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Well no, this is how things gets 'misinterpreted' shall we say. The reason case numbers have went up in Denmark is because they lifted all restrictions 3weeks ago. The 'New variant' that some are reporting as some new deadly threat, has been in Denmark for ages, likewise S.Africa. If it was the cause of a rise in cases, deaths etc, it would have happened ages ago. It didn't, as it's not the case. Denmark are also currently actually at pains to point out the numbers being used in regards to hospitalisations and deaths by lefty leaning advocates, are those WITH covid, not BECAUSE OF covid. Big difference, especially Omicron being so transmissible. It's been shown that over half of hospitalisations and deaths in the UK recorded as Covid were actually due to something completely unrelated, they just happened to test positive in hospital as it was rife, over half! It'll be the same in Denmark. Now there is even the usual UK Lefty lockdown zealots weighing in with the Lefty Danish counterparts coming out with the same shite they did in the UK, and were proven wrong every time. Had we listened to them at the start of Omicron in Nov/Dec we'd probably only be coming out of a incredibly damaging in all sorts of ways, and completely unnecessary lockdown. This 'New deadly variant' is just the usual media scaremongering and being jumped on by the usual politically motivated 'experts'.

Lunch today was tadka dahl, Katsu curry rice and a pain rustique roll.

Sigh! In the UK the daily reported covid deaths get presented as such - 'Deaths for any reason within 28 days of a positive Covid test'. Fact, they actually now tell you that each day. Now, have a wee think about that, or get an adult to explain it to you. Anything else, see my post after the one where you thankfully grew a set and quoted me, instead of being a little snide. I'm currently on holiday out enjoying myself. You can carry on being whipped up into hysteria all you want, some of us are just getting on and enjoying life now. Omicron has changed everything, no matter If some are in denial or can't accept that. No idea what you're going about, about a link you posted to me. Though if it's about Omicron or the 'new/not so new variant' of it, you can continue being a Karen all you want. Your partisan Lefty viewpoint dictates how you see and continue to see things, you seek confirmation bias. No idea what the Today Show or Karl whatever is, never heard of either. Most of my info I get from Health Consultants I work with who have pretty much been doing nothing else but Covid for the past two years, nevermind their whole working life being involved in Public Health issues. Now, this all started with your snide remark, and while I appreciate your life must be pretty boring that you can be bothered continually involving yourself in these tedious 'back and forths' on this thread, mine isn't! Crack on Karen, I'm away to the pool, which isn't a bed temp for Feb, maybe then a sauna, decide what a la carte to go to later. Here for another good few days, I'll leave you to it, toodle pip ...

Omicron has changed everything. Around this time last year there was up to 2000 deaths a day in the UK, it was Delta, much more severe but thankfully not as transmissible. Now it's the reverse, Omicron and this 'New variant' of it is much more transmissible but much less severe. Which if you look at the big picture, is great news in many ways. f**k sake France were posting near half a million daily cases a few weeks ago, country or health service didn't collapse. Omicron! The 'mention' in the weekly data reports to PH teams from hospital is a new thing, only started in December when the hospitals seen a substantial number, enough to continually point it out, were arriving at hospital for something completely unrelated to Covid then tested on arrival and found to be positive, as Omicron was absolutely rife but many times with little or no symptoms. Likewise people dying from something unrelated but had tested positive for Omicron which had no bearing on their death, as it was rife. I repeat, Omicron has changed everything. That's not denial. Denial is not accepting Omicron has changed things. Myself and my wife had Omicron in January. We tested when we got what we thought was a slight cold, it was positive. We wouldn't have tested had we felt the same last January, as the guidance for testing and what the symptoms were was different then, it was Delta. I worked from home as usual, my wife didn't go to work as per the isolation rules, but she felt fine to do so. We are both fully vaccinated with our boosters. As anyone who has read any of my posts on here from the start of Covid will know, I'm certainly not in denial. Indeed I was the one stating at the start if anyone still thought this was flu or wasn't going to get very bad very quick, they weren't paying attention. By the same token I stated vaccines would be the way out of this, and due to their success I didn't think there would be another full lockdown down, whilst arguing last year to keep restrictions until every adult had been offered the chance to get fully vaccinated, which I'm glad to Gov did. Denial no, views and opinions evolved as the situation has evolved, as IMO most reasonable, sensible people would do.

