Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[vikingTON]

27 minutes ago, Detournement said:

Expect even more testing in schools in the new academic year.

Presumably he wants LFT testing removed from all other sectors and events as well, unless he's established a back of a fag packet basis to work out whose disruption is more important than others. 

[Elixir]

The latest in a long line of minters for both the UK and Scottish Governments. Why are the Scottish Government not wanting to align themselves with Nordic nations on sensible policies, rather than Brexit Britain? Places like Norway, Finland, and Iceland will also have some of the lowest levels of immunity from natural infection in Europe so will be even more reliant on vaccinations, but it appears they trust them more than our diddy cartels do.

 

[Todd_is_God]

14 minutes ago, Elixir said:

The latest in a long line of minters for both the UK and Scottish Governments. Why are the Scottish Government not wanting to align themselves with Nordic nations on sensible policies, rather than Brexit Britain? Places like Norway, Finland, and Iceland will also have some of the lowest levels of immunity from natural infection in Europe so will be even more reliant on vaccinations, but it appears they trust them more than our diddy cartels do.

 

Astonishing that the rest of Europe clearly cares so much less than Oor Nicola 

[The Master]

12 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

Astonishing that the rest of Europe clearly cares so much less than Oor Nicola 

No apologies for keeping people safe.

[bennett]

3 hours ago, Billy Jean King said:

Journos gagging to make a Sevco / Scotland scenario here.

 

The SGs extreme condemnation of Rangers for supposedly not doing enough to stop fans from gathering was obviously going to be brought up and compared to this situation. 

 

 

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Thats the EU opened up travel to US citizens (and likely to be reciprocated) and Italy imposing quarantine on UK visitors. What an absolute joke of a country the UK is.

[Elric]

Galling to see packed stadiums on the continent and then look at the sparsely filled terraces of Hampden.

On another note re quarantine - what is the procedure for fans attending from abroad?  Do they have to do quarantine or is being ignored?  Seems strange that we can have visiting fans but we cannot travel abroad..   How long before the