[arista]

[arista]

[arista]

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by arista

I can understand Primark but shops with an online presence, what is all this

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I can understand Primark but shops with an online presence, what is all this

A chance to try the Trainers on.
Then buy.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

because covid crisis is over in the UK now the public have had enough


cases can no longer go up in UK since majority has been vaccinated

We will see in a few weeks time.

[arista]

[arista]

Good they are masked

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

because covid crisis is over in the UK now the public have had enough


cases can no longer go up in UK since majority has been vaccinated

Incorrect, social distancing and face mask wearing will not be reviewed until at least 21st June

An uptick in infections is expected as we unlock, 39% of the population are still unvaccinated

we can't pick and choose which rules we want to adhere to

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Incorrect, social distancing and face mask wearing will not be reviewed until at least 21st June

An uptick in infections is expected as we unlock, 39% of the population are still unvaccinated

we can't pick and choose which rules we want to adhere to

are the vaccinated ones fully protected also against all the mutations?

and another bit of uncertainty is will there be more mutations still to come?


since when you vaccinate, you fight against the virus, and the virus wants to grow stronger (a belgian professor Geert Vandenbossche said, he thinks the time for vaccinating now is wrong amid the very midst of pandemic, where he is of opinion the vaccinating should be at a calmer moment)

that is one expert whom my mom watches interviews of

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

are the vaccinated ones fully protected also against all the mutations?

and another bit of uncertainty is will there be more mutations still to come?


since when you vaccinate, you fight against the virus, and the virus wants to grow stronger (a belgian professor Geert Vandenbossche said, he thinks the time for vaccinating now is wrong amid the very midst of pandemic, where he is of opinion the vaccinating should be at a calmer moment)

that is one expert whom my mom watches interviews of

it has been proven the vaccination programme has broken the chain of infection here in the UK and have save 10,000 lives, whether there are mutations depend on the speed of vaccination in every country I am afraid, the hope is that any that evade the first round will be caught in the booster jab in the Autumn but who knows, no one has a crystal ball

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Cherie

it has been proven the vaccination programme has broken the chain of infection here in the UK and have save 10,000 lives, whether there are mutations depend on the speed of vaccination in every country I am afraid, the hope is that any that evade the first round will be caught in the booster jab in the Autumn but who knows, no one has a crystal ball

In theory, there's plenty of time between identifying a new strain and mitigating against that strain with a booster. e.g. the "concerning strains" so far were all identified several months ago and have as yet not shown signs of becoming dominant, other than the "UK strain" which the current vaccines, it seems at this point, are effective against. So basically it's not like a mutation appears and then all of a sudden is causing thousands of deaths; with the base vaccine in place, you have time to tweak & roll out before it even gets a foothold. This is essentially how annual Flu vaccination works (identifying the upcoming strain and intervening).

Really it's all dependant on how good/quick we are at "catching" new mutations, but it's likely there'll be dedicated labs basically doing that full time for the foreseeable future.

[bitontheslide]

An update to England and Wales's contact tracing app has been blocked for breaking the terms of an agreement made with Apple and Google.

The plan had been to ask users to upload logs of venue check-ins - carried out via poster barcode scans - if they tested positive for the virus. This could be used to warn others.

The update had been timed to coincide with the relaxation of lockdown rules.

But the two firms had explicitly banned such a function from the start.

Under the terms that all health authorities signed up to in order to use Apple and Google's privacy-centric contact-tracing tech, they had to agree not to collect any location data via the software.

As a result, Apple and Google refused to make the update available for download from their app stores last week, and have instead kept the old version live.

When questioned, the Department of Health declined to discuss how this misstep had occurred.

Scotland has avoided this pitfall because it released a separate product - Check In Scotland - to share venue histories, rather than trying to build the functionality into its Protect Scotland contact-tracing app.

[arista]

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


Look a like Eamonn Holmes

[arista]

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by arista

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


Look a like Eamonn Holmes

the guy sitting in the snow

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

the guy sitting in the snow

Yes looks just like him.

[arista]

[FIGHTS break out as shoppers rush to JD Sports
and Foot Locker to get hold of limited-edition
Nike trainers and huge queues form
outside Primark and other
high street retailers as Covid rules are eased]

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

[MTVN]

I am in the pub

[MTVN]

Well technically just outside the pub

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I am in the pub

Proud of you man.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Proud of you man.

Means a lot

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Well technically just outside the pub

Is that you sat in the snow

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Is that you sat in the snow

How old do you think I am

[MTVN]

It's a balmy 8 degrees in Bristol and the sun even peeked through for 30 seconds half an hour ago