Off Topic Coronavirus

Sadly, I’m not sure you are right on that Bob. Objectively the worst performing largish country in managing the pandemic, as the death toll and death rates show, to say nothing of the economic side, this may well be eclipsed in storytelling/propaganda terms by the vaccine roll out, particularly if it is turned into an ‘us v them’ thing with the EU. It’s the way populists work, ignore failure, find external and internal enemies to demonise, take all the credit deserved or not. People tend to remember the last thing they’re told.

So poor and late decision making, clearly dodgy on occasion ‘expert’ advice and an element of the population who were never going to follow rules and the resulting deaths will be overshadowed by jabs. They’ve already got everyone praising the rollout, the fix is in. If vaccine supplies run short it will be the evil EUs fault. If infection rates and hospitalisations don’t fall fast it will be because of people who don’t follow the rules. Johnson is the hero of the hour, Gove told us we wouldn’t have a vaccine roll out without his leadership this very morning.

 

Reading that, I think you're right mate

 

It’ll be just as thoroughly reviewed and learnt from as Grenfell.

 

I am sure Stan is right.
The only clever thing Boris has done is not allow the vaccine role out be outsourced to Serco

 

Absolutely...just like Grenfell

 

I wonder if he will also be remembered for the break up of the Union.. or will we southerers take that as another triumph.

Today's trip to Scotland has not helped..
Even if it is a case of somewhat double standards from the SNP

 

It’s not the rollout, but I have to say the unit lead by Bingham, who I had down as a crony, has done very well at identifying the most likely to succeed vaccines and getting contracts in place for them. Bingham is of course a crony, but by some fluke a competent one.

There I go, contributing to the new reality storytelling effort.......must beware!

 

I suspect obesity which is prevalent in the UK will at least be a contributing factor

 

Bloody hell I thought this was the politics thread!
I think if anyone is remembered for the break up it will be the Kranky woman. It won't happen anyway.
Anyway I will let you all carry on with a government bitchfest.

 

No the government made them fat and also made all those people ethnic... not to mention old and all those with underlining health problems. Still all those breaking the lockdown rules can blame the government as well, because Captain Hindsight and his army of droids says there are 'mixed messages'.

 

ethnic???

 

Maybe I should have used BAME.

 

Good thing other countries are full of such young, healthy ethnically-homogenous people or it would be a flimsy excuse.

 

Never takes long for Ellers to show his true colours.

 

It’s a common mistake amongst the over-60s. We shouldn’t hold it against him.

 

Every village has one I suppose

 

Ah bless are the yoghurt knitters kicking off? Maybe they should ask for a ban because I used the wrong word.

 

It’s just a joke. Surely you haven’t blocked Bob.

 

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looks like you are more likely to die if you are a honky
what group makes up the other 40000 deaths
do more men die than women
or is some other gender worse hit

 

Who writes such things even in jest? "The governments fault for making people ethnic". I mean Ellers usually is a tit but this is too much even for him.