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I despair when I read some of the COVID conspiracy nonsense being regurgitated on here. I think unfortunately that some people want to believe a certain narrative and then cherry pick often unsubstantiated information to suit that. The best sources of reliable information are the scientific journals written by people who have some understanding of science and how to interpret scientific papers. Relying on news outlets of any source is risky and those with a preset political agenda such as GB news, Fox news and the like even more so. It's been interesting that whilst Fox news in America has been active in pedaling all sorts of COVID misinformation their own management have insisted on vaccination for all its own staff.
Just to correct a few points made in recent posts.
It's true that vaccines have reduced efficacy against Omicron. However they are still 45% effective at preventing infection, 70% effective at preventing symptomatic infection, 85% effective at preventing hospitalisation and 95% effective at preventing death. This is after 3 doses, figures are much lower after 2 doses. Unfortunately some people can still become seriously ill even with 3 doses, but you are still reducing your risk massively – as the OP says nearly all ITU admissions are now unvaccinated. It is true that there has been a relatively small number of adverse reactions to certain vaccines but these are massively outweighed by the lives saved. Long COVID must also be factored in – there are many persons with severe long term effects after infection. The vaccines are in no way experimental – this is just an anti-vaxxer myth. It is completely wrong to characterise Omicron as being like a cold, its severity may in general be less but some 1200 people are dying with it each week.
It is true that the simple blue masks do little to protect the wearer, but masks of any sort are effective at preventing the spread from an infected person to others. Studies have shown a reduced transmission of 50-55%. If you use an FFP2 mask or better still an FFP3 mask you substantially protect yourself from the virus too.
Trials have been conducted using Invermectin. So far there is no proven benefit from its use. Anecdotal stories that someone was given it and recovered two days later mean little – this could simply be coincidence and they would have recovered anyway. You need randomised, blind, statistically significant trials using placebo control groups. Buying versions intended for animal use has led to documented serious illnesses. Effective remedial drugs are now, however, appearing and have been approved, eg Paxlovid.

Geraint Davies, thank you so much. I will contact Paul today.
Also I agree with you about Ralph's match reports, every detail covered and some very funny tales!
Regards
Marilyn

Everyday style masks as a preventative are of very little use but at least they slow down and prevent some exhaled particles onto others. This I feel is the reason why many, myself included, are still continuing to wear masks when in shops or other enclosed areas is for the reassurance of others not themselves. As for wearing in the fresh air and at a distance, I agree masks are of very little use at all. Things are very slowly heading towards some form of 'normality' albeit 'not quite as we knew it' yet.
The thing about 'normal' is what is normal in today's world of confusion ? – depends on which side the fence you are on I guess.

If the money per annum will do 1% of our roads it will be 100 years before the last stretch is done and the first stretch can look forward to being repaired again!

It seems some members of the community dont think we have choices in life. Some people may end up in hospital because they eat too much, smoke too much, drink too much, drive too fast or risk their lives skiing, off road biking etc. Are you going to suggest hospitals refuse to treat those people too?

Great point , I know my local potholes in Paddock Lane have been repaired at least 3 times in recent years so if they had done them properly the first time surely 3 times as many potholes could have been sorted with the same resources, and when money is tight is it right they spend millions on their website 'to enhance the customer experience'. I think there is a lack of coherent /smart thinking at the top, some savings are just not cost-effective, just look at the devastation caused by not gritting Coole lane this winter, it's lucky someone hasn't been killed. How much grit, aka money has that saved after you pay all the emergency services and for the bridge repairs, etc this problem is ongoing as their review of the situation is in April when icy roads are no longer an issue, mind you it wouldn't surprise me if their solution to the problem is to start to re-grit it in May the bunch of numpties.

As a contribution to this thread I feel i must just make a few points after all balanced and true information is scant these days.

My husband and i have 2 children and we are all fully vaccinated with all the general going vaccines, we reluctantly had the Covid Jabs due to my husbands job requiring extensive travel. After his second jab, my fit athletic and young (37) year old husband woke at 3am unable to breathe and extremely ill – he was admitted to hospital where he was found to have 2 blood clots in his lungs. This was found to be a result of the second vaccine. As you can imagine he is exempt from any further injections and is still in treatment.

So my point is that where there is a risk with an injection that has no long term data then there must be a choice. Bodily autonomy -It can now be seen that the media controlled the narrative throughout all this and for a 37 year old with no underlying issues the risk of Covid was and is beyond tiny as it is for children.

We through work are with BUPA – the NHS have been shocking with this and BUPA would not treat my husband because the side effects from the vaccine are classed as being caused by 'an experimental medical procedure" – how very comforting???

This week Liz Truss and Nadim Zahawi with their 3 jabs still got Covid which thankfully now has turned into a weak and less symptomatic and dangerous strain much like a cold – this is called Omicron – so it does beg the question, if a vaccine does not stop or prevent transmission then its about time we got on with things – i suspect this is why the government did a U-Turn on the mandates.

My husbands company is based in the USA, his colleagues who caught Covid back when it was Alpha/Delta were treated with Ivermectin, 2 days on this drug and they were back to health – which begs the question...why on earth didn't we treat the worst cases of Covid with this??? Why didn't the NHS have a treatment plan? Especially one that was so cost effective and obviously effective?

Finally – it is not for me or children to have experimental injections to protect others. Its over, time for us to move on, get back to life and build our immune systems and maybe even the GP's can get back to work too and actually see people!

Stay safe – colds are unpleasant

Regarding the light entertainment, I can maybe help, Bentley Motor Cars had outdoor early morning 7:30am event to announce the Bentley Electric Vehicle project had been awarded to the Crewe site. An outdoor stage with lasers and the such, quite a show to be honest and good news for all Bentley and supply chain workers.

