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Truckers stuck in miles-long lines as France closes border to UK over COVID + Brexit
Sky News ^ | Dec 19 | Milena Veselinovic

Posted on 12/21/2020 3:13:26 AM PST by RandFan

@M_Veselinovic

Massive, miles-long lorry queues on the approach to Dover seem to be a combo of Brexit stockpiling, xmas rush and Covid-19 backlog. But if it’s like this now, when there’s still free trade with EU, what’s it going to be like from Jan 1 if extra checks + paperwork is needed?

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; eu; france; uk
Apparently there will be a deal "within hours" to let traffic through...
1 posted on 12/21/2020 3:13:26 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

New strain in England. Vaccine is now probably useless.


2 posted on 12/21/2020 3:15:09 AM PST by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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To: Veggie Todd

2021 lockdown, middle class eliminated.

“Please Sir, some more soup.”


3 posted on 12/21/2020 3:19:36 AM PST by EEGator
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To: RandFan
Apparently there will be a deal "within hours" to let traffic through...

The EU giving a taste of what life will be like for the UK if they don't strike a Brexit deal. Look at it as a fantastic opportunity to widen trade between the UK and USA. F*ck the EU.

Of course that all hinges on who is POTUS in 2021. If Biden steals it away they will probably side with the EU.

4 posted on 12/21/2020 3:24:22 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Veggie Todd
New strain in England. Vaccine is now probably useless.

I was thinking about this....it could make the vaccine more MANDATORY if it works against the mutations of Covid.

Fear could drive more people to demand the vaccine which contains......

5 posted on 12/21/2020 3:29:28 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is communism)
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To: Veggie Todd

“New strain in England. Vaccine is now probably useless.”
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How wrong you are... as more data comes out on the protection provided to those in the UK who have received one of the two mRNA vaccines.


6 posted on 12/21/2020 3:34:16 AM PST by House Atreides
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To: House Atreides

and this caused another covid meltdown!

20 Dec: BBC: New coronavirus variant: What do we know?
By James Gallagher
There is no “nailed on” figure for how much more infectious the variant may be. Scientists, whose work is not yet public, have told me figures both much higher and much lower than 70%.
But there remain questions about whether it is any more infectious at all.

“The amount of evidence in the public domain is woefully inadequate to draw strong or firm opinions on whether the virus has truly increased transmission,” said Prof Jonathan Ball, a virologist at the University of Nottingham...

The virus that was first detected in Wuhan, China, is not the same one you will find in most corners of the world.
The D614G mutation emerged in Europe in February and became the globally dominant form of the virus.
Another, called A222V, spread across Europe and was linked to people’s summer holiday’s in Spain...
An initial analysis of the new variant has been published and identifies 17 potentially important alterations...

The variant is unusually highly mutated.
The most likely explanation is the variant has emerged in a patient with a weakened immune system that was unable to beat the virus.
Instead their body became a breeding ground for the virus to mutate...

Will the vaccines work against the new variant?
Almost certainly yes, or at least for now.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55388846


7 posted on 12/21/2020 4:11:51 AM PST by MAGAthon
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To: RandFan

COVID will keep mutating until “The Great Reset” is a done deal.


8 posted on 12/21/2020 4:29:04 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: Veggie Todd

It will be interesting to see if vaccine helps. I am not taking it.

This may end up being like the flu shot.

One state health official ..or something like that..opined you should get at least two months immunity from covid shot. Lolol. Saw it on texags site.


9 posted on 12/21/2020 4:53:35 AM PST by RummyChick (I BLAME KUSHNER)
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To: RoosterRedux

It will keep mutating because that is the nature of a virus. It mutates to survive

Also if genetically engineered ...one scientist said it will mutate back.. Eventually


10 posted on 12/21/2020 4:55:35 AM PST by RummyChick (I BLAME KUSHNER)
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To: RoosterRedux

Yep.


11 posted on 12/21/2020 5:41:58 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: RummyChick
The virus has two aspects or facets.

The medical/scientific and the political.

Once The Great Reset is well underway and politicians no longer need the virus, it will be discarded (politically) like an ugly Christmas sweater.

12 posted on 12/21/2020 8:21:52 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RandFan

Brexit attack with covid as cover

Confiscate all French bank assets in the UK as punishment


13 posted on 12/21/2020 8:26:36 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) t Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay My, o. h, my, what a wonderful day)
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To: RandFan

Do hookers drive up and down the miles long lines instead of waiting at the truck stop?

Also is the bathroom the side of the road?


14 posted on 12/21/2020 1:51:02 PM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: RandFan

What will the Calais “migrants” do with no way to stowaway into England now?


15 posted on 12/21/2020 1:54:00 PM PST by Rebelbase (A COVID misanthrope.)
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To: minnesota_bound

The truck stops are not adequate and many complaints from what I’ve read..


16 posted on 12/21/2020 1:55:23 PM PST by RandFan ( )
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To: Rebelbase

Rubber dinghy’s across the Channel:

The traffickers are doing special deals for Xmas ($400 per crossing). I’m not joking:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9069645/People-smuggling-gangs-offer-Christmas-discount-300-head-migrants.html


17 posted on 12/21/2020 2:00:18 PM PST by RandFan ( )
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To: RandFan

Complaints about not enough bathrooms or not enough hookers?...


18 posted on 12/21/2020 2:01:34 PM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: minnesota_bound

Bathrooms !


19 posted on 12/21/2020 2:04:55 PM PST by RandFan ( )
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