Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion

[bimble]

If correct, this looks like a lot of tinkering, to be revised again in no time.

 

[xenon]

I don't understand what this means. (Literally; not having a go.)

Anyone got a link that expands on it?

I didn't either TBH Guessed it maybe takes 10 days for the first dose to have any appreciable effect. For enough antibodies to develop.

Link would be good. I'll give that Life Scientific podcast a go.

 

[lazythursday]

Re the schools discussion - this seems very relevant. New study from the US that shows that opening schools doesn't make a lot of difference when Covid rates are low/medium, but does affect spread when rates are high.

 

[belboid]

The professor on the news was explaining that if you take out the first ten days where nobody is protected it changes right up to 91%.

the woman on the lunchtime news was far less optimistic. She reckons the second dose significantly increases how long the vaccine would be effective for. It might be okay, but there just isn't the data to support that conclusion as that isn't how the trial was done. And testing it thoroughly now would take longer than giving out two doses.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Creepy Handcock another cunt who can't get to an appointment on time

 

[Steel Icarus]

You're late you broken robot

 

[elbows]

The new strain ate my homework.

 

[Steel Icarus]

What a load of old shit

 

[Steel Icarus]

Why not Tier 4 everywhere? It's screamingly fucking obvious this new strain will be everywhere

 

[elbows]

Bristol back to tier 3.

 

[Steel Icarus]

"It's vital the sooner we act the better...so from midnight on Boxing Day..."

mate

 

[elbows]

Oh we've got some South Africa strain imports too.

 

[quimcunx]

'Better to act sooner'. You dont fucking say.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Whoa shit. South African strain sounds bad

 

[maomao]

Better to act sooner'.

February would have been good.

 

[cupid_stunt]

West Sussex into tier 4, thank fuck for that.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Can't wait for Jenny Harries to tell us all these new strains can't spread in schools

 

[Mr.Bishie]

West Sussex into tier 4, thank fuck for that.

All of Sussex innit?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

In about a weeks time not putting everyone into tier 4 immediately is going to look rather fucking stupid.

 

[cupid_stunt]

All of Sussex innit?

Yep, the remaining bits of East Sussex, Brighton & Hove City, plus West Sussex, and neighbouring Hampshire too.

 

[Steel Icarus]

In about a weeks time not putting everyone into tier 4 immediately is going to look rather fucking stupid.

It'll be out fault

 

[Spandex]

In about a weeks time not putting everyone into tier 4 immediately is going to look rather fucking stupid.

Looks fucking stupid now.

 

[LDC]

Whoa shit. South African strain sounds bad

Yeah he didn't say anything in detail about it did he?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Looks fucking stupid now.

Well, there is that, yeah

 

[elbows]

In about a weeks time not putting everyone into tier 4 immediately is going to look rather fucking stupid.

Not sure, if might take longer than that. For all the focus on increased Christmas mixing, there is a lot of reduced contact at this time of year too, for example because of school holidays. There may also be more lag in some data over this period. So it might take longer for more bad signs to show up in some regions on top of the bad picture they already have. Maybe, it depends in part on how far behind current reality the picture we are given of these other places is right now.

 

[bimble]

what is their reason for not tier 4 whole stupid island? Economic?

 

[Steel Icarus]

Yeah he didn't say anything in detail about it did he?

No, but it's obvious it's shitting people up

 

[2hats]

 

[elbows]

They dont like acting until the curves get very steep indeed.

 

[brogdale]

Whoa shit. South African strain sounds bad

Don't tell Macron we've got that as well, he'll shut up shop again.