Yeah that sector is a bit off, think most are too worried about going under and day labourers especially feel extremely vulnerable financially.
Definitely so. I'm back next monday to work. Not cos I want to but because I have been left with no choice on the matter. It will be impossible to follow distancing guidelines.
You are right to question me, apologies, I got the figures wrong for Scotland. There are 6,358 positive results in Scotland and 615 deaths. Comparing to Ireland, the number of cases is roughly half but the number of deaths are roughly 50% higher.
So this thread is morphing into the politics thread and will doubtless follow it in being closed soon. Shame, I’ve learnt some stuff from others on here, but so be it if it has to slip into the old slagging off of political enemies. In the meantime 180 Romanian agricultural workers being flown in on a charter jet to help save some crops. First of many I’m guessing. The Germans have allowed 80,000 in to help out their farmers.
I find this strange unless there are posts I cannot see? You won't need to worry about anything from me because I have listened to the mods and dealt with the problem. A bit like the virus if you isolate, you stop it doing its harm. Hopefully, we shall see some calm. Regarding Politics v Virus I think they go hand in hand so it may be difficult, however, I will read my posts before posting and stick to the virus.
Italy-UK team hopes to have COVID-19 vaccine in Sept Researchers of Italian IRBM, Oxford University to start human testing on 550 volunteers late April An Anglo-Italian partnership is on the frontline in the development of a coronavirus vaccine, which could be ready in September, researchers said. The venture brings together Italian company Advent-IRBM -- based in the city of Pomezia, south of Rome -- and the Jenner Institute of the University of Oxford. The team has accelerated human testing of the vaccine, which will start in the U.K. at the end of April. “In light of the data acquired in the last few weeks, the first batch of the vaccine will leave for England, where tests will start on 550 healthy volunteers,” said Piero Di Lorenzo, the CEO and founder of Advent-IRBM. Di Lorenzo explained that the team has decided to move forward with human tests after they confirmed the “non-toxicity” of the vaccine, which resulted from effective laboratory tests. “If the phase 1 of clinical trials is successful, we expect to have the vaccine ready for use to vaccinate health personnel and law enforcement officers as early as September," Di Lorenzo said. Sarah Gilbert, a vaccinology expert at Oxford University, also expressed optimism on the results of the trials. On Saturday, she told the British daily The Times that she is “80% confident” that the vaccine being developed by her team would work. Di Lorenzo also added that talks are underway with a pool of international investors and several governments for a “relevant investment,” which would further speed up the development of the vaccine and its industrial production. Scientists and researchers are racing globally against time to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, which has so far claimed more than 120,400 worldwide, according to the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University. Overall, the virus has spread to 185 countries since it first emerged in China in December. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 70 vaccines are currently being developed, three of which have already received approval to be tested on humans.
History won’t need to be re-written if they can re-write it in real time. That’s a breathtaking headline but I bet certain folk agree with it. For clarity, this is not Tory-bashing. It’s bashing their propagandists.
I’m saying nothing, I don’t wanna piss 9’s off anymore than he probably is already.....besides, he’s bigger than me (as are 90% of the population) Sorry Rich x
I cant see this thread being closed, it's too important. Unfortunately the political thread went the way it did due to the usual suspect. As for the 180 Romanians if they are needed then great but let's please have some sort of check or quarantine period.
UK death toll of hospitalised cases up 761. Think I will give the daily bullshit a miss today unless Priti is doing it!
This has become one of the great stories to come out of such a crap situation, well done Captain Tom... https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tomswalkforthenhs
