Coronavirus

[michael]

The dates are useful because businesses are able to work to a plan to re-open (or not). I suspect data from the 17m+ jabs we've done so far is going to show that the dates may actually be too risk averse (I am not a lockdown sceptic btw).

I see in Germany their vaccination program is stalling as the citizens are rejecting the AZ jab. Only 150,000 out of 1.5million doses have been used.

I didn't want to go to Germany anyway.

[Abrahammer]

All your hear from businesses is they want dates to be able to work towards, make the necessary preparations etc

A few days notice is no good, second guessing when they may able to open is no good

[horlock07]

The 8th March.

3 weeks after April, apparently.

https://twitter.com/mikegalsworthy/status/1363802692599046144?s=20

It was not just a mistake either as he said exactly the same bollocks on the BBC as well!

Just imagine if Diane Abbott had come up with this.....

[Batch]

Just saw the interview myself.

What on earth is he trying to say. I guess March 8th is 3 weeks after the top N priority groups (2?) were done. But he's obviously completly incapable of digesting that simple message, and wobbling on about the over 50s and a time machine.

edit: He's got a degree in chemical engineering hasn't he? Clearly not thick academically. Weird.

[horlock07]

Just saw the interview myself.

What on earth is he trying to say. I guess March 8th is 3 weeks after the top N priority groups (2?) were done. But he's obviously completly incapable of digesting that simple message, and wobbling on about the over 50s and a time machine.

edit: He's got a degree in chemical engineering hasn't he? Clearly not thick academically. Weird.

As noted above, all I can put it down to is deliberately trying to mislead people, otherwise he wouldn't have made the same mistake twice?

[Batch]

but anyone with a basic understanding of months would be confused.

I think he got his brief in a twist, though you are right, you'd think he'd have been corrected between interviews

[Flashheart]

all I can put it down to is deliberately trying to mislead people,

But about what?

[Matchworn Shirts]

edit: He's got a degree in chemical engineering hasn't he? Clearly not thick academically. Weird.

He probably purchased it using the money his newly setup company was awarded by the government for a favour nothing PPE

[pauld]

But about what?

When March is? God knows. They've probably just got so used to lying about everything they do it on autopilot now

[Chunkyhair]

Is he trying to style out a Hitler tash look?

[horlock07]

But about what?

That the governments response to coronavirus includes time travel?

[pauld]

And on a more sensible note, pleased to see they do seem to be keen to keep to the "data not dates" approach, notwithstanding the presumed timetable. The proof of that though will come if the data doesn't align with the "pencilled in" dates set out today, can the govt hold the line against their lockdown-sceptic backbenchers and friends in the press?

A big fuck off to Rocco Forte who I've just heard on the radio saying we should all be spending money in his hotels from mid-March because most of the vulnerable groups will have been vaccinated by then and "only about" 7,000 people under the age of 60 have died from COVID. It's wankers like that who are the reason we will comfortably surpass "only about" 170,000 deaths from this awful disease.

[otanswell]

Estate I live on has now gone the surge testing route, and all adults are being told to go for a test because the South African variant has arrived

[Costanza]

the South African variant has arrived

Earn the South African variants 'respect' by singing 'Men of Harlech' (if cinema has taught me anything).

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Estate I live on has now gone the surge testing route, and all adults are being told to go for a test because the South African variant has arrived

Run for the hills!