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Post by bracknellboy on Jan 18, 2021 18:15:04 GMT
Thanks - I've just spilt my tea all over my keyboard.
Are there any links (to the footage I mean, not the article).
(suitably pixelated to maintaing DM standards)
so not pixelated at all then ?
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Post by bracknellboy on Jan 18, 2021 18:17:06 GMT
As I amble through life towards the exit, and grow increasingly curmudgeonly, there are more & more people I'd just like to strangle. And if I can't strangle them, then they should at least be charged for breathing air. Some women would love to have the time and money to do that twice a week I'm sure. I would be bored to tears but I think they call it "pampering". Even I would struggle to get seriously bored in the 3 minutes it took for someone to wash my hair.
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Post by michaelc on Jan 18, 2021 18:20:57 GMT
Some women would love to have the time and money to do that twice a week I'm sure. I would be bored to tears but I think they call it "pampering". Even I would struggle to get seriously bored in the 3 minutes it took for someone to wash my hair. Oh I mean the hairwash itself is quite nice depending on who is doing it .... I meant getting my hair cut twice per week !
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Post by dan1 on Jan 18, 2021 19:19:10 GMT
Don't forget the difference in age demographics when comparing fatality rates from Covid. We'd expect (all other things being equal) the UK to have a higher rate than Brazil but less than Germany and Japan. Of course all other things are not equal.
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Post by benaj on Jan 18, 2021 19:20:49 GMT
Some women would love to have the time and money to do that twice a week I'm sure. I would be bored to tears but I think they call it "pampering". Even I would struggle to get seriously bored in the 3 minutes it took for someone to wash my hair. I think there are a few millions views clips on the internet for washing hair. It can be an amazing treat if it is done right.
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Post by bracknellboy on Jan 18, 2021 19:25:52 GMT
Even I would struggle to get seriously bored in the 3 minutes it took for someone to wash my hair. Oh I mean the hairwash itself is quite nice depending on who is doing it .... I meant getting my hair cut twice per week ! if it was being done by her, I'd agree it could be quite interesting, but then she can't even wash her own......
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Post by adrianc on Jan 18, 2021 20:00:59 GMT
Don't forget the difference in age demographics when comparing fatality rates from Covid. We'd expect (all other things being equal) the UK to have a higher rate than Brazil but less than Germany and Japan. Of course all other things are not equal. Indeed. I can't see living in a favella being a great help in avoiding/fighting infection.
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Post by r00lish67 on Jan 18, 2021 21:25:48 GMT
I wonder to what extent elite athletes who have had Covid will recover? Several top cyclists have caught it, including Alex Dowsett, who was planning to attempt the World Hour Record (riding as far as possible in one hour on a track). Andy Murray has it, as have top footballers (which makes all the hugging & kissing on the pitch even more incomprehensible).
Yeah, but the Premier League now insists on socially distanced celebrations...... I'd give it a 5/10 ....
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Post by benaj on Jan 19, 2021 7:09:20 GMT
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Post by adrianc on Jan 19, 2021 8:47:39 GMT
From a couple of days and nearly ten pages ago... Then there's the knock-on to everything else. A friend was diagnosed with cancer ten days ago - she's just been told the operation that was scheduled for ten days time is almost certain to be postponed, due to the sheer number of Covid patients. She's sole carer for her late-nineties mother who has severe dementia - social services finally found a bed for her in the 20th care home tried. Yep, her op has definitely been postponed until some point in the future, no date yet. This is an op that was deemed so urgent it was scheduled for three weeks from diagnosis. It is not a minor one.
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Post by agent69 on Jan 19, 2021 9:28:11 GMT
Don't forget the difference in age demographics when comparing fatality rates from Covid. We'd expect (all other things being equal) the UK to have a higher rate than Brazil but less than Germany and Japan. Of course all other things are not equal. Indeed. I can't see living in a favella being a great help in avoiding/fighting infection. Or having a knobhead as a president?
As an aside, I went to Rio many years ago for a holiday. You can normally book a guided tour of the favellas to see what they are like, but they had to be suspended as the residents were taking exception to rich foreign tourists gawping at them and had started shooting at the tour buses.
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Post by stevepn on Jan 19, 2021 9:55:06 GMT
From a couple of days and nearly ten pages ago... Then there's the knock-on to everything else. A friend was diagnosed with cancer ten days ago - she's just been told the operation that was scheduled for ten days time is almost certain to be postponed, due to the sheer number of Covid patients. She's sole carer for her late-nineties mother who has severe dementia - social services finally found a bed for her in the 20th care home tried. Yep, her op has definitely been postponed until some point in the future, no date yet. This is an op that was deemed so urgent it was scheduled for three weeks from diagnosis. It is not a minor one. A very sad situation, hopefully she will soon get the operation and that there will be a full recovery.
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Post by bernythedolt on Jan 19, 2021 11:56:59 GMT
From a couple of days and nearly ten pages ago... Then there's the knock-on to everything else. A friend was diagnosed with cancer ten days ago - she's just been told the operation that was scheduled for ten days time is almost certain to be postponed, due to the sheer number of Covid patients. She's sole carer for her late-nineties mother who has severe dementia - social services finally found a bed for her in the 20th care home tried. Yep, her op has definitely been postponed until some point in the future, no date yet. This is an op that was deemed so urgent it was scheduled for three weeks from diagnosis. It is not a minor one. " Why is my life worth less than that of a Covid-19 patient?" I remember this case being raised many months ago. It certainly looks like cancer patients are being short-changed by the NHS, sadly. Feels so wrong. I hope your friend gets a date soon, it's frightening enough without this added uncertainty on top.
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Post by jonno on Jan 19, 2021 14:23:05 GMT
From a couple of days and nearly ten pages ago... Yep, her op has definitely been postponed until some point in the future, no date yet. This is an op that was deemed so urgent it was scheduled for three weeks from diagnosis. It is not a minor one. " Why is my life worth less than that of a Covid-19 patient?" I remember this case being raised many months ago. It certainly looks like cancer patients are being short-changed by the NHS, sadly. Feels so wrong. I hope your friend gets a date soon, it's frightening enough without this added uncertainty on top. My best and longest friend was diagnosed with Lung Cancer during the first lockdown. Much of his "treatment" was delayed a number of times. He died on the 10th of December. He had been a true and fervent supporter of the NHS all of his life, and at his utmost point of need he was completely let down. The Hospice in which he died ,on the other hand, were absolutely fantastic. His family and all of our friends are finding it almost impossible to come to terms with. He was 63.
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Post by agent69 on Jan 19, 2021 15:49:24 GMT
Another example from the somewhat predictable 'he would say that wouldn't he' brigade:
Richard Branson commenting from his private Caribbean island is urging the UK government to reopen international travel as soon as the first 4 high risk covid groups have been vaccinated.
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