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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The concept of saying anyone dieing within 28 days of a positive CV19 test, made sense in MARCH..it is utter nonsense 6 months later. The cause of death is or should be the pathology record. Michigan had an equally absurd measure .. If you survived 28 days after a positive test you were "cured ".
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I see this as all part of a massive misdirection campaign. It would have started 2 weeks ago in earnest, claiming that the EU was in disarray and Barnier being sidelined. The next phase is "inviting" multiple EU delegates to one on one meetings in order to divide and conquer. This is a strategy...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The worst part is the number of relatives of the deceased fly who make courtesy calls.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    If no deal becomes plausible the pound sinks ..
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Reports circulating are that BJ intends renaging on the LEGAL binding committments re NI made last year
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I was a bit slow on the uptake today.. good one!
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The realism from the EU is that the UK has no idea what it really wants
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    X marks the spot.
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    Help! Bosch mode problems

    No... The Forme is my wife's .. her birthday present for last year She is delighted with it ...and with me as a bonus. The urban mover UM is now moved into semi retirement, and is in a holiday home. My question to myself has to be whether it is worth getting a new battery pack at 250 quid...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Maybe not in newspaper articles, but the ability of masks and face covering has been extensively covered in scientific experiments. In a nutshell airborne transmission of the CV19 is not a major transfer mechanism. It is significant in hospitals where the mechanical ventilators and assisted...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I adopted the look after number one approach months ago. Just keep your distance. The old advice from WHO remains as valid today as seven months ago. Keep your distance. In the open air , a 2 metre distance is more effective than close proximity with any mask(excluding a mechanical pump driven...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    "All my trials Lord, soon be over" .. as Joan Baez sang.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Very happy to hear that. I would have assumed that an 80% population having had the real virus or an adequate vaccination is what would be required to give reasonable herd immunity. Remember Herd Immunity is not magic and it assumes that the majority of people who would be exposed are already"...
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    Help! Bosch mode problems

    I have bought 3 E bikes to date. In 2007 an urban mover with nimh pack ,which lasted me until retirement. In 2014 . It was rear hub and is still operational ... although now seriously needs a new battery pack.I did reconfigure it to 28V Li ion about 2010.. I had the rear wheel rebuilt as the...
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    Help! Bosch mode problems

    Andy ..yours was a rant... At least you have the grace to say that. The other suggestion that the incorrect version of software was loaded by the dealer seems plausible to me. There are now a few generations of Bosch motors some with small drive cogs and some with normal. I am now at 3650km...
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    Bosch motor help advice

    My advice is Don't. The internals of a Bosch motor are the responsibility of Bosch..thats why we pay the big bucks. I suspect that Vfr is correct and the clunking is external to the motor .. misalignment of gears or maybe a loose pedal crank. 500 miles is about the distance that a chain might...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Well I for one would welcome zero driving and automatic transportation. Prior to the lockdown, I was traveling by train and would have assumed much longer day trips this summer.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Sorry flecc, and since you are interested in biology, I would have assumed you knew. . Evolution is a very crude mechanism. Unless a disease renders an individual less capable of reproduction, or reduces fertility, it has no effect. This is why for instance Cancers of the elderly are not...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes. The implications for Insurance companies and pension funds will need a lot of working through. These are the funds which build these massive buildings as long term cash cows.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I think you are missing the point about evolutionary immunity ... It only works on the young requires sexual, and multiple generations . Now any disease which affects primarily older people does not get corrected by evolution..if anything it tends to proliferate.