[Zizu]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

it's already in most countries around the world, they just don't know it yet. The UK is a world leader in genome sequencing, hence we discovered it quickly, other countries just dont have the tech to identify it

Ahhh .. you beat me to it .. I just woke up


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[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Honestly I'll eat my hat if the new strain actually originated in the UK. Its not a coincidence that it's spread out from London; the UK's main hub of international travel.

Interesting idea and totally logical


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[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

dutch people are apparently stuck in england, but we won't bring back our people, with potentially germs of the new strain

Why ever not ?

We brought back thousands of Brits when all this first started ... didn’t do us any harm ...

Oh wait ...


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[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

it's all about perception, the populations would be going crazy if borders were left open.

This is my take on it. France closing the border at Dover is essentially "political virtue signalling" - they're closing it because if they don't, there will be a public backlash in France when the new strain is inevitably identified there. They're perfectly well aware that it's already there but they know the public won't want to hear that and will point the finger at the border anyway.

The chances of the virus being spread by freight vehicles is miniscule, the action is ridiculous. I fully understand and even support closing the borders to individuals but closing them to freight is nonsense. Ideally, they need to figure out a driver-swap situation where vehicles are loaded and sent driverless and picked up on the other side by a "twinned" driver... but that would take a tonne of organisation.

[Niamh.]

We're allowing freight in and out of Ireland still and in and out of the UK too(not that we have much choice anyway considering we're on an Island on our own ) But like I said this whole thing is pointless regardless because anyone could still just fly in to NI and come in to the Republic anyway. There's no chance this new strain isn't here already anyway

[James]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Maybe it didn’t originate in the uk .. maybe we were just the first to identify it ??

Is that a possibility ??


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Yeah, I think it is likely that we are being penalised for reporting on it first.

[bitontheslide]

new variants have to originate somewhere, we have been lucky so far that it hasn't mutated much at all. Given the scale of infection in the USA, there are bound to be some new variants originating from there

[Cherie]

What ever happened to the mutant strain in the minks in Denmark, news about that died out like the poor minks

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

to me it starts to make much more sense now why certain regions had so much trouble bringing the infection rates down. My own area was way below the national average until the last lockdown when it suddenly shot up, it doesn't make any sense unless there was another variable at play.

I think the reason its gone crazy in the likes of California, Germany and Italy, is exactly the same reason

Yeah the startling rise in infections make sense now

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by James

Yeah, I think it is likely that we are being penalised for reporting on it first.

I guess nobody wanted to be ‘targeted’ like China were ..


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[reece(:]

Another Boris press conference confirmed for later today.

[Dogeatdog]

All the countries are just putting us on ignore

[arista]

Originally Posted by reece(:

Another Boris press conference confirmed for later today.

Yes depends how long their Cobra meeting goes on for.
So Could be 4 or 5PM

[Nicky91]

BREAKING NEWS: EMA approves Pfizer vaccine good news for all EU countries who can now start vaccinating

[Cherie]

Boris to put the North into Tier 4 on Christmas Eve? Just like EiD

[arista]

[Macron says he will open border but insists
all drivers Must have negative Covid test
upon arrival - but French haulage unions stoke Strike
fears because 'no trucker wants to deliver' to Britain]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-truckers.html

[Nicky91]

on sunday the first EU countries will begin vaccinating


and Netherlands will begin on 8th of January, first 507.000 doses, good for 250.000 people (first ones vaccinated are care workers)

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

on sunday the first EU countries will begin vaccinating


and Netherlands will begin on 8th of January, first 507.000 doses, good for 250.000 people (first ones vaccinated are care workers)

Bout time eh

[arista]

[Sedat from Turkey
eats a traditional breakfast out of his
lorry as he waits in a service station
on the M20 on December 21 amid the port chaos]

[arista]

From Tomorrow
Spain is stopping UK entry

[Nicky91]

netherlands todays numbers

11.212 new cases

49 new hospitalisations (2.162 in total)

6 new ICU patients (586 in total)

31 new deaths

[arista]

[Claudio from Italy installs a satellite dish
on the side of his cab to watch TV
as he waits for travel restrictions to be lifted]

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by arista

[Claudio from Italy installs a satellite dish
on the side of his cab to watch TV
as he waits for travel restrictions to be lifted]

FFS someone get Claudio a smartphone and an unlimited data package, he surely must realize that he doesn't have to lug around a bloody satellite dish to watch a bit of telly in 2020...

[arista]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

FFS someone get Claudio a smartphone and an unlimited data package, he surely must realize that he doesn't have to lug around a bloody satellite dish to watch a bit of telly in 2020...

Yes but he has a FlatScreen 15 inch and that Dish
so you can not blame him for using it.

[arista]

Sainsburys, North London
before 8AM today
Enjoy your 4 Large Corn Beef slices for a pound, Madame.