Mudface

I just feel sorry for all the Reds who paid good money to go and see that shite. 

8 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

Think it's a dumb confidence thing too.

 

When I was out as a young lad if I'd seen a proper model type I wouldn't have gone anywhere near her. All the various permutations would go through my mind, "she goes out with a rugby wanker", "deffo not single", "might get a couple of laughs out of her then she'll fuck off." 

 

With him though, he'd be like "she's just a person, all she can say is no." And if she fucked him off he'd just move on to the next. Have always admired people like that, they never get depressed. 

 

It's like watching a puppy play with a pair of rolled-up socks, you can't understand what they're thinking but you wish you could be that happy.

Exactly, the fear of rejection (or even outright humiliation, teenage girls can be absolute bitches) trumps the potential gains.

12 minutes ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

Wear your masks, wash your hands. 

And pray.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-new-cases-rise-in-36-local-authorities-in-england-12019667

Some of the rises are relatively small, but most of the first 10 on the list are pretty worrying-

1 hour ago, Spy Bee said:

There seem to be a huge number of asymptomatic cases too... there is actually an argument to increase shielding and let everyone else crack on now.

There are 2 million people shielding, that's not going to work unless the rest of the population are in lockdown.

5 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

Does this mean the seven day rolling average has levelled off?

 

 

And they’re just the ones with confirmed positive tests. 

Looks like it, yeah- the 7 day average has been around 120 or so since the 23rd of June, fitting in with the average daily infections not really moving much from early to mid June. 7 day average daily infections have gone down by maybe 20% since the 23rd so presumably deaths over the next couple of weeks will follow the same trajectory.

If you hover the mouse or click on the first chart here, you can see the figures each plus the 7 day averages- https://coronavstats.co.uk

2 minutes ago, stringvest said:

then push up a stool and enjoy a fudge pack.

Four fingers of Fudge is just enough...

Here's the full 'ad' (Amy Schumer alert). I haven't tried Circle Jerky since I was a kid-

4 minutes ago, Nelly-Torres said:

Nothing says "I don't care" more than a lengthy post protesting why you don't care. At about half 3 in the morning. 

 

Yeah. We believe you... 

That can't be a real Evertonian- they usually know our own business better than us and we clinched the title by virtue of a 2-1 City defeat, not a 1-0. Mind you, the rest of the desperate straw-clutching and celebration of a worldwide pandemic apparently created by an Evertonian god is spot on.

1 minute ago, M_B said:

From the Daily Nazi

 

Speaking from the balcony of his villa in northern Greece (bottom) last night, Mr Johnson said: 'I'm in Pelion on essential business trying to Covid-proof my property in view of the upcoming letting season. I need to set up distancing measures at the property because they're taking it very seriously here.'

Well that's fair enough, it obviously couldn't have been done by anyone else, and everyone with a second holiday home will sympathise.

40 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

I suppose the main question on the infections is the demographics of those infected (health, age, ethnicity etc) and those who test positive, them making sure they are isolating so not to spread the virus. 

About that... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jul/01/leicester-outbreak-driven-by-infection-rise-in-under-19s-says-phe-report

Quote

 

A rapid investigation into the Covid-19 outbreak in Leicester by Public Health England has revealed it has been driven by increased infections in the under-19s and people of working age, while the average age of those infected is around 40.

The proportion of infections among under-19s had fallen to around 5% in mid-May after the initial epidemic peak, the report published on Wednesday revealed. But it has since risen to 15% and the proportion of positive tests in working age people has also risen to the same amount.

The finding has prompted calls from the epidemiologists who carried out the study for further research to explore whether the return of children to school is connected to the growth in infections, although there is as yet no analytical link. The trends have not been observed in other parts of the east Midlands or related travel areas.
The infection rate recorded in the community from so-called pillar-2 testing – swab tests conducted outside NHS hospitals and Public Health England labs – was more than four times higher than the average for England. Of the 3,216 cases in the city, almost a third, 944, came in the past 14 days, the study said.

It showed how outbreaks took hold in the North Evington and Belgrave areas of the city, with the two wards accounting for over a quarter of the infections between 11 June and 25 June. Cases were linked to food factories, food outlets, shops and supermarkets.
There were also infections at one of the sites of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS trust. On one ward, five patients who were screened as coronavirus-negative on admission were subsequently detected as coronavirus-positive but were likely to be incubating the virus when they were admitted. All other patients and staff were screened and a dozen staff were found to be infected but were asymptomatic.
The ethnicity of the people infected broadly reflected the makeup of the population, which is about 50% from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. The increase in infections was attributed, in part at least, to an increase in testing. There was a linear growth in infections rather than an exponential acceleration that would be characteristic of the unrestrained spread of the virus, PHE said.

