(14-12-2021 10:42 )Charlemagne Wrote:  

Quote: Encouraging piece in Daily Mail by South African doctor who first alerted the world to Omicron. She says it's symptoms generally very mild, even with no vax, and accusses PM Johnson of 'Hysteria'. If she is right - if - then perhaps latest UK measures are more political than medical.

It could have been belivable if this hadn't been tweeted by Andrew Neil, quoting a right wing paper on the day that there's a vote tonight about vaccine passports.

I smell a rat.

(14-12-2021 14:23 )The Silent Majority Wrote:  I thought you weren't in that group.

Make up your mind.

(14-12-2021 15:08 )lancealot790 Wrote:  I’m not in any of those groups but I know people who are and I have no issue with their right to say no…

(14-12-2021 16:26 )Goodfella3041 Wrote:  

(14-12-2021 15:08 )lancealot790 Wrote:  I’m not in any of those groups but I know people who are and I have no issue with their right to say no…

I’m halfway with you.

The more people are vaccinated, the less likelihood that the virus has something to feed on, which is better for all of us. Nevertheless, it is still sticking a foreign substance in your body … I get why someone wouldn’t want to do that.

I have a couple of colleagues who are young and healthy, who’ve made the decision that they would sooner take a small known risk with the virus than a small unknown risk with the vaccine. I don’t have a problem with that.

But I confess that I’m a little anti-anti-masking. Outside a tiny minority of people who have legitimate health reasons for not wearing one, I do not see the downside to it. It presents absolutely NO risk to the person wearing it, but it does reduce the risk to people in their vicinity.

I don’t wear a mask to protect myself. I wear a mask to protect other people from me. I really feel that not masking up is just being selfish. We would shun someone for being rude enough to smoke while others are eating; why should we tolerate people who are too vain to consider other people’s health above their own vanity and comfort?

Some will say that there is mixed evidence about whether or not masks even work. Fair enough. But they can’t possibly hurt. So what’s the problem? What precious freedom are we stamping on by mandating masks? The right to show their beautiful faces?

I just don’t get it.

(14-12-2021 15:36 )winsaw Wrote:  just catching up on the news, i see all the red list county has been scrapped today as it didn't work ,
chairman Nicole has put new restrictions in for the Scots
Public asked to limit social mixing over Christmas to three households.
Social distancing required in shops and hospitality.
Some sectors to have legal duty to work at home
its important to note that the first one will not be in law so no one has to do it,
she said she wanted do a proper lockdown but as her gov is bust and dependent on hand outs from Westminster she could not do more, hardly shows that they could run a independent county lol

(14-12-2021 16:26 )Goodfella3041 Wrote:  

(14-12-2021 15:08 )lancealot790 Wrote:  

I have a couple of colleagues who are young and healthy, who’ve made the decision that they would sooner take a small known risk with the virus than a small unknown risk with the vaccine. I don’t have a problem with that.