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[Sarge]

'Get boosted now'

Gone from 6 months, to 3 months and now how soon after 2nd dose of vaccinne before the booster dose?

 

[OX14]

'Get boosted now'

Gone from 6 months, to 3 months and now how soon after 2nd dose of vaccinne before the booster dose?

I get having both doses of either the Pfizer, astra zeneca, moderna as they have all been tested and proven to work but him saying get boosters to anyone over 18 when some have only just had the second is playing with lives. Covid passports, testing, masks I will adhere too but I'm not going to jump in and get a booster just for the sake of it..

 

[RyanioBirdio]

You wouldn’t get this sort of panicked uncertainty with an inanimate carbon rod.

In Rod we trust.

 

[MarkG]

Muppets moaning about a zoom quiz now.

 

[bashamwonderland]

Jacob Rees Mogg just for the unfiltered bed wetting that would take place on here.

 

[Marked Ox]

Muppets moaning about a zoom quiz now.

The same source explaining that the participants in the quiz were crowding around the screens ignoring social distancing and later drinking in each others offices would be what I've seen people complaining about with the double standards of the same people/Govt telling others they aren't allowed to do this.

 

[RyanioBirdio]

Jacob Rees Mogg just for the unfiltered bed wetting that would take place on here.

Bold of you to assume that he would allow commoners to keep their beds, rather than being forced to sleep on bails of hay with newspapers for sheets.

 

[werthersoriginal]

Jacob Rees Mogg just for the unfiltered bed wetting that would take place on here.

You just love the Etonians don’t you? And the hedge fund guys.

 

[Scotchegg]

I'm not going to jump in and get a booster just for the sake of it..

I'm not sure you get it. The booster does exactly what it says, it boosts your ability to fight the virus. If you've had the first two doses then I can't understand why you won't take a third?

 

[bashamwonderland]

You just love the Etonians don’t you? And the hedge fund guys.

It's more a case of who I hate least.

 

[Wandering Yellow]

The left wing press? I’ve been looking for that. Could you tell me which titles are left wing, rather than owned by Tory billionaires?

Your belief that print newspapers are more important than the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Twitter and Facebook is strange to me. Not that I'd even agree print media is majority right-wing, it's a mix.

 

[Wandering Yellow]

Jacob Rees Mogg just for the unfiltered bed wetting that would take place on here.

We would need to crowdfund therapy for @QR !

 

[OX14]

I'm not sure you get it. The booster does exactly what it says, it boosts your ability to fight the virus. If you've had the first two doses then I can't understand why you won't take a third?

Because I had the second less then 3 months ago.

 

[ubermeistervonmeat]

Overreaction to omicron?! Of course the more liberal organs would say he’s being too casual. Shot by both sides.

Of course his character hasn’t changed . But maybe his value to big business has diminished

Excellent post punk song by Magazine - Devoto is a genius

 

[Scotchegg]

Because I had the second less then 3 months ago.

The optimum gap between vaccinations was 10-12 weeks to give the greatest protection, however having a booster now will still give you far more protection than not have one.

 

[werthersoriginal]

Your belief that print newspapers are more important than the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Twitter and Facebook is strange to me. Not that I'd even agree print media is majority right-wing, it's a mix.

Print newspapers are mainly online now. I'd disagree that BBC and ITV are left wing (discussed loads already here) plus obvs social media is a total mix and full of trolls of all kinds. I think what really unites the media is the desire for a story that will get across to people en masse, and this seems to have taken off where other Johnson misdemeanours have only made people shrug.

 

[Wandering Yellow]

Print newspapers are mainly online now. I'd disagree that BBC and ITV are left wing (discussed loads already here) plus obvs social media is a total mix and full of trolls of all kinds. I think what really unites the media is the desire for a story that will get across to people en masse, and this seems to have taken off where other Johnson misdemeanours have only made people shrug.

The biggest problem is that the two-party system that dominates most countries isn't healthy. Unless the system completely changes we are going to be locked in eternal misery.

 

[werthersoriginal]

The biggest problem is that the two-party system that dominates most countries isn't healthy. Unless the system completely changes we are going to be locked in eternal misery.

Yes I think that's probably true.

 

[m]

Your belief that print newspapers are more important than the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Twitter and Facebook is strange to me. Not that I'd even agree print media is majority right-wing, it's a mix.

In fairness the mention of 'left wing press' was a quote.

ITV could never realistically be described as 'left wing' by any clear-thinking individual though.

 

[RyanioBirdio]

Your belief that print newspapers are more important than the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Twitter and Facebook is strange to me. Not that I'd even agree print media is majority right-wing, it's a mix.

Journalist, author and former commercial magazine publisher going back some 16 years here. Started at EMAP publishing before the buyout by Bauer Media, and also spent a couple of years with Future as well as a year writing about football for several broadsheets as well as the PA.

Print newspapers are still the bread and butter of many people over 40, and especially those over 50 and 60, and the older you get the more likely you are to vote. This is the same for magazines - the ones that still exist and sell lots of copies do so because their audience is 40+. Overall, people aged 50+ tend to believe what is written in print and don’t spend much time online or on social media being exposed to other opinions and points of view, and therefore there are limited opportunities to debunk anything thrown at them. Their social networks (primarily Facebook) are built around people they know and groups focusing on their local area / neighbourhood. The only thing they see outside of posts relating to these people or groups are adverts that are paid for and targeted to their timelines. Which is a road we’ve all been down before.

Every PM (and wannabe PM’s in some cases) meets the editors and key journalists of these papers on a regular basis. They do not do this because there is no reason to. Even dear Boris took a private jet from Glasgow to London last month (during COP, hilariously) to have a meeting with journalists from the papers. This is a matter of fact and not speculation. Why did he do that if nobody reads them and they have no power or influence? These people control whether or not the Prime Minister keeps their job. One co-ordinated blast of negativity and ‘scandal’ and they can be toppled. The Sun has backed the winning horse in every election going back to the 80s. That’s a heck of a record if they’re just guessing.

Of the commercial UK daily newspapers, the top titles in terms of distribution and reach are currently:

1. Metro
2. The Sun
3. Daily Mail
4. Evening Standard
5. The Mirror
6. The Times
7. The Telegraph
8. Daily Express

Of these, only The Mirror at 5 is an openly ‘left wing’ paper. Metro is owned by the Daily Mail and general trust. The Sun is an openly Tory / Brexit supporting paper owned by the Murdoch group. The Daily Mail is openly Conservative / right wing. Ditto the Evening Standard (25% owned by the Daily Mail and 63% owned by Evgeny ‘Lord’ Lebedev who was made a Tory peer last year). Ditto The Times. Ditto The Telegraph. Ditto the Daily Express. They openly and freely describe themselves as Conservative, right wing papers. There is no guessing or conspiracy involved in that assumption. So that’s 7 of the top 8 papers that are all Tory linked, with only number 5 sitting on the ‘other side’. These 8 titles make up a good 95% of all newspapers.

Much like the discussion on radio versus streaming, there are two entirely different worlds at play here. You’re wrong to dismiss print media in the way that you do. I would know - it paid for my house and the houses of many people I know. It didn’t do that because it’s irrelevant.