Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Burnieman]

2 hours ago, philpy said:

A friend got his vaccine the other day despite not having his letter. He took his wife to get hers and she just chanced it and asked. Apparently the leftover vaccines get binned if not used by the end of the day. Was going to try the same when my wife gets hers next week but with it being a 1.45 slot i doubt I will.

Hmmm, my wife has hers at 18.10 tonight, I'm still waiting on my letter.......

[Ekhibee88]

12 hours ago, Jambomo said:

I am going to have to do Zoom interviews in a couple of weeks. Dreading it tbh, it’s almost certainly going to go wrong in about 5 different ways.

Are you holding the interviews or you in the hot seat? 

I had one other day, awkward to to try and look at the lens rather than screen.

[mizfit]

Vaccine booked in for Tuesday at Dewars centre Perth.

Cigars out in the fair city.

[BucksburnDandy]

Looked at the figures yesterday and most councils outwith the Central Belt are now at Level 1 levels of numbers. Difficult to justify keeping folk in Aberdeen, Dumfries, Dundee and Inverness locked at home when numbers don't justify it anymore just because the Lothians, Lanarkshire and Glasgow City have higher rates.

My view has evolved a bit this week after studying figures and also seeing our senior consultant who has been working on Covid for the past 13 months having his daughter and husband round yesterday (he lives on my walking route with the dog). If he thinks the rules are now too much, I cannot argue with that. He's infinitely more qualified than I to pass judgement and make informed choices.

It is time to open up a bit. Not saying go wild but outdoor activities should be allowed.

The fact is here in Inverness folk are doing stuff outdoors in groups. Was a kids football team training yesterday where I went running and today groups of folk from different households walking round the UHI. So the government will need to catch up with the people.

[Donathan]

They should really look at expanding bubbles to allow every household to meet indoors regularly with 1-2 other exclusive households. That’s a lot safer than a free for all but would allow people to socialise indoors with close loved ones, even if they don’t live alone

[Marshmallo]

Just now, Donathan said:

They should really look at expanding bubbles to allow every household to meet indoors regularly with 1-2 other exclusive households. That’s a lot safer than a free for all but would allow people to socialise indoors with close loved ones, even if they don’t live alone

I agree with you in theory but people would rip the pish out of this even more than they are currently.

This is not a comment on whether the current level of restrictions are valid btw.

[vikingTON]

2 hours ago, badgerthewitness said:

CNN article on Czechia's less than cigarly situation

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Maďar has a personal connection to the crisis. As the former coordinator of the government's coronavirus restrictions advisory group, he resigned after Babiš overruled the group's call to make masks mandatory when the epidemic showed signs of strengthening in late August.

The pushback against masks came just as the government decided to reopen schools at the beginning of September. "This led to the increased mobility of roughly 2 million people, and [the epidemic] exploded," Maďar said.

 

Who could have known that doing the opposite of the strategy of face masks and closing infection factories that cigared the first wave would have backfired like this. 

[ICTChris]

[Guest]

1 hour ago, BucksburnDandy said:

Looked at the figures yesterday and most councils outwith the Central Belt are now at Level 1 levels of numbers. Difficult to justify keeping folk in Aberdeen, Dumfries, Dundee and Inverness locked at home when numbers don't justify it anymore just because the Lothians, Lanarkshire and Glasgow City have higher rates.

My view has evolved a bit this week after studying figures and also seeing our senior consultant who has been working on Covid for the past 13 months having his daughter and husband round yesterday (he lives on my walking route with the dog). If he thinks the rules are now too much, I cannot argue with that. He's infinitely more qualified than I to pass judgement and make informed choices.

It is time to open up a bit. Not saying go wild but outdoor activities should be allowed.

The fact is here in Inverness folk are doing stuff outdoors in groups. Was a kids football team training yesterday where I went running and today groups of folk from different households walking round the UHI. So the government will need to catch up with the people.

They are, I'm just back from the Golf and the bloke I was golfing with has also been at the Tennis all week.

[Honest_Man#1]

13 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

 

Some of the figures for ‘not looking forward to this’ are mind-boggling and infuriating in equal measure.

9% of people not looking forward to seeing friends or family again - lunatics. Just don’t see them then, probably don’t have any friends to see.

27% of people not looking forward to going to large events like sport/music. Just don’t fucking go to them then, absolute headcases.

[Honest_Man#1]

3 minutes ago, WATTOO said:

They are, I'm just back from the Golf and the bloke I was golfing with has also been at the Tennis all week.

And if you don’t play golf/tennis? Or would like to see your elderly parents/grandparents who can’t play these sports/exercise with you as an excuse to see them? Or want to see more than one of these people at a time?

[parsforlife]

1 minute ago, Honest_Man#1 said:

Some of the figures for ‘not looking forward to this’ are mind-boggling and infuriating in equal measure.

9% of people not looking forward to seeing friends or family again - lunatics. Just don’t see them then, probably don’t have any friends to see.

27% of people not looking forward to going to large events like sport/music. Just don’t fucking go to them then, absolute headcases.

Is seems very black and white the questions.   How many of those answering ‘not looking forward too’ were people doing those activities regularly before?    

[ICTChris]

5 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said:

Some of the figures for ‘not looking forward to this’ are mind-boggling and infuriating in equal measure.

9% of people not looking forward to seeing friends or family again - lunatics. Just don’t see them then, probably don’t have any friends to see.

27% of people not looking forward to going to large events like sport/music. Just don’t fucking go to them then, absolute headcases.

Most people don’t go to large sporting or musical events, I imagine people might have answered ‘not looking forward to it’ if it isn’t something they do anyway. If that makes sense.

