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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Wonderful - whole new categories of medicine product licence numbering. That will simplify things... PL has been standard for years. PLNI and PLGB are new. (There's also PLPI for parallel Imports - which I had never previously noticed. Might have existed and just be my ignorance.) There are no...
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    How come there are people who would vote for him again and again and again? Not just a handful. Was reading about someone like that who has seen the light, disaowed Trump and Qanon, and is telling others that she was wrong. Trouble is, if they fell for T & Q, they have shown they are rather...
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It is hard to fathom how they can pile bad decision on bad decision and achieve results like this: AP analysis: Federal executions likely a COVID superspreader WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Trump administration was nearing the end of an unprecedented string of executions, 70% of death row inmates...
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Coming up, five days of cold - down to a feels-like of -8. But actual temperatures only as low as -1, and that only for a few hours. Forecasts and often wrong. Even more often here than other places I have lived.
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Without looking it up, my immediate reaction is: Not at all surprised if this has happened. The number doing so is likely a handful and therefore the story is omelet-and-souffle-and-Easter-all-at-once over-egged. Adding: Now had a look around - this story was widely reported around...
  6. oyster

    The road users statistically most likely to cause casualties

    Have to say, we see quite a lot of that on cars, let alone bicycles! Both the cars I regularly drive have automatic headlamps. Only very rarely do I ever need to switch them manually. I suspect this is widespread and is why we actually see fewer cars with their headlamps off in the dark...
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Will Dido get the sack? Test And Trace Using ‘Dodgy Statistics' To Claim Credit For Everyone Who Self-Isolates Under-fire service admits 90% of its alleged impact on R rate is actually down to people staying home when they get sick...
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Not sure that's true: The ambiguity created some confusion, with Downing Street repeatedly declining over recent days to specify a deadline. The inclusion of May in the elections plan appeared to catch No 10 off guard. Johnson’s deputy spokesperson initially said of the document: “This was...
  9. oyster

    The road users statistically most likely to cause casualties

    Circumstances make a big difference, on that I can agree. I use adaptive cruise control quite a lot - partly because it is so very easy to speed when the roads are good and clear. ACC lets me look outside - which is where my focus should be - without having to keep my eye on the speedo...
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But, outside the original trials, we don't even see a single report of someone dying after receiving the vaccine - for example, if they actually had Covid-19 at the time, or got it later. Nor even going to hospital!
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    From midnight Saturday night, not one single time slot in prospect on our forecast has a "feels like" temperature above zero. And it's a cold, and it's a cold, it's a cold, and it's a cold It's a cold wind's a-gonna blow
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Collection, analysis or publication of data?
  13. oyster

    The road users statistically most likely to cause casualties

    Cycling is, overall, amazingly safe (in terms of deaths). Would be interesting to know more about those that do occur without involvement of any other road user. I imagine they would include having a heart attack while riding, going off a cliff, and hitting a wall. They appear to just throw in...
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A concerning story about children: Up to 100 UK children a week hospitalised with rare post-Covid disease Exclusive: 75% of children worst affected by paediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome are BAME...
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Hooray for Hollywood, Where you're terrific if you're even good .... ?????
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Oh jolly good! - a genuine one - instead of the usually fake or accidental ones?
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I feel for people having to make such decisions. But work or family is a choice. He had that choice. He didn't tell the squad, manager, etc., that was his choice. He simply hoped to get away with it. And might have done except it appears people simply cannot help themselves both breaking the...
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But in the small family gathering, it is likely that none has been tested - at least, not in the hours and a few days before the gathering. Whereas "sport" is supposedly imposing a strict and frequent testing regime of everyone present.
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Having to apologise is something most of us dislike doing: Adams apologised for his behaviour, saying in a statement: "I would like to apologise unreservedly," said the winger. "When out of camp, at the weekend, I made an error of judgement. I attended a small gathering of immediate family to...
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Doing quite well in Wales: More than 60% of the first four priority groups in Wales have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination, the health minister, Vaughan Gething said. He told Times Radio that more than 400 sites across Wales are now delivering vaccines, with the number of...