Dave, everyone knows that was you.

CeeJay going nuts and upvoting all his post šŸ¤£

Gwaaaan son

C_J And the idea that the NHS has been chronically underfunded for years is another absolute falsehood. The UK spends too much on the NHS. The problem is, like any publicly funded body (e.g. the bbc) the money ends up being wasted on inefficiency and bureaucracy.

Its the same thing, CJ, when you boil it down. Itā€™s just another way of saying its underfunded, meaning the money isnā€™t being properly allocated and therefore the system is shit and under-prepared to deal with situations like this, just like in Ireland where years of neglect have left the system in the red even before Auntie Covid came along.

    jonattonyeah Fun fact, GRID was the first term for Bad AIDS - Gay-Related Immune Deficiency.

    AIDS is probably a better collection of words.

    1981

    ā€œI am sorry, Mr Mercury, unfortunately you have AIDS and there is no known cure for it at present. In all likelihood you will die from it in the next couple of years. Itā€™s not all bad though, we used to call it GRID, which is a really shit name for a terminal disease. So at least you wonā€™t die of GRID.ā€

      Rare but excellent bants from the Ulsterman

      Will we dance together again?

      Christ I hope so, I really do.

      Wasily
      Probably shouldnā€™t have e read that, somewhat less than uplifting.

      Left clinging to the thought that the same happens with other viruses (flu). Pretty much a new strain every year?

      Hope required šŸ™

          Mad_Cyril I think youā€™re right MC. Weā€™re entering the cat and mouse endgame of yearly vaccine rollouts to match the latest spike protein mutations in the virus, much like flu. What upsets me is that countries that have controlled the virus will rightly have no incentive to dropping the measures that have protected their populations: 2-3 week quarantines on arriving travellers etc. (I have family in Hong Kong) which will be a nightmare for future visits.

          If we can get to a position where we know the spike proteins in circulation then mRNA vaccine rollout can be done very quickly but that would need high level worldwide surveillance which will take time to set up. Flu vaccine rollout is rather more simplistic as we just look at the strains that are in circulation in Australasia during our Summers and assume that they wonā€™t have mutated much come our Winters, but I donā€™t think a similar approach will work with C19.

              Wasily
              Maybe thereā€™s a virus Biz Tranz opportunity for the idiot?

                Ever noticed how Bis Trans is an anagram of Sir Bants?

                Smallman1 Put it on your business cards:

                EDWARD SMALLMAN
                ā€˜Sir Bantsā€™ of the Bis Trans World

                Embossed typeface on thick bone-coloured paper. Get a stock image of some treacle for one corner, a kitchen sink for another, some broccoli for another, and some hot choc for another.

                    Are you transforming the idiot Dave?

                    bosstrabs Put it on your business cards:

                    EDWARD SMALLMAN
                    ā€˜Sir Bantsā€™ of the Bis Trans World

                    Embossed typeface on thick bone-coloured paper. Get a stock image of some treacle for one corner, a kitchen sink for another, some broccoli for another, and some hot choc for another.

                    Yes Dave, YES!