Either that or lots of the respondents were Celtic season ticket holders.

[Forest_Fifer]

Attending places of worship right at the bottom. So remind me which one Scotland is doing first?

[craigkillie]

They should really look at expanding bubbles to allow every household to meet indoors regularly with 1-2 other exclusive households. That’s a lot safer than a free for all but would allow people to socialise indoors with close loved ones, even if they don’t live alone

This is basically unworkable for most people. I want to be in a bubble with my parents, but my wife would want to be in one with her parents too. Then both of us have brothers who would also want our mums and dads in their bubble. Immediately that would be 5 interconnected households, even before grandparents get involved.

This connectedness of the whole coubtry is the whole reason the no indoor mixing rules exist in the first place.

[Gaz]

1 hour ago, ICTChris said:

 

Is anyone really expecting this to happen, though?

As well as coffee shops and newspaper stands, vehicle dealers, petrol manufacturers and distributers, transport companies etc. will all be putting pressure onto Government to get folk back into the office.

I know my job can never be done from home but I've a few mates that are convinced they will be allowed to work from home in perpetuity. I wonder how many of their companies have their pensions tied up in commercial property and thus have a vested interest in getting folk back to the office.

[Detournement]

The government can't get folk back into the office. It's entirely down to individual employers. 

 

 

[Marshmallo]

Just now, lithgierose said:

Should have changed sport/music to gay pride and BLM marches. 

^^^ has a pea for a brain

[Gaz]

1 minute ago, Detournement said:

The government can't get folk back into the office. It's entirely down to individual employers. 

I dare say that 'technically' you're correct, but how many folk work for, you know, the government, in a sense?

[superbigal]

22 hours ago, superbigal said:

 

Daily Infections per 100K in 7 days Update:   Another hugely Significant 24 Hours for the whole of the UK. Cases plunge everywhere. Up here we have our 3rd excellent day in a row and total cases drop below the magic 5,000 total cases.  Also the positivity drops again from 4.5% to 4.4%.  Overall down to 91.0 cases per 100K.

Cigars for many but our focus of shame now turns onto Stirling. The place is Rife and may well take a turn at the top of the table above Falkirk within days.

Some Westerly councils joining the sub100 club. The real movement is lower down the table. The Highlands, Moray, Borders & D&G are astonishing numbers and fair play to them.

Scotland peaked at 301.9 for figures 29th Dec to 4th Jan,    Cases that day were 16,496 and test rate was 11.9%

Total cases latest 7 days are down from  5223 to 4971. The positive test rate goes from 4.5% to 4.4%.  Cases per 100k goes from 95.6 to 91.0 down 4.81%

England 117.0 to 112.6 down 3.94% in last 24 hours.  Wales  78.0 to 74.1 down  5.00%  in last 24 hours , Northern Ireland 109.6 to 103.1 down 5.93% in last 24 hours.   UK Average is now 114.0 to 109.6  down 3.95%  in last 24 hours.

In Europe the Czech republic is in freefall at 700, 

NHS FIGURES :  Forth Valley 171.2 to 171.9,  Lanarkshire 137.9 to 128.1, Greater Glasgow & Clyde 127.4 to 123.1,  Lothian 108.8 to 102.2,  Ayrshire & Arran 105.0 to 95.3,  Fife  68.3 to 62.9, Tayside 53.4 to 61.3,  D&G 43.7 to 36.3, Highland 37.3 to 32.6, Western Isles  33.7 to 29.9, Grampian 33.7 to 29.7, Borders 31.2 to 23.4,  Orkney 0.0 to 0.0 & Shetlands 0.0 to 0.0

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  193.3 to 189.6  

West Dunbartonshire  164.2 to 154.1

Stirling 146.5 to 153.9  Todays bad boys again.

Clackmannanshire   147.5 to 145.5

North Lanarkshire  156.1 to 144.4  Very good 7.5% drop for 2nd day in a row.

West Lothian 157.3 to 142.0  Back on the gravy train down 10%

Glasgow City 137.4 to 132.5

Renfrewshire 133.4 to 132.3 

Midlothian   136.3 to 129.8

East Ayrshire 130.3 to 118.0   Prison free and surging back down charts

East Lothian  113.9 to 117.7   On a real bad run.

South Lanarkshire   118.6 to 110.8

North Ayrshire  113.6 to 98.0  A cigar as a 15% drop takes them sub 100   

East Renfrewshire  102.6 to 96.3  Another Cigar for hitting the 100 club

NOW ALL BELOW SCOTTISH AVERAGE of 91.0

East Dunbartonshire 95.7 to 90.2   

City Of Edinburgh  84.8 to 79.1 Going the right way again.

South Ayrshire 66.6 to 66.6

Dundee City 52.2 to 65.0  Bad day for Dundee nothing obvious  

Fife  68.3 to 62.9  

Perth & Kinross   60.5 to 62.5

 Inverclyde 55.3 to 57.8

Angus 45.6 to 53.4  Tayside in general a poor day.  

Moray 54.3 to 42.8   Massive 21,17% drop

Highlands 47.1 to 39.9 Massive 15% drop

Dumfries & Galloway 43.7 to 36.3 Another great 16% drop 

Western Isles  33.7 to 29.9  On way to Zero I suspect 

Aberdeenshire 30.2 to 28.3

Aberdeen City   27.6 to 25.4     

Scottish  Borders  31.2 to 23.4  Amazing 25% drop 

Argyll & Bute   9.3 to 11.6

Orkney Island   0.0 to 0.0

Shetland Islands   0.0 to 0.0

Edited February 28, 2021 by superbigal