RE: Yield curve2 Jul 2023 17:47
Sorry to butt in on your conversation about the UK government's COVID measures and jabs, but I am a Centamin holder making his first foray into the LSE Share Chat and thought I'd chip in with my own experience. I'm from London, mid fifties, as is my good friend in Florida. I live in Asia, so I only read about the UK's handling of the pandemic. It was clearly very strict and long, causing much suffering, but was it overblown? Where I am, the lockdowns led to lines of people 100's of yards long along the roadsides, queuing for food handouts. Countless business died. Women slept in doorways with their infant children. It was dreadful and people still have not regained their former lifestyles. The business mood is still black. I contracted COVID before I could benefit from the AZ vaccine the UK sent over. It was 14 lonely days of hell. When I recovered I got two jabs. The first was fine but the second caused a 48 hour fever. Nothing extreme though. I did not notice any enduring weariness either, thankfully. My American friend and his Congressman-candidate brother wouldn't wear masks or get jabs on point of principle. My friend caught the bug and was slayed for three weeks at home. He got the jab immediately he recovered sufficiently. His brother also caught it and ended up on life support for 4 weeks, before being released. He died at home 2 weeks later, his body was so damaged. I suppose my summation is that COVID is not to be underestimated. It's so novel and, being lab-made, unpredictable. I think I will contact the hospital for a third shot, as I may not be so fortunate next time.
Centamin? Who the heck knows? Gold is a political football, same as oil. The usual rules don't apply.
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