07-15-2021, 10:32 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-15-2021, 10:37 AM by Derek Hardballs.)
(07-15-2021, 09:51 AM)Protheroe Wrote:(07-14-2021, 05:38 PM)Derek Hardballs Wrote:(07-14-2021, 05:23 PM)Protheroe Wrote: Lifting restrictions is a political decision? Who knew?
With the caveat they are supposed to be following the science they aren’t, they are following the Tory herd!
All the scientists I see on the TV news would have us in some sort of permanent twilight of Lockdown, there's an old Etonian 'expert' on today suggesting we can be taxed into being thin and 70% of economists believe global price inflation is "transitory".
(07-15-2021, 08:36 AM)Ossian Wrote: The absences are based on the results of lateral flow tests, in some cases confirmed by PCRs, so yes they're Covid positive, which I think counts as 'ill'.
No it doesn't. It counts as infected.
Children do get ill from Covid, they re also vectors for transmission to other more vulnerable members of their family and the wider community, who may not be able to have the jab, or the vaccine's effectiveness is reduced due to a variety of autoimmune problems. Are you related to Jeremy Corbyn's brother by any chance?
It was and is an utterly irresponsible decision to not keep very minor things such as wearing a mask or keeping your distance in place, backed up by law. It's also completely counter-productive.