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    24th January 2021, 02:36
    Scoobos replied to a poll 1325 and raising... in General
    It's not though doog. There's no way the NHS can catch up now, they've a backlog of a years worth of electives , cancer, smears, you name it. ...
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    24th January 2021, 02:29
    Scoobos replied to a thread CUK Book Club: Currently reading... in General
    Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Seeley. Perhaps it's only of interest to beekeepers, but it's still an engrossing and amazing read.
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    21st January 2021, 15:07
    Scoobos replied to a thread Deaths from Covid in General
    I've a differing point of view here really. Firstly, the whole "second wave" thing , isn't really, its a resurgence - second wave is a political...
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    20th January 2021, 17:27
    Scoobos replied to a thread Deaths from Covid in General
    I think the truth is , we won't know for years . There's so many variables. It's highly likely that it's power is diminished in anywhere other...
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    20th January 2021, 17:18
    Scoobos replied to a thread ALLEGATION: 1st dose of Pfizer vaccine not AS effective AS FIRST THOUGHT in General
    I like to think that I'm as in the know about this ( as a non clinical person can be.) And I'm now really confused, by how this story is being...
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    20th January 2021, 12:08
    Scoobos replied to a thread Deaths from Covid in General
    That's not what I'm seeing in my region, believe me, no one is twiddling thumbs. Everyone is repurposed. My trauma mate is working the morgue in a...
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    20th January 2021, 11:19
    Scoobos replied to a thread Deaths from Covid in General
    This is very very true - I've heard from several front line doctors that overall injuries are down, because of lockdown - people are not going out on...
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    20th January 2021, 10:34
    Scoobos replied to a thread ALLEGATION: 1st dose of Pfizer vaccine not AS effective AS FIRST THOUGHT in General
    This story is being misreported. Israel are running the live trail on 1 dose vs no doses. What they are saying is that there are 33% lower...
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    20th January 2021, 10:29
    Scoobos replied to a thread Deaths from Covid in General
    We don't need to protect them, Covid 19 is not a high consequence infectious disease , remember? We downgraded it because of its low risk, nothing to...
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    19th January 2021, 21:00
    Scoobos replied to a thread Deaths from Covid in General
    That's the same information that Xoggoth linked. It's pretty grim reading .
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    19th January 2021, 17:39
    Scoobos replied to a thread Deaths from Covid in General
    Yep the 28 days thing had me furiously ranting when it was implemented , as from what I was seeing at the time, it was missing a good 20-30% of...
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    19th January 2021, 17:30
    Scoobos replied to a thread Deaths from Covid in General
    Hate to say it, but look at Japan. More populated, bigger average age, bigger air travel hub in Tokyo than London , similar lockdown style, but...
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    19th January 2021, 17:21
    Scoobos replied to a thread Record Breaking in General
    We've gone a decade with people "turning a blind eye" to the obvious way that our "new Capitalism" with all it's beautiful facets like Economic...
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    18th January 2021, 16:58
    Scoobos replied to a thread Monday Links from the Lockdown vol. DLXXVI in General
    It's so sad, I loved it when it was what it was intended to be. It got me all of my contracts, automatically, worldwide for a good 8 years or so. ...
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    17th January 2021, 22:38
    Scoobos replied to a thread Post COVID changes in General
    Because it was that easy? (Ex smoker, but took me 11 years of hell to do so). For any smokers reading, I put it down to a mix of reading...
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    16th January 2021, 02:06
    Scoobos replied to a thread The most important website you’ll ever visit..... in General
    Thread of the year, so far. Easily.
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    11th January 2021, 23:24
    Scoobos replied to a thread The track and trace app in General
    It's there and working, but a massive waste of money.. The horse bolted by the time we had the bloody thing working - and whoever decided to base it...
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    11th January 2021, 23:20
    Scoobos replied to a thread Boom ... but very early days in General
    I'm saying this through empathy and not being a git. I'm saying this through empathy and not being a git; but I'd consider whether now is the best...
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    8th January 2021, 16:30
    Scoobos replied to a thread Brexidiots refuse Pfizer vaccine, they only want the English one in Brexit
    I'm no anti-vaxxer and hopefully my wife will be getting one soon. BUT - Personally, I'd prefer to take a medicine that is of an "established form"...
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    8th January 2021, 16:23
    Scoobos replied to a poll 1325 and raising... in General
    awww gawd, this is the worst taste poll I've EVER seen on this forum. Seriously folks, these are real people, some of which some of us have in...
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    8th January 2021, 16:21
    Scoobos replied to a thread London Major Incident in General
    Just to put that in context, my area, a specific voting ward in the North East, had a 800 per 100k rate in Late November and early December. I...
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