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20-02-2021, 06:28 PM
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[Leon boss warns longer lockdown 'will cost lives']
" Leon" One of the Few places still open serving Hot Food - Take Away only.  [Extending lockdowns even by a matter of weeks will "cost lives", the co-founder of fast-food chain Leon has said. John Vincent said businesses were "at the heart of a functioning and healthy society" and were losing money that should be going to their employees and the government through taxes. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said people should be "optimistic but patient" about national lockdowns. He will set out a road map for lifting England's restrictions on Monday.] [Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Vincent said it was "quite possible" that Leon could fold "if weeks and months drag on", as it was losing around £200,000 a week. That figure was more like £800,000 when "what we would have been making" is taken into account, he said.] ["That's money that isn't going into the economy, it's not going into the wallets of the people who work for Leon, and it's not going to pay the taxes that we need to pay," he said. "No one's asked us for these numbers, so how does the government know what's going on in the economy?" He said there had been a "pantomime of scientists against business" during the pandemic - "as if there isn't one giant shared agenda" - and the latter were "positioned as the uncompassionate ones".] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56137815 Last edited by arista; 20-02-2021 at 06:29 PM. |
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20-02-2021, 08:59 PM
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Obviously the figures are lower as to the rises in the main, because of likely the lockdown.
To think they would not still be even more excessively out of control without the lockdown. Would be in my view reckless thinking. So if he takes risks again, that could prove devastating even moreso. I don't think anything should be eased at all until the first week of April at the earliest. No one who REALLY cares, can possibly want more and more unnecessary deaths to happen. Last edited by joeysteele; 20-02-2021 at 10:03 PM. |
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20-02-2021, 11:15 PM
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This is a scary time ... A week or so ago we hearing about concerns regarding the various new variants that were popping up every couple of days .. a couple were showing worrying signs ., Now the ‘day’ is approaching ( Monday) it’s all gone quiet on the variants front !!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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20-02-2021, 11:38 PM
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I mean a week after he announced the lockdown, they started the when will we be coming out of it. He has a group, an anti lockdown group of his own MPs who are pushing to just about be out of lockdown fully. It's who he listens to in the end and does he stick to his original statement of no quick easing of restrictions. Or cave I to his backbenchers and the media. The new strains are there still. Negative stuff has often for a time been swept under the carpet by this PM and his Ministers. So it doesn't surprise me, we hear less of things like that. Those shielding and the new grouping added to the shielding have had letters now telling them to shield until March 31st. That's the wise move. Plus since we're in the lockdown now, in my view anyway, the only responsible thing to do is leave all restrictions in place until then too. Look at the first week of April for a more safe and more controlled virus period to come back from lockdown. I'm hoping he sticks with his original seemingly determined caution he expressed. However I don't trust him. As I said, I see no point in returning schools back for just 3 weeks then off again at Easter. When those 3 weeks and the 2 Easter week break, another 5 week period, could have us in a safer period as to the virus. It's all the media are on about now however, pushing as to when and by how much the easing will start. It is a very scary time, you're correct.. It shouldn't be made more scary by recklessness now by easing again too much too soon. I hope he'll resist easing too much too soon. I wouldn't ease anything until April myself if I had power however. |
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21-02-2021, 04:16 PM
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Sunday 21/2/21
Today 215 have died 9,834 caught Covid-19 Today Patients in hospital Latest available 18,462 Patients on ventilation Latest available 2,469 120,580 Total UK deaths. https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ |
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21-02-2021, 06:22 PM
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Shocking Ch4HDnews Report
Showed a demo in Birmingham 76 year old British Barbara, (appears a nice lady) but she said Covid is Fake? Her friend was arrested. Well done Ch4HDnews making these reports. |
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22-02-2021, 01:11 AM
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"Caution is now Johnson's biggest risk"
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22-02-2021, 08:45 AM
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more to try to get number of new cases down even further, make some breathing space for doctors by getting hospitalisations, ICU numbers down even further now by relaxing too soon (again) numbers might shoot up and it might get out of control in hospital again |
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22-02-2021, 08:46 AM
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Netherlands: 39 million euro is available for a support package for Zoo's
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22-02-2021, 11:29 AM
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All the news reports are convinced that English schools will return with ALL pupils in TWO weeks ( 8th March ) ! I thought they were expected to return in stages starting with the younger primary kids .. as Wales and Scotland are doing .. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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22-02-2021, 11:36 AM
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22-02-2021, 03:43 PM
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That is me old mam home now and covid free
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22-02-2021, 03:51 PM
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22-02-2021, 04:47 PM
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Netherlands todays numbers
4.217 new cases 122 new hospitalisations 1 less than yesterday (1.908 in total) 37 new ICU patients 3 more than yesterday (561 in total) 32 new deaths |
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22-02-2021, 04:52 PM
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22-02-2021, 05:04 PM
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22-02-2021, 05:57 PM
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Monday 22/2/21
Today 178 have died 10,641 have caught Covid-19 Patients in hospital Latest available 18,462 Patients on ventilation Latest available 2,469 120,757 Total UK Deaths https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ |
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22-02-2021, 06:01 PM
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