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Scooby_Doo

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  1. The fundamental issue with sacking Tommy Wright is that the people charged with replacing him are the same ones that got us here in the first place.
  2. At the moment, anyone. Pick the team from a f**king tombola and tell them to 'go out there and enjoy yourselves' would probably get us at least the same results, if not better.
  3. No, the youngsters are only doubly vaccinated, not fully vaccinated. Do keep up.
  4. Extending this useless scheme will lead plenty not to bother going out, and will have house parties instead. We know this from the start of the pandemic. So the case numbers will rise, and then ScotGov can bring in more restrictions, presumably for 'just two weeks', although perhaps like last year they will wait until after your big Christmas dinner with all the family.
  5. It was a Genesis concert - vaccination coverage in the over 60s is 100% so no need to check ?
  6. Going by the Scottish Governments record on this, I'd question if they were either.
  7. Mr Swinney was on the radio the other day, exalting the success of the vaccine passport - vaccine coverage in the 18-29 group went from 53% in September to 68% in November. Fantastic! Hurrah! Now, when a politician, independent of the colour of their rosette, quotes a 'statistic', especially a percentage, I am immediately suspicious. I wondered how we could compare that to a control group, a placebo if you will. We have English figures of course. Which show that 18 to 24 yo figures went up 16 percentage points over the same period, and 24 to 29 yo figures went up 11 percentage points over the same period. If you crudely average those, you get a 13.5% increase by doing nothing. Our Government have made a royal arse of this whole thing for a statistically insignificant one and a half percentage point. F***ing bravo.
  8. A word on how ridiculous the scheme is - we had our wedding reception a couple of weeks ago. The venue and event fulfilled all four of the nightclub criteria listed above. However, weddings were exempt so no passports needed. It's a ridiculously stupid piece of crap that even if implemented at least half competently, wouldn't achieve what they want it to. Except half competence seems to be beyond them.
  9. John Swinney saying today that since we have vaccine passports, and that they are making no difference whatosever, the likely response will be......to expand the vaccine passport scheme. Remember, the thing that will be of limited scope and be withdrawn as soon as it is possible #followthescience
  10. Our movement off the ball is utterly dreadful. A big contributor to the 'style' of football we play is the complete lack of movement. Raith got into their defensive positions, but didn't have to move, as our player would take the ball, look for a forward pass, not see anyone in space and pass it back or sideways. There is also a glaring hole in the middle of the park when we have possession. The back four and two holding midfielders are all in one area. then there is a huge gap before you get to the forward players, who are all standing beside defenders. Fine, perhaps, if you are playing the long ball, but we're not doing that either. When we don't have an out ball it's only a matter of time before the player in possession is put under pressure and turns it over to the oppostion.
  11. The UK government has seen sense and ditched vaccine passports. Here's hoping the Scottish government follow suit, before they have to do any hard thinking and figure out what a night club is.
  12. The Scottish Government has been uring everyone in the country to get tested at home twice a week for several months. Strange thing to say if there is a problem with the supply of tests.
  13. From a business perspective, not worth it. No-one is not going to games and giving the club money because of lack of legroom, so it isn't enough of a problem. Seems most move to the FB, the rest put up with it.
  14. Negative test results could work for everyone. That was my point. Why have two different systems? They are a better device to prevent the spread of Covid in these scenarios. The system already exists and works. Tests are free and in plentiful supply, and crucially, a negative test is a much better yardstick to tell if you actually have Covid.
  15. Yay! Nothing I love more than a stupid analogy. Comparing apples to tractors. You are allowed to drive a car that doesn't have airbags (or seatbelts for that matter, in certain circumstances). There isn't a significant portion of society that cannot wear a seatbelt (or similar) due to underlying health conditions. You can even get in the car and drive it without wearing the seatbelt if you like, but you risk a fine from the police if you do so. The key difference there is the police will only approach and apprehend if they have reason to do so. This approach to having passports assumes that you are doing something wrong, with no reason to assume that. What happens if the vaccine rate doesn't go up? They'll extend it to cover more things, you know, the things they said they wouldn't. Why aren't there, and why has there never been, vaccine passports for any other vaccine? Those diseases were presumably dangerous enough to warrant developing a vaccine, yet we've never needed an ID to prove we've had them. Perhaps that's because mandatory vaccination isn't palatable, and nor should it be. This is all to cover up the repeated failings of the Government to contain this. Test and Protect has utterly failed. Levels, tiers, phases, all failed. The benefits of vaccination for certain parts of the population are fairly obvious. If the Government can't convince a section of society to get vaccinated, that is their failing, not the people.
  16. We want cheaper prices! We want better players! Wait, what?
  17. I know you're not having a go at me, that's what discussion is all about! I understand why people might think a passport is a good idea at face value but in this case it isn't a more cautious approach. It's totally unnecessary bureaucracy to try and strongarm younger people into getting vaccinated more quickly.
  18. We don't need to accept Government overreaching and using a crisis as an excuse. They didn't need proof of negative tests when they were paying for half of our lunches last year, at a time when there was no vaccine. They don't need them now.
  19. In what way are they sensible? What do they achieve? They don't guarantee that people won't spread the virus in the premises they go into. They add cost to the businesses themselves, who have had a hard time of it as it is, and they will get reduced footfall because some people won't have the app, or can't be arsed with the hassle.
  20. Someone vaccinated can do the same. It may be less likely, but they can still do it. We have a 90/72 per cent rate for doses, and we're breaking daily case total records with regularity. Do you think that is all unvaccinated people? It doesn't add up.
  21. 'Ms Sturgeon said on Wednesday that although the hospitality industry as a whole would not be included in the certification scheme that decision would be kept under review.' Based on her previous record then, you will have to provide medical records to get into pubs and restaurants fairly soon.
  22. Maybe you get red after red because you post messages like they were a f**king telegram.
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