Johns Hopkins Medical Centre - World Coronavirus infection Map by Country.

[Pigmy Pony]

Ah right... I saw that, but it didn't really register at the time. It's not a phrase I've ever heard before. Anyway... At the THIRD time of asking: what do you think of your new avatar?

Marco.

Bloody hell, you're high maintenance! I've already replied on another thread! But I'll say it again: Yes it looks very classy - is it Laura Ashley?

And that "phrase" wasn't actually a phrase, but one of Bernard Manning's racist jokes. Seemed apt to me, but not in the nasty way Manning intended.

[Marco]

As for the vaccines, if you think they're safe, then fill your boots, chaps... What would you expect the news to be though, since they're desperate for a high take up: that they're UNSAFE?

However, you're missing the main point, and that's how safe they'll be in the longer term, one, two, three years or more down the line, and in that respect whether there'll be any 'unpleasant surprises' (read as nasty side-effects), due to them having only been assessed for safety in the short term...

It's all right for you old bastards lol, with various health issues, but some of us have got many decades of good living still to do!!

Marco.

[Marco]

Bloody hell, you're high maintenance! I've already replied on another thread! But I'll say it again: Yes it looks very classy - is it Laura Ashley?

Lol - on another thread? What's wrong with the one where the question was posed?

Anyway, yes, Miss Ashley's best is all I'll use to wipe the excrement from my posterior.

And that "phrase" wasn't actually a phrase, but one of Bernard Manning's racist jokes. Seemed apt to me, but not in the nasty way Manning intended.

Not particularly a fan of Manning, so am not really familiar with his work. Therefore, that was the first time I'd heard said 'joke'.

Marco.

[mad-moon]

As for the vaccines, if you think it's safe, fill your boots, chaps... What would you expect the news to be, since they're desperate for a high take up: that it's unsafe?

However, you're missing the main point, and that's how safe they'll be in the longer term, one, two or three years down the line, and in that respect whether there'll be any 'unpleasant surprises'...

It's all right for you old bastards lol, with various health issues, but some of us have got many decades of good living still to enjoy!!

Marco.

That's if the powers that be...don't shoot you...

[Marco]

Indeed, aye, there's always that.... But first they'd have to get past all my 'special armaments'

Marco.

[guy]

And that "phrase" wasn't actually a phrase, but one of Bernard Manning's racist jokes. Seemed apt to me, but not in the nasty way Manning intended.

Apparently Daniel O'Connell said it first about the Duke of Wellington (about 1840) “The poor old duke what shall I say of him. To be sure he was born in Ireland, but being born in a stable does not make a man a horse.”

[mad-moon]

A law called the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984

, which applies in England and Wales, allows public health measures to be taken in circumstances like the current coronavirus outbreak.

However, it explicitly states that regulations cannot require a person to undertake medical treatment, including vaccination
. This provision remains in place. The Coronavirus Act

introduced in March 2020 extended this prohibition to Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Nadhim Zahawi, the health minister in charge of the vaccine rollout, told the BBC today that the vaccine won’t be compulsory.

they may not be able to make you have the vaccine, but if suspected of being infected, they can force you to isolate, detain you, quarantine you and your family, if it is deemed they could be a risk to public health and generally make your life a bloody misery....

[Marco]

Lol, says who? Show us your (indisputable) source of proof for that please

Marco.

[Macca]

Lol, says who? Show us your (indisputable) source of proof for that please

Marco.

Pretty sure it's in the Coronavirus Act but I think there was already a law allowing the detention of dangers to public health going back to the times when typhoid was a problem.

[Pigmy Pony]

Lol - on another thread? What's wrong with the one where the question was posed?

Anyway, yes, Miss Ashley's best is all I'll use to wipe the excrement from my posterior.



Not particularly a fan of Manning, so am not really familiar with his work. Therefore, that was the first time I'd heard said 'joke'.

Marco.

1. NOBODY is a fan of Manning, and anyway you don't need to be to understand what I was saying. But if you want to be the only person in the world who doesn't understand it, that's fine Not saying it's a joke, just saying it was simple to follow.

2. It was a reply to a question you posed, over on "Crap Weather for November", you plank!

3. I'll say it again, Bloody hard work! Hang on, I actually said High Maintenance, before you pull me up on that one too!