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Supine
Newt Member
Perfect for Michael Gove’s coke addled septum
2hats
Dust.
Going to need a longer swab.
Lioness at Belgian zoo tests positive for COVID-19
A lioness in a Belgian zoo has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and the members of her pride have gone into isolation in individual enclosures away from the public, the Pairi Daiza Park said.
www.reuters.com
2hats
Dust.
Going to need a longer needle.
www.reuters.com
Zoo in Chile tests experimental COVID vaccine on lions and tigers
At the Buin Zoo on the outskirts of Chilean capital Santiago, a veterinarian sporting a tiger-striped face mask administers an experimental COVID-19 vaccine to a tiger in a cage, as another zoo worker feeds the animal chunks of raw meat via a pair of long tongs.
www.reuters.com
spring-peeper
Well-Known Member
The States has surpassed 800,000 covid deaths.
www.ctvnews.ca
eta:
In my county, we have had 255 cases, three are active and no deaths.
U.S. leads world at 800K COVID-19 deaths. Here's how Canada ranks
The U.S. passed a grim milestone on Tuesday, with more than 800,000 COVID-19 related deaths now reported in the country. Canada, meanwhile has seen 30,022 fatalities linked to the virus, and sits behind several other countries when it comes to coronavirus deaths
- The United States with 800,343 deaths
- Brazil: 616,970 deaths
- India: 476,135 deaths
- Mexico: 296,721 deaths
- Russia: 286,023 deaths
- Peru: 201,848 deaths
- The United Kingdom: 147,085 deaths
- Indonesia: 143,960 deaths
- Italy: 135,049 deaths
- Iran: 130,831 deaths
eta:
In my county, we have had 255 cases, three are active and no deaths.
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Hollis
bloody furious
If anyone wants to find a reason to get out of Xmas then just go to the NHS Covid app, and put in any symptoms and it'll tell you to self-isolate for 10 days! I just put in one symptom - a high temperature - and it's told me to self-isolate.. I think I'll wait till i get the PRC result back..
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
Long live the PRC
Aladdin
Well-Known Member
Ireland news..pubs and restaurants etc to shut at 8pm from Monday.
The Cabinet has agreed to implement an 8pm closing time for hospitality and live events, as well as other indoor venues such as cinemas and theatres, to curb the spread of Covid-19 over the Christmas period.
The Cabinet has agreed to implement an 8pm closing time for hospitality and live events, as well as other indoor venues such as cinemas and theatres, to curb the spread of Covid-19 over the Christmas period.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Does this include New Year's Eve? Middle Q and Paddy are going to the Emerald Isle on the 27th to spend New Year with his family. In the Before Times she phoned us up at 2am on New Years Day 2019 to wish us a Happy New Year.
She was clearly blasted and from the sounds of drunken Irishmen in the background singing songs about fighting the English at some place called Carlow she wasn't the only one.
Perhaps we won't get woken up this year.
Aladdin
Well-Known Member
Restrictions are to 30th Jan as far as I can gather... review on the 11th Jan.
So... hmmm
..new years eve pubs will be closed at 8pm
They are allowing take aways and click collect though... not sure if that is for alcohol im pubs?
Numbers
an ting!
Good place Carlow, had many a good night there.
spring-peeper
Well-Known Member
Refugees lack Covid-19 shots because drugmakers fear lawsuits: Documents
Many vaccine manufacturers have required that countries indemnify them for any harmful side effects, the UN says. Read more at straitstimes.com.
elbows
Well-Known Member
This bit from the above article is in some ways totally arse-backwards:
Its actually immunity from natural infection and from vaccines that give variants which can bypass some of those protections an advantage which enables some of them to thrive and dominate once they have arrived on the scene by chance. Any factor that allows more infections to happen drives up the sheer number of mutations that will occur, and the unvaccinated have a role in that, but they are hardly the only factor.
Its actually immunity from natural infection and from vaccines that give variants which can bypass some of those protections an advantage which enables some of them to thrive and dominate once they have arrived on the scene by chance. Any factor that allows more infections to happen drives up the sheer number of mutations that will occur, and the unvaccinated have a role in that, but they are hardly the only factor.
