Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Michael W]

19 minutes ago, Binos said:

Cutting through the shite

Is she not correct. We do need to close effectively borders to get on top of this, as the UK govt are now doing, and probably should have done last summer

You also now need a negative PCR to enter the UK, which you didn't last year. By no means a silver bullet, but does help mitigate risk.

There's also no logic in barring travel from countries that have lesser prevalence than the UK. That said, given the Kent variant, we're likely barred from most of Europe anyway at the moment so there are bigger problems at play. 

[effeffsee_the2nd]

Has superbigal posted todays number yet? Keen to know if Falkirk have sacked McKinnon and got that #newmanagerbounce

Make no bones about it, that wasn’t a great performance

[Monkey Tennis]

So "genuine west coast area" means central belt ones only, I take it?

[effeffsee_the2nd]

So "genuine west coast area" means central belt ones only, I take it?

Yes, think it’s pretty well accepted that when most people & the media too describe the “west coast “ they’re talking about the densely populated areas of greater glasgow and ayreshire and not the literal west coast of hundreds of miles of very thinly populated, mostly mountainous land

[Bairnardo]

Make no bones about it, that wasn’t a great performance

That's us appointed a director of covid now and results are starting to turn.

[Monkey Tennis]

Just now, effeffsee_the2nd said:

Yes, think it’s pretty well accepted that when most people & the media too describe the “west coast “ they’re talking about the densely populated areas of greater glasgow and ayreshire and not the literal west coast of hundreds of miles of very thinly populated, mostly mountainous land

Extraordinary.

I was just interested to learn what coast Portpatrick was on.  Hard to tell with all those mountains I suppose.

[Elixir]

1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:

If you could just point to the part in my post where i said that, I would be grateful.

Thanks.

Why would international students 'not give a f**k' that they can't go home for a year because they're... remote learning in Scotland? 

 

1 hour ago, Rugster said:

Master's actually. 

 

1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:

Respect.

From a Bachelor's fan.

 

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• The correct way to spell master’s degree is with the apostrophe.
• The s in master’s indicates a possessive (the degree of a master), not a plural.
• If you’re speaking of a specific degree, you should capitalize master and avoid creating a possessive: Master of Science.
• The same rules apply to a bachelor’s degree.

Thanks for playing. 

[Billy Jean King]

Todays summary:   Aberdeen drops below Prof Jason's fantasy number of 50 cases per 100K. Only area doing better are the Northern Isles. This is a city and leading the way.  Dundee continues it's outstanding progress with a 25% drop in 2 days. Aberdeen, Edinburgh & Dundee combined have only 605 cases which is less than 10% of Scotland's total of 6,092. If Levels are phased back in after Tuesdays announcement it is really fairly obvious now where the splits may be. The worst performing area on the eastern side of the country is close to getting below the 100 marker. 

Large surge in a part of East Ayrshire as an area pops over the 1,000 marker again.   Falkirk & Clacks continue their bewildering numbers !!!

Daily infections have now dropped for 35 days in a row since the peak on 4th January. The total drop being 63.06%. Total cases are 6,092 and the positive test rate is now at 5.6%.  

Home nations first: England  212.6 to 202.5 4.75% daily drop.  Wales 121.2 to 118.3 2.39% daily drop. Northern Ireland 170.5 to 165.2  3.11% daily drop.

Bit of a change in Europe among the major nations. Top hitters now Czech rep 470,   the Portugal 437 Which is dropping quickly, Spain 422, then a big drop to France 208, Sweden 204.   The UK overall now below 200 at 190.6

Scotland peaked at 301.9 for figures 29th Dec to 4th Jan    

Yesterdays figure 1st Feb to 7th Feb Jan was 113.7
Todays figure for 2nd Feb to 8th Feb is 111.5   A  drop of 1.94% on the day. Infections have dropped every day (now 35 days in a row) since the aforementioned peak.  Total drop is now 63.06%
Council progress in last 24 hours as follows.
Click cases by neighbourhood to see the spread on the geographical map. 
https://public.tableau.com/profile/phs.covid.19#!/vizhome/COVID-19DailyDashboard_15960160643010/Overview
Falkirk  230.6 to 221.9 
Clackmannanshire 219.2 to  219.2  
North Lanarkshire  181.0 to  174.9
West Dunbartonshire 168.7 to 172.0
 Stirling  150.7 to 163.5  Another bad day in Stirling
Glasgow City 164.9 to 157.8
East Ayrshire 151.6 to 156.5   Kilmarnock South Central & Caprington pole vaults to 1,356.2 cases per 100K.  22 additional cases in 24 hours.
South Lanarkshire  148.5 to  148.8   Kicked off in Lesmahagow up to 952.4 cases per 100K
Renfrewshire 155.2 to 141.3  Nearly 10% daily drop
East Renfrewshire  137.1 to 136.1 
North Ayrshire 126.2 to 129.9
West Lothian  113.1 to 121.8  Yet another bad day in West Lothian for Burnieman to chew over. Likes like it is Ra Joonyurs in Whitburn & Armadale fighting to ascend the Pyramid.
East Dunbartonshire 126.1 to 109.5 Great 13% daily drop.
South Ayrshire 109.2 to 109.2
Midlothian 100.6 to 108.2  
Argyll & Bute  104.8 to 107.1
Angus 124.8 to 105.9  Huge 15% drop on day.
Western Isles    112.3 to 101.0
Inverclyde 105.4 to 99.0  First genuine West Coast area sub 100
East Lothian  97.1 to  99.0
Dumfries & Galloway 81.3 to 88.7 
Dundee City 99.1 to 87.1   15% yesterday & further 12% down last 2 days
Moray  81.4 to 77.2
City Of Edinburgh 67.1 to 68.6
Perth & Kinross   65.2 to 68.4
Highlands 64.0 to 60.6   
Fife   60.5 to 57.6 
Aberdeenshire 56.3 to 56.7
Scottish  Borders  50.2 to 51.9
Aberdeen City 54.2 to 49.9  Outstanding a city Sub 50  
Shetland Islands  8.7 to 8.7
Orkney Island  4.5 to 4.5

