Drowning in a sea full of tiers

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Next thread. DD's birthday so can someone link.

Milka chocolate did you say? fave

Although I'm on a diet cries

And you can't use the N word to describe our dear leader anymore....

Thinking typing games, anyone know of any other than Dancemat on BBC Bitesize?

I'm thinking DS could do a little typing practice over the next few days so he can type his own answers.

Meant to say thanks for new thread. Can't believe the speed these are filling up.

What did BJ say about schools and the Summer holidays? Or maybe I don't want to know...

Quite a few folk on us4them being refused school places - including people who on the face of it should be eligible

We're trying to figure out if it's worth trying to run an afternoon/after school service but it's impossible until council confirm everything

@fluffyugg

What did BJ say about schools and the Summer holidays? Or maybe I don't want to know...

Bluff, bluster, hopefully better by spring

Fluffyugg - he didn't. He mentioned get the elderly/ vulnerable vaccines, by end of January, then 3 weeks for them kick in, then a leg beyond that for hospital cases to drop off.

So really hes given me a bit of hope the schools will go back sometime between Feb half term and Easter holidays. Depending on how the hospitals are coping.

@Rae36

It fucking pisses me off big time that I can't drive to my mums garden, my kids can't go to school, but people can fly in and out, fucking mega rich footballers can go to Dubai. Fuck's sake.

it’s rubbish. Can’t see our grandchildren I’d only want to cuddle them. There more than 5 miles from council border. Zoom call this afternoon to share the best news, littlest one done her first pp in the potty. 🥳

Okay, thanks...noticed someone had mentioned summer earlier in the thread which put the fear into me...

Ok that's based on England, NS is probably following the same timeline but says it differently, emphasising different points, all over 50s vaccinated by May. Teachers are priority but actually doing teachers reduces their risk but doesn't open schools. Schools can only reopen when the NHS has capacity to deal with covid.

Summer - no way, shes got an election in May just to keep her on her toes!

I am hoping this is a massive case of under promise, over deliver on the vaccine roll out.

Perhaps in good time for the election.

The vaccine calculator initially said September or something for me, the it jumped to Jan - June 2022. As it did for a few others on here.
My guess is that blip was a deliberate mistake so they can do the " we managed to pull your date forward to September how wonderful is that" maybe I'm just a cynic.

2020 most definitely enhanced my cynicism.

Boris is talking BS. No way will as many people as he predicts be vaccinated by Spring. The restrictions will last much longer.

The thought of schools closed til summer...

Can't have this going on until summer. No way.

@StatisticallyChallenged

The thought of schools closed til summer...

I'll greet! My mum is adamant next year before any normal! But she is the woman who turns up telling me my dad weighs a tonne 😂

Boris - vulnerable by Feb ie over 70s & at risk
Nic - over 50s by May

Are they not really saying the same thing?

Checking in

SUMMER?!!! Who's saying summer??!!

@Bikingbear

Boris - vulnerable by Feb ie over 70s & at risk Nic - over 50s by May

Are they not really saying the same thing?

Aye, just slicing it differently

@shouldistop

SUMMER?!!! Who's saying summer??!!

BoZo the floppy haired clown was asked today if he could assure parents all kids back in school by summer. His answer was waffling gibberish filled with no assurance whatsoever

Groovee - where is he now? I think my Dads loitering in my Mums wardrobe 🤣

I think some SD, in restaurants and screens in shops will be with us through next winter just to be cautious. But the majority of stuff will be open and normally resuming.
Going by the original calculator and allowing for limits on vaccine manufacturing low risk younger adults could be into late Autumn before they are vaccinated and you need 3 weeks beyond first injection.

But schools will be back long before then. They can't have kids missing a year of school. And repeating years isn't really an option either, because it equates to a permanent change to the school system.

Summer? Fingers in ears. One day at a time...bloody hell. 2021, it's like alien 2. Surely it can't be that bad.