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Chris Whitty in the N10 debrief today pretty much said we can expect seasonal winter covid outbreaks.

People spending more time indoors and all the traveling and mixing at Christmas is perfect conditions for Covid to spread.

Not trying to pick a fight here....but that kind of flies in the face of the "Stay at Home" message too.

So homes are a breeding ground for it, fair enough. But are people never supposed to leave or what? Do we weld people indoors like the Chinese did?

I'd a client in the other day, works in an office during the day and taxi's at night, office is full and no proper social distancing like before...

He was telling me that he picked up a fare the other night, up the West and heading back over North Belfast, around midnight, the lad was coming back from his mates 'bar' that he has had erected in his garden, fully functional bar, with all the optics, pumps fridges and even a portaloo type thingy...

He charges his 'friends' £20 and its 'free' drink pool table big tv for the footie also!

The taxi driver says there are loads of these type places around Belfast and beyond, to the point that he has ordered a £6,000 'shed' for his own garden to do the same thing... His point was why go to the pub and pay a fiver for a pint when I can have my mates around for a session, they bring their own kegs and can carry on..

God knows how many of these type places are carrying on!

It's not right, but this is where the legislation has forced them to go. Once lockdown went from the last resort, to the only resort the rise of this type of thing was inevitable. I know of a few round my own place at it too.

There is no real point sticking the head in the sand saying they are selfish....everyone with half a brain cell knows that.

I made a point very early in this thread about how people wouldn't care about Covid because they lived through the troubles in the North. I think it's been shown to be correct, people don't care here. They don't take Covid serious. They feel wronged by the legislation and that is something that probably won't leave them until it comes to their door I suppose.

Josh Adams suspended by Wales for a Covid breach. He's out of the Ireland game on Saturday.

Could make a dull game.....even worse.

Ireland might have a chance now.

Chris Whitty in the N10 debrief today pretty much said we can expect seasonal winter covid outbreaks.

People spending more time indoors and all the traveling and mixing at Christmas is perfect conditions for Covid to spread.

Not trying to pick a fight here....but that kind of flies in the face of the "Stay at Home" message too.

So homes are a breeding ground for it, fair enough. But are people never supposed to leave or what? Do we weld people indoors like the Chinese did?

Just a quick one for everyone on their current thinking -

Do you as things stand, see March being the end of lockdown both North and South?

I'm feeling like it could well be, things seem to be going down. I don't expect either jurisdiction to ease anything in February. I don't expect them to open everything March (maybe most things by the end of it). Where do you see it?

Some great choices on this thread so far.

1. Your own county now- Matty Donnelly, Michael Cassidy (when fit), Cathal McShane
2. Your own county in the past.- (Outside the obvious) Mulligan, Fay Devlin, Ryan McMenamin, Enda McGinley, Ger Cavlan.
3. Other counties now - Clifford, Shane Walsh, Conn O'Callaghan, Kevin McManamon, Philly McMahon, Cillian O'Connor, Diarmuid O'Connor, Brian Hurley, Thomas Galligan, Ronan Steede.
4. Other counties in the past - Andy Moran, Karl Lacey, Oisin McConville, Declan Browne, Ciaran McDonald, Paul Galvin, Kieran Donaghy, Bernard Brogan, Paul Kerrigan....I could go on here all day. Just some of the more immediate ones.

So it looks like you get more protection from naturally surviving Covid, than the vaccine (oxford)?

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-virus-antibodies-last-for-at-least-six-months-after-infection-study-finds-12207174

https://news.sky.com/story/oxford-vaccine-may-have-67-effect-on-transmission-and-protection-remains-for-three-month-jab-interval-12206734

Not actually sure if this is good or bad news.

Boxing has been dirty for as long as Boxing has been going on with a blind eye turned to it. I don't really see too much changing either truth be told.

It does look like Kinahans days are numbered, but not for anything he's done in the boxing world, do we turn a blind eye because he's Irish? It seems surreal one of the biggest players, certainly in Europe if not the world is one of our own.

It's state owned so I would imagine you won't see a whole pile from China.

Russia's Sputnik V vaccine has 92% efficacy in trial

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55900622

More good news.

Has been linked to people developing communist tendencies with 2-3 weeks of getting it.

We can deal with that in a bar in a good old fashioned yarn once they jab everyone first. No problems.

Regarding all above;

I was caught on the M1 at Drogheda - i simply asked what's the process about transfer of points/fines etc - i was not trying to dodge or not pay or use my "6 county status" - so i have incorrectly used this topic fair enough.

absolutely i deserve the fine i will get and will pay it.

Don't worry about it, some of the lads on this board have a serious problem with the North for whatever reason. I'd say the majority of the normal ones here just took you at face value.

Not much chance of a bank asking a professional sportsman or woman where their cash came from.....

Matt Hancock says we'll all be having a free and happy summer (in England).

Was very optimistic recently, now I fear the worst.

Good luck to anyman gets a treble up on EPL league teams this year. Crazy season so far.

Wasn't a slight on them. Just the likes of Killyman can't be doing with losing too many surely. It'll be tough for them with not much in the way of amalgamation options either if it got worse. Wouldn't want to see any local clubs be forced into that situation.

Hopefully.....hopefully.....this thread will be dead before we get to 1000 pages of near insanity.

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-johnson-johnsons-single-shot-vaccine-85-effective-against-most-severe-symptoms-12202200

These vaccines are now coming fast. It's not surreal at this stage now to hope for a somewhat 'normal' summer combined with the fact it looks to be somewhat less lethal in the summer (going on last year).

Pray God.