Off Topic Covid 19 restrictions have done one

It's actually one of Ric's attempts at humour in response to some of yours.It's joking but obviously it's not welcome anymore.
Bear that in mind when you fancy having a bit of banter with me...

 

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CYo6rkmJkLf/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

 

Eh?

 

Headline from Sky News. More humane than the alternative...

Reaction as Djokovic to be deported LIVE!

 

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That’s for the bird ****

 

I just thought he'd miss-read "bring a friend for a fiver"

 

The roof must be leaking really bad.

 

Sage scenarios vs actual: an update

It’s not the first time Sage’s modelling has been overly pessimistic. Before the summer reopening Sage modelled bed occupancy and in no fewer than nine scenarios the actual figure was lower than modelled. We’re often told that models look wrong in retrospect because people adjust their behaviour – or because restrictions are implemented, thereby preventing predicted calamity. But when Sage gloom is ignored and reopening has gone ahead, its scenarios have proved to be wide of the mark.

Modelling matters. It has consequences. If the Sage summer reopening scenarios had been believed (as they were by Keir Starmer) lockdown could have been extended – with all the social and economic damage that would entail. If the Sage autumn scenarios had been believed, schools might have remained shut. If just one December cabinet meeting had gone differently there would have been sweeping restrictions that the real world data now tells us would have been completely unnecessary.


https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-did-sage-scenarios-compare-to-reality-an-update

 

Epidemiologists and modellers are like historians, great at explaining what happened in the past but absolutely no ****ing use at predicting the future.

 

Someone should have told the one to the right of Djokovic to put his mask on properly.

 

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there is a simple solution.

 

He’s the reigning champion of both the Australian and French Open. I think he can smugly argue that whoever wins this year is a paper champion.

 

Along with the titles, goes rather substantial prize money, or ,of course, he could get vaccinated.

 

It’s like the aftermath of Heysel. English teams won all but one of the European Cup finals between 1976 and 1984. Competition’s watered down if the best aren’t allowed to participate.