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2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:
I don't see any assessment in the subject study of what the alternate results would have been if the U.K. government had not responded to COVID as it did, in terms of increased illness/hospitalizations and deaths from COVID, not only among children but among everyone.
That would be an interesting subject to plumb, if there were legitimate means to make those kinds of comparisons.
Earlier lockdown could have saved lives of 30,000, Hancock tells Covid inquiry
Tens of thousands of lives could have been saved if the UK had locked down three weeks earlier, Matt Hancock has told the Covid inquiry, as he described the operation of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street as undermined by a “culture of fear”.
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Hancock argued that in retrospect the ideal date for a first lockdown would have been three weeks earlier than the eventual date of 23 March 2020, saying this could have prevented about 90% of the death toll in the first Covid wave, or more than 30,000 lives.
'In normal circumstances, scientists would wait for the research to be peer-reviewed and published in a scientific journal to read the final word from the authors. But the latest headline-grabbing version, “Did lockdowns work?” has come out as a book – a “revised and extended” version of the May working paper. Its publisher is the neoliberal thinktank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, credited with coming up with many of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s free market policies.
The book maintains that lockdowns – as defined by the authors – prevented 3.2% of US and EU deaths in the first wave of the pandemic. But it notes that based on nine specific NPIs, lockdowns in Europe and the US reduced mortality by 10.7% in the spring of 2020 – about 23,000 in Europe and 16,000 in the US."
In short, I think I'm pointing out, people can recover from childhood obesity. But once you're dead from COVID, there's no coming back.
This is the trouble. It's very easy to find statistics on lives saved from lockdowns. But we'll probably never be told how many lives have / will be lost due to the impact of lockdowns.
"people can recover from childhood obesity" I'm sure you know full well it's not that simple.
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One of the many serious consequences of over the top measures taken during the pandemic.
Nobody in authority seemed to weigh up the dangers of COVID 19 versus the dangers of locking the world down. The 'slow burn' effects of lockdowns etc. will take at least a decade to heal. And sadly the resultant death numbers will probably dwarf C19 deaths.
In the UK the government were pushed into strict measures by the mainstream press and political opposition. They should've stuck to their guns.
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1 hour ago, retarius said:
Decent people are aghast tat the genocide in Gaza conducted by IDF troops.
So are all you Israel genocide supporters gonna change your minds.....no I thought not...I look forward to hearing why the ICJ decision is wrong, corrupt,.perverted.That the ICJ is a tool of SA and always sides with Africans.
I think you're over interpreting the outcome of the case. It's not as black and white as you make out. Others have explained why above.
You also don't seem to be aware that Hamas have been 'ordered' to release the hostages, and we all know that's not going to happen. Or do you think they will?
It's blinkered views like yours that cause and prolong wars. Try to think more constructively.
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18 minutes ago, recom273 said:
Absolutely, he should not bow down to bullying - but living in Asia, do we not understand different ways of dealing with situations than direct confrontation?
The media outlets that seemed to have picked up the story are a bit predictable .. TalkTV, Daily Mail, Fox News.
Personally I would have just ignored them and carried on. Why should we be worried about 'provoking the Chinese', especially a bunch of entitled student pro CCP activists?
I don't agree with Dr K's way of handling it (he's an attention seeker), but I also don't agree with appeasing bullies like the passive aggressive shouty man.
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8 hours ago, recom273 said:
I agree, he just played the part of an obnoxious Brit (im British myself) - why not just tell them, "yes, of course I will delete your images on a livestream, ok, yes, no problem" and let them walk away - no need to provoke the Chinese
I agree Dr K comes across as a bit of a tw 4t. But why should he give in to bullying from a group of Chinese activists?
Especially the Chinese guy who starts shouting at Dr K for 'touching' the Chinese girl. Apparently this is a popular tactic in China. Over reacting to something to get the other person in trouble so you can sue them.
Funny how shouty Chinese boy was so quiet when then the big younger English guy confronted them towards the end of the video. Typical bully.
A selection of the comments online:
The "don't touch her" overeaction was purposeful. They wanted to create an scenario where they could win, because they realized they were not going to win with their request. It is a manipulation tactic.
Hong kong stands with you ,Dr.K. loved your performance
You got my support man. From California. How dare they come here and dictate what you can do in your own country.
