WTF Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, TerryFuchwit said: What do you mean by no foreign travel? There's been flights every day to S A. i was quoting what the daily wail said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryFuchwit Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Just now, WTF said: i was quoting what the daily wail said. I dont know what is more ridiculous - reading that site then quoting it. Or reading it and quoting it without reference to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatiotheturd Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 8 minutes ago, Max Power said: We could use it to rebuild our tourism sector as restrictions are lifted and capitalise on the reluctance to travel further afield some may have. Brexit will also have an effect, we need to be ready. But we won't. The island is world news right now, we should be pushing the benefits of business here, living here etc. We wont Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub3 Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 31 minutes ago, horatiotheturd said: I know its the Sun and full of errors but we really could be capitalising on this. https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/13910035/where-isle-of-man-travel-coronavirus/ Just when you think thing's are looking better, we are going to be swamped with S** readers (mind you, most cannot read they only look at the pictures) how low can we go to get a £££££££. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheldon Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Roger Mexico said: Not originated by Darwin though and he only used in a very specialised way: intending it to mean "better designed for an immediate, local environment", though even that "better designed for" should be replaced by something less teleological, such as "that happens to fit better in". I dare you to use "teleological" on IOM News and Politics 😆 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryFuchwit Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, Beelzebub3 said: Just when you think thing's are looking better, we are going to be swamped with S** readers (mind you, most cannot read they only look at the pictures) how low can we go to get a £££££££. Strange mentality. The island seems to ve having some positive press. I haven't seen any interviews or comments that suggest we are heading as low as we can to get a few quid. The positive aspect is that it may inspire the sort of people that we really do want here to relocate here. Or set up businesses here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub3 Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 5 minutes ago, TerryFuchwit said: Strange mentality. The island seems to ve having some positive press. I haven't seen any interviews or comments that suggest we are heading as low as we can to get a few quid. The positive aspect is that it may inspire the sort of people that we really do want here to relocate here. Or set up businesses here. Yeah, dream on, all we will get a load of scared shitless pensioners hoping to get direct access to the one and only main hospital on the Island and as soon as they get out of quarantine they will be hogging the already overstretched health services and screaming for the borders to remain closed forever! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 2 hours ago, wrighty said: I really don't like this personification of a virus we see all the time. "It has to compete", "Pressure on it to be resistant" etc. It's just a strand of RNA carried in a protein envelope. It mutates all the time because RNA replication is imperfect. It's simply natural selection (as Darwin explained) in action such that if a random mutation means the virus is more transmissable, or less attractive to a person's antibodies it's more likely to spread to the next person such that over time that mutation becomes predominant. Until there's another one that's even more transmissable/resistant. Doesn't it even have an angry face? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) 38 minutes ago, TerryFuchwit said: What do you mean by no foreign travel? There's been flights every day to S A. I haven't read the DM article on the SA variant, but I have read articles about it elsewhere. The "no foreign travel" aspect relates to some of the cases having no connection to someone who has travelled to SA, nor travelled to or from there themselves. As I haven't read the DM article - and won't give them the clicks - I don't know if the problem here is reader comprehension, poster brevity, or the usual crappy DM "journalism". Howie would be tying himself in knots trying to explain how these unknown origin SA-variant cases don't qualify as community transmission if it had happened here. Edited to add: My money's on the usual crappy DM "journalism". Edited February 2, 2021 by Zarley See above 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 The positive press is great and I thought Howard came across well on GMB ( perhaps I need a lie down) however my feel good moment was jarred back to reality when I went to a local builders merchant and the boss said to me " I hope they get a grip of ( a local developer) this time, we had all sorts in here none of which I would class as Key workers " I went away with renewed cynicism ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 20 minutes ago, Beelzebub3 said: Yeah, dream on, all we will get a load of scared shitless pensioners hoping to get direct access to the one and only main hospital on the Island and as soon as they get out of quarantine they will be hogging the already overstretched health services and screaming for the borders to remain closed forever! don't forget demanding the pension supplement they're not entitled to as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 15 minutes ago, asitis said: The positive press is great and I thought Howard came across well on GMB ( perhaps I need a lie down) however my feel good moment was jarred back to reality when I went to a local builders merchant and the boss said to me " I hope they get a grip of ( a local developer) this time, we had all sorts in here none of which I would class as Key workers " I went away with renewed cynicism ! I missed the GMB segment but the clips I've heard on MR were quite good. I couldn't believe Piers let him talk without interruption. Did anyone see it live? Was Piers uncharacteristically polite throughout? Are Piers and Howie mates by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piebaps Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 On 2/1/2021 at 7:43 AM, Dirty Buggane said: After reading Government guide lines, Are imported key workers exempt from isolating for fourteen days after arrival. Or can they immediately go about there business. Its a mixture DB. They've published a framework for those workers who don't have to self-isolate. I found this on the FOI site. Risk Mitigation Pathway V5.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 45 minutes ago, piebaps said: Its a mixture DB. They've published a framework for those workers who don't have to self-isolate. I found this on the FOI site. Risk Mitigation Pathway V5.pdf 163.9 kB · 9 downloads Sounds good but if appropriate PPE is what I’ve seen on promenade workers then it’s not going to prevent much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryFuchwit Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Zarley said: I missed the GMB segment but the clips I've heard on MR were quite good. I couldn't believe Piers let him talk without interruption. Did anyone see it live? Was Piers uncharacteristically polite throughout? Are Piers and Howie mates by any chance? I saw it live. I guess the reason Piers was polite was because there was actually nothing to be impolite about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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