Just to pick on a couple of points from this thread.

I fail to see how getting a vaccine is a 'social responsibility'. You choose to take the Covid vaccine for your own protection not others as it doesnt stop you getting it or passing it on. Who would have ever thought vaccine passports would work?

As for figures about numbers of people in hospital its best not to listen to the BBC or Sky but broaden your mind to other outlets like Talk radio and GB News. Then make your own conclusions.

Personally I know friends and family of friends who have been hospitalised because of the vaccine, so before people go shouting about a vaccine that is actually still in its trial period you might want to ask why the pharma companies and government have no liability.

As for all the folk still wearing masks, you might want to look into that too; especially the blue type. You may as well wear your pants on your head.

More worrying, are the amount of people who dont challenge any of the propaganda churned out by a government who clearly never thought there was any danger...

I'm well aware of that- the point is that people have been administering themselves the veterinary formulations which are very different. This has resulted in poisonings. Drugs formulated for large animals are in no way suitable for humans. Similarly some of the people who have been exercising their "freedom to choose what substance is injected in there sic body" have at the same time been taking other quack remedies, for example based on swimming pool chemicals. Why people choose to believe these modern day snake oil salesmen is beyond me. But the central point remains the same – these vaccine refusers are imposing a cost on the NHS and on sufferers of other diseases who are blocked from getting the treatment they need. I note in some parts of the world, eg Singapore, they are now being charged the full economic cost of any consequent hospital treatment and rightly so.

I agree with CE that they need more money to repair the roads, but in 2022, there must be a better way to repair the roads. On average, on the roads around Audlem, the pothole repair lasts about 1 week. Some are damaged the same day they are repaired – what a waste of time and money!

Ivermectin has been used to treat Onchocerciasis and strongyloidiasis in Humans to call it just a cow wormer is completely wrong. We also use penicillin in cattle would you class that as a cow antibiotic. I in no way am agreeing with using ivermectin to treat covid 19 but it is not just a animal medication

Ralph I enjoy your musings in your introductions to the football reports. In your report of 1/2/22 re. the many names for 'humble carrrot' in other languages, I was struck by the similarity of the Swedish word "morot" to the Welsh word which is "moron". If there is a connection, does it hark back to the days of the Viking invasions and settlement I wonder.
Congratulations to the team for its general success too.

In a belated reply to Marilyn Paxton's request for a roofer, I would highly recommend Paul Threadgold – tel: 079 604 515 73 . He has done some work for me on a couple of occasions and I have been very pleased with his honest assesment, his work and his costs.

Just read in the news today that Wordal has been sold to the New York Times for a seven figure sum. Is there any truth in the rumour that our editors have sold Cows and Bulls and are off to warmer climes? Where would we be without our morning read...?!

Worried of Audlem

It's a powerful message from Mr Morgan. From what I've read elsewhere 90% of COVID patients occupying ITU beds are now the unvaccinated. It's a rather semantic criticism about the use of the word vaccine in connection with tattooing, but it makes the point quite powerfully that those choosing not to be vaccinated happily consent to have all sorts of potentially far more dangerous substances in their body with the hilarious example of people believing some social media nonsense and taking a cow dewormer, invermectin, but refusing a proven safe vaccine. As to "freedom to choose" what about those exercising their "right" to choose taking up NHS resources that are then denied to others who have need through no fault of their own, or infecting others who have compromised immune systems or are otherwise more vulnerable. I read of one case in the US where a man died of sepsis because all the hospital beds were tied up with the unvaccinated and he could not be admitted. Vaccination is a social responsibility.

The word vaccine comes from the cowpox virus vaccinia which derives from the Latin word vacca for cow not sure how this in any way relates to tattoos or people's freedom to choose what substance is injected in there body

Is there any village events this year for the Platinum jubilee, maybe street party in the park ?

A gentleman at a recent country pursuits day was talking to a person of authority who works at the Royal Stoke Hospital, so he enquired if they had many Covid patients in the ICU The reply was 22 of whom only 2 had been vaccinated, one having had 2 jabs and the other only one. He then asked if there was anything the unvaccinated patients shared in common. The reply, was that they all wheezed, 'I wish I'd had the vaccination!'
An observation, don't tattoos also qualify as vaccinations? They involve the subcutaneous injection of foreign substances into the skin, yet you don't hear a fuss being made about that form of vaccination, but I suppose that's art innit.

Well done Brian ,however whatever happened to the Saint George Flag . After all it is the Church of England .

I have just taken the flag down, and as a precaution from incoming storms, I have decided not to put another one up for at least the next two weeks.

The net at the edge of the flag, on the one taken down, was starting to come loose. Once the net goes, the next to tear would be the flag. Storms tend not to be very kind to flags, and we did get a few of the flags damaged in some of the storms last winter. Hence, in light of incoming storms, I have decided not to hoist another one up.

Each of the flags damaged last year were kindly repaired by Olive, and once again this time, Olive has offered to re-attach the net to the flag.

Thanks.

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Hi, we require the roof ridge tiles on a 3 storey town house to be repointed, and the roof tiles to be cleaned...scraped not jet washed, plus a small portico roof above the front door.
If anyone can recommend a suitable contractor that would be great and much appreciated.
Thank you.

Elizabeth I think that Ken was referring to my chatbox post a few days ago. At that time the rules explanation which John had written when he programmed the game and put it up had not been put online.
In response to another post I think John did put up some explanations for all the games he programmed for Audlem Online That was some time ago but I would willingly try to explain if still needed. He is a little bit busy at the moment.Our daughters prompted him to makr available the Cows and Bulls he wrote which is proving to be another distraction for some of our games addicted grandchildren.