Brexit, for once some facts.

[Woosh]

Yes, of not being allowed to interrupt.

I saw a convincing article this morning saying he is now not so much looking to win the election, more looking for excuses and ways to show he is great and everyone loves him.

Analysis: Donald Trump just got another excuse if he loses the 2020 election

On its face, President Donald Trump's immediate insistence that he will not participate in a virtual second debate in a week's time makes very, very little political sense.

edition.cnn.com

I'm not sure I agree, but well worth a quick scan.

Despite the wide (and widening) gap shown in the polls I still have an anxious feeling that something could go wrong.

if Trump loses, Mike Pence will most certainly run in 2024.
I reckon mos republican party members will like that.
They'll let the Democrates sort out Covid first.

 

[Nev]

Trump refuses to take part in virtual debate .....

Running scared

A White House spokesperson has now said that they are willing to agree to Bidens proposal to hold the debate a week later than originally planned.

 

[oyster]

if Trump loses, Mike Pence will most certainly run in 2024.
I reckon mos republican party members will like that.

Unless the republicans decide that the disaster of 2020 was so bad they want a big separation from anyone connected with it.

We can hope.

 

[mike killay]

I am a fence sitter, but going on what happened last time what with Hilary billed as 92% likely to win, my guess will be a win for Trump.

 

[RossG]

I've just learnt that of the circa 19,000 fines issued for breaking Covid regulations, some half have not been paid, chiefly because the recipients are point blank refusing to pay.

The conflict that many forecast could occur over these regulations I can see happening if enforcement is attempted.
.

I think you'll find that's the same for most court fines that are issued flecc, can't pay wont pay so it's forgotten about.
I see someone's been fined £10,000 for organising a rave or whatever, is there any chance the courts will ever see that dosh where would it come from ... I know another rave, sorted. Can't even dish out community service anymore thanks to covid.

 

[oldgroaner]

You just have to laugh at Truss

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1314148342348345345

 

[oyster]

Project Fear? Or Project Really Quite Accurate and Maybe Optimistic.

UK reveals plans for up to 10 inland border sites to cope with Brexit chaos

Sites being acquired as part of efforts to avoid long lorry queues at ports such as Dover

The government has announced plans for up to 10 inland sites to cope with Brexit congestion and border checks including in Birmingham, Warrington and at a former airfield near Epping Forest in Essex.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/08/plans-inland-border-sites-cope-brexit-congestion

The big surprise - they don't seem to be concerned about all the traffic coming off the Seaborne Freight services to Ramsgate...



On Wednesday Michael Gove, in charge of implementing Brexit, said of the potential for chaos in Kent: “If things do go wrong, then to paraphrase Rag’n’Bone Man – put the blame on me.”

There won't be any yellow ribbons round the old oak tree for Gove.

 

[oyster]

You just have to laugh at Truss

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1314148342348345345

If anyone deserves urine extraction over language errors, it is she!

Get a comma wrong and you should be strung up.

Miss a whole word, or select the wrong word, in a very important situation, and she probably expects it to be ignored.

 

[jonathan.agnew]

I am a fence sitter, but going on what happened last time what with Hilary billed as 92% likely to win, my guess will be a win for Trump.

Hmm, you dont sound a fence sitter to me. One of Biden's strengths before the first debate was that polls aside no one expected much from him. The trump fake news indoctrination machine convinced all the Republicans and swing voters he was an incoherent dodderer. So he didn't have to do much to prove them wrong. And he's doing that.

 

[Wicky]

Transmogrification of Trump over a few days into 'perfect physical specimen' courtesy of Dulux exterior paint > Roasted Pumpkin

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Trump boasts he is 'perfect physical specimen' and claims to be 'immune' to Covid

'When you catch it, you get better and then you're immune,' the president falsely claimed

www.independent.co.uk

 

[oyster]

Thank you, EU, for letting us join you.

NHS to provide remdesivir to Covid patients after joint EU deal

EU commission secures enough doses for 500,000 patients in 36 countries including UK

 

[mike killay]

Thank you, EU, for letting us join you.

NHS to provide remdesivir to Covid patients after joint EU deal

EU commission secures enough doses for 500,000 patients in 36 countries including UK

But it's American Pharma!

 

[oyster]

But it's American Pharma!

Or is it Gilead-ean Pharma?

Thank you, Margaret Atwood, and The Handmaid's Tale.

 

[mike killay]

Or is it Gilead-ean Pharma?

Thank you, Margaret Atwood, and The Handmaid's Tale.

?

 

[Woosh]

Thank you, EU, for letting us join you.

NHS to provide remdesivir to Covid patients after joint EU deal

EU commission secures enough doses for 500,000 patients in 36 countries including UK

remdesivir costs £2,000 per patient per treatment for 5 days.

 

[Danidl]

remdesivir costs £2,000 per patient per treatment for 5 days.

Not very expensive... My sons yearly ongoing medical bills are a multiple of that annually.

 

[Woosh]

Neanderthal genes increase risk of serious Covid-19, study claims

Strand of DNA inherited by modern humans is linked to likelihood of falling severely ill

www.theguardian.com

If you have two neanderthal genes, you may be a goner if you catch Covid!
A professor of Max Planck Institute explained on BBC News just now.
That may explain why different regions of the world like Africa, Japan, Vietnam have fewer Covid deaths.
Also, it appears that tests for Covid may generate a lot more positive results because remnants of past Covid infection still hanging around in people's throat and nose while the person may have ceased to be infectious.

 

[RossG]

Neanderthal genes increase risk of serious Covid-19, study claims

Strand of DNA inherited by modern humans is linked to likelihood of falling severely ill

www.theguardian.com

If you have two neanderthal genes, you may be a goner if you catch Covid!
A professor of Max Planck Institute explained on BBC News just now.
That may explain why different regions of the world like Africa, Japan, Vietnam have fewer Covid deaths.
Also, it appears that tests for Covid may generate a lot more positive results because remnants of past Covid infection still hanging around in people's throat and nose while the person may have ceased to be infectious.

He's stuffed then ...

 

[oyster]

remdesivir costs £2,000 per patient per treatment for 5 days.

Whereas the other treatment is reported:

Therapies in the same class as Regeneron’s antibody cocktail cost on average more than $96,000 per course.

There again, he apparently got an 8 gram dose - which was said to be massive. Possibly a multiple of the above cost.

And further news on that:

Covid drug given to Trump developed using cells derived from aborted fetus
Trump touts Regeneron antibody cocktail as a potential ‘cure’ while he has consistently sought to restrict abortion access
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/08/trump-covid-drug-developed-using-cells-derived-from-abortion

 

[oyster]

Neanderthal genes increase risk of serious Covid-19, study claims

Strand of DNA inherited by modern humans is linked to likelihood of falling severely ill

www.theguardian.com

If you have two neanderthal genes, you may be a goner if you catch Covid!
A professor of Max Planck Institute explained on BBC News just now.
That may explain why different regions of the world like Africa, Japan, Vietnam have fewer Covid deaths.
Also, it appears that tests for Covid may generate a lot more positive results because remnants of past Covid infection still hanging around in people's throat and nose while the person may have ceased to be infectious.

I have more than average:

You have more Neanderthal DNA than 85% of other customers.
Neanderthals were prehistoric humans who interbred with modern humans before disappearing around 40,000 years ago.

Bizarrely, the only identified trait that I might have is:

You have 2 variants associated with having a worse sense of direction.

And when I look further, I have:

Markers where you have two Neanderthal variants
28 x 2


Yet my sense of direction seems better than many!