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Denmark measures:
www.bloomberg.com
'Denmark’s government plans new coronavirus containment measures, including capacity restrictions for stores and restaurants, as the country crossed 11,000 daily confirmed cases for the first time during the pandemic. The minority cabinet proposed closing zoos, theme parks, theaters and cinemas to halt activity in society and break contamination chains, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told reporters in Copenhagen on Friday. It will also propose compensation for businesses affected by new restrictions, she said.
“This is not a lockdown of society as we saw last winter,” Frederiksen said. “But we need to immediately reduce activity in society.” She added 11,194 cases of infection had been confirmed on Friday, with the new omicron strain making up a fifth. Denmark, which has some of the highest numbers of omicron cases on record, has gradually been imposing more and more restrictions for more than a month to curb the spread of the new variant. Earlier this week, the country’s school children, which as a group have been driving the rise in contamination, were sent home for Christmas a week ahead of schedule.
Even though the new restrictions will likely reduce economic activity as consumers are wrapping up Christmas shopping and potentially for months to come, the economy will not be “fundamentally impacted,” the finance ministry said in an updated economic forecast earlier on Friday.'
Denmark Plans Stricter Covid Rules, No Lockdown, Premier Says
Denmark’s government plans new coronavirus containment measures, including capacity restrictions for stores and restaurants, as the country crossed 11,000 daily confirmed cases for the first time during the pandemic.
www.bloomberg.com
'Denmark’s government plans new coronavirus containment measures, including capacity restrictions for stores and restaurants, as the country crossed 11,000 daily confirmed cases for the first time during the pandemic. The minority cabinet proposed closing zoos, theme parks, theaters and cinemas to halt activity in society and break contamination chains, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told reporters in Copenhagen on Friday. It will also propose compensation for businesses affected by new restrictions, she said.
“This is not a lockdown of society as we saw last winter,” Frederiksen said. “But we need to immediately reduce activity in society.” She added 11,194 cases of infection had been confirmed on Friday, with the new omicron strain making up a fifth. Denmark, which has some of the highest numbers of omicron cases on record, has gradually been imposing more and more restrictions for more than a month to curb the spread of the new variant. Earlier this week, the country’s school children, which as a group have been driving the rise in contamination, were sent home for Christmas a week ahead of schedule.
Even though the new restrictions will likely reduce economic activity as consumers are wrapping up Christmas shopping and potentially for months to come, the economy will not be “fundamentally impacted,” the finance ministry said in an updated economic forecast earlier on Friday.'
spring-peeper
Well-Known Member
Quebec shutting down schools, bars, gyms as COVID-19 cases soar | Globalnews.ca
Cases of COVID-19 have been reaching record levels on a daily basis in Quebec, including more than 4,500 on Monday as the Omicron variant takes hold on the province.
globalnews.ca
Quebec is shutting down a number of industries, along with in-person learning at schools, over skyrocketing cases of COVID-19 and an increase in hospitalizations.
Health Minister Christian Dubé announced that bars, cinemas, concert halls, gyms and spas will be closed as of 5 p.m. on Monday.
Remote working, which was strongly recommended, is now being made mandatory.
Restaurants, which began operating at half capacity on Monday, can stay open between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m.
Sports performances, whether amateur of professional, will be held without spectators.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
It looks like Middle and Paddy won't be going to the Emerald Isle for New Year after all, O'Paddy Sr has apparently advised his son and future daughter-in-law to cancel it and get their money back off the ferry company whilst they still can.
Middle tells me that O'Paddy Sr reckons there are more stringent restrictions on the way in Ireland, As our woman on the ground as it were Sugar Kane have you heard rumours of that?
Middle tells me that O'Paddy Sr reckons there are more stringent restrictions on the way in Ireland, As our woman on the ground as it were Sugar Kane have you heard rumours of that?
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Spain really boosting their booster rollout. 
Netherlands can't be arsed.
Netherlands can't be arsed.
elbows
Well-Known Member
Sounds like they originally planned to stick to a 7 month gap between previous dose and booster, fuck knows what happened since then, apart from their timing already being too badly fucked up to use the boosters for heavy mitigation right now, so they've gone for lockdown instead.Spain really boosting their booster rollout.
