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Did anyone watch it on Saturday ?
Very emotional and brilliantly done - think it will get an award.

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COVID-19 vaccination scam alert

Some people are receiving fraudulent calls and text messages offering the COVID-19

vaccination. In some cases, people are asked to press a number on their keypad or to send a

text message to confirm they wish to receive the vaccine. Doing so is likely to result in a

charge being applied to their phone bill.

In other cases, callers are offering the vaccine for a fee or asking for bank details.

Like other scams, the same rules apply;

 Don’t click on links or attachments in unexpected texts, emails or instant messages.

 Challenge every request for your personal details.

 It doesn’t matter what they say or what they know about you, don’t respond to

unexpected phone calls, hang up, take five then verify their claims via a trusted

method. (such as the usual website or official phone number)

The vaccine is only available from the NHS and the NHS will contact you when it is your turn.

At present, appointments are only being offered to members of the public over 80 years old.

The NHS will:

 NEVER ask you to press a button on your keypad or send a text asking you to confirm

you want the vaccine.

 NEVER ask for payment for the vaccine or for your bank details.

If you believe you have been the victim of fraud or identity theft, you should report this

directly to Action Fraud either online; https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/ or via phone

0300 123 2040

Where the victim is vulnerable, report it to the MPS online or by calling 101.

Link to an example of the scam text message on behalf of which.co.uk

https://conversation.which.co.uk/scams/scam-nhs-covid-vaccine-text-message/

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1378858/HS2-boris-johnson-esther-mcvey-uk-broadband

Scotland has already announced a lockdown until the end of January. Boris is making a speech at 8pm. Are we going to be locked down tomorrow?

From FB

Jesus was definitely NOT born on 25 December.

An extract of one of the many web links on this controversial matter gives -

Jesus was NOT born on 25 December.

The approximate month of Jesus’s birth is estimated to be around the time of Tishri (mid to late September). To arrive at this date, start at the conception of John the Baptist, Sivan (June), count forward six months to arrive at Gabriel’s announcement of the conception of Jesus, Kislev (December), then count forward nine more months, the time it takes for human gestation, to reach Tishri (September), when Jesus was born in or around 2 BC.

The date and time of Jesus's birth is unknown and the Bible was written 50 + years after his death.
Absolutely nothing is factual, simply hearsay and circumstantial.

Comments are welcome.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/01/the-litter-was-a-shock-2020-covid-rush-on-uk-national-parks

Parakeets face massive cull as Government considers shooting 'grey squirrels of the sky' that are Britain's fastest-spreading bird species.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9104197/Parakeets-face-massive-cull-Government-considers-shooting-grey-squirrels-sky.html?ito=facebook_share_article-facebook_preferred-top&fbclid=IwAR2DKNxiDYE8c_va8-fUH31gcKwVoOdmFOImNH4mb7_AeQgxxYOj64P7w3E

One of my favourite songs which seems especially appropriate given everything that's been going on in recent months.
https://youtu.be/xCsBU3Z-6mg

You have been warned

I just signed the petition "Save our local pharmacies" and wanted to ask if you could add your name too.


https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-our-local-pharmacies-2?bucket=email-blast-22_12_2020_pharmacy-funding-nhs-seg&share=b909ce4d-47bd-4287-b823-97dd5f2d5009&source=&utm_campaign=22_12_2020_pharmacy-funding-nhs-seg&utm_source=

A friend of mine sent me a video, supposedly of an American nurse who claimed that she had the covid 19 vaccination, felt fine afterwards but within 30 days she developed Bells Palsy, a paralysis on one side of the face. She begs people not to take the vaccination.

This video is fake.

30 days is a hell of a long time for side effects to take to appear. The first covid 19 vaccination in the USA took place on December 14th. 30 days from then would be mid January so unless she has a tardis she’s lying.

Also, just because two things happen one after the other it doesn't mean that the first one caused the second one.

According to Wikipedia Bells Palsy occurs in 1 to 4 per 10,000 people per year. About 1.5% of people are affected at some point in their lives. It's also nearly always temporary - My dad had it years ago after riding in a car with the window open and one side of his his face got too cold.

If we assume a middle number of 2 people per 10,000 per year, thats 1 person per 5000 people will get it in a given year. Assuming that the cases are evenly distributed throughout the year, then you'd expect 1/12th of these people to get Bells Palsey or one person in 60,000 to get it in a given month.

The USA has vaccinated about 2.8 million people so far, so if 1 in 60,000 of those people develop Bells Palsey, then that’s 46 cases just by pure chance per month. In the half a month since they started vaccination that’s 23 cases.

The video is FAKE! I suspect that anti vaxers persuaded someone with Bells Palsy to record it.

If someone sends you the video please don't pass it on.
Tony

BBC 2 on now
I watch/listen every year

Happier New Year everyone: https://bit.ly/3o6PQgP













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Personal, local, national, international, serious, funny...please let's hear from SLoopers.

The Predictions Committee will be awarding points out of ten for entries, and can predict with 100% accuracy that points do not mean prizes!

Clive - please explain why my post was removed as 'spam' just because I shared it from another group - that's what the share option is for.

