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[xxxxxy] 03/1/2021 08:13

Taming the virusBy JOHNREDWOOD | Published: JANUARY 3, 2021Next week I will return to issues over how we handle the virus that I have often raised before. I welcome the arrival of two vaccines which will be widely taken up by those who want protection. The UK has been first of the advanced countries to licence these products and to start vaccinating people. The scientific advisers have always seen this as the way out of lockdown, so the sooner a lot of people are vaccinated the sooner presumably they will be satisfied,Meanwhile there are other things that could help us live with the virus, as we have to do with a number of potential killer diseases without locking down society.1, Air extraction. Where have the government got to in improving air extraction at their own buildings including hospitals to ensure rapid removal of potentially contaminated air?2. Where are the grant and advice schemes to allow private sector businesses from shops to restaurants to improve their air extraction and make their venues safer?3. Air and surfaces purification. Where have they reached in using powerful UV cleaners (in safe spaces) to clean up recycled air and to decontaminate surfaces?4. Other treatments. After the initial break through with a steroid we were promised test results for a range of other possible treatments. Where have they got to with those?5. Isolation hospitals. Why are they not using the Nightingales as specialist isolation CV 19 units to cut numbers going to District General hospitals and to allow more hospitals to be CV 19 free? Cross infection is still an issue.6. Staffing. Why do they not do 5 above to cut numbers of staff away from work because they have CV 19 or may have been in contact with it?7. When will they cut through the barriers to the return of retired staff who are qualified to help them?

[debsdowner] 02/1/2021 16:17

Latest shocking corona data out 57,725 positive tests

445 deaths

2,434 admissions



Highest daily record yet

[debsdowner] 02/1/2021 11:51

Why have stock markets gone up this year (apart from the Footsie 100 0f course) ? :

"Some of the growth is down to the way we measure the performance of stock markets, and some might be down to some overenthusiasm, according to investors."

[debsdowner] 02/1/2021 11:35

BMSA

The share price was higher when I started this thread on the 31st May 19, check it if you don't believe me.

MARKS shares price has underperformed since the May 19 and also this year. I also envisaged 30% or so either way from the £ level its reached slightly higher but bear in mind the whole market overvalued on recovery.

Still too early imo in relation to a sustained recovery here with more lockdowns to come. We will have a better idea with trading figures the next weeks.

In fact with the company refusing to repay GOV rates relief its doesn't look too good short term, the other combined retailers including the big 4 have done.

[bmnsa] 01/1/2021 16:21

You have managed to call the M and S share price all wrong in its upwards movement, when all it has done is rise in the past few months.Call in black Diane to help.

[bmnsa] 01/1/2021 16:13

IF you believe it.

[debsdowner] 01/1/2021 16:12

Another 53,285 positive corona infections the last 24 hours and 2,434 admissions

[debsdowner] 01/1/2021 15:14

New variant covid pushing R rate up and more restrictions may be needed soon as hospitals get overwhelmed

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[debsdowner] 31/12/2020 16:47

Another shocking rise in corona positive tests of 55,892 which is a record and highest yet and deaths are rising now at just under a 1,000





I suspect there will be a complete lockdown soon all areas in tier 4 maybe a new tier 5.

[debsdowner] 31/12/2020 10:07

alan,

It is rather sad and New Year celebrations cancelled which will mean lost of food in Supermarkets left on the shelves and given to food charities which will be loss of profits.



MARKS share price bounced back over 30% the last few months but I think the bounce could have been premature both for MARKS and the wider market.

You normally get a Christmas bounce bounce as institutions may buy to make their portfolios look good but then a fall after the New Year.

But profit taking looks on the agenda today. Private investors would do well to sell now the markets may fall badly after New Year.

In the meanwhile the Bangladesh manufacturers have seen cancelled orders and MARKS on the list.

[alan@bj] 31/12/2020 09:56

I'm not surprised, debs. I just think it's a bit sad.

[debsdowner] 31/12/2020 09:29

More food indigestion as shares fall today with more in lockdown



Retail, and hospitality will be battered for months and until at least till Spring.

[dkit666] 30/12/2020 22:02

Not shocking given this is the affect of xmas shopping. It will be worse in the short term with the impact from xmas, before it gets better.

[xxxxxy] 30/12/2020 16:14

Lost Britain: 'High street closures put the fabric of our collective life in jeopardy'As new figures reveal the damage suffered by independent retailers, Mary Portas argues we all have a duty to protect a national institutionByMary Portas30 December 2020 • 6:00am... Daily Telegraph

[debsdowner] 30/12/2020 16:12

Over 50,000 positive deaths the last 24 hours and shocking rise in deaths

[debsdowner] 30/12/2020 15:08

Breaking news

14:56
BREAKING BBC

"Lancashire to move to tier 4, council leaders told
Lancashire’s council leaders have been told the county will move into tier four from midnight tonight.

We're due to hear an update from the health secretary in the Commons shortly about England's Covid tiers."

SKY news more areas go into tier 4

[zztop] 30/12/2020 09:41

Only 300 asymptomatic cases in the study of nearly 10 million were discovered, and none of those tested positive for COVID-19.ANALYSISWUHAN, China, December 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A study of almost 10 million people in Wuhan, China, found that asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 did not occur at all, thus undermining the need for lockdowns, which are built on the premise of the virus being unwittingly spread by infectious, asymptomatic people.

[debsdowner] 30/12/2020 08:49

Nationwide says house prices have risen 7.5% in 2020



This will encourage the public to spend more of their money on their home and not on themselves by going on holiday and buying clothes.

[qantas] 30/12/2020 08:29

Good morning DEBSDOWNER and Robot great news.



Please do your own research as always.

[qantas] 30/12/2020 07:33

Xy cromo that is good news

[xxxxxy] 30/12/2020 07:17

Oxford vaccine approved.hTtps://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/dec/30/oxford-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-approved-by-uk-regulator

[xxxxxy] 29/12/2020 21:43

Analysts at UBS (UBS) have made a bullish prediction for UK stock market and sterling pound in 2021 following Brexit deal. The bank said in a note on Tuesday that the outlook for UK equities has never been brighter."The UK is one of our favoured global equity markets, particularly from an unhedged perspective as we suspect a large proportion of the return for international investors will come from the strengthening currency – our FX strategists target GBP/USD 1.44 by end-2021," said Nick Nelson, head of European equity strategy at UBS, in a research note."Including the 3.9% dividend yield, this would point to a 21% total USD return from the current level of the FTSE 100 (^FTSE)."The outlook would have been much far worse in a no-deal scenario, said UBS, "we would have had a far weaker GBP, and in USD terms, UK equities would not be a favoured market."USB created an Evidence Lab's Deep Theme Explorer to gauge sentiment around Brexit and track the major sectors and stocks that have been the most exposed over the last few years.READ MORE: Nearly '80% of UK adults' will carry debt into 2021Through this research, it found an upside to UK equities, with a positive correlation to net Brexit sentiment, particularly to those with more exposure to domestic cyclical shocks, such as Barratt (BDEV.L), Bellway (BWY.L), and Lloyds (LLOY.L). On the flip side, those with international exposure, such as Glaxosmithkline (GSK.L), Unilever (ULVR.L) and Reckitt Benckiser (RB.L) outperformed when there was negative sentiment.... Yahoo Finance