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Just got the same text.yep, a few minutes ago. from lambeth.gov. up 126% in 7 days. get tested if you have symptoms.
Don’t think I’ve received any previous texts from the gov about covid at all, have you?
Just got the same text.yep, a few minutes ago. from lambeth.gov. up 126% in 7 days. get tested if you have symptoms.
NoJust got the same text.
Don’t think I’ve received any previous texts from the gov about covid at all, have you?
The only one I got was the one back in March telling me to "lockdown" - that was the national alert. [for which the gov't had to make special arrangements with the mobile phone companies / networks] ... nothing since then, not even from the local council. Excluding the local health centre telling me to book a 'flu jab - that was back in September.Just got the same text.
Don’t think I’ve received any previous texts from the gov about covid at all, have you?
Got the Lambeth one too, I wonder if this is in breach of GDPR?The only one I got was the one back in March telling me to "lockdown" - that was the national alert. [for which the gov't had to make special arrangements with the mobile phone companies / networks] ... nothing since then, not even from the local council. Excluding the local health centre telling me to book a 'flu jab - that was back in September.
Scotland.
On 11 September 2020 the data were updated to exclude people (in larger NHS Boards) who had previously tested positive for COVID-19 but remain in hospital for another reason.
The health secretary, Matt Hancock, expressed concerns earlier this week about the new strain as he announced that a large swathe of the south-east would be placed under the toughest, tier 3 restrictions.
It is understood that government scientists have subsequently presented new evidence to ministers about the behaviour of this variant. A government official said: “There are concerns that it is more transmissible than the existing strain – and that sense is hardening.”
An announcement could be made as soon as Saturday about how ministers plan to try to contain the new threat, with particular concerns about the risks of cross-UK travel in the run-up to Christmas.
Hancock added: “I must stress at this point that there is currently nothing to suggest that this variant is more likely to cause serious disease and the latest clinical advice is that it’s highly unlikely that this mutation would fail to respond to a vaccine.
“But it shows we’ve got to be vigilant and follow the rules and everyone needs to take personal responsibility not to spread this virus.”
Still convinced it's just a way to cover there arses.
Still convinced it's just a way to cover there arses.
Still convinced it's just a way to cover there arses.
It can after all be the case that there both is a new strain, and that they are using it as a way to cover their arses.
There's a new rapidly transmitting strain of the virus spreading across the south east. Should we:
a) Try to limit travel from this area to the rest of the country.
b) Give everyone 5 days to go where they want and meet in larger groups than are currently allowed.
It's hardly conspiracy to suggest that prominence is given to certain stories, sometimes beyond their actual importance, in order to spin the appearance of the government's management of the situation.Enough with the conspiracy nonsense, it's being reported in other countries, and all sorts of health bodies are looking into in
It's hardly conspiracy to suggest that prominence is given to certain stories, sometimes beyond their actual importance, in order to spin the appearance of the government's management of the situation.
Especially when we know the government has paid very serious attention to 'nudge theory' and behaviour shifting within the last decade.
So its reported we are plus 90% hospital beds full. Not much slack left especially in London.
Grim.Almost 18.5k covid cases in hospital, up 19% in the last 7 days, and just 3k short of the peak in April.
Thats certainly how it has been advertised, but honestly unless they wanted the population to lose all trust in the government its hard to see that they paid that much attention to behaviour shifting.
Covid has punched the government in the face and it doesn't know what it's doing. You also can't nudge with this stuff, you have to lead, there's no time to nudge.
Nudge was deeply embedded under Cameron, I'm not sure how it's fared under his successors though.
Covid has punched the government in the face and it doesn't know what it's doing. You also can't nudge with this stuff, you have to lead, there's no time to nudge.
Nudge was deeply embedded under Cameron, I'm not sure how it's fared under his successors though.