Coronavirus

[The Fish 10822]

Remember a few years ago I got a £3k tax rebate. Within 6 months I'd spent 90% of it on that fucking piece of shit car.

[Kid Dynamite 7012]

I got £8k back once. Spunked the lot in 12months on the house. Should have bought a motorbike instead 

[The Fish 10822]

36 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said:

I got £8k back once. Spunked the lot in 12months on the house. Should have bought a motorbike instead 

I wish I'd spent mine on the house. Or a holiday. Or big ol' bag of crystal meth. Anything other than the money pit. Bought the car for £6k in 2018, spent over £3k on repairs (let alone Insurance, fuel, MOTs, services etc.) and got a good deal by selling it for £900 last year.

[Gemmill 44568]

What was it? 

[ewerk 30409]

Well it wasn't a BMW with built-in accountant, that's for sure.

[trooper 940]

Climbing again

The UK has reported 16,135 new COVID-19 cases and another 19 coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period, according to government data.

[Dr Gloom 21869]

Deaths are still pretty low 

[Dr Gloom 21869]

Hospital admissions climbing too but also relatively low. Hopefully this remains the case during this third wave  

[Dr Gloom 21869]

Howay the vaccine!

[Gemmill 44568]

 

 

I'm too sexy for vaccines. 

 

Too sexy for vaccines, tests and quarantines. 

 

 

[The Fish 10822]

16 hours ago, Gemmill said:

What was it? 

BMW 1 series

[Gemmill 44568]

20 minutes ago, The Fish said:

BMW 1 series

 

  

 

 

[The Fish 10822]

13 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

 

  

 

 

 

We've moved onto a VW Tiguan and a KIA Ceed because I am a 'Soccer Mom'.

[Monkeys Fist 42205]

 

Tits oot for the lads, then. 

[The Fish 10822]

14 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said:

 

Tits oot for the lads, then. 

Hoo! I don't have any pandemic padding, thankyou very much. 

 

Positively svelte.

[trooper 940]

5 hours ago, The Fish said:

We've moved onto a VW Tiguan and a KIA Ceed because I am a 'Soccer Mom'.

We have a Kia Nero Hybrid its brilliant on fuel. We're roughly getting 56 mpg. 

[Gemmill 44568]

My lass just got a Kia Sportage yesterday. We're the Kia crew. We all adore a Kia Ora. 

[The Fish 10822]

In the last year, we've barely used the fucKiang thing. I'm now working from home on the regular, and Mrs Fish works from home most days too. Literally picked it up about a fortnight before lockdown.  

[trooper 940]

Another 16k+ new infections again today.

The UK has reported 16,703 new COVID-19 cases and another 21 coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period, according to government data.

[Christmas Tree 4714]

1 hour ago, trooper said:

Another 16k+ new infections again today.

The UK has reported 16,703 new COVID-19 cases and another 21 coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period, according to government data.

It’s over / lock thread. 

[Monkeys Fist 42205]

38 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said:

It’s over / lock thread. 

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[Meenzer 15467]

 

16 hours ago, Christmas Tree said:

It’s over / lock thread. 

 

 

Anyway, while I wasn't coming here to post that, I was coming to post this, at least. Worth bearing in mind alongside the daily drip-feed of statistical gloom.

 

 

[Meenzer 15467]

Happy anniversary!

 

 

[Dr Gloom 21869]

16 hours ago, Meenzer said:

 

 

 

Anyway, while I wasn't coming here to post that, I was coming to post this, at least. Worth bearing in mind alongside the daily drip-feed of statistical gloom.

 

 

it feels like the vaccine is winning the race. the inevitable spike in new infections hasn't led to a surge in hospital admissions or deaths. the nhs is coping.

i'm not going to go as far as CT and say it's over - new vaccine-resistant variants and long covid remain a concern - but we're close to covid becoming an illness that we live alongside, like flu. some people will catch it every year, some will get sick, most people will be ok or immune.

[Renton 21451]

1 minute ago, Dr Gloom said:

it feels like the vaccine is winning the race. the inevitable spike in new infections hasn't led to a surge in hospital admissions or deaths. the nhs is coping.

i'm not going to go as far as CT and say it's over - new vaccine-resistant variants and long covid remain a concern - but we're close to covid becoming an illness that we live alongside, like flu. some people will catch it every year, some will get sick, most people will be ok or immune.

 

I agree largely, except for the comparisons with flu. The delta variant has an estimate natural R rate of 5 (possibly as high as 7), whereas influenza is about 1.3. That's clearly massively different and brings much more challenges. But the vaccines are working, if we avoid a vaccine escaping variant we are nearly in the clear.