Montréal, Quebec Canada. Great playing and in a democratic free society you are a beacon of light. The show must go on
Support for your stand from Australia. That guy appears to be a CCP officer who’s not used to hearing “No”!
Hell Yeah!! Thank you so much for your beautiful speech Dr.K. We Japan stands with you. We’ll follow you for protecting freedom of speech
As a Chinese, I also stand with the YouTuber. Don't know what those guys are doing and watching this video makes me feel embarrassed.
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30 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:
Two children and the friend of their mother murdered in Norwich.
999 call went unanswered.
Utter tragedy.
I believe the woman who was killed was the sister of the girls' mother (their auntie).
The father wasn't working due to mental health issues. Sister was over from Thailand staying with the family. The girls' mum was at work.
Sounds like he killed them all then took his own life (or the auntie fought back and got one fatal stab in).
Earlier reports did say he called the police and told them he had concerns about his mental state, and the police advised him to seek medical help. Who knows if that was before or after he'd killed them.
IOPC investigation ongoing.
Awful tragic story.
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So tragic. A complicated case. I wonder if we'll ever find out the truth of what happened.
From other reports:
"Kanticha Noon, 36, had arrived in the UK on December 27 and was staying at the family home with her sister Nanthaka's husband, Bartlomiej Jakub Kuczynski, and their daughters, seven-year-old Downreuang and Jasmin, 12." "Nanthaka had been at work in her job as a caretaker in Norwich when the tragedy unfolded, which is 'why she survived.'"
"She confirmed that Mr Kuczynski had 'a mental health issue' and that 'he didn't work any more'"
"Post-mortem examinations carried out on Sunday found the 45-year-old man died of a stab wound to the neck, while the 36-year-old woman died of a number of stab wounds to the neck.
The bodies of the two girls will be examined on Wednesday."
Sounds like the father called the police after the killings:
"A man called 999 from the property on Allan Bedford Crescent at around 6am on Friday, but police were not dispatched there.
Officers made the discovery about an hour and 15 minutes later after a member of the public alerted them at around 7am."
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7 hours ago, Tongjaw said:
Young kids too. Thailand is becoming as bad as UK for knife crimes by youngsters.
Are you kidding? If this had happened in London the victim would be dead or seriously injured. Those Thai kids must've been using the blades simply to scare the guy. Not that that makes it right, but just saying.
I feel 10x safer walking alone at night in Thai cities than back home.
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7 hours ago, bbko said:
Looking at the photos from the link, one of them looks poor and near homeless.
I think the bloke in the black t-shirt has been eating his mate's dinners
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2 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:
I think people who argue for removing the UK from international human rights laws and the ECHR in order to enact laws that they have been advised will in any case break UK law are rightwing extremists.
Feel free to differ.
It sounds like you've made up your own definition for right wing extremism to add weight to your arguments.
Do you have your own label for the actual right wing extremists such as the National Front, EDL etc? Are they 'extreme extremists' or something?
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9 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:To be fair, the internal Tory opposition vote is itself split between those in the moderate center of the party who know the Rwanda Bill breaks international law and won’t work and the rightwing extremists who don’t think it goes far enough.
The Tories are at war with themselves as the Government stares down the barrel of annihilation at the coming General Election.
Here’s a curious circumstance:
The Tories know they are going to lose, they know replacing Sunak now isn’t going to win them the election.
The fight is therefore over who is going to run the Tory Party in opposition.
A large Tory defeat plays into the hands of the rightwing extremists making it very much easier for them to take control of the party after the election while blaming moderates for the party’s losses.
Meanwhile, as Tories squabble, the nation flounders.
Same same for 14 straight years.
You discredit yourself by using the the term 'right wing extremist' too often. You should look up what an actual right wing extremist is.
Calling these MPs right wing extremists is like calling every Imam an Islamist extremist.
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Is this the same South Africa that's in bed with Putin? The same South Africa that abstains from votes against Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
South Africa seem to be part of this alliance between Russia/Iran and others.
Cape Town, South Africa – In April, a delegation of senior officials of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) undertook what the party said was an invitation from “a long-standing ally”, Russia’s ruling party. It travelled to Moscow to discuss what the ANC said was the “recalibration of the global order”.
In October, South Africa abstained, like many other African countries, in a United Nations General Assembly vote condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine which began in February 2022; there were 143 votes in favour of the resolution.
Now, Russia's President Vladimir Putin is among Israel's loudest critics and has refused to denounce Hamas's bloody October 7 attack.
