We havent been in lockdown. Weve been more than able to interact.
Strange comments.
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We havent been in lockdown. Weve been more than able to interact.
Strange comments.
I too know lots of people who are wary to go out and enjoy life. I'm not surprised because from dawn until dusk the media continue to highlight Covid as the big news and that frightens many.
Working from home is obviously not bad for everyone, but for my nephew it means sitting in his bedsit with his laptop on the bed, and that's not good. There must be many like him.
We are two years into Covid yet UK governments are still putting restrictions on peoples' lives as if no lessons have been learned. In Wales nearly 2 million people have had three jabs and we know how effective that is. Additionally, there are two oral antivirals available which can reduce the severity of a Covid infection by around 90%.
With such effective pharmaceuticals available it is time we treated it like a cold and I applaud Bojo for taking the lead.
Drakeford boasts that Wales has the best vaccination rate, that antivirals are available for anyone at particular risk, but then introduces rules and regulations that impact our lives and the Welsh economy. It doesn't make sense.
Time to get back to as we were pre-Covid.
I give up Jordi. I started a thread about this which hardly registered but a Covid conspiracy theory or Drakeford character assassination thread will go for 20 odd pages. I used to find this stuff funny but now it just depresses me. I'll stick to watching us play to improve the mood. Oh, wait!
Its no suprise reading some of the comments. Its the typical Tory attitude im all right screw you.
This is a Global Pandemic. Its great the vaccination programme has gone so well in this and the other richer countries. However this isnt the case globally and in poorer countries. You could swear some have been living in the post war UK listening to some comments.
Until the world is vaccinated we are not out of it. Lift all restrictions. Yeah feck the 80 year old on the bus im not wearing a mask. Lets just travel everywhere without masks no need to isolate even with covid and spread the virus amongst other countries or allow another variant in our own.
We need to get back to as close as normal as we can with some sensible restrictions.
However we need the rest of the world vaccinated. Its scandalous that countries are not allowed to mass produce vaccines due to the vaccine patent. Credit must go to the US , Russia and China for backing the vaccine waver.
However the UK govt ???.... nah we are ok.
What? We’ve only just got ourselves here vaccinated ffs…hopefully the economy will kick on now and we won’t see too many more issues despite the cost of living rising massively. Whilst doing this for the last year we also have to vaccinate the world do we? That’s never going to happen is it? There is still 4 million who haven’t here alone so no point banging that drum any longer. The vaccination programme is practically the only thing the Tories have nailed….:hehe:
You make some reasonable points just ruined with that 'typical Tory I'm alright jack stuff'. Just completely ridiculous
You seem completely oblivious (on purpose or otherwise) to the utterly unprecedented amounts of money spent on supporting people through this pandemic. It's just so frustrating that people ignore reality to turn these things into cheap party political points.
You are way out of touch on this one. AZ gave others the opportunity to manufacture their vaccine and the biggest manufacturer of vaccines in the world, based in India, manufactured it freely. However such manufacture is highly specialised and there are are limited facilities for such world wide. As far as the Russian and Chinese are concerned they decided to manufacture their own and good luck to them.
We will never get to the stage where the global population is going to be vaccinated each year. As it happens the Omicron variant is following an established pattern for viruses...easier to catch but less virulent.
As you say, with sensible precautions...vaccination and anti-virals..there is the opportunity for UK to get back some resemblance of normality in people's lives.
Politicians are taking us for mugs, and you're buying into it. Drakeford sees sense on spectator sports just in time for the rugby internationals, and he says he's following the science...????
Fully agree we need to get as close to normality as soon as possible.
Just sensible restrictions.
You clearly know far more about the pharmaceutical industry than me. Ive taken what ive seen from a QT program about 3 weeks with some guy from I believe a Charity stating that there are countries able to mass produce vaccines which cant due to the refusal of some countries the UK included refusing to allow a patent waver.
Im corrected.
The chip some of you have on your shoulder about rugby existing is ridiculous, the first Wales home game isn't for another 3 weeks which in Covid terms is a lifetime yet it's "JUST IN TIME for the rugby internationals"
What's the cut off for "just in time" then? if he'd have done it a week ago would a month have been "just in time"? I suspect it would because a few of you decided a while ago that he'd cancel them specifically for the 6 Nations so whenever he did it would have to fit that narrative.
Also all of you banging on like you care about hospitality struggling are the ones moaning about restrictions being relaxed by the time the 6 Nations come around, which massively helps hospitality. You can't be angry at everything. Or quite clearly you can but you shouldn't. Cases are coming down, restrictions are being relaxed, hospitality won't miss out on millions during those weekends. Good news all round.
Delmbox is right. I'm pretty critical of Drakeford at this stage of the pandemic, and it's utterly preposterous he is happy for strangers to meet in pubs but not for work colleagues to meet face to face...but, clearly the direction of travel is to open up, and its right to do so, so it's not directly linked to the six nations.
I'm sure the WRU rightly piled the pressure on and he knows what a PR disaster it would have been, but clearly this isnt just because of the six nations or even primarily related to it.
I was surprised the clubs didn't bother with any PR to get it reversed before Christmas. All it would have taken is city and swansea to say they are seeking negotiations with Bristol or forest Green about moving home games there and the WG would have folded I think.
'Just in time' is now when you have three home rugby matches to play with 80,000 at each, tickets to sell, hospitality to arrange, hotel bookings to be made, staff to be hired, beer to be brewed and distributed, police to be organised etc.
There is no doubt in my mind that the decision by Mark Drakeford was a political one. Personally Im delighted that he's done it to help our local hospitality industry, allow fans back into the CC stadium, plus those who want to watch the rugby.
There is also no doubt in my mind that if he had not been pressurised by forthcoming international matches he would have kept us waiting for Level 0
Of course its a political decision. All this following the science is just a get out for them as they can't explain it any further than that when asked. Eg how can he explain 51 people standing outside while socially distanced is not OK and not too dangerous but 140 sat inside drinking together is absolutely fine. He knows he can't. It's a nonsense.
And now 250k in Cardiff city centre for the rugby is all OK? What nonsense. Its every bit as political as what's happening at downing Street.
FOI request reveals Welsh Government have no evidence for the imposed restrictions and closure of Nightclubs in December.
https://twitter.com/statsjamie/statu...796407303?s=21
The club wouldn't want to upset the WG. On my experience civic society in Wales is very small. Business and cultural groups are small and do not want to bite the hand of the govt that in most cases they are pretty chummy with. Same goes for the media in Wales and charity sector.
It's all a bit cosy.