the stinking enigma Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Two birds one stone springs to mind. Cant be too difficult a task to convert these fridge magnets into proof of covid vaccine badges. Sort of yellow badges but for the modern age, with scenes of great natural beauty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 The vaccine is free to all but the badges are 60 quid a pop. The skell has to cover his cost too. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycomeover Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) Edited April 16, 2021 by bloodycomeover 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatiotheturd Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, bloodycomeover said: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/28/dozen-britons-remain-in-quarantine-in-swiss-ski-resort-verbier-covid Please, do tell me more about how low the risk of opening up the borders to non residents is as they'll all be sure to stick to our quarantine rules! Well, they have largely done it so far because there are actual consequences of they don't. Reduce the isolation time and increase testing. Its about balancing risk again benefit and we have been WAY to Conservative so far. There is zero reason people shouldn't be allowed to visit and isolate. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, bloodycomeover said: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/28/dozen-britons-remain-in-quarantine-in-swiss-ski-resort-verbier-covid Please, do tell me more about how low the risk of opening up the borders to non residents is as they'll all be sure to stick to our quarantine rules! Well for a start , they can’t jump on a train to go over the borders to France, there’s nothing to stop someone leaving quarantine to go to ports directly and leave the IOM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Nellie said: Don’t have the vaccinators filling in forms or having long conversations about the rights or wrongs of the vaccine. That makes sense and will aid the flow of people through the process. Its a bit like organising the Pre Assessment Clinics in Nobles. We could have used this time to vaccinate health care staff in this way. But we didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Spain announcing this morning data on those refusing vaccine to be kept and shared with other countries - according to BBC news. Wonder if UK will do likewise. Not too clear on how the information could be collated and what / how it will be used ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Flint Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 14 hours ago, horatiotheturd said: Yep I would put money on us still having excessive border policies that restrict peoples ability to do business well past things being largely back to normal in the UK. Loads of people are leaving (economically active people who contribute to the skills pool and economy) and being replaced by retirees. Businesses that were due to come here are going elsewhere. They need to get on top of it ASAP and come up with some USPs to get people over here. That has to include relatively free movement in and out This was something of a concern long before Covid. The Island was having relatively little success in attracting meaningful new business. And there has been a reluctance to release any meaningful data on the profile of the seven hundred or so that allegedly arrived since March. And of course, the presence of the likes of Pokerstars was gradually diminishing. Its a really difficult landscape at the moment. Has the IOM Govt got any better at the inward investment game during Covid? Discuss/. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Derek Flint said: This was something of a concern long before Covid. The Island was having relatively little success in attracting meaningful new business. And there has been a reluctance to release any meaningful data on the profile of the seven hundred or so that allegedly arrived since March. And of course, the presence of the likes of Pokerstars was gradually diminishing. Its a really difficult landscape at the moment. Has the IOM Govt got any better at the inward investment game during Covid? Discuss/. Skelly & co keep saying we have lots of interest in business relocating to IOM but nothing much announced other than a new egaming company a few months ago. Not many young families coming over mainly retired people who are relocating to be near family who live here. This will be why government don’t want to give statistics on who is coming here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas2020 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Anyone had the covid test at the grandstand, is it painful? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 30 minutes ago, Douglas2020 said: Anyone had the covid test at the grandstand, is it painful? it can be if you piss them off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 33 minutes ago, Douglas2020 said: Anyone had the covid test at the grandstand, is it painful? Yes , 2 so far and it’s not painful but very uncomfortable especially down the throat as you feel like you’re choking!! But over in 30 seconds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Banker said: Skelly & co keep saying we have lots of interest in business relocating to IOM but nothing much announced other than a new egaming company a few months ago. Not many young families coming over mainly retired people who are relocating to be near family who live here. This will be why government don’t want to give statistics on who is coming here The Government did release statistics a couple of weeks back which largely confirmed your post. I think it raised a Keys question (from Shimmins?) as to a lack of information on demographics on precisely who and what the immigrants are....but they are old, in the main. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Trench Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 There's a half page ad in today's Times, other papers are available, that is encouraging folk to move here. I wish people would just stay put until we all have the jab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Non-Believer said: The Government did release statistics a couple of weeks back which largely confirmed your post. I think it raised a Keys question (from Shimmins?) as to a lack of information on demographics on precisely who and what the immigrants are....but they are old, in the main. Anecdotally, in my experience, recent arrivals are far more likely to fall and break their hip than they are to set up a business and contribute to GDP. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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