A wee ray of sunshine frae Scotland (cont'd)

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Eight Aberdeen players self-isolating amid coronavirus lockdown

Eight Aberdeen players are self-isolating and will miss three Scottish Premiership matches after two squad members tested positive for Covid-19.

One of the initial cases was confirmed by a follow-up NHS test and the other player is awaiting further results.

Both are asymptomatic but are self-isolating, along with six players who were "in close proximity".

All eight men were in an Aberdeen bar - linked to the city's Covid-19 spike - on Saturday after the loss to Rangers.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53682640

So let's see. These guys get their asses handed to them at home by their perpetual nemesis and decide to go and drown their sorrows at a bar that already has the dubious distinction of hosting the current Aberdeen cluster. To paraphrase Rick Blaine, "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, ..."

I can definitely see why Scotland's First Minister is teed aff!

Aberdeen coronavirus outbreak: Number of cases rises to 79

"Anyone who had visited any of the premises linked to the outbreak should be "extra vigilant for symptoms" - even if they had not been contacted by specialist tracers.

The venues are:
Bieldside Inn, Bobbin, Brewdog (Castlegate), Buckie Farm Carvery, Café Andaluz, Café Dag, Café Drummond, The Cock & Bull, College Bar, The Dutch Mill, Dyce Carvery, East End Social Club, Ferryhill House Hotel, Hawthorn/Adam Lounge, The Howff, The Justice Mill, The Marine Hotel, McGinty's, McNasty's, Malmaison, Moonfish Café, No.10 Bar, O'Donoghues, Old Bank Bar, Prohibition, Soul, Spider's Web, The Draft Project.

The list also includes Aboyne, Deeside and Hazelhead golf clubs, and the Banks O'Dee Football Club."

Note that the Aboyne golf club (with one suspected case) is over 30 miles outside Aberdeen city.

Luckily, I drink at O'Neill's on Back Wynd.

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The First Minister announces that the first administration of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine will be next Tuesday, 8th December.