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  1. chiefdave

    EFL to end season this week - City likely to be promoted

    Pressured by who? We know what is being voted on so it’s down to the clubs. I don’t think the PL clubs or TV companies give a shit what happens in L1 and we all know they’re the ones with the power.
  2. chiefdave

    Unbelievable!!!

    Very obvious difference being they're making sure everyone will have played the same number of games not proposing to ignore games that have already taken place.
  3. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    For the 9th day in a row no figure available for the number of people tested. Now gone from blaming a technical error to saying its been paused to ensure consistent reporting. Is that government speak for trying to find a way to fix the figures so they look less embarrassing?
  4. chiefdave

    Most irritating things during the pandemic

    Its sad to see the state of the parks and other public places. Had hoped that having seen how positive the impact had been of people not being around people would treat it as a reset and show more respect but its back to normal and people treating everywhere like shit. How hard is it to clear...
  5. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Todays daily briefing is a complete mess. On how to identify if a track and trace call is genuine the advice from Harris was ‘It will be very obvious. These are professionally trained individuals. It will be evident from how they speak.". Schools fine to open up but she says play parks are a no...
  6. chiefdave

    George Floyd

    this is a very disturbing thread, if you click on it you should see the whole thread on twitter.
  7. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    They really are treating people like complete idiots. First it was number of people tested, then it changed to tests and now its changed to testing capacity. They've even hit the 100K people a day target they initially set. Fudged it on the last day of the month by mailing out tens of...
  8. chiefdave

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    Anyone see Gove trip himself up on Marr this morning? Was being questioned about the prospect of no deal given we are insisting on leaving in December despite being in the middle of a pandemic and had to admit that no deal would lead to increased food prices. Marr then followed up by asking...
  9. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Seems after Johnson said on Thursday that there would be no change for those shielding the government have chosen 10pm on a Saturday night to announce the end of shielding.
  10. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Neighbours on both sides of me had mates round last night for a bbq. To be fair one side has ignored lockdown the whole way through and had family round constantly but its friends as well now. Tried taking the dog out earlier and everywhere was rammed. Gave up and came home in the end and...
  11. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    ONS is an estimate based on the available data, as we don't have enough testing to have a 'true' number. Maybe the worldometer number is the number of confirmed cases (as in those who have a negative test).
  12. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Two more members of SAGE to add to the 'its too early' list. As well as John Edmunds OBE (Dean of the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health and Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) and Sir Jeremy Farrar OBE (director of the...
  13. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I'm definitely more confident in Johnsons promised world beating track and trace system having read that. What a shambles. Is there any other job in which you can so consistently be completely incompetent with no consequences?
  14. chiefdave

    George Floyd

    Its desperately sad. There was clear video evidence of the murder yet it took riots and three police precincts being burnt down before any action was taken. And there's huge numbers of police protecting his house. Trump quoting Walter Headley and instructing the National Guard to shoot...
  15. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    You might want to do some research into Sikora before you quote him. For a start his area of work is cancer. He's employed by AstraZeneca, the company who have been signed up to manufacture and distribute the Oxford vaccine. Past that he's made some very dubious claims, Imperial College had to...
  16. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Have a read of this if you haven't already (its from a month ago but relevant): The government's secret science group has a shocking lack of expertise | Anthony Costello
  17. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Nobody has suggested staying in lockdown forever. They have suggested that the decisions being made are no longer, if they ever were, following the science. Even based on the governments own risk system they introduced for Covid-19 we're at level 4 and we were supposed to be at level 3 before...
  18. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    We are awaiting the results of the phase 1 human trial, that is said to be imminent. Phase 2 trials only started last week and phase 3 hasn't even started. Not seen that. From what I've read the Jenner Institute (Oxford University), AstraZeneca and Oxford BioMedica have formed a manufacturing...
  19. chiefdave

    EFL to end season this week - City likely to be promoted

    Couldn't you apply the same logic to everyone on furlough?
  20. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Even in the briefing yesterday if you look at what Valance said compared to what Johnson said it gave cause for concern about easing lockdown.
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