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clint van damme

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,506
Rich said:
Why, wasn't average life expectancy long enough before?

We need to cure Cancer not stop the transmission of the common cold.
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I think they've been trying mate
 
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Skybluefaz

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,507
clint van damme said:
wise move as some of your colleagues are in the final leg of complex trade talks with the EU. What a fucking weapon he is.
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He sounds like Frank Spencer, and is every bit as calamitous.
 
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We'll_live_and_die

Super Moderator
  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,508
clint van damme said:
I think they've been trying mate
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I think that as soon as it’s commercially beneficial there will be a cure.
 

hill83

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,509
Limited knowledge, but isn't cancer a bit of a catch all term for loads of different things so extremely difficult to find a cure for it.
 
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Skybluefaz

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,510
Rich said:
I think that as soon as it’s commercially beneficial there will be a cure.
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As soon as the lizard men give it the nod it'll be on the shelf at Boots. Am I right?
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,511
I’m definitely fine wearing a mask if I feel a bit rough in the future.

Makes it seem ridiculous that previously we were spreading all sorts round by going into the office and sneezing everywhere when we could have just worn a mask and worked from home.
 
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Bugsy

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,512
sorry if this has been covered but Gavin Williamson what an absolute fucking bellend.
 
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SkyBlueDom26

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,513
Bugsy said:
sorry if this has been covered but Gavin Williamson what an absolute fucking bellend.
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Tbh Fauci hasn't made himself look great either, his comments came across as strange and bitter......

A vaccine being approved should be celebrated, we have obviously made sure its safe
 
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Bugsy

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,514
SkyBlueDom26 said:
Tbh Fauci hasn't made himself look great either, his comments came across as strange and bitter......

A vaccine being approved should be celebrated, we have obviously made sure its safe
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both fuck wits. whos deserve nothing. fucking pompous pricks.

amen to the last line
 
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SkyBlueDom26

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,515

COVID-19: Hackers targeted vaccine 'cold supply' chain network - state actors suspected

IBM says the attacks could lead to the "stealing and selling [of] vaccine shipping containers in black markets across the globe".
news.sky.com
 

clint van damme

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,516
Bugsy said:
sorry if this has been covered but Gavin Williamson what an absolute fucking bellend.
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it has already been covered but it's always worth repeating!
 
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shmmeee

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,517
Deleted member 5849 said:
Yeah, I was concerning myself by reading about the swine flu vaccine they developed, that caused side effects. That, however, was rushed through without the proper regulatory process. What's a few months after all, compared to a lifetime of wellness or illness?
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Swine flu was very different. For a start all the people who took it had to sign a waiver showing they understood it was experimental and hadn’t been approved by the regulator I believe.
hill83 said:
Depends where you live though surely? Lived in Eastern Green for 3 years and it's a desolate wasteland with absolutely fuck all about it other than twitchy curtain nimbys. There was a better community spirit and more amenities when I lived in Hillfields.
Back in Earlsdon now and it's bustling still.

Edit: I suppose Earlsdon is a good example of what you are saying though.
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Yeah it helps that I’m back in Earlsdon and that’s a perfect example. But why can’t that be fostered elsewhere? Isn’t half the problem with some estates/areas that they aren’t built to enable that?
 

shmmeee

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,518
ajsccfc said:
I'd be happy for all the little signs staying up reminding strangers to keep their distance in queues and that kind of thing but I can't wait for the day we don't have to bother with masks.
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Would you be up for a social norm that says wear them if you’re feeling ill, or wear them on public transport?
 

ajsccfc

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,519
Absolutely, I'd go for that in a second. Thinking particularly of the people who insist on coming to work because they don't feel that bad but completely ignore that they are passing their germs to others who might end up feeling like shit.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,520
SkyBlueDom26 said:
Keep masks during next winter? No thanks what's the point if by then we'll have multiple vaccines out and distributed across the world and the pandemic should be over
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They probably help protect against cold and flu as well
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,521
hill83 said:
I wouldn't even say the poorer areas. More the hiding away from real life suburbs. Finham springs to mind. (I've also lived there)
There is absolutely nothing going on there and they are up in arms about any change.
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Cov has loads of really dull suburbia. Loads of areas have little to no amenity, the same dull chain pubs and you need a car to get from place to place. I really don't understand why house prices in places like Finham are so high.
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,522
fernandopartridge said:
Cov has loads of really dull suburbia. Loads of areas have little to no amenity, the same dull chain pubs and you need a car to get from place to place. I really don't understand why house prices in places like Finham are so high.
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Because it’s school got a rep as good and now it’s a self fulfilling prophecy of nice middle class people moving to be close to it.

I found it awfully sterile TBH.