Netherlands can't be arsed.
eg see this from earlier in December:
'All over-60s should have booster vaccines as soon as possible' - DutchNews.nl
The head of the Dutch acute care association, Ernst Kuipers, has urged the government to speed up the vaccine booster campaign to reduce the impact of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. Kuipers said everyone over 60 should be offered a third dose as soon as possible, rather than wait until...
www.dutchnews.nl
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
New restrictions , well a tinkering , announced in Portugal . 87% are fully vaccinated and the booster is now reaching the under 60s . However Portugal has lots of emigrants returning to Portugal for the festive season and omicron is a real threat.
Masks inside cafes , on public transport and shops have been compulsory all year so the new measures are :
From midnight Saturday, working from home will be mandatory and discotheques and bars will be closed. The measures will be in effect at least through Jan. 9.
A negative test result must be shown to enter cinemas, theaters, sports events, weddings and baptisms during that period.
For Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, as well as New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, a negative test result will be required to enter restaurants and year-end public celebrations.
And on New Year’s Eve, no more than 10 people can gather in the street, and drinking alcohol outdoors will be prohibited
Masks inside cafes , on public transport and shops have been compulsory all year so the new measures are :
From midnight Saturday, working from home will be mandatory and discotheques and bars will be closed. The measures will be in effect at least through Jan. 9.
A negative test result must be shown to enter cinemas, theaters, sports events, weddings and baptisms during that period.
For Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, as well as New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, a negative test result will be required to enter restaurants and year-end public celebrations.
And on New Year’s Eve, no more than 10 people can gather in the street, and drinking alcohol outdoors will be prohibited
So far so good 
Incredible graphs showing the absolute triumph of the vaccine. Brilliant stuff 
(Appreciate that given the incubation lag might be a little early, end of next week if the hospitalisation and death graphs still looking reasonably flat, what a great result).
Also feel the Gov have judged this wave pretty much bang on with the balance between living, livelihoods and civil liberties and protection against infectious disease. We’ll see what emerges over next few weeks mind.
Incredible graphs showing the absolute triumph of the vaccine. Brilliant stuff (Appreciate that given the incubation lag might be a little early, end of next week if the hospitalisation and death graphs still looking reasonably flat, what a great result).
Also feel the Gov have judged this wave pretty much bang on with the balance between living, livelihoods and civil liberties and protection against infectious disease. We’ll see what emerges over next few weeks mind.
Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
I can't actually tell what's sarcasm or not anymore. All I would say is look at what sage, indy sage, a whole boatload of academics and NHS managers and staff are predicting. It's more or less universal that if we continue with plan B it's going to be a shit show for hospitalisations. The lag you talk about will really start to show up in early January.So far so good
(Appreciate that given the incubation lag might be a little early, end of next week if the hospitalisation and death graphs still looking reasonably flat, what a great result).
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Also feel the Gov have judged this wave pretty much bang on with the balance between living, livelihoods and civil liberties and protection against infectious disease. We’ll see what emerges over next few weeks mind.
Yes maybe
Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
I, of course, hope what you say is right but my optomism wears thin. My main concern is that the NHS is going to be a smoking ruin after this wave and the privatisation vultures will really swoop in then.
The NHS is completely broken already, this wave or any other makes no odds on that front.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Makes quite a bit of a difference to doctors and nurses and other NHS staff. You make it sound as if they're not important.
2hats
Dust.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
You really think that Edie? By that logic the whole pandemic has made no difference then? And you really think another wave as bad as the last makes not one bit of difference to the long term prospects of staff and the organisation, even in terms of having a load of people (inc. staff) with long term covid related conditions to manage? It's also not what most of the management etc. say is it? I can't work out is your position is hopefully optimistic or pessimistic!
magneze
🎧
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
Hospitality and live theatre and music are fucked because of all the business lost in December to the soft lockdown/ too many people isolating with covidSo far so good
(Appreciate that given the incubation lag might be a little early, end of next week if the hospitalisation and death graphs still looking reasonably flat, what a great result).
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Also feel the Gov have judged this wave pretty much bang on with the balance between living, livelihoods and civil liberties and protection against infectious disease. We’ll see what emerges over next few weeks mind.
Government messages caused a soft lockdown but they didn't call it and so they don't have to pay for it
How is that bang on with the balance?
