Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Todd_is_God]

4 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

Well you're unlikely to get more than a hundred at the Lossie game, so inside and outside of the ground there wouldn't be a problem.

The tears and snotters from you are going to be glorious if your permission slip for October gets lost in the post

[welshbairn]

1 minute ago, Todd_is_God said:

The tears and snotters from you are going to be glorious if your permission slip for October gets lost in the post

Not really, my mate's got a flat overlooking Grant Street. 

[craigkillie]

14 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

Well you're unlikely to get more than a hundred at the Lossie game, so inside and outside of the ground there wouldn't be a problem.

That's fine, but you could obviously limit the crowds at Premiership grounds too, so there isn't any need for different rules for different levels. If there are any differences in terms of what is allowed, it should be a case-by-case decision based on the facilities each club have.

Edited September 10, 2020 by craigkillie

[Todd_is_God]

1 minute ago, craigkillie said:

That's fine, but you could obviously limit the crowds at Premiership grounds too, so there isn't any need for different rules for different levels. It should be a case-by-case decision based on the facilities each club have.

In Berlin they quite literally sprayed circles on the terraces to indicate where to stand to maintain distancing.

It shouldn't be difficult to do any of this, but it requires a desire to allow it.

[Dunning1874]

1 hour ago, Scotty Tunbridge said:

Heard murmurings the ban on evictions may end up getting extended until March. A lot of landlords are going to be badly stung if so.

 

[Szamo's_Ammo]

If I'm ever feeling a bit down about the pandemic, I just think of the Airbnb owners all over the country whose properties will be lying empty for the next 18 months.

The thought of these blocks of flats in central Edinburgh lying completely vacant during Festival time and for the foreseeable future gives me what feels like an injection of the finest vitamins and minerals into my bloodstream. All the while Rob and Sophie from Kent have to keep up the payments on a dozen mortgages.

Absolutely delicious.

Edited September 10, 2020 by Szamo's_Ammo

[Hedgecutter]

15 minutes ago, craigkillie said:

 it should be a case-by-case decision based on the facilities each club have.

... which would inevitably turn into an absolute s***show as most pubs, restaurants, theatres etc would suddenly demand individual case-by-case examinations rather than be shut down by blanket bans.   Would be very difficult to justify such a practice in one line of business and not the others, especially one that typically operates one day a week rather than most days/nights.

Edited September 10, 2020 by Hedgecutter

[welshbairn]

18 minutes ago, craigkillie said:

That's fine, but you could obviously limit the crowds at Premiership grounds too, so there isn't any need for different rules for different levels. If there are any differences in terms of what is allowed, it should be a case-by-case decision based on the facilities each club have.

You get a whole different category of problems in Premiership games. Transport to and from games, pubs getting mobbed, controlling the toilets, queuing. I'm not saying they won't be solved and probably already have been, but Highland League football would be ready to go tomorrow with very few changes, for spectators at least. Hopefully all leagues will be open by the end of October but I don't think difficulties solving the big clubs' issues should hold everyone else back

Edited September 10, 2020 by welshbairn

[Hedgecutter]

19 minutes ago, Snafu said:

This is something missed on the Scottish Stadiums quirks thread.

I wonder how many other grounds around Scotland have houses close by with a hospitality full view?

Fraserburgh pops straight to mind:

Might get a full view from some of the Pratt St hooses by Stark's too:

At Wick you can can simply watch from the pavement if you're enough of a gripper:

Link

Edited September 10, 2020 by Hedgecutter

[Marshmallo]

Those balconies looking onto Newlandsfield look fantastic on a sunny day when they're rushing to get the season finished

[welshbairn]

27 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

The tears and snotters from you are going to be glorious if your permission slip for October gets lost in the post

You'll still be crying about the SG not introducing Swedish Covid Street Commissars to notice.

[DeeTillEhDeh]

[mention=75884]MixuFruit[/mention] As this thread storms past 50,000 replies, can you do an audit so we can see the posters who have made the most contributions to this mammoth topic in terms of posts?

Todd will be miles ahead of everyone.

[Todd_is_God]

Just now, welshbairn said:

You'll still be crying about the SG not introducing Swedish Covid Street Commissars to notice.

It's shite when you think of a wittier comeback once the chance has gone, isn't it

[DeeTillEhDeh]

Thought that the "moonshot" was something new, a quick antibody test that could quickly determine if people are risk free from having contracted and recovered from the virus before, but it's not. It's just a quicker version of the antigen test we have now that uses saliva instead of swabs, so just as many false positives from dead viral traces as now if [mention=2588]Todd_is_God[/mention] is right, hundreds of thousands of people falsely stopped from going about their business unnecessarily. And if you're negative one day you could be positive the next. Brave new Swedish world indeed.

I keep reading it as moonshit.

Which it is.

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

23 minutes ago, Snafu said:

This is something missed on the Scottish Stadiums quirks thread.

I wonder how many other grounds around Scotland have houses close by with a hospitality full view?

You can see most of the pitch from the main road at Balmoor, houses in Union Row Montrose overlook the pitch, views can be had from High Common, Arbroath.

[Donathan]

Anyway, chat about crowds and tightening of restrictions etc is a bit of a sideshow.
The main focus should be that it's concerning that the SG still believe elimination of covid is possible. 

They might be making noises about this to keep Devi Sridhar and her pals quiet, but they don’t actually believe in elimination. If they did so they’d be going for a hard lockdown for a month now. The fact they’re still allowing gatherings of 6 means that they’re inherently allowing spread as long as it’s not in danger of overwhelming the NHS

[Jambomo]

14 minutes ago, Donathan said:

 

They might be making noises about this to keep Devi Sridhar and her pals quiet, but they don’t actually believe in elimination. If they did so they’d be going for a hard lockdown for a month now. The fact they’re still allowing gatherings of 6 means that they’re inherently allowing spread as long as it’s not in danger of overwhelming the NHS

 

Yeah I think this is it really. I think it’s mostly about making it as manageable as possible for the NHS and accepting some degree of transmission.

[Rob1885]

Dont feel it was wise for FM to rule out a return to shielding.

[madwullie]

56 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

It's shite when you think of a wittier comeback once the chance has gone, isn't it

Apparently that's called esprit d'escalier in Parisian French. The idea that you come up with a witty retort to the bell end that just noised you up on the staircase minutes after they're gone. 

 

[Todd_is_God]

8 hours ago, Donathan said:

They might be making noises about this to keep Devi Sridhar and her pals quiet, but they don’t actually believe in elimination. If they did so they’d be going for a hard lockdown for a month now. The fact they’re still allowing gatherings of 6 means that they’re inherently allowing spread as long as it’s not in danger of overwhelming the NHS

 

Keeping Devi Sridhar and her pals quiet isn't a priority. They are advisors, nothing more. Punt them if you feel they have poorly advised you and find new ones.

There needs to be a goal to work towards, and the only thing being mentioned, repeatedly, is elimination. They've said it for so long now, and called for WM to join them in achieving it, that they almost have to stick with it to retain any credibility. That's a problem, as it is clearly unattainable. The SG gambled on a longer lockdown helping to achieve this, stating that by doing so we could have back more things that resembled normality more quickly. That didn't work.

The hospital numbers review will show that the threat to the NHS remains minimal - we still have the same number of people in hospital as we did at the start of August. The hospital review is needed quickly tbh. As right now it is "a bit rubbish" to be counting people in hospital and being admitted to hospital as covid related, when they might be or might not be.

Edited September 10, 2020 by Todd_is_God