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Mentioned over on the weather thread, seeing my son today, first time socially since last August.

Exchanging Christmas presents in a restaurant will be interesting, can hardly remember what we got him and his fiancée, so a double surprise. 

Throughout the last 14 months there's been many rules, guidelines etc, many confusing and lacking common sense but, the main rules on socialising, or lack of, have been tough, especially for family reasons.

Unfortunately my father was a victim of covid, no fault of his own, down to the incompetent care home management and employees, but, that apart, we've all survived, emotionally without the need to be be seen in need of mental health assistance. 

As a society we are almost through this mess, it's not gone away but we're conquering it, mainly down to the vaccine, and we can all get back to normal, whatever your normal was.

The day we can all dispose of, or, in my case, burn, our masks will be a momentous day.

 

 

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Good news. Certainly stresses the importance of getting both doses of the vaccine.

Vaccines highly effective against B.1.617.2 variant after 2 doses - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Interesting to note that the Indian variant seems to be better at evading the protective effect of the vaccine than the Kent variant, and in a very short time period too.

Early signs that yearly Covid vaccines may well be required for certain age groups, much in the same way as the current yearly flu vaccinations.

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On 5/22/2021 at 3:33 PM, faraway saint said:

Oh dear, what an old dumpling. :lol:

Oaky has had me on ignore for quite some time, not exactly showing me my hero position.

Shows how good you are at reading the forum, silly auld tadger. 

I've got 9 on ignore on here yet the fannies still try to get a reply, morons!

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4 hours ago, God of war said:

I've got 9 on ignore on here yet the fannies still try to get a reply, morons!

9? :lol:

I only have Shull as he rarely posts anything worthwhile IMO (copy/paste :snore), the simpleton B a z is on and off, and that's about it.

You'll be getting closer to Poz who had 90% of the forum on ignore before realising he was talking to himself for the majority of the time. :lol

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Am I on your list? 
If everyone calls you out on your fitba scouting claims you will have no one to talk to bar yourself.
Come on who have you scouted? 
Dib dib dib!
If someone that he replies to was to quote you, it might see your post if you are on it's list. [emoji1787]
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Drop in for your COVID Vaccination

If you are over 40 and you

have not yet had your first dose of vaccine

Or

have waited more than 10 weeks for your second dose of Astra Zeneca – in other words, if you had your first dose in March

You can drop into a vaccination centre to receive vaccination at the following locations:


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-57292330

https://www.nhsggc.org.uk/your-health/health-issues/covid-19-coronavirus/for-patients-the-public/covid-vaccinations/drop-in-vaccinations/

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This thread has racked up over 283,000 views, quite a number in almost 16 months.

Like the virus, hopefully it'll be on it's way out soon. (Yeah, the virus won't be gone but the tragic events it has brought us will have all but gone soon)

It's been a rollercoaster, turned into a classic thread and everybody that's still here should be thankful. 

I can't wait for this thread to drop down and disappear in the not too distant future. 

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With the vaccinations numbers racking up it's looking like the majority of cases are exactly those who haven't had their jag.

I'd guess the conspiracy theory king, @saintnextlifetime would be in that bracket.

@oaksoft done a complete 360, no surprise, after calling people who had it and wanted it guinea pigs.

Anyone else still to have their first jag? 

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With the vaccinations numbers racking up it's looking like the majority of cases are exactly those who haven't had their jag.
I'd guess the conspiracy theory king, [mention=5595]saintnextlifetime[/mention] would be in that bracket.
[mention=4199]oaksoft[/mention] done a complete 360, no surprise, after calling people who had it and wanted it guinea pigs.
Anyone else still to have their first jag? 
Got my 2nd today, fully microchipped and feeling better for it.

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4 hours ago, ALBIONSAINT said:

If I wanted to read shite like this I would just buy the Daily Mail 😂☝️

I'm not so sure that this is shite. This story is being published in other media outlets.

The two authors of the forthcoming paper are very credible medical scientists.

What is interesting is that they've struggled and failed to get it published for about a year. That in itself is not unusual - they've probably been trying to get it into journals like Nature and the waiting list and failure list for a journal like that is enormous. What's more of a concern is that they've claimed that it's because people view their research as racist. That right there is a red flag and sounds like conspiracy theory bollocks which they need to clarifying. It's unusual to get feedback of that type from reviewers of submitted papers so they need to explain why they think that's the reason for having the paper rejected.

The authors also state (paraphrasing) that "it's against the law of nature to have 4 consecutive positively charged amino acids, thast has to be man-made." Well it's either against the law of physics or it's not. If it's against the law of physics for it to be naturally occurring then it would also be against the law of physics for it to be man-made. That needs explaining too.

As of yet, the paper is still not published. It remains to be seen whether that's because it's been approved and is now awaiting a free slot in a future edition in this journal or whether it's still awaiting peer-review.

So I wouldn't dismiss it just yet.

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6 minutes ago, oaksoft said:

I'm not so sure that this is shite. This story is being published in other media outlets.

The two authors of the forthcoming paper are very credible medical scientists.

What is interesting is that they've struggled and failed to get it published for about a year. That in itself is not unusual - they've probably been trying to get it into journals like Nature and the waiting list and failure list for a journal like that is enormous. What's more of a concern is that they've claimed that it's because people view their research as racist. That right there is a red flag and sounds like conspiracy theory bollocks which they need to clarifying. It's unusual to get feedback of that type from reviewers of submitted papers so they need to explain why they think that's the reason for having the paper rejected.

As of yet, the paper is still not published. It remains to be seen whether that's because it's been approved and is now awaiting a free slot in a future edition in this journal or whether it's still awaiting peer-review.

So I wouldn't dismiss it just yet.

I don't believe it.  But then again, I tend to not believe things until there is evidence for them (or, at least, enough evidence to show a likelihood, even if not definitive).

 

All down to not being able to choose what you believe (again).  Maybe once it's published there will be enough evidence to convince me but, until then, I'm not convinced and therefore do not believe it.  Very intelligent people can be wrong too, even if they are talking about fields in which they are authorities, so their credentials mean nothing unless they can back up their claims with evidence.  Just the same as anything else.

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56 minutes ago, Slarti said:

I don't believe it.  But then again, I tend to not believe things until there is evidence for them (or, at least, enough evidence to show a likelihood, even if not definitive).

 

All down to not being able to choose what you believe (again).  Maybe once it's published there will be enough evidence to convince me but, until then, I'm not convinced and therefore do not believe it.  Very intelligent people can be wrong too, even if they are talking about fields in which they are authorities, so their credentials mean nothing unless they can back up their claims with evidence.  Just the same as anything else.

Don't disagree with any of that.

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19 minutes ago, oaksoft said:
Don't disagree with any of that.

That's funny, a while back you argued with me for days about whether or not you can choose what you believe. Maybe you've changed your mind. If not, just choose to believe that I am right on this. :D

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1 hour ago, Slarti said:

That's funny, a while back you argued with me for days about whether or not you can choose what you believe.

Actually, I seem to remember accusing you of creating strawman arguments.

Do you have a link to that particular discussion?

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Actually, I seem to remember accusing you of creating strawman arguments.
Do you have a link to that particular discussion?
Nope. You were arguing against a statement/point I made, so it couldn't be me building strawmen.

Nope, no link, can't remember what thread it was.
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