UK sets new European record for COVID deaths in one day

[kancutlawns]

Exactly, especially as the dullards can get the same sort of narrative from Twatter, the Sun and Daily Express for free.

[Ralph]

Yet more North Korean style drivel from our national press.

And it’s behind a paywall.

These cringeworthy sycophantic pieces always remind me of the benchmark effort, - joe haines' robert maxwell biography.

NB - why is it Christmas on here? (not that I'm complaining).

Starts earlier every year.

[Roy Twing]

Yet more North Korean style drivel from our national press.

And it’s behind a paywall.

These cringeworthy sycophantic pieces always remind me of the benchmark effort, - joe haines' robert maxwell biography.

NB - why is it Christmas on here? (not that I'm complaining).

Starts earlier every year.

Flu jab time then.

[m4rkb]

Can we have TOTY earlier then. I've already got my nominations sorted.

[Zambo]

Can we have TOTY earlier then. I've already got my nominations sorted.

We could call it TOTQ TOTS

[Petingo]

Yet more North Korean style drivel from our national press.

And it’s behind a paywall.

Who in their right mind would pay to read that dross.

It's an opinion piece. All newspapers have them.

I am guessing Dsrkyboy might be tempted...

[Darkyboy]

Why would that be?

[Petingo]

One of the most surprising things to emerge during the plague is the way Piers Morgan has stepped into the breach and become one of the very few MSM journalists to highlight the complete incompetence of the Johnson government.





10% of the people around the world to die from COVID 19 did so on this little island.

Incredible stuff.

[delboy1983]

That means 90% came from the rest of the world !

[Vespa]

One of the most surprising things to emerge during the plague is the way Piers Morgan has stepped into the breach and become one of the very few MSM journalists to highlight the complete incompetence of the Johnson government.

It's very annoying I wish he'd stop is, his campaign against parking fines for nurses is also starting to make me not mind him.

[Darkyboy]

That means 90% came from the rest of the world !

That doesn't fit the relentlessly negative narrative, that some revel in.

[Petingo]

[Petingo]

[Vespa]

Does someone want to outline what the 'herd immunity' strategy was?

[Hillman avenger]

As I understand it, you allow the infection to spread so that the majority of people get it but develop immunity. Once you are there it goes into decline because it starts to run out of people to infect.
It's a well-known approach.
For what they thought Covid was they thought that if older and ill people were "shielded" the rest of the population would have it, have a few days of illness, recover and move on.
BUT
1. They had not realised how virulent it was.
2. They had not realised its morbidity rate, even among younger, fitter people,
3. And most importantly, they did not know what % of the population needed to be infected to have achieved the crossover.
1 and 2 became apparent from other countries.
But what is unforgivable is to have chosen it not knowing the answer to 3.