population 5m UK population 67m Top 10 airports passengers per annum NZ - around 40m UK -...

My recollection was a bit different and as I’ve said before if anyone’s not seen it the lockdown doc on bbc is well worth a watch as it’s interviewing SAGE/Nervtag scientific advisors who admit some of the stuff they just got wrong (understandable in unprecedented times) Bit long but this is...

If it’s coming from Chartwells it would probably only include a bin liner, a belt from primark and an out of date cucumber

Good news that 20m doses of the vaccine are in UK, a lot still needs to be batch tested and put in vials but good to know that the key component is available ! Keep your chins up all...the numbers won’t be pretty in the coming days but there is light at the end of the tunnel

Fair play, just seen that Morrison’s have agreed to pay workers a minimum basic of £10 per hour (50p p/h above living wage) In the ultra competitive world of supermarkets that’s ballsy but could also be a great PR move as well (deserves to be) Ps I shop there so will be keeping a close eye on...

Yeah, I thought we’d be front of the queue but didn’t know to what extent. For example would AZ need to produce all of our 100m doses before anyone else gets any ? pretty sure I’d also heard/read AZ will set your manufacturing hubs in Europe so maybe UK manufacturing is just for us. Without...

Just read that AZ have said they have supplied ‘at least’ 1.1m doses so far (so guessing around that type of figure). But will be 2m per week imminently. This, in conjunction with the difficulties in mass roll out of Pfizer vaccine due to storage/transportation challenges, supports the theory...

Another 207k first dose and 16k second administered on 12/1

I’d be shocked if they’re currently in a position to deliver this but as soon as they are, I’m sure ether will. Why wouldn’t they ?* Id imagine it couldn’t be done with Pfizer jab and/or elderly priority groups (they are currently still doing care homes and over 80s) because you’d get a load of...

Imagine a night out with Hancock, Williamson and Fisher !!!

I was just saying exactly that to my mate Clint. The roll out is currently going well (albeit there’s ridiculous media noise of ‘sluggishness’ and labour trying to politicise it a little) but currently there’s probably not enough vaccine stock and Witty was saying they wanted it a controlled...

Go home with a nice bunch of flowers and some soon to be out of date chocolates for the missus ?! 😊 ps although transmission rates in shops is supposedly low they need to cut down the list of essential shops/takeaways (as much to reenforce message to public of the severity of the situation)...

It’s a fine balance though NW, nobody would want to cut corners...especially when deployment of vaccines/medicines is involved but as discussed last week there appeared to be a load of irrelevant training modules/forms involved in signing up. Tailor it/streamline it and make it...

100% agree. It was disgusting and if correct/widespread (assuming not a one off), I said yesterday I’d pull their contract. At the end of the day it reflects badly on the government and they’ve had enough of bad PR on school meals already so you’d hope it will be sorted and quickly !

Not knocking public sector in general (especially not front line across the board who’s all stepped up) but this just smacks of the crazy bureaucratic stuff their senior management want covering off and see as essential these days (large multi nationals will be the same). This is a crisis FFS...

Just watched this. Really interesting. There’s a doc called 13th also on Netflix which goes into more detail about the explosion in prison population in US in 80s-90s (nearly all black community, mainly low level drug related crime). Worth a watch Might have mentioned this before but if anyone...

Hopefully soon BSB. Assuming things go ok she should be done by the end of next week I’d have thought (there’s about 4.5m in top three groups - care home residents, care home workers and over 80s)

Yeah, I keep hearing different numbers being mentioned (think some people are adding first and second doses together). Great news that 400k of those have even had a second dose. Fingers crossed with those new hubs up and running daily dose numbers will continue to increase (subject to batch...

Agree 100% about the coffee shops, there’s no need (wouldn’t be surprised if these were ordered to shut soon). The walkers/outdoor exercises etc, I’ve said before as long as it’s not in crowded locations I don’t see a problem unless they believe the virus is now far more transmissible in open...

I’d pull the contract and/or just not pay them. Outrageous!