Is this fake or real?
Email received - PayPal’s preparation to manage some necessary changes arising from the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union.

Please click here to view an updated copy of the intended changes.

Did anyone see this ? - I looked out in 3 directions but couldn't see the moon - must have been directly overhead.

Happy New Year !


https://youtu.be/vS2lWkn4g9g

I've just received a message via ScoopLoop
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Happy new week my dear and with the compliment of the season i wish you all the very best,i like your profile and i will like us to have something in common,contact me direct at my private address at variantchappelz@hotmail.com for our mutual communication, thanks.

Variant
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Obviously another scam

Hi
I've just received another scam email, this one from support@headscrests.org.uk.
The email is titled ___Your-Subscription is due for_Renewal !!!
It says that my McAfee antivirus protection has expired with buttons to download the latest version of McAfee (presumably full of trojans, viruses and who knows what else ) and renew your subscription.
The renew button has the link
http://review-checking.creaselay.com/1769647eh3194641sk482318129NB14413TG36lkr103833JW.
It's very obviously a scam.
I don't even have McAfee installed on my computer.
Beware and stay safe.
Cheers
Tony

Woke up this morning, sat having a cuppa and suddenly could not leave the decorations up any longer, so I took them all down and had a cleaning spree. Usually I get sad taking down the tree but this year I just had enough. Plus I love how tidy everything looks!
Is it just me feeling this way or do more of you guys just want Christmas season done?

A drug to improve brain function for over 85s is available now in supermarkets and elsewhere: http://bit.ly/2WRJbvd

Now that Scooploop has gone international, members are receiving scam private messages from overseas. I see/hear that these are being reported by members in various groups, but if you are not a member of a group where it is being reported, you will be unaware of what is happening, until, perhaps you receive one. I am sending this to the groups I belong to, and have made a sticky post (one that stays at the top) in the Scams group: http://bit.ly/3rAX5Qc, in which you can post anything that you have received. You should, of course, report the personal message to Scooploop.

I have just received a message on Scooploop from someone called Vid asking for money. Has anyone else received the same one, and is it possible to reproduce it as a post to be used as a warning to other site users.

Did you make a resolution last year?
Did you keep that resolution?

Unbelievably I received this pm xmas afternoon, How do these people get in?

Bit long but fun for today !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZLP74uiiwE&ab_channel=SuperTorio

or
https://youtu.be/ZZLP74uiiwE

Enjoy !

Who cares that they finally seem to have sorted out Brexit .......what I want to know is where is Santa ?!! and how is he going to be able to deliver all those presents wearing that red with white fur trimmings NBC suit ?!!!!!!

https://www.noradsanta.org/

Edward, Pip and me wish you all a peaceful and healthy Christmas and that the new year will show us a way back from what has been an unbelievably horrid time for us all.
Stay safe my friends. x

Areas moving to tier four are: Sussex, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, with the exception of the New Forest, and the parts of Essex and Surrey not already in the toughest restrictions.

hi

https://youtu.be/-bYfXHWldGU



Enjoy !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9do5DWA_hnI

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With only a couple of days to go, HMG are considering changing the rules again.
Is everyone fed up with all the chopping and changing and will anyone take any notice?
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-government-wont-hesitate-to-change-christmas-rules-if-needed-says-minister-12170923

If you believe this tosh that if you are attracted to a particular type of person it means you are racist against everyone else.
https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/22/what-is-racial-fetishisation-and-why-is-it-a-form-of-racism-13762955/

Anyone buying flour, dried pasta, baby wipes and anti-bacterial wipes can only buy up to three at a time.

These limits have actually been in place for several months so you might already know about them.

This week, the supermarket giant has also limited customers to one toilet roll packet, and up to three packs of eggs, rice, soap or handwash.

In the UK we are the very lucky ones.
Whatever our views we can express them on SL and anywhere else.

Tonight, over Christmas and unknown time to come, millions of people are imprisoned and tortured, or live under that daily threat.

Prayer and protest helps, and the Amnesty International website is worth a visit - as is the democratic country listing
http://statisticstimes.com/ranking/democracy-index.php

Counting blessings.

Very best wishes to all SLs for Xmas, and a much Happier New Year.

Hello, I've started a new cooking group and everyone is invited to join. I won't be posting anything too fancy, so don't be scared to join and post whatever you like to cook or bake (or fry or roast...). I wrote my first post about pizza so there you go ;)

https://www.scooploop.com/groups/whats-cooking

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I finally know someone who has Covid. Neighbours about 10 doors down. Husband is in hospital with Covid, his wife came out of the house today as I was walking by to tell me. She is waiting for her test result.
I was going to get my flu vaccine.

Judging by the traffic and people out and about, very few people are bothered that we're supposed to be in Tier 4. Cars are going through our road more often than jets land at Heathrow (normally!).

https://youtu.be/5JAW_7BAs-g

i always spend Christmas alone, which is okay but now Asda has let me down with my delivery ..
No turkey
No trifle and no Tia Maria

How worried should we be? Lots of if's, but's and maybe's
Interesting article from the BBC heath page
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55388846

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Today’s update