Actually it wasn’t bad. There was eerie music but not for any sceptics, because there weren’t any on. I think it was used for big things that shouldn’t have gone on. Cheltenham and Atletico Madrid at Liverpool. (I remember driving and not going on public transport to the last Palace home match. Several bunches of empty seats around. Strange day)

There was one black ‘BAME’ person. Very sad actually. A black African nurse in Luton who was pregnant with their second child. She died with the birth of their daughter. Her kidneys failed because of Covid. I can’t remember their surname but 2 brothers played in the same match in the World Cup a decade ago maybe. Name is on the top of my tongue. Different countries wasn’t it? Boateng. That was it.

It was all on the data and the government acting on the data or not getting any. Too much use of modellers rather than science or experience in the right areas of science. There were clearly mistakes. Matt Hancock lying there was a ‘protective ring around care homes’ among several others. I do agree that the death numbers would’ve been reduced if they locked down earlier, but I don’t think as much as they believe. Look at Spain. But it looks as though there was some making it up as they go along, just as there is now. Behavioural fatigue’ being one. Apparently it was never raised by SPI-M I think and never mentioned by government to SPI-M. And this wasn’t mentioned but when they released the ‘STAY AT HOME. SAVE THE NHS’ it scared the public and got as much compliance as you could have hoped for. Why were the government bothered about 2 weeks of ‘behavioural fatigue’ over a lockdown that lasted for months and months when they bankrolled nearly everyone?

It’s now that fatigue is an issue, 9 months later. Interesting seeing Neil Ferguson talking outside Downing Street ‘’That we will have to live with Coronavirus for this year and all of next year as well until we get a vaccine.’’ Well he’s probably got something right in the last 20
years for once.

No I’m not now suddenly pro lockdown or anti-tory or anything but there’s been clearly a lot of complacency and lack of measures taken, if that’s what we’re to commit to, to ‘save the nhs’, which I was in agreement with. I still think that after that curve was down near the bottom the lockdown should’ve ended. It seems the virus is weaker when spreading around in the summer here anyway, yet we stayed locked down then in summer, opened up towards the end of summer and lock down again now. I’ve seen Rishi Sunak let slip that Covid is seasonal. If they can get him out as chancellor before things get really bad I could have Sunak making decisions as PM. Sadly he’ll probably be ruined because of the economic consequences.

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So the mrs got a ping on the app. She works in an infant school.
Had a slight cough for couple of days so rang 119 and had a test at 7 last night.
Waiting for results now to see she is positive and if we all need to isolate for 14 days.
Anyhow the strood test centre was rammed.
We joined a ten car queue to get in and another ten behind. It was impressive at how they ran it. About 30 staff doing different things like a military operation.
Offer you a self test or they can ram the swab in your mouth and up your nose. Self test park up and do the bizz in their car then it's taken and you go. Mrs got them to do it and the guy said they have about a 1000 a day.
Didnt see that guy with the camera though recording. Maybe wasnt quiet enough.
If this is a conspiracy it is a bloody good one!

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A Danish study out this week has found in their research that face coverings don’t make a difference. But for balance I’ve posted this article from the lead researcher saying you should still wear a mask, so you work it out.

Important to note that this study focuses on the wearer or non wearers contracting Covid and not others. This was my concern. That you’re protecting others but infecting yourself, and is what I think has been happening looking at countries making face coverings compulsory and seeing numbers rise. I’m not as bothered by this as much now. Those who want this will have to deal with the consequences, or not. A pity that life is going to damaged for a long time.

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WHO to the rescue. Stay in all summer then eat your Christmas dinner in the park.

Giles Brandreth suggested that Christmas should be cancelled this year and moved to March.

It's probably in competition with too many other items.

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