Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion

[elbows]

Meanwhile all is not well on the Freedom Tossers Stock Exchange:

The FTSE 100 index has fallen on renewed concern over the third wave of coronavirus surging across the UK.

Overall the FTSE 100 is down 2.3%, with ITV down 6% - with analysts pointing to concerns that a big wave of infection could hit advertisers’ confidence to spend money on TV advertising.

Travel shares are also lower, with British Airways owner IAG down 5.5%.

The plane engine manufacturer Rolls Royce is down 5.5%.

Companies with exposure to the travel sector are also hit, with EasyJet down 6.8% and Tui down 4.4%.

The wider FTSE 250 is down by 2%.

From the 15:45 entry of the BBC live updates page https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-57864699

 

[Smangus]

Fuck business , or something

 

[kabbes]

Is not just the U.K. This is the day the whole world decided to get scared again. Tomorrow, who knows?

 

[elbows]

Over 1 million people in the UK have been reported as testing positive between step 3 (May 17th) and step 4!

To be completely fair to this point perhaps I should have waited till the same could be said for England alone. That moment is pretty close too.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I've just got back from Morrisons and estimate it's gone from 90% mask wearing to maybe 75-80%. People of all ages wearing masks.
Same at school drop off - majority of parents wearing masks outside the gates.

Interesting as I was one of the few wearing masks at school. I'd say only about 15% were still wearing them at school pick up.

Also none of the teaching staff that i saw were wearing them however I'm not sure if they were when in the school buildings.

 

[Orang Utan]

anecdata: i just went to a big Sainsbury’s and a Majestic Wines - most people instore and all the cabbies I used were masked up. the three cabbies i spoke to were all insisting their customers wore masks and none had any pushback on this today so far.

 

[wtfftw]

I went to nursery pick up which had same amount of mask wearing and Iceland where everyone had noses out or chin warmers.

 

[elbows]

Todays press conference featured threats to nightclubs, some attempts to copy Macrons stick to get more younger adults vaccinated, some talk of when the peak may be, and JVTs superspreading shed.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

The smallish Sainsbury's near me was basically exactly the same as normal, apart from them having removed the barrier outside. One person unmasked, a dozen or so others masked.

 

[elbows]

And for the surreal bit of todays press conference, we had Vallance listing reasons why the high level of infections is bad. It was a bit Spanish inquisition since he ended up having more reasons than he originally counted.

 

[souljacker]

Bit confused by this superspreader event:


surely they must have been breaking the law by having all of those people in before midnight?

They opened at exactly midnight. Everyone was sat outside having drinks beforehand.

 

[souljacker]

Meanwhile all is not well on the Freedom Tossers Stock Exchange:



From the 15:45 entry of the BBC live updates page https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-57864699

 

[xenon]

Over 1 million people in the UK have been reported as testing positive between step 3 (March 17th) and step 4!

To be completely fair to this point perhaps I should have waited till the same could be said for England alone. That moment is pretty close too.

May 17. when indoor hospitality reopened.

 

[elbows]

Oops yes I said March instead of May due to heat-frazzled brain! I have edited my post to fix that, thanks for pointing it out. For the actual maths behind my claim, I did use May 17th.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

The US CDC has advised Americans not to come here. I mean, it's reasonable.

 

[cupid_stunt]

So, 60% of hospital admissions are people double jabbed, according to Vallance.

It would be nice to see stats on ages, other conditions, etc.

 

[BillRiver]

The US CDC has advised Americans not to come here. I mean, it's reasonable.

And it makes hanging out in the "royal parks" of Central London so very much nicer for me...

 

[cupid_stunt]

I am bloody sure that vaccination passports will not be introduced for nightclubs, it's just hot-air to scare younger people into getting the jab.

 

[The39thStep]

Is not just the U.K. This is the day the whole world decided to get scared again. Tomorrow, who knows?

Tourist industry over here waiting for British tourists to arrive tbh

 

[elbows]

I am bloody sure that vaccination passports will not be introduced for nightclubs, it's just hot-air to scare younger people into getting the jab.

Only time will tell, its a threat for sure, an imitation of Macrons stick without actually using the stick yet. I would not be confident either way about whether it is merely an empty threat.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Only time will tell, its a threat for sure, an imitation of Macrons stick without actually using the stick yet. I would not be confident either way about whether it is merely an empty threat.

Well both Lab & the LibDems (remember them?) have already come out against it, mix in a large Tory revolt, and there's not a chance in hell of it happening.

 

[elbows]

All the same, 'not a chance' is not a concept I tend to deploy in this pandemic.

 

[magneze]

Todays press conference featured threats to nightclubs, some attempts to copy Macrons stick to get more younger adults vaccinated, some talk of when the peak may be, and JVTs superspreading shed.

It's a joke:

Hours after clubs were allowed to reopen for the first time in 16 months, Boris Johnson said he was concerned about “the continuing risk posed by nightclubs” and that from the end of September entry was set to be barred for those who are not fully vaccinated.

Covid vaccine certificates to be compulsory for crowded venues in England

Ministers hope move for venues such as nightclubs will boost vaccine uptake among young people

www.theguardian.com

Fucking unbelievable. End of September. Dickheads.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

For a government whose only real interest is in extremely short term PR, guessing that people will forget everything in a few days, they are pretty fucking bad at it.

 

[Artaxerxes]

It boggles the mind this... If they are infected surely the worst possible place they could go to is a hospital.

Don’t worry, most medical staff have had the app turned off for the last year as otherwise the nhs wouldn’t have had any staff

 

[weltweit]

So apparently the plan is that people who have been double vaccinated will not be required to isolate if they have been in contact with an infected person but rather will need to do daily tests.

Perhaps I have been on another planet, but double vaccinated people can still become infected and can still transmit the virus to others. So why are they not being asked to isolate like anyone else who comes into contact with an infected person?

 

[elbows]

So apparently the plan is that people who have been double vaccinated will not be required to isolate if they have been in contact with an infected person but rather will need to do daily tests.

Perhaps I have been on another planet, but double vaccinated people can still become infected and can still transmit the virus to others. So why are they not being asked to isolate like anyone else who comes into contact with an infected person?

Because of staffing pressures.

 

[Orang Utan]

They opened at exactly midnight. Everyone was sat outside having drinks beforehand.

so what was the countdown for?

 

[two sheds]

Why September for clubs though? When presumably any widespread infections have already been transmitted. I just don't see the logic.

 

[magneze]

so what was the countdown for?

Twats