Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion
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Hookah and such
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Shisha.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Apart from gyms, hairdressers, pools and many many shops...
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
Fuck.
The nightmare superbug coronavirus that can infect before 10pm and is resistant to substantial meals?!?!
maomao
普費斯
Claiming fresh danger also works as an excuse for not taking things more seriously sooner.
philosophical
Well-Known Member
New variant.
I assume we're all fecked now.
I assume we're all fecked now.
elbows
Well-Known Member
Not yet. If I were making decisions it would, and there is I suppose still a chance the government will panic and go further, but thats not what todays announcements were about.
Yeah its my birthday tomorrow and I have contacts and influence. Its like when Johnson delayed lockdown 1 for a week so his girlfriend could host a baby shower.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Worthing was still a tiny island of light green, under 50 cases per 100k, as of the 8/12/20 sample date currently on the government's website map.
I had to screen grab this, because that will change as it's updated over coming days, as of yesterday's daily figures, we have seen a 176.7% increase in 7-days.
I had to screen grab this, because that will change as it's updated over coming days, as of yesterday's daily figures, we have seen a 176.7% increase in 7-days.
elbows
Well-Known Member
So far the main consequence of the Hancock new variant claims is that hashtags like Covid-20 started trending on twitter.
There are variants popping up all the time, its what properties if any change that matter, and most changes will not be deemed worthy of giving the disease or the virus a new name. The virus will still be SARS-CoV-2 and I cant think of many reasons why the disease name would change from Covid-19.
There are variants popping up all the time, its what properties if any change that matter, and most changes will not be deemed worthy of giving the disease or the virus a new name. The virus will still be SARS-CoV-2 and I cant think of many reasons why the disease name would change from Covid-19.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
"Nothing to do with with us obviously."
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cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Things are getting a lot worst in Wales. 
www.expressandstar.com
Hospitals in Wales ‘nearly full’ due to Covid-19, NHS director says
One intensive care consultant called for Wales to go into immediate lockdown to help deal with a surge in patients
elbows
Well-Known Member
Its a tragedy how badly the Welsh administration messed things up in recent months.
For a firebreak-based policy to stand any chance of working the first firebreak needs to be done nice and early, and then you need more than feeble mesures to come in when it ends, and then you need to be ready to do further short firebreakers at the correct time. Even then I dont know how well it would have worked, maybe if timed correctly even short firebreakers could work for managing an autumn situation and beginning winter without terribly high levels of community infection. Even then once winter has been around a while it is probably necessary to switch to a different policy, because otherwise so many firebreaks would probably be needed that the absurdity of switching things on and off every couple of weeks would probably be too great, and a single longer lockdown more appropriate.
For a firebreak-based policy to stand any chance of working the first firebreak needs to be done nice and early, and then you need more than feeble mesures to come in when it ends, and then you need to be ready to do further short firebreakers at the correct time. Even then I dont know how well it would have worked, maybe if timed correctly even short firebreakers could work for managing an autumn situation and beginning winter without terribly high levels of community infection. Even then once winter has been around a while it is probably necessary to switch to a different policy, because otherwise so many firebreaks would probably be needed that the absurdity of switching things on and off every couple of weeks would probably be too great, and a single longer lockdown more appropriate.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
I went to my (Welsh) GP surgery this morning for a blood test. Got chatting to the nurse. She told me two things.
1) Take up of this year's flu vaccine is at an all time low. They don't know exactly why but think it is obviously something to do with the new Covid vaccine and Covid itself. They are genuinely mystified and concerned by this.
2) When I asked her if they were going to be giving the new Covid vaccine she told me they don't know. Her words - it's a logistical nightmare. Doesn't see how they can administer it with all that is involved - both the bookings logistics and the giving of it and keeping each patient waiting around afterwards to monitor adverse reactions in a small surgery that is the only one around in an eight mile radius.
1) Take up of this year's flu vaccine is at an all time low. They don't know exactly why but think it is obviously something to do with the new Covid vaccine and Covid itself. They are genuinely mystified and concerned by this.
2) When I asked her if they were going to be giving the new Covid vaccine she told me they don't know. Her words - it's a logistical nightmare. Doesn't see how they can administer it with all that is involved - both the bookings logistics and the giving of it and keeping each patient waiting around afterwards to monitor adverse reactions in a small surgery that is the only one around in an eight mile radius.
miss direct
misfungled
Welcome to tier 3, friends. It's been months here. I vaguely remember going out for breakfast several months ago.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
A new variant could be a cause for concern, apparently quite a few cases of it in the south.
Porton Down are apparently looking into it.
Could be a ploy to scare people into better behaviour in the weeks ahead.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Those recent months stretch back quite a way and take in the education fiasco as well as general Covid management.
I am convinced, because I know how Welsh Labour work, as well as Welsh nationalism generally, that the firebreak was purely a political move, a desire to be seen to be doing something that England wasn't.
I don't think they have a clue. As I repeatedly refer back, take some time to read the back to school guidance for September. The guidance that totally trashed facemasks, going so far as to tell us (staff) that if we turned up to school in a mask we were to remove them before entering through the school gates.
They are a travesty of an authority.
I haven't gone to get my flu jab, mostly because I assumed it would be oversubscribed...
elbows
Well-Known Member
I've dug out the overall Wales stats for this.
2019/20 season:
from http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/Documents/457/Seasonal influenza in Wales 201920_v1.pdf
2020/21 season as of the start of December:
from http://www2.nphs.wales.nhs.uk:8080/CommunitySurveillanceDocs.nsf/($All)/9F9C36692470D7468025863A00621F2A/$File/PHW Influenza Surveillance Report for 2020 week 49.pdf
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
I saw Covid-20 referred to a couple of months ago by a conspiracy theorist who said it was going to be a laboratory created version
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Not the picture that was painted this morning in my Welsh town which has a bigger than average cohort of over 65s. Her other words? "We are desperate to get people in. They aren't coming in."
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
The ridiculous easing of the rules over xmas is going to totally fuck us, isn't it?
BBC covering it tooThings are getting a lot worst in Wales.
Hospitals in Wales ‘nearly full’ due to Covid-19, NHS director says
One intensive care consultant called for Wales to go into immediate lockdown to help deal with a surge in patients
Covid: Christmas coronavirus rules easing 'makes no sense'
Front-line staff warn relaxing rules for the festive period is not a "luxury" the NHS can afford.
www.bbc.co.uk
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