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Without getting all "who would win in a vampire/werewolf fight?", would the chemicals in both vape and smoke exhalations kill off the virus?

Agreed. Also, my "you" was the street-friendly "one"!

You don't need a Big Government Figure to tell you to do something. Pare down Christmas and New Year for once and do yourselves and everyone else a favour. If you do go to larger gatherings, don't hug and kiss and keep the windows open.

People are likely tempted to use their own cars ratehr than public transport, plus it's winter and dark, so it is rational to say that it's likely vehicle use will be greater now. To disregard this suggests an unwillingness to deal with reality.

They?re no good. Particles and aerosols escape. It?s certainly giving the idea of protection and prevention of passing on the virus but I?d prefer to see masks on people, especially in shops etc.

It'll end in tier three because of this.

Everyone 50 and above is entitled to one this year, free of charge. Try Sogim just down from M and S and Superdrug in Camberwell. I have to say that Lloyds on NCR was pretty rubbish - not cancelling appointments twice when they knew they had no vaccine in stock in my case so I went to Boots in the end for one of them.

Don't just bang on about cycling - it can sound like nobody thinks walking is a good idea. There is definitely a kind of hierarchy (that changes according to one's attitudes) and walking is right down at the bottom, seen as the default and therefore not worth investing in or even talking about. I have no idea which schools in the area seek to encourage walking at least as much as cycling but I wish they would do it more! I remember being able to buy reflectors at primary school every winter term so that you could be seen and be safe if you hung them on your bag or from your coat, etc. Don't see them at all. (I do not think for a minute that a reflector is going to be anywhere near as exciting to an eight year old as it was in the mid seventies but surely some tactics are better than none?)

The road is shut at Friern/Upland due to works, or at least it was yesterday afternoon.

I agree about reporting it - You may not think it is important but if they get more info they could be more effective. There are other Twitter accounts for Dulwich Hill etc. but if you give any of them a DM telling them where you were in the area they'd point you in the right direction.

Rockets, I see that and I also see empty stretches of LL, so neither shows a typical situation. It shows a snapshot, that's all. Every day feels like a Friday because you maybe want it to because it reinforces your viewpoint? (You also have a car, so are, ipso facto, part of the problem even though you may not want to believe that.)

I agree. For a long time, I wouldn't think twice about using my weekly bus pass or travelcard as much as possible "to get my money's worth" but since I have not had either and the pandemic is with us I walk so much more - there was a change, a nudge and a result. So, car owners can also be nudged into usign the bus or walking or cycling in a similar way, and LTNs are a valid way of doing so.

There is no one solution. If there is too much congestion, then part of the solutions woudl be to deter driving. I hve no car, so that is my part of the solution. Others may have other things to offer but most won't because they don't really care that much. It is that simple.

No, it has to do with people deciding to drive their children to school and back in vehicles. Pavements don't drive and make bad decisions. People do.

Asthma is a lung issue and covid is a pulmonary harming disease so it could take a harder hold and strain your lungs and other organs. It may not make you more likely to be infected but if you are you could well be worse off than non-asthma sufferers.

If you are deemed asthmatic and you get your flu jab yearly you ought to be on the No 6 group in the list, so take it and make sure you have the second jab! The over 65s have priority over asthmatics (unless your condition is particularly bad, as I understand) so you won't be taking a jab from anyone, I think.

It isn't tricky - people who are breaking the law, uninsured and in danger of falling off and hurting themselves and others must be fined. These are fast machines and those riding them, as far as I have seen, are mainly young and unaware of dangers - if they were they would not be speeding down roads with no helmet, no lights; those doing the same on footpaths with small children hanging onto the handlebars are even more stupid and selfish. I hope the police will take action and be consistent as I don't want anyone close to me - or myself - being injured by someone with no insurance.

I see fewer cars parked near me (8am on Saturday, so not a time when folk are usually out in their cars_ and I would think that a fair few people have gone away for the weekend, for the first time in ages. This has to have had an impact on queues, especially when you see it was at post-work, post-school time.

I think it will be earlier than summer - end of April for most adults. If offered a time slot everyone should just take it and don't fanny about thinking about waiting for the Oxford vaccine etc.

Yeah, that's me. But how did you know I was shouting after him re the elastic band? Perhaps you prefer that option so you can spill your bile because if you considered I was asking him to take the wrongly-delivered post your ire wouldn't be so bad and you'd have nothing to write about on anonymous websites. Mwah!

How about "ostentatious queueing" - viz. Gail's, Mons, posh butcher's shops. Everyone's got an opinion on that.

I got two deliveries today, one about fifteen minutes after teh first hich was done by a new postie who dropped a laccy band on my path and delivered a neighbour's mail. I shouted after him but he wasn't able to hear me....

But then they wouldn't be seen! (Louisa lives on in me...)

It is ok now - thanks.

I agree about the lack of allure from the station end of MG. The big bins outside the pharmacy are ugly and covered in tagging, likewise the phone repair shop and the new takeaway ood shop next to the exercise studio, and the barber's is missing a letter on the signage. On their own it wouldn't matter but it all adds up to neglect and general meh-ness. It could be very attractive with a tiny bit of incentive and effort - do the businesses know that the council will clean their shutters free, with permission? 5/10 - could do better!