Mate at work, his mum is an undertaker. She was told early on that all bodies that test positive are automatically classed as COVID deaths, no matter the actual cause of death. So while many people did die from it, the figures are far from accurate. And many were said to have caught it in hospital whilst being admitted for something unrelated. Of course, the high figures ensures that most people comply with the lock down rules. Which I guess was the aim of the Government,to try and control the situation. Nothing breeds compliance like fear of death.

Vietnam Finalizes March 15 Reopening Of International Tourism, With Some Conditions ChandraGarran04 Vietnam is reopening its borders to fully-vaccinated international tourists starting March 15, in hopes of resuscitating a moribund tourism industry after a painful two-year closure. Visitors will still face some impositions — one-day isolation, COVID-19 tests, checking in on a mobile app — but be able to fly into Vietnam’s major airports, or arrive by boat or vehicle, and freely travel about the country. The news conjures up a recent past when Vietnam was riding high as a global destination darling, with tourism development spreading rampantly across the country, its natural and manmade wonders drawing 18 million foreign visitors who accounted for $12 billion in spending. Those 2019 numbers were wiped out by the pandemic. But now the industry and people around the world yearning to be in Vietnam have the first definitive date for a full reopening. It’s expected to be a years-long revival. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Wednesday finalized the reopening plan as the country continues on a recovery path through its “living with the virus” strategy. By the directive of Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Vietnam will scrap all of the travel restrictions previously implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Vietnam will restore visa exemptions for 101 countries, including Japan, South Korea, the UK and Italy. It’s also expected to resume e-visa services for 80 countries including the US. Vietnam's tourism industry relies heavily on foreign travelers. | Source: Shutterstock Foreign travelers age 12 and older will be permitted to enter Vietnam next month if they comply with the following: Full vaccination against COVID-19 Negative COVID-19 test result (within 24 hours prior to departure from country of origin for rapid tests; 72 hours for RT-PCR) COVID-19 antigen test upon arrival 24-hour self-isolation in an accommodation until a negative COVID-19 result is furnished At least one COVID-19 mobile app installed and running throughout the stay Health monitoring for 14 days Medical insurance for COVID-19 treatment worth at least $10,000 Those showing COVID-19 symptoms like fever and cough would have to be tested when they land at any of the international airports in Vietnam. Given the current upward trend of daily COVID-19 cases in Vietnam, a more detailed health and safety protocol for inbound travelers is expected to be released in the coming days. Vietnam closed its borders March 22, 2020 and its strict tracking and quarantine policies initially spared citizens from the pathogen. But a major outbreak crippled the economy last year. Vietnamese carriers have already started flying again to and from Bangkok, Dubai, Singapore and 16 other cities on February 15. | Source: Shutterstock After months of lockdown in the second and third quarters of 2021, Vietnam gradually restarted tourism in November via chartered flights, allowing fully vaccinated tourists to visit five destinations. The government said this week that the previous policy on pre-booked tour packages with designated travel firms will be scrapped. In January, the government further lifted restrictions and restarted regular international flights to and from select cities in Asia and the United States. Fully vaccinated travelers had to isolate at home for three days, instead of spending an expensive week in a quarantine hotel or centralized facility. This progress in Vietnam’s economic recovery phase comes after the country this month ended all restrictions on international flights. After getting the green light from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, local and international carriers such as Qatar Airways and Singapore Airlines on February 15 started flying again to and from Bangkok, Doha, Dubai, Singapore, and 15 other cities. Since March 2020, only diplomats, experts, and repatriated Vietnamese were granted permission to enter the country. Even then, travelers needed to furnish several documents, including a costly entry permit and visa. Data from the General Statistics Office show that there were only 157,269 foreign arrivals in Vietnam in the whole of 2021, 95.9% down from 2019, before the pandemic disrupted the tourism industry.

Another healthy (not) plate of bacon and eggs. Hard to resist.... Time for a long walk....