The report showed that, of the areas of England where infections exceeded the expectations of the PHE epidemiologists between 13 and 22 June, Leicester was top.

The scientists expected 582 infections but 711 were recorded. The Yorkshire locations of Bradford, Sheffield, Leeds, Barnsley and Kirklees also surprised the researchers with outbreaks considerably more serious than anticipated.

The highly localised nature of the outbreak was revealed by contrasting it with the fortunes of nearby towns and cities. From the start of June to 22 June, the infection rate in Leicester was almost 10 times higher than its nearest neighbouring city of Nottingham and 20 times higher than Coventry.

 

Fortunately our ever competent government is going to release 'detailed guidelines' about schools re-opening in September. I'm sure they'll be rigorous, well thought through and won't in any way be used to have a self-defeating pop at unions and teachers.

Just now, Numero said:

Before the end of the day, to be fair. 

Reading between the lines, he's probably already signed for them and been loaned back to avoid a PR storm.

Thinly disguised come-and-get-me plea. He'll be at Man City before the end of the month.

Kepa is a fucking weak 'keeper.

And Chelsea get a penalty straight away.

Twenty out of the last 88 games won, but he is a winner.

2 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Got picked for a random test by ICL and came up negative. Didnt enjoy the process  basically sticking a large cotton bud right at the back of the throat for 5 x 10 secs and then up each nostril until it met resistance, and was pretty much gagging. 

Ugh, is that 5 to 10 secs, or 5 lots of 10 seconds each? A friend of my wife's vomited when they did her test, I was going to make a remark about practicing deep throat but thought it best not to. 

48 minutes ago, Sharp Shooter said:

Yes, it has all the DLC and it is well received on switch. Display is better docked obviously but apparently performance is good on handheld too. Bioshock infinite was the first one I completed as early builds on console were bugged and made it hard to play. The first and third games are incredible, the second one playing as big daddy I could not get into as much. 

Yeah, the second one was a bit of a disappointment, although it seems to have been more favourably remembered in retrospectives. It's probably actually the best one for gunplay, but has nowhere near the atmosphere of the other two. Anyway, the trilogy is immense overall.

Wow, this is astonishingly bad, even by these cunts' standards. The obsession with day-to-day PR and news management is purely down to Cummings and the Tories' desire to get cheap plaudits for Johnson through the likes of the 'Super Saturday' headlines in their pet propaganda sheets. It's a public health crisis for fuck's sake, not a political game.

The Labour MP Yvette Cooper, who represents Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford in West Yorkshire, has said that it is “appalling and incomprehensible” that local public health teams have not been getting the full data about people testing positive for coronavirus in their area.

 

Cooper was speaking out following the revelation that in Leicester local officials were unaware of the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreak because of the data they were getting from central government.

The Department for Health and Social Care publishes daily UK testing figures, including the figures for pillar 1 tests (tests carried out in hospitals and Public Health England laboratories) and pillar 2 tests (tests carried out by commercial providers, eg at drive-through centres or via kits sent to people’s homes). But daily local figures are only published for pillar 1.

In Leicester this meant that local health officials did not realise that in mid June the number of new coronavirus cases was actually ten times as high as the figure they had been given based on pillar 1 results.

1 hour ago, Scott_M said:

Cheers. Bioshock has been ordered.

Do you get the add ons/ DLC included too? Burial at Sea for Infinite is fantastic, and Minerva's Den for the second game has a very good rep. 

40 minutes ago, belarus said:

Which WhatsApp is formbyblue referring to?

It's screen shotted in Tweets further back in the thread. Just the usual exaggerations, half-truths, outright lies and conspiracy theories.

Stevie who?

6 minutes ago, cloggypop said:

He also thought a diet consisting of beef and benzos was a great idea. 

Sounds brilliant- do Graze offer that as an option?

40 minutes ago, Karl_b said:

Marina Hyde, as witty and on the money as usual:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/30/conservatives-cowboy-builders-boris-johnson

Brilliant lines-

“BUILD BUILD BUILD”, as Johnson’s podium this morning had it. Once again we find ourselves within the great cowboy builders cycle of Conservative rule, where the guys who basically caused the problem will now explain that only they can fix it. Having spent a decade starving your school of cash to the point of structural collapse, they now stand there tutting and going: “Yeah, you’re going to need to rebuild that … Whole lot wants pulling out. But yeah, I can do it for you.” Pause. “A thank you would be nice. Gratitude doesn’t cost you anything, does it, luv?”

