Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Hedgecutter]

18 minutes ago, WATTOO said:

Yes, this is something I've noticed myself recently so basically there's no investigative journalism but just punters doing copy and paste jobs and selling it as "news".

I fell victim to this relatively recently.  Many papers evidently rely heavily on the 'press reader', resulting in a series of inaccuracies which are the product of a journalistic game of Chinese whispers.

[Michael W]

3 minutes ago, Left Back said:

CL final officially moved to Portugal so that fans can attend.

This really should've been played in England tbh. It isn't because no agreement on broadcasters and sponsors attending from amber/red listed countries could be made as the Government wouldn't budge. 

I don't know how as people on Twitter assure us thousands of people are pouring through UK airports everyday unchecked and are bringing the virus in. 

[Left Back]

3 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said:

6 minutes ago, Left Back said:

CL final officially moved to Portugal so that fans can attend.

Have Portugal finally lifted their ban on UK entrance and announced their entry rules as they hadn't up to now. Might be special dispensation for this game maybe ?

Nothing I've seen but I'd assume the Portuguese authorities were consulted in all this and agreed to let fans in from the UK.  They'll have had to let delegates/sponsors broadcasters in from all over the world (i.e. higher risk countries) so allowing a few thousand from the UK should be low risk.

[Billy Jean King]

It's outdoors where transmission is basically non-existent, there is zero pressure on the NHS due to covid, football fans have been locked out all season and it's their first title in a decade, most of which they spent as a laughing stock. I struggle to get too excited about folk having their day outside. I'll avoid the city centre on Saturday.

My take had nothing to do with public health. There is simply no need to march through the city to the main city square on a Saturday even more so when they have already celebrated in that fashion. What's wrong with celebrating in Ibrox ?

[Marshmallo]

Just now, Billy Jean King said:

4 minutes ago, Marshmallo said:

It's outdoors where transmission is basically non-existent, there is zero pressure on the NHS due to covid, football fans have been locked out all season and it's their first title in a decade, most of which they spent as a laughing stock. I struggle to get too excited about folk having their day outside. I'll avoid the city centre on Saturday.

My take had nothing to do with public health. There is simply no need to march through the city to the main city square on a Saturday even more so when they have already celebrated in that fashion. What's wrong with celebrating in Ibrox ?

I don't know, I'm not head of "The Union Bears" so I wasn't involved in organising it.

The whole point is they want people to be annoyed at it. We're best off ignoring it and leaving them to it.

[Billy Jean King]

Nothing I've seen but I'd assume the Portuguese authorities were consulted in all this and agreed to let fans in from the UK.  They'll have had to let delegates/sponsors broadcasters in from all over the world (i.e. higher risk countries) so allowing a few thousand from the UK should be low risk.

Need to get a move on, must be going to announce something as they can't enter as it stands.

[The Moonster]

9 minutes ago, Wee Bully said:

I think he’s totally lost the plot. 

I haven't seen Marshmallow pissing himself laughing at the misery of others so I'm not sure he's lost the plot quite yet.

[effeffsee_the2nd]

That’s an old book now... a lot has changed since it was published.
The big change is that vast quantities of why you read now - especially online - is written by very inexperienced reporters almost straight out of uni with very little real supervision or editing process. The number of experienced people still working in newspapers has been decimated with overall head counts down and experienced staff understandably leaving to take far better pay and conditions working in PR and corporate comms and the like - or just leaving the profession altogether (as I did!).

So it’s even worse now than in the book?

[Dons_1988]

13 minutes ago, oaksoft said:

 

I'm not into conspiracies but this seems reasonable.

We already know that most of this is being driven by behavioural advisors rather than any actual science and has been since last year when Cummings (I think) talked about it.

Yeah I don't think there's any conspiracy here.

They have/had a situation where they had laws/regulations that couldn't be enforced, other than closing down businesses. It's therefore reasonable to assume they've used every media tool they can think of to maximise compliance.

[Jamie_B]

9 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said:

So it’s even worse now than in the book?

By an absolute mile.

[effeffsee_the2nd]

Yeah I don't think there's any conspiracy here.
They have/had a situation where they had laws/regulations that couldn't be enforced, other than closing down businesses. It's therefore reasonable to assume they've used every media tool they can think of to maximise compliance.

