Rule of six possibly by May.

[Rangie]

Headlines in paper today meetings of up to 6 by May possibly, be patient.

[Varche]

Jam tomorrow?

Mind you your vaccination programme is going very well 

[Sir Tigger KC]

The other thing is that Matt Hancock is finally talking about Covid as a disease that we'll have to live (or die) with rather than eradicating it totally. 

[Rangie]

Just booked our first vaccinations on Tuesday morning.😁

[TheBoy]

The other thing is that Matt Hancock is finally talking about Covid as a disease that we'll have to live (or die) with rather than eradicating it totally. 

It seems ministers have been too scared to let the (thick) public know this is the reality, though even the scientists at the briefings have been saying this for ages.

I guess, they know the public is stupid, and if they let this out even now, every idiots would simply think oppsit, and disobey all measures.  So they need to make out normality* will return in the not too distant future, once they have old'uns jabbed, because the 2 things that the UK public care about is the NHS and deaths of family.  Easing up on restrictions now would kill both the NHS and many matriarchal mothers, and the BBC TV News would be wall to wall with council house daughters blaming the authorities for killing their mothers, and how life is no longer worthwhile (I have a great cure for that).


*obviously, a new form of normality, where we live with it, but all the vulnerable will be 80% protected.

[dave the builder]

Lets hope they can get the hospitals reasonably clear by July then, and clear up the back-log of 12 months of patients waiting for operations and treatment (the ones still alive) ready for the next wave/spike then 
feel free to quote me if i'm proved wrong 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

People are overly risk averse in the modern age.

Back in the day people were dropping dead from just about every sickness, disease, and pox.

They just went on with their lives until they had a visit from a bony individual wearing a black cloak, and carrying a scythe. 

We have it easy.

[Raeturbo]

To be fair the majority of us on the forum have never had to go through a world war. Just imagine what that must have been like

[Doctor Gollum]

I did wonder about the possibility of being called up if the first Gulf War went sideways

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I did wonder about the possibility of being called up if the first Gulf War went sideways

How old would you have been?

From memory the first Gulf war was around 1990/91.

[Kevin Wood]

I did wonder about the possibility of being called up if the first Gulf War went sideways

How old would you have been?

From memory the first Gulf war was around 1990/91.

Yep, I recall being a useless student at the time.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I did wonder about the possibility of being called up if the first Gulf War went sideways

How old would you have been?

From memory the first Gulf war was around 1990/91.

Yep, I recall being a useless student at the time.

Speaking of which, what became of that Tunnie fella?

I appreciate there are nappies to change, but in this country we have individuals called 'women' to deal with such mundane tasks.

[Andy B]

I did wonder about the possibility of being called up if the first Gulf War went sideways

I was there .... went to action stations .... twice 

[Doctor Gollum]

I did wonder about the possibility of being called up if the first Gulf War went sideways

How old would you have been?

From memory the first Gulf war was around 1990/91.

Knocking on 15

I vaguely recall bits on the news about the Falklands conflict, but that was mostly people waving at ships on the tellybox.

The Middle East was quite a bit closer to home, and had the potential to go sideways very quickly, and although it was relatively shortlived in the end, it was day after day of nothing else in the papers for the duration.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I did wonder about the possibility of being called up if the first Gulf War went sideways

How old would you have been?

From memory the first Gulf war was around 1990/91.

Knocking on 15

I vaguely recall bits on the news about the Falklands conflict, but that was mostly people waving at ships on the tellybox.

The Middle East was quite a bit closer to home, and had the potential to go sideways very quickly, and although it was relatively shortlived in the end, it was day after day of nothing else in the papers for the duration.

If memory serves Thatcher was still there at the start, before Major took the reins.