The way the government record covid deaths is odd.

if you test positive for Covid and then happen to get run over by a bus and die within 28 days of that positive test then its still recorded as Covid
see here - [Link]

In other news, I sunk every penny I had into opening a budget friendly B&B out here in Slovakia, I managed to open for 1 1/2 months in the Winter and about 2 months in the Summer we were sold out and absolute proof that we could make a success of this, that money went towards food, the electrician and gas fitter.
Winter is here again and bookings are looking grim due to constant lockdowns & a rule requiring people to have a covid test done every 3 days to be able to ski & snowboard plus the government threatening even stricter lockdown measures, unless things change to something resembling normal then we have enough money until March and its likely this dream is over. I'll have to come back to England and find another job to at least pay the mortgage.
on top of this I became a dad for the first time a little over 9 weeks ago, he spent the first 4 weeks of his life in intensive care with a blod clot on the brain and was given an equal chance of being healthy/disabled or dying, again due to covid and the bats*** crazy rules I wasnt allowed to be there for the birth or his time in hospital, only my fiance was allowed to see him for 2 hours a day. Thankfully he is home now and flourishing.

What amazes me is how have those that are vulnerable (and dying because they are vulnerable), picked this up. What have they been doing and more to the point who has been meeting up with them to put them at risk.

There are many idiots out there. It only takes a few to be super=spreaders. Like the British tourists who fled Switzerland overnight to go France and then UK.
Or the son of an MP who fled London to go to Sussex (a lower tier at the time) just before lockdown.

And I still have idiots trying to push past me in Tesco today, with no regard for social distancing.
"But i'm wearing a mask",...you just don't understand the characteristics of spreading the virus. A mask is not 100% effective. It lessens risk (by a significant amount), but stand close enough to someone with CV19 and you'll still get it.

And today I still had 2 neighbours ask if I wanted to go for a walk with them before lockdown

idiots are everywhere. Fuelled by the PM telling people it was OK to meet family/friends at Christmas. Moronic

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (30 Dec 2020 8.19pm)

The way the government record covid deaths is odd.

if you test positive for Covid and then happen to get run over by a bus and die within 28 days of that positive test then its still recorded as Covid
see here - [Link]

In other news, I sunk every penny I had into opening a budget friendly B&B out here in Slovakia, I managed to open for 1 1/2 months in the Winter and about 2 months in the Summer we were sold out and absolute proof that we could make a success of this, that money went towards food, the electrician and gas fitter.
Winter is here again and bookings are looking grim due to constant lockdowns & a rule requiring people to have a covid test done every 3 days to be able to ski & snowboard plus the government threatening even stricter lockdown measures, unless things change to something resembling normal then we have enough money until March and its likely this dream is over. I'll have to come back to England and find another job to at least pay the mortgage.
on top of this I became a dad for the first time a little over 9 weeks ago, he spent the first 4 weeks of his life in intensive care with a blod clot on the brain and was given an equal chance of being healthy/disabled or dying, again due to covid and the bats*** crazy rules I wasnt allowed to be there for the birth or his time in hospital, only my fiance was allowed to see him for 2 hours a day. Thankfully he is home now and flourishing.

Medically Vulnerable people also get over this virus without a hitch, dying of Covid & dying with covid are wholly different things, people die of all sorts of ailments, what if some of these underlying issues people have just meant it was their time to go regardless of CV19? look at all the mad stuff people die of, it will definitely skew figures.
The Conservatives even let slip there is a 30% false positive error of margin with the tests.

We as a species have to learn to live with this virus much like we have done with every virus.

The world is in for a colossal economic collapse, and likely an all out war.

Thanks man, he is doing great & I wish I had kids when I was younger, its an absolute privilege to raise him & to watch him have his hopes and dreams crushed by being a Palace fan.

Edited by Ouzo Dan (30 Dec 2020 9.09pm)

There are many idiots out there. It only takes a few to be super=spreaders. Like the British tourists who fled Switzerland overnight to go France and then UK.
Or the son of an MP who fled London to go to Sussex (a lower tier at the time) just before lockdown.

And I still have idiots trying to push past me in Tesco today, with no regard for social distancing.
"But i'm wearing a mask",...you just don't understand the characteristics of spreading the virus. A mask is not 100% effective. It lessens risk (by a significant amount), but stand close enough to someone with CV19 and you'll still get it.

And today I still had 2 neighbours ask if I wanted to go for a walk with them before lockdown

idiots are everywhere. Fuelled by the PM telling people it was OK to meet family/friends at Christmas. Moronic

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (30 Dec 2020 8.19pm)