Instead, his war against Ukraine has driven Russia into a different coupling, this time with Israel's sworn enemy Iran.
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This scaremongering should have been made illegal by now. Enough is enough!
The global economy has lost trillions (or quadrillions?) due to Covid lockdowns and other measures taken by the authorities. It'll take years, maybe decades to recover.
It would be almost impossible to calculate the number of deaths caused by lockdowns etc. Authorities are probably too scared to do that analysis.
The Covid worshippers saw the measures as sacrificing economic activity and enjoyment to save lives. They really didn't think it through.
Economic catastrophes cause more deaths than a virus. That's not even taking into consideration the effects of scaremongering on mental health.
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1 hour ago, Will B Good said:
The family have looked after him previously.....that's why they won't anymore....555.....he is a bit of a handful.
Would he attack other dogs? If you're going to be camping among other dog owners, that might not go down too well...
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9 minutes ago, KhunLA said:
as I stated ... in my younger days. Can't remember last time I ran out of petrol.
Ok, it sounded like you were suggesting these warnings are only in EVs, citing that as an advantage over ICEVs
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6 hours ago, KhunLA said:
Sadly, from experience, owning and with ICEV only, yea, I've been that stupid, and ran out of petrol. In my younger days, from simply not realizing/noticing and or forgetting to get petrol, to, sadly, 'oh hell, I cam make it' ... oops, F'me
Pretty sure that will never happen with the EV, as the car gives you way too many warnings @ 30%, 20% both visual and audio.
Not sure how old your last ICE vehicle was, but there are plenty of warnings in modern cars. My ICE has the number of remaining fuel miles visible at all times, and I get warnings (visual and annoying bong sounds) when it drops below certain levels.
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11 minutes ago, ozimoron said:
it only happened if you can prove it. It's so far off the planet that I don't believe it did.
Wait, you don't believe that gangs of mainly Pakistani Muslim men were (and still are) grooming girls (aged 12-16!) across England since the 1980s?
People turning a blind eye to this issue were a big part of the problem!
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2 hours ago, captnhoy said:
Good question. I'd say Brit or Aussie?
Nah, not a Brit. Brits that age don't wear those little man-bag things.
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1 hour ago, Almer said:
Evidence or possibly a jealous sibling?
What sibling?
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12 hours ago, nightfox said:
Kind of reminds me of men going to Thailand to find much younger women...
It seems the irony went straight over some people's heads
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3 hours ago, ozimoron said:Are you defending people's right to be offensive? Usually that means hate speech. It's legal but it's the domain of scum.
I'd say calling people 'scum' is hate speech
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5 hours ago, DaddyWarbucks said:One person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter.
Why would a 'freedom fighter' rape and kill women? How does the raping fit in with your freedom fighter claim? Please explain...
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On 12/26/2023 at 6:28 AM, youreavinalaff said:
Anyhow, if there were not any immigrants working in UK, a very large percentage of care homes would be grossly understaffed or closed down due to lack of staff. Many people in need of domiciliary care would not get it.
That's a myth trotted out by the left. If care homes couldn't employ cheap staff from abroad they'd be forced to offer proper wages, and then locals would apply for the roles. Immigrants are simply keeping wages low in care homes.
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9 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:Unfortunately your fellow "Brits" don't agree with you.
You did have someone similar to Australia's Pauline Hanson , was it someone called Tommy?
But you all called him "racist ',all the comments I saw on Social media about him from fellow Britsh
You people are hypocrites,even in Scotland, 🤣
Look, I know you're baiting but I'll answer anyway, just out of boredom.
Groups of left wing activists (who've never experienced mass immigration where they live) do go out on the streets and protest. You've somehow reached the conclusion that these people speak for the whole of the UK.
The majority of Brits have the same opinion as the majority of Aussies. I.e. some migration is necessary, and some people genuinely deserve asylum. But mass economic immigration from certain parts of the world is turning the country into a sheet hole.
Imagine a big beautiful pond, and chucking one turd into it every day.
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British Tourist Dies After Fall from Pattaya Hotel
in Pattaya News
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What's the point of having a 3ft high balcony rail? As a 6ft 3' man you'll not be able to lean on it to admire the view, and it certainly wouldn't prevent you from falling if you lost your balance one day.
Why not just have a 1ft high rail, or no rail at all? Maybe just a row of nice plants...