Earlsdon works I assume because it’s an ex village, but surely it must be possible to develop places to have the same component parts?
 

ajsccfc

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,523
We were looking at houses in Finham recently until we decided to leave a house move until things are a bit more normal, schools were essentially the sole reason. If fuck all goes on there that suits me quite nicely to be honest
 
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ajsccfc

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,524
Actually saying that, there was a chippy about a two minute walk away from the street we were looking at so it's really a magical dreamland for me
 
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Grendel

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,525
fernandopartridge said:
Cov has loads of really dull suburbia. Loads of areas have little to no amenity, the same dull chain pubs and you need a car to get from place to place. I really don't understand why house prices in places like Finham are so high.
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School catchment area
 

clint van damme

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,526
fernandopartridge said:
Cov has loads of really dull suburbia. Loads of areas have little to no amenity, the same dull chain pubs and you need a car to get from place to place. I really don't understand why house prices in places like Finham are so high.
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People need bland and uneventful neighbour hoods to dwell in to allow them to compose themselves after the excitement and euphoria of a visit to the city centre
 
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shmmeee

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,527
hill83 said:
Limited knowledge, but isn't cancer a bit of a catch all term for loads of different things so extremely difficult to find a cure for it.
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Yeah, this is one of the missus’ triggers whenever someone says about “curing cancer”.

Weve been making steady progress with survival rates though. Think it’ll be more of this than some miracle “cure” even if you ignore the pedantry.

 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,528
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,529
hill83 said:
Limited knowledge, but isn't cancer a bit of a catch all term for loads of different things so extremely difficult to find a cure for it.
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I used to work in cancer research making drug candidates, albeit not for very long. Certain types draw way more funding than others and that then dictates the speed of research. Some of the more novel treatments are ingenious, read about one where bacteria were programmed to go into the centre of a tumour then self destruct with a cell toxin to kill the cancer cells.

Aside from brain tumours which are very difficult owing to the blood brain barrier chemo is much more targeted than it used to be
 
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Skybluefaz

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,530
fernandopartridge said:
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chiefdave

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,531
Skybluefaz said:
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At least we saved our economy

 

Bugsy

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,532
fernandopartridge said:
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New Zealand needs to be carful
 

skybluetony176

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,533
fernandopartridge said:
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Yeah but would you rather live in... err... err... err
 

chiefdave

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,534
Never known a virus like this. Not only is it kindly taking Christmas off its agreed not to infect business travellers.

 

stupot07

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  • Dec 3, 2020
  • #36,535
chiefdave said:
Never known a virus like this. Not only is it kindly taking Christmas off its agreed not to infect business travellers.

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And it doesn't go to pubs before 10pm

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Skybluefaz

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  • Dec 4, 2020
  • #36,536
chiefdave said:
Never known a virus like this. Not only is it kindly taking Christmas off its agreed not to infect business travellers.

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You have to look after the high value business travelers though. Levelling up society.
 
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Ian1779

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  • Dec 4, 2020
  • #36,537
Skybluefaz said:
You have to look after the high value business travelers though. Levelling up society.
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Only the Tories would attribute a monetary value to people lives.
 
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Macca

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  • Dec 4, 2020
  • #36,538
Liquid Gold said:
I’m definitely fine wearing a mask if I feel a bit rough in the future.

Makes it seem ridiculous that previously we were spreading all sorts round by going into the office and sneezing everywhere when we could have just worn a mask and worked from home.
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It does seem ludicrous now
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Dec 4, 2020
  • #36,539
chiefdave said:
At least we saved our economy

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Not sure who Ian Harris is but he should at least do proper comparibles (on an annualised basis), not just picking and choosing random figures from some countries and not others.

where’s the deaths for Spain, Italy, France for Nov ?!! Is he saying we should’ve been more like Sweden ?

ps Im also pretty sure the GDP figures are wrong or at least the way he’s framed/presented them is misleading. Looking at the forecast ‘growth’ figures for 2020, here’s a few example estimates for the year

U.K. -10-11%
Spain - 11-11.5%
Italy - 10%
France - 9.5%

I’m not for a minute saying we’ve done well but why frame bullshit in this way...try to depress the country even more in the middle of a pandemic ?!! Nice one. He appears to be the other end of the spectrum to Williamson (we’re better than everyone else), who’s also a prick !

edit - Happy Friday though all.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 4, 2020
  • #36,540
CCFCSteve said:
Not sure who Ian Harris is but he should at least do proper comparibles (on an annualised basis), not just picking and choosing random figures from some countries and not others.

where’s the deaths for Spain, Italy, France for Nov ?!! Is he saying we should’ve been more like Sweden ?

ps Im also pretty sure the GDP figures are wrong or at least the way he’s framed/presented them is misleading. Looking at the forecast ‘growth’ figures for 2020, here’s a few example estimates for the year

U.K. -10-11%
Spain - 11-11.5%
Italy - 10%
France - 9.5%

I’m not for a minute saying we’ve done well but why frame bullshit in this way...try to depress the country even more in the middle of a pandemic ?!! Nice one. He appears to be the other end of the spectrum to Williamson (we’re better than everyone else), who’s also a prick !

edit - Happy Friday though all.
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Yep not a big fan of the governments handling of this but comparable countries are all just as bad. The unstatesmanlike nonsense and analogies and metaphors pisses me off too.

But looking at Spain and Italy and France everyone has been caught out and managed things very poorly. Very few worldwide leaders come out with any credit at all
 
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