SwingsitlikeHogan
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I suspect the reporting will simply reflect the public’s response, which will be divided no matter what is done.Don't worry old chap, whatever they do it will be reported as wrong....
I suspect the reporting will simply reflect the public’s response, which will be divided no matter what is done.Don't worry old chap, whatever they do it will be reported as wrong....
Oh, that's what they tell the public. It's real name is as cool as you would expect ?.I find it a bit lame that COBRA stands for Cabinet Office Briefing Room A
No issue with getting back to Italy from the UK? I know we are on the naughty list with quite a few countries.
Enjoy your Christmas in Scotland, assuming you are staying there ?
I find it a bit lame that COBRA stands for Cabinet Office Briefing Room A
I think you'll find it stands for Camenbert, Oloroso, Barolo, Rioja, Appenzeller...
Heddon on the Wall is a nice Northumbrian village. In the Tyne valley, prettiest part of the county, old stone houses, right next to Close House ?. I can understand why they would struggle with the accent though ?I don't think Italy will follow suit - but I'm a resident so hopefully I can get back
Yes staying in Edinburgh to see my aged father - may get some golf in
All my best wishes to you and yours
I played yesterday with a local Italian couple whose son & family were coming home here per Natale - they live in Heddon-on-the wall
Apparently they find it difficult to understand their grand-daughters english
Thanks ?. Both her sister and brother-in-law had positive LFT’s but negative PCR’s, however even if it does come back negative we will still probably not be going; her mate’s Mum, who must be at least in her mid 80’s with underlying health issues will be there, it just doesn’t seem the responsible thing to do if she’s had a positive test of any sort this close. In some respects a positive PCR would be a better outcome, as strange as that may seem.
Heddon on the Wall is a nice Northumbrian village. In the Tyne valley, prettiest part of the county, old stone houses, right next to Close House ?. I can understand why they would struggle with the accent though ?
Where would you play around Edinburgh? I've played Braid Hills, a smashing council run course, and Swanston, by the dry ski slope to the south. Neither top rated but both very enjoyable.
My wife went up to Edinburgh with my daughter last week. Much quieter than usual and nicer for it, the same applies to all popular cities imo. You can enjoy it without the tourists ?.
How long does it take the powers to make a decision on what measures need putting in place. We still don't seem to know the actual effects of Omicron, how long does it take to understand how it affects people!
I'm normally pretty laid back about these things but I'm now feeling absolutely nauseous about the whole situation.
How long does it take the powers to make a decision on what measures need putting in place. We still don't seem to know the actual effects of Omicron, how long does it take to understand how it affects people!
I'm normally pretty laid back about these things but I'm now feeling absolutely nauseous about the whole situation.
Spoke to my Italian friend yesterday, she said exactly the same. Everyone is wearing masks and don’t have a problem doing it. Hope alls well me manAnd I thought Italy was bureaucratic hell
Yes numbers climbing here in Italy as well - but folk don't seem to concerned - not seeing (yet) any public pronouncements we saw recently from the French and German camps
What I do see is a generally greater amount of folk wearing masks outdoors than it seemed a few weeks ago
Pretty strange in the north of Devon. Just been through several weeks of the highest rates in the country and now the infection rates are dropping like a stone.
N Devon is pretty low population so perhaps it reached a 'saturation ' point where those likely to be infected caught it so now there's few candidates/unvaccinated.
Initial data from London, the epicentre of Omicron, looking ‘gently encouraging’ - see all the usual respected sources on Twitter who’ve been crunching the numbers.
I'm not always confident of the media reports, but hope this is true. Encouraging news coming out of S Africa too.
https://www.9news.com.au/world/omic...ociation/58c36efc-3035-473f-877d-7b91853dc06a
Much too much emphasis is placed on the assertion that she was the first person to report Omicron. The head of the BMA, her UK equivalent, would not be the most authoritative source of data.
A test positivity rate of 30% that suggests they are missing a lot of true cases. I think she should be a bit more circumspect in public. In the UK, the case positive rate is going up, so the true cases are rising faster than the reported rate.
With the strong transmissibility of Omicron, I think we have a long way to go yet. Some estimates of the background R value, i.e. what it would be in a non-immune population, put it in measles territory, 15 or thereabouts.