Pretty much. I think thats why some countries chose to ban outdoor exercise outright and only allowed people out for very specific reasons ( ones which could actually be challenged by police and confirmed)
Not because going out for a walk spread covid but because the more exemptions you allow , the more the pish gets taken

[Distant Doonhamer]

270 new cases of COVID-19 reported
25,093 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
1.2% of these were positive
1 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
4 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 (down from 6)
63 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 (down from 65)
2,968,169 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 1,551,339 have received their second dose

[stuart87]

270 new cases of COVID-19 reported
25,093 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
1.2% of these were positive
1 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
4 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 (down from 6)
63 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 (down from 65)
2,968,169 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 1,551,339 have received their second dose

4 folk in intensive care. This is basically over now.

[gav-ffc]

10 minutes ago, Distant Doonhamer said:

270 new cases of COVID-19 reported
25,093 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
1.2% of these were positive
1 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
4 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 (down from 6)
63 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 (down from 65)
2,968,169 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 1,551,339 have received their second dose

Right kick in the teeth for Leitch with those figures. 
 

 

[TheScarf]

[Les Cabbage]

[superbigal]

Daily Cases Update:  The Hospital data is terrific but i will continue to post  the stuff they do look at.

Very poor day with cases up near 12% and infectivity climbs again to 1.3%. 

 I do not see any way Glasgow at 70.9 is now not going to get categorized like Moray.  A 155% rise in 1 week.

Clacks & Midlothian next to follow.  In Midlothian Pentland is running at 823 cases per 100K

Scotland peaked at 301.9 for figures 29th Dec to 4th Jan, (UK was 642.1)    Cases that day were 16,496 and test positivity rate was 11.9%  

Total Cases 7 days from 4th May to 10th May  were 1391 now 1556 up 11.86%.  Positivity was 1.2% now 1.3%.   Cases per 100k were 25.5 now 28.5

Home Nations Daily update:  UK Average  21.3 to 21.6 up 1.41%, England 21.5 to 21.8  up 1.40%,  Wales  9.0 to 9.2 up 2.22%, Northern Ireland 31.6 to 31.3  down 0.95%

European (Above 2 Million Population) : Sweden 340 to 331, Netherlands 290 to 301, Croatia 287 to 229, Turkey 246 to 188, France 210 to 186, Belgium 182 all destinations over 150 cases per 100K     

Sun worshiper areas currently are Portugal 23, Malta 26, Bulgaria 73, Spain 92, Italy 111, Greece 145, Cyprus 319    

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

Naughty Level 3 Councils

Moray  100.2 to 98.1 

Glasgow City  58.3 to 70.9     Another 21.61% rise.  Pollokshields West 729 & East 695 per 100K !!!!!!!!!

Clackmannanshire   46.6 to 52.4   Currently on the upwards again

Under 50 Level 2 Criteria Club

Midlothian   35.7 to 48.7  Were Zero cases a week ago, up another 36.41%. Pentland 823 per 100K Scotland's no go area !!!

East Renfrewshire   35.6 to 39.8

North Lanarkshire  33.1 to 34.9

South Lanarkshire     26.5 to 33.7  Up 45% in 2 days 

East Ayrshire   31.1 to 28.7

Fife  26.5 to 28.1

North Ayrshire   25.2 to 26.7

Falkirk   26.7 to 26.1

West Lothian  21.3 to 24.6

East Dunbartonshire   22.1 to 22.1   

Aberdeen City  20.6 to 21.9  

South Ayrshire    16.9 to 21.3   Up 26%

Stirling  17.0 to 20.2  59% rise in 2 days  

The Should be in Level 1  Club Sub 20.0

Renfrewshire 17.9 to 19.5

City Of Edinburgh  18.9 to 19.4

Perth & Kinross  15.1 to 19.1  Up 26% 

Dundee City    18.1 to 17.4

Angus  12.9 to 12.9

Aberdeenshire  11.1 to 12.6

Inverclyde  3.9 to 11.6

West Dunbartonshire   15.7 to 10.1

Highlands   7.2 to 7.6

Dumfries & Galloway  6.0 to 6.7 

East Lothian   5.6 to 5.6 

Scottish  Borders   3.5 to 3.5

Argyll & Bute  0.0 to 0.0     

Orkney Island  4.5 to 0.0 

Shetland Islands  0.0 to 0.0  

Western Isles 0.0 to 0.0

Edited May 13, 2021 by superbigal

[effeffsee_the2nd]

Daily Cases Update:  The Hospital data is terrific but i will continue to post  the stuff they do look at.

