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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I don't think it was warmer in Paisley, though! Coronavirus Scotland: Over 50 Scots caught flouting Covid lockdown rules at notorious Paisley dogging hotspot Sarah Peddie 6 Feb 2021, 18:33 Updated: 6 Feb 2021, 19:23...
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I did wonder - but why have J&J gone down the one-shot route? Doesn't that mean less profitable?
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    One shot versus Two shot So the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccine is a one-shot product. Whereas, as we know all too well, Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca are two-shot products. At what point does the decision get made? "I say, old chap, shall we make a one-shot vaccine?" "Well, me old...
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    See there are some French who are worth listening to! Boris Johnson 'a liar' who will seek to blame Brexit costs on Covid, says diplomat Sylvie Bermann, France’s UK ambassador during Brexit vote, assesses PM’s pandemic handling alongside Donald Trump...
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Self-selection out of the gene pool?
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Wales seems to be doing quite well. Wales has effectively stopped recording excess deaths, says ONS Wales had effectively stopped recording excess deaths by early February, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics. But in the week ending Friday 12 February deaths...
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It has been claimed all over the place - but, from what I have read, seemed to be a rumour rather than verified information.
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    How long lasting? I don't believe you, they, anyone else, and certainly not I, have any real idea yet.
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Is that where Spiegelhalter comes in?
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But what if you put April before March?
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Vaughn Gething has just been interviewed - and I preferred his more cautious approach which came across better than Downing Street.
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    This article is, umm, interesting. People with extremist views less able to do complex mental tasks, research suggests Cambridge University team say their findings could be used to spot people at risk from radicalisation...
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I understand why Amazon has been so important, to so many. But I agree and try hard to avoid them. More and more often, I find them significantly more expensive than some other companies. The thing that keeps them attractive is the postage - whether because of the fairly low limit for "free", or...
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Wales started today - not sure of the details, but phased somehow. Something like up to 8 first.
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Probably confusing PoW escape tunnels and their derring-do, gung-ho with heavy duty finance and massive civil engineering. Needs rather more than a Red Cross tin to dig that.
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Wonder what the outcome of this will be? And how long it will take? Brexit: DUP launches court challenge to Northern Ireland protocol Arlene Foster claims UK-EU agreement has ‘driven a coach and horses through both the Act of Union and the Belfast Agreement’...
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The accusations of fraud by patients were, as you imply by posting, indicative of a very badly managed organisation. All too easy to tick the Has a valid medical exemption certificate checkbox on the FP10 prescription without checking the date on your actual exemption certificate. But hardly...
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    PHI in the sky?
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    White van man beats brexit? Not really.... :( Sussex medicines firm takes production line abroad in white van to beat Brexit ban UK assembly line at standstill as pharmaceutical company sets up in Amsterdam and plans EU expansion...
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Possibly - but we will do our best to get there spot on time. (I have to drive but am not getting vaccinated.) I'd hope everyone else also tries to do so.