There is a big outbreak at Kilmarnock Prison that may account for the East Ayrshire surge.

[vikingTON]

49 minutes ago, Binos said:

Cutting through the shite

Is she not correct. We do need to close effectively borders to get on top of this, as the UK govt are now doing, and probably should have done last summer

No, we need to:

- vaccinate vulnerable groups in the population, preferably with

- rolling out effective treatments to limit severe infection as well

to 'get on top of it'. 

[effeffsee_the2nd]

Extraordinary.
I was just interested to learn what coast Portpatrick was on.  Hard to tell with all those mountains I suppose.

You knew what he meant tho? It’s a very lazy generalisation, it also happens on the east- east coast means Edinburgh and fife only
Instead of just calling them east and west central Scotland which is more accurate, and further adds to the annoyance that centrap belters( and especially weegies) act like the rest of Scotland doesn’t exist)
But what can you do?

[Binos]

30 minutes ago, Michael W said:

You also now need a negative PCR to enter the UK, which you didn't last year. By no means a silver bullet, but does help mitigate risk.

There's also no logic in barring travel from countries that have lesser prevalence than the UK. That said, given the Kent variant, we're likely barred from most of Europe anyway at the moment so there are bigger problems at play. 

They'll be variants pinging up all over the place

Looks the strategy is to hunker down and sit out countries who will not vaccinate reaching herd immunity

[Binos]

2 minutes ago, virginton said:

No, we need to:

- vaccinate vulnerable groups in the population, preferably with

- rolling out effective treatments to limit severe infection as well

to 'get on top of it'. 

If rolling out effective treatments to limit severe infection, devolves back to social distancing and more lockdown

I would rather cut us off and vaccinate strategy, short term

[LinkinFighter]

3 hours ago, Gordon EF said:

Don't trust their employees to work Half The World Away IMO.

I reckon he'll just have to roll with it. 

[vikingTON]

Just now, Binos said:

If rolling out effective treatments to limit severe infection, devolves back to social distancing and more lockdown

I would rather cut us off and vaccinate strategy, short term

There's no reason to have to choose between those options unless you are a zero Covid fantasist. 

[effeffsee_the2nd]

That's us appointed a director of covid now and results are starting to turn.

Noticed superbigal hasn’t gave us any credit for starting to turn in the right direction,
Fife c**t

[superbigal]

32 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said:

So "genuine west coast area" means central belt ones only, I take it?

Changed it to Weegieish.  That better ?

[superbigal]

6 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said:

Noticed superbigal hasn’t gave us any credit for starting to turn in the right direction,
Fife c**t

Edited it for you mate.

Falkirk  230.6 to 221.9   Perhaps Lowland League may be dodged.

 

i'm currently in St Andrews trying to dodge the people with covid.  Oh wait total is 0-2 cases from 17,580 people 

Edited February 11, 2021 by superbigal

[Monkey Tennis]

6 minutes ago, superbigal said:

Changed it to Weegieish.  That better ?

Better, but still doesn't sound terribly accurate.

"Genuine" was a bloody strange choice of word, given that you wanted it to mean something other than its meaning.

[Monkey Tennis]

21 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said:

You knew what he meant tho? It’s a very lazy generalisation, it also happens on the east- east coast means Edinburgh and fife only
Instead of just calling them east and west central Scotland which is more accurate, and further adds to the annoyance that centrap belters( and especially weegies) act like the rest of Scotland doesn’t exist.
But what can you do?

Challenge it like a bit of a twat, that's what.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

2 hours ago, Todd_is_God said:

Shocked that the SNP's ill thought out plan has fallen apart already...

What are they going to do, stop everyone crossing the border?

Now would be a good time to save face and adopt an approach that is at least manageable.

Asking the police to do more but still thinks they rank below mountain rescue, social workers working from home and refusing to see people and call centre workers on the vaccine precedence.