All the best to your Maw-in-law...we still have plenty of cases up here, and locally we have the highest rate in the country at the moment. Deaths and hospitalisation still down though, and it looks like we're lifting almost all restrictions next week.
That's a huge worry for you Bob and your good wife. Wishing your mother in law a speedy recovery. Sadly, there will be many other cases like this, just hope and pray it doesn't end up too serious.
Anti-vaxxer says 'naivety' behind accepting £10,000 to stop criticising AstraZeneca jab Hannah Kronast 1 day ago please log in to view this image © Twitter, Youtube Piers Corbyn was pranked by Youtubers who told them they were shareholders in COVID-19 vaccine company AstraZeneca. please log in to view this image © Provided by Newshub A British anti-vaxxer has admitted he was "naive" for accepting money to stop criticising AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in a "skillful" Youtube prank. Piers Corbyn, who has been an outspoken critic of COVID lockdown measures, was pranked by Youtubers Josh Pieters and Archie Manners. The duo met with Corbyn in central London where they posed as AstraZeneca shareholders and offered him a donation of £10,000 to stop criticising the company and start taking aim at the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. Corbyn was seen taking the money, which had been swapped partway for Monopoly money, in the video which was shared online. "'Yesterday @archiemanners and I convinced anti-vaxxer Piers Corbyn to take £10,000 he thought came from AstraZeneca to stop criticising their vaccine. Except it was monopoly money and we recorded the whole thing," Pieters said on social media. In a video posted to Twitter, Corbyn revealed his surprise at realising he had been pranked. "When I got home - a pack of monopoly money. Which, I have to say I burst out laughing because they had done it so well. It was so skillful." When asked if it was a bit naive to have taken the money, he agreed. "In public of course people often give cash but not large amounts... This was a large amount but they said they had lots of money and they wanted to help and wanted to be anonymous. "So I took it perhaps naively thinking it would all be safe." However, he disagreed with the final edit of the prank, posted online by the Youtubers. Corbyn said they had taken "clips of conversation to make it look like something" else. He reiterated the comments in a statement to the MailOnline. "The video has been very heavily edited with dishonest commentary and leaves out my repeated statements that anything we accept has to be unconditional. "It is false that I agreed [to] any change in policy whatsoever and I stated to these imposters that all Covid vaccines are dangerous and we weren't changing any of our views against vaccines and vaccine passporting." He said he hadn't agreed to "limiting or changing" what he has been saying, and will continue to say, about COVID-19 vaccines.
All the best Bob with your MIL.... Good news about your lads Stan & Col....... Place where I was working today 2 staff were notified that they were close contacts of someone who tested positive and 2 others had to take Lateral Flow Tests as one felt unwell for a couple of days and other is the sister in law of one of those close contacts........ The one that was unwell tested positive so went for a PCR Test whilst other one was negative......... Needless to say I ain't going in there for the next few days and will be working from home...... All of this seems to have materialised as last Monday was the August Bank Holiday here and peeps let their guards down as weather was nice and ideal for drinking......
The Offspring drummer Pete Parada says he was dropped over vaccine refusal Published 8 hours ago Share Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic please log in to view this image IMAGE SOURCEGETTY IMAGES image captionPete Parada first experienced Guillain-Barré syndrome in childhood The drummer with US rock band The Offspring says he has been dropped from their forthcoming tour after refusing the Covid vaccine for medical reasons. Pete Parada said a doctor had advised him not to have the jab because he has a rare autoimmune disorder. He wrote on Instagram that he's "unable to comply with what is increasingly becoming an industry mandate". As a result, "it has recently been decided that I am unsafe to be around, in the studio and on tour", he said. The band, who are due to start a US tour on 8 August, have not responded to his comments. Parada joined the group in 2007 and it is not clear whether he has now left permanently. please log in to view this image IMAGE SOURCEGETTY IMAGES image captionPete Parada with The Offspring on stage at the 2014 Download Festival The musician said he first experienced Guillain-Barré syndrome, where a person's immune system damages their nerves, in childhood and the effects had got "progressively worse over my lifetime". For him, the risks of having a Covid vaccine "far outweigh the benefits", he said. The drummer, who is in his late 40s, said he caught Covid over a year ago and only had mild symptoms, "so I am confident I'd be able to handle it again", he wrote. "But I'm not so certain I'd survive another post-vaccination round of Guillain-Barré syndrome." The condition has been listed as a very rare side-effect of the Janssen Covid-19 vaccine, while there has been a warning about a reported connection to the AstraZeneca vaccine, although that has not been confirmed. UK charity GAIN - Guillain-Barré & Associated Inflammatory Neuropathies - says "the benefits of vaccine far outweigh any risk" and recommends that people with a history of the syndrome get fully vaccinated. 'No hard feelings' The Offspring's hits including Self Esteem and Pretty Fly (For A White Guy), and their latest album reached number three in the UK this April. Parada added that he had "no negative feelings towards my band". He wrote: "They're doing what they believe is best for them, while I am doing the same." But people should be free to make a choice about the vaccine "unburdened by coercion", he said. On Tuesday, New York became the first major US city to require proof of vaccination for people attending concerts and other indoor venues. Also on Tuesday, the Met Gala and Sundance Film Festival - two major entertainment industry events - both said they would require attendees to have had the Covid vaccine. please log in to view this image What is Guillain-Barré syndrome? It is a rare condition in which the body's immune system attacks the nerves, causing weakness and even paralysis and respiratory failure in severe cases It affects about one in 100,000 people and most people eventually make a full recovery It mainly affects the feet, hands and limbs Symptoms can include numbness, pins and needles, muscle weakness, pain and problems with balance and co-ordination The World Health Organisation has published more information about the links between Covid vaccines and Guillain-Barré syndrome please log in to view this image Rock stars split over Covid vaccine The Covid vaccine has proved particularly divisive in the world of rock music. Stone Roses singer Ian Brown has been a vocal critic, promoting a number of baseless conspiracy theories but explaining that he has "a family member whose health was destroyed by [previous] vaccinations". Guitar legend Eric Clapton has refused to play concerts at venues requiring so-called vaccine passports for entry, saying he had experienced a "severe" reaction to the AstraZeneca vaccine. Richard Ashcroft, frontman for 90s rockers The Verve, pulled out of the Tramlines festival this summer after it became part of the government's pilot events programme, using the hashtags "#naturalrebel" and "#theydontownme". But very few contemporary bands have spoken out against the vaccine, and other rock legends have encouraged their fans to have it. On Monday, Sir Paul McCartney tweeted an old picture of himself receiving a dose alongside the words "BE COOL. GET VAX'D". The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.View original tweet on Twitter please log in to view this image In April, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger released lockdown track Eazy Sleazy, which poked fun at vaccine misinformation. The Foo Fighters played to a fully-vaccinated crowd at New York's Madison Square Garden in June, while Kiss star Gene Simmons has said their concertgoers must also have had the jab, telling them: "I don't care if you think the Earth is flat."
Yeah, his PCR came back negative and so did a lateral flow test he did first thing this morning to make sure. So I’ll be there. You?