Very poor day with cases up near 12% and infectivity climbs again to 1.3%. 

 I do not see any way Glasgow at 70.9 is now not going to get categorized like Moray.  A 155% rise in 1 week.

Clacks & Midlothian next to follow.  In Midlothian Pentland is running at 823 cases per 100K

Scotland peaked at 301.9 for figures 29th Dec to 4th Jan, (UK was 642.1)    Cases that day were 16,496 and test positivity rate was 11.9%  

Total Cases 7 days from 4th May to 10th May  were 1391 now 1556 up 11.86%.  Positivity was 1.2% now 1.3%.   Cases per 100k were 25.5 now 28.5

Home Nations Daily update:  UK Average  21.3 to 21.6 up 1.41%, England 21.5 to 21.8  up 1.40%,  Wales  9.0 to 9.2 up 2.22%, Northern Ireland 31.6 to 31.3  down 0.95%

European (Above 2 Million Population) : Sweden 340 to 331, Netherlands 290 to 301, Croatia 287 to 229, Turkey 246 to 188, France 210 to 186, Belgium 182 all destinations over 150 cases per 100K     

Sun worshiper areas currently are Portugal 23, Malta 26, Bulgaria 73, Spain 92, Italy 111, Greece 145, Cyprus 319    

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

Naughty Level 3 Councils

Moray  100.2 to 98.1 

Glasgow City  58.3 to 70.9     Another 21.61% rise.  Pollokshields West 729 & East 695 per 100K !!!!!!!!!

Clackmannanshire   46.6 to 52.4   Currently on the upwards again

Under 50 Level 2 Criteria Club

Midlothian   35.7 to 48.7  Were Zero cases a week ago, up another 36.41%. Pentland 823 per 100K Scotland's no go area !!!

East Renfrewshire   35.6 to 39.8

North Lanarkshire  33.1 to 34.9

South Lanarkshire     26.5 to 33.7  Up 45% in 2 days 

East Ayrshire   31.1 to 28.7

Fife  26.5 to 28.1

North Ayrshire   25.2 to 26.7

Falkirk   26.7 to 26.1

West Lothian  21.3 to 24.6

East Dunbartonshire   22.1 to 22.1   

Aberdeen City  20.6 to 21.9  

South Ayrshire    16.9 to 21.3   Up 26%

Stirling  17.0 to 20.2  59% rise in 2 days  

The Should be in Level 1  Club Sub 20.0

Renfrewshire 17.9 to 19.5

Perth & Kinross  15.1 to 19.1  Up 26% 

City Of Edinburgh  18.9 to 19.4

Dundee City    18.1 to 17.4

Angus  12.9 to 12.9

Aberdeenshire  11.1 to 12.6

Inverclyde  3.9 to 11.6

West Dunbartonshire   15.7 to 10.1

Highlands   7.2 to 7.6

Dumfries & Galloway  6.0 to 6.7 

East Lothian   5.6 to 5.6 

Scottish  Borders   3.5 to 3.5

Argyll & Bute  0.0 to 0.0     

Orkney Island  4.5 to 0.0 

Shetland Islands  0.0 to 0.0  

Missed a few al, cmon now I don’t want you slacking off now that this is over for a second time!

[Bairnardo]

34 minutes ago, Distant Doonhamer said:

270 new cases of COVID-19 reported
25,093 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
1.2% of these were positive
1 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
4 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 (down from 6)
63 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 (down from 65)
2,968,169 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 1,551,339 have received their second dose

That case positivity is good, because it looked like mabe it was heading upwards. And clearly, hospital numbers continue to have cigar smoke blown in their faces

[Marshmallo]

Glasgow getting held back would surely be too contentious this time round. There would be an uproar and compliance would be next to zero.