Wow, the last shreds of the US's reputation for not being utter cunts has gone- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/30/us-buys-up-world-stock-of-key-covid-19-drug

US buys up world stock of key Covid-19 drug
No other country will be able to buy remdesivir, which can help recovery from Covid-19, for next three months at least


The US has bought up virtually all the stocks for the next three months of one of the two drugs proven to work against Covid-19, leaving none for the UK, Europe or most of the rest of the world.

Experts and campaigners are alarmed both by the US unilateral action on remdesivir and the wider implications, for instance in the event of a vaccine becoming available. The Trump administration has already shown that it is prepared to outbid and outmanoeuvre all other countries to secure the medical supplies it needs for the US.

“They’ve got access to most of the drug supply [of remdesivir], so there’s nothing for Europe,” said Dr Andrew Hill, senior visiting research fellow at Liverpool University.

Remdesivir, the first drug approved by licensing authorities in the US to treat Covid-19, is made by Gilead and has been shown to help people recover faster from the disease. The first 140,000 doses, supplied to drug trials around the world, have been used up. The Trump administration has now bought more than 500,000 doses, which is all of Gilead’s production for July and 90% of August and September.

“President Trump has struck an amazing deal to ensure Americans have access to the first authorised therapeutic for Covid-19,” said the US health and human services secretary, Alex Azar. “To the extent possible, we want to ensure that any American patient who needs remdesivir can get it. The Trump administration is doing everything in our power to learn more about life-saving therapeutics for Covid-19 and secure access to these options for the American people.”


The drug, which was invented for Ebola but failed to work, is under patent to Gilead, which means no other company in wealthy countries can make it. The cost is around $3,200 per treatment of six doses, according to the US government statement.


The deal was announced as it became clear that the pandemic in the US is spiralling out of control. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading public health expert and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told the Senate the US was sliding backwards.

“We are going in the wrong direction,” said Fauci. Last week the US saw a new daily record of 40,000 new coronavirus cases in one day. “I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around,” he said. He could not provide an estimated death toll, but said: “It is going to be very disturbing, I guarantee you that.”

The US has recorded more than 2.5 million confirmed cases of Covid-19. Some states lifted restrictions only to have to clamp down again. On Monday, the governor of Arizona ordered bars, cinemas, gyms and water parks to shut down for a month, weeks after they reopened. Texas, Florida and California, all seeing rises in cases, have also reimposed restrictions.

Buying up the world’s supply of remdesivir is not just a reaction to the increasing spread and death toll. The US has taken an “America first” attitude throughout the global pandemic.

In May, French manufacturer Sanofi said the US would get first access to its Covid vaccine if it works. Its CEO, Paul Hudson, was quoted as saying: “The US government has the right to the largest pre-order because it’s invested in taking the risk,” and, he added, the US expected that “if we’ve helped you manufacture the doses at risk, we expect to get the doses first”. Later it backtracked under pressure from the French government.

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau warned there could be unintended negative consequences if the US continued to outbid its allies. “We know it is in both of our interests to work collaboratively and cooperatively to keep our citizens safe,” he said. The Trump administration has also invoked the Defense Production Act to block some medical goods made in the US from being sent abroad.


Nothing looks likely to prevent the US cornering the market in remdesivir, however. “This is the first major approved drug, and where is the mechanism for access?” said Dr Hill. “Once again we’re at the back of the queue.”

The drug has been watched eagerly for the last five months, said Hill, yet there was no mechanism to ensure a supply outside the US. “Imagine this was a vaccine,” he said. “That would be a firestorm. But perhaps this is a taste of things to come.”

Remdesivir would get people out of hospital more quickly, reducing the burden on the NHS, and might improve survival, said Hill, although that has not yet been shown in trials, as it has with the other successful treatment, the steroid dexamethasone. There has been no attempt to buy up the world’s stocks of dexamethasone because there is no need – the drug is 60 years old, cheap and easily available everywhere.

Hill said there was a way for the UK to secure supplies of this and other drugs during the pandemic, through what is known as a compulsory licence, which overrides the intellectual property rights of the company. That would allow the UK government to buy from generic companies in Bangladesh or India, where Gilead’s patent is not recognised.

The UK has always upheld patents, backing the argument of pharma companies that they need their 20-year monopoly to recoup the money they put into research and development. But other countries have shown an interest in compulsory licensing. “It is a question of what countries are prepared to do if this becomes a problem,” said Hill.