Think I have Les Dawson the season I'm having.☹️

Saturday fat treat 😁😋

Mass produced, and rather synthetic, unfortunately, but as the gf had just walked 2 kms unaided, and had to repeat the same to get home, it was a life support strategy.... They tasted ok though

He better hope he don't test positive as he will have died from COVID. Nobody seems to have died from old age, clinical illness etc in the last 2 years.

More pressure on Thailand the better.

Turkish night! Love a bit of Turkish/Kurdish food, me! Two of the 4 plates I just had.

Played my WC this week, all my players in for 2 games and have 3 from Liverpool, Wolves and Arsenal. Famous last words, but very happy with my team. I have taken a slight risk by putting Mane as my captain, Salah as VC. Just have a feeling Mane is gonna smack some in against Norwich and Leeds. Salah needs 1 goal for his 150, maybe the pressure will get to him. Or maybe the other players will help him reach the target. I can imagine if Liverpool get a penalty Salah will take it though. I was gonna do a Triple Captain, but didn't know you can't do that at the same time as a WC. Still learning about this game . . 🙄

It seems the flu has been near eradicated too....555 cheers

Okay, last post on this, as clearly some are either unwilling or incapable of judging a situation on it's own merits, not from a left or right, partisan viewpoint. 1) No idea why you're posting to me about the John Hopkins article, I didn't pass comment on that. Well actually I do know why you are, but it just reinforces what I said about some being incapable of seeing past everything having to be left or right. For clarity, I didn't pass comment as clearly it was not true, and anyone who genuinely thinks lockdowns had no impact on reducing infections and deaths, is off their head! 2) Well actually it's longer than 2 months, it near the end of Feb, and the 'new variant' was already dominant in Denmark by early Jan. But no matter, with it being so transmissible the impact would have been seen quite a while before now. It was the full opening up 3 weeks ago that caused the spike, as any full opening up would do, as has been seen in the UK. Though again, when you use percentages when the actual numbers are so low, it looks more dramatic and no doubt done for effect. Go look at the average actual weekly deaths in Denmmark for people with Covid. Small would be an understatement. 3) Already answered this above. 4) Sure if you have more infections you'll have more deaths, and with any infection that can kill. But Omicron is very mild for the vast, vast majority of people. The reaction to it has to proportional. I remember saying in December that I didn't see any justification for another lockdown for Omicron, nor did I think one would happen, at least in the UK. You then called me gullible. Now, having a nice strawberry virgin mojito by the pool. You crazy kids can continue arguing all you want, I fully understood and agreed with the covid restrictions placed on us before, Indeed got into many arguments with the likes of Bruce Mango and similar about them, the old scoundrel, I love him really. But again, Omicron has changed things, so my viewpoint has also changed, as IMO any rational chap of sound mind and not blinkered by partisan stances would do, look at any given situation rationally. Lar gone.

Lentil and vegetables soup with thick slices of wholemeal bread yesterday.

Thank f**k they seem to be playing ball and have or are dropping everything in U.K now been a long old time and from my experience of Omicron anyway it couldn't knock a wank out 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Denial? The irony of that and what you just posted is obviously way beyond your intellect or grasp of what's currently going on. But then you and ilk only see it through your overall Lefty viewpoint. It's a fact, been shown in plenty of recent studies as such, especially with Omicron being so rife. It's even gets It's own weekly 'mention' in internal intelligence emails that get sent to all our PH teams in work from hospital consultants stating the percentage of people in hospital who are in for something completely unrelated but just happened to test positive for Covid as it was rife, very mild for the vast, vast majority, but rife all the same. Likewise for deaths unrelated to Covid but had tested positive for Covid. Real time data so we know what's actually going on. Everyone gets tested for covid on arrival to hospital for whatever reason. But you know better, eh! Oh, and try and grow a set of balls and actually quote me next time.

My nightly view in Northern California.

We went to one of the a la carte restaurants tonight, and if I keep going to the buffet, I'll end up rolling out, just pure greed. Was very nice, finished full, not stuffed.

Advertising and marketing is really about your audience. In this day and age there may be an audience, I don't think the lady will drive a revolution changing the physical appearance of every model though. I am a customer and I want to see beautiful girls modelling, that is just me. I am in total agreement that every human should be able to fulfil there dreams but when I look at an advert for perfume, for clothes I need to be convinced it is suitable to my needs. Seeing less than perfect models selling me a product doesn't hit my buy button. An advert in question is Marc Jacobs perfume called Perfect. All the models, to me, are less than perfect and I find I am put off by the advert and not rushing to buy it. Then again there is an advert on radio that gets on my nerves because a guy is singing loudly and badly, I just turn it off, can't even remember what the advert is for. Good luck to her as I hope it was her dream to be a model.

Just woke up to a nice surprise ... !!!

Maybe something like "Carpenters are us" would suit him.

Still lots of alarm bells there: COVID-19 antigen test upon arrival 24-hour self-isolation in an accommodation until a negative COVID-19 result is furnished At least one COVID-19 mobile app installed and running throughout the stay Health monitoring for 14 days

Good to see this kind of thing. I know there is a darker side of "inclusivity" such as promoting a person purely on their colour / creed rather than ability (and look no further than the UK Civil Service for any number of examples), but in this case I can't see any negatives. She is pretty (with the make up, same as every other model), she also perhaps offers hope and inspiration to others. Odd that in some cases being "woke" won't necessarily be good for a company. I deliberately do not buy any Gillette product due to their advertising campaign a while ago which effectively aimed itself at emasculating men. I'm all for gender equality, but not at the expense of me becoming what BSM Williams* would call "a poof". In this case, I expect she has worked hard for this, VC are taking a risk with it, albeit calculated as one may accuse them of either exploitation or jumping on the "woke" bandwagon. Either way, it is heartwarming to see and actually some good, uplifting news in this current world where all we tend to see reported is corruption, sleaze, threats of War and some virus stuff. *Windsor Davies, in "It ain't half hot mum" for you youngsters and Americans.

I don’t think poor Matt is made out for forums.

Not bad for alcohol free beer 🍺😜

Erewegoagain currently top of the table ..

A huge IPA from the local brewery, bloody awesome 🙂

Saturday 19th February 2022.....Soi Buakhao..Should be for the weekend.........

I'm also in the Cherry Bar league , most people have used the TC

Quite happy with my squad, but probably a bit light on goals from my strikers.

I bought Saka too.......

lol.....you have come up with the trifecta in spreading your false news.....lol Your "experts" are a glorified teacher with no scientific papers published...a Japanese piano player....and a You tuber...lol. Your on a roll.... keep them coming.... 🤣 🤣 🤣 cheers

^^^^^ FFS....you mean if a bloke took a wack to the temple from a 7 iron and that blow sent him to his final reward at the St. Peter Royal and Ancient, the doctor needs to read through all that gibberish to list the cause of death?

Just been creating my CV. Thought I should get around to it as I only have one more week of work before we close. At the moment I'm thinking of taking a month off and mid March start applying for jobs. Plenty of jobs about and most seem to pay more than I'm on currently. Will look into a holiday for March as well. Still undecided about where, though mate is going to Turkey shortly so it looks pretty nice there, Altanya or something?.

I want to know how many trees fell over during the storm and how many because of the storm ... some of these trees were very old and had pre-existing conditions ....I think it's all a conspiracy by the garden centres ...

Good luck to her .. Positive as far as I can see.

An admirable attempt at inclusivity. Now point to her or any other of the models and say how sexy they look. How long before some feminist will give you a slap to the face or a knee to the goolies !!!?? Blokes - we just don't stand a chance!

And Kane takes you back to first place ..

I've taken my pants off now to let everything down there "breath"!!

Maybe you blokes should open a jerk chicken shop on Soi Bucky. I'm sure it would sell very well !

It’s a tough call, but rules are rules. I saw one athlete comment that “ heart medication doesn’t help her twist and spin, but it WAS a positive test for a banned substance” . In other news, Mike, Evander Kane is shockingly doing very well for my Oilers. 8 points in 9 games……not bad for a guy I thought would never suit up again. I believe they got him very cheap though, would have been too much criticism if they paid too much for a fella with his issues

Thanks for that mate. Excellent viewing! Y'know, I have done so much in my life that sometimes I just forget about stuff I've done but the 3 scariest landings I have experienced was when I was 19 years old and doing my 3 solo flights in an old Army fibre-glass box glider. Winch launch over the recently held Turkish area of the Athena Dhekilia SBA....in '75 ....