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Yes. Saw a big sweet (?) tin in a carrier bag in the overhead rack once. I was the first person in the carriage at the start of the journey. Didn’t see any staff for ages and when they did appear they weren’t interested at all. Obviously not a bomb as no explosions subsequently reported. But the...

How busy are the super off peak trains between Nottingham and St Pancras now on weekdays? (Via EMR obviously!)

Thank you! I don’t have access to a computer any more, just a phone and occasionally a tablet. I didn’t think to try requesting the desktop version of the website (or setting it to force the desktop version). My immediate problem is solved, thank you. :)

I’ll just quote directly from the BBC article referenced previously, and say “While it's been made clear from the start of the pandemic that older and sicker people are at much higher risk from the virus, research has found on average people who died of Covid lost 10 years of life”. (The BBC...

I stopped reading at “less than 20k died of Covid”. That’s incorrect. It’s more like 140k. You don’t understand the data you’re quoting. Have a read of https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/60145237?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA The start of that article is as follows:

The NHS-supplied tests originally only detected antibodies from infection. They’ve detected antibodies from both vaccination and infection since at least September though.

This is possibly a silly question, but is it not possible to buy tickets in advance as paper tickets anymore? Looking at EMR’s website and the only options are E-ticket or smart card ones.

If anyone eligible is waiting on a fourth vaccine dose, they can now be booked (as opposed to just walking-in) on the national website. In England anyway.

What do you mean by “the end of the second vaccination programme”? Do you mean boosters?

I think that anyone who wants to wear a mask should be allowed to do so — those living with someone severely immunocompromised can then try and avoid picking up colds, flu and whatever else is in circulation as well as Covid-19. Preferably the masks should be FFP3 or FFP2 like you say. The *2...

I’d like to think it would only be non-patient facing staff in the NHS. Imagine a chemotherapy or transplant nurse being allowed to work whilst positive…

I’d previously have preferred to vote Green. But I don’t actually know their current policies because tbh I’ve not been paying much attention the past two years. In the past I’ve voted for probably all of the parties at some point.

I think there’s some doubt over how the South Africa data applies to us — we have a fatter and older population than they have. I do think that the advice should have been rather more nuanced than it is. WFH advised for CEV households only, rather than everyone. There doesn’t seem to be any...

Oh for crying out loud. It was never just about deaths. Ever. If nothing was done where exactly would all those people who needed hospital help to *survive* Covid-19 go? There would be more of them than we’ve actually had. Where do all the other people who need a bed in hospital go when the...

As usual! Those who had a third primary dose still can’t book boosters online. And have to wait for yet another letter confirming eligibility for a booster to go to a walk-in. As it took ~6 weeks for most to get letters for third primaries in the first place, it won’t surprise me if it’s...

Because a small % of a very large number can be more than a high % of a very low number. I am really hoping that hindsight shows we jumped the gun this time around. According to my GP they find out about these changes at the same time as the rest of us — as official guidance is only sent to...

Anyone 30-39 will probably find they can book a booster now, if they’re two months or more after their second jab. Seeing reports on Mumsnet and Facebook that multiple people have been able to book. The text on the booking site hasn’t been updated yet, but that always seems to get updated last.

If Pfizer is used then the same dose is given for a third primary dose as for a booster. If Moderna is used then a third primary dose gets a full dose, but as a booster only half a dose is given. Something about fewer side effects for the booster and it’s just as effective. I don’t know what...

Press conference now is just about second jabs for 16-17 year olds and boosters for 40-49 year olds.

I can’t quote the whole thing as on phone, but the Daily Mail claims to have seen plans for the UK’s exit strategy from Covid-19: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10198985/Operation-Rampdown-Codename-revealed-Government-papers-dismantle-key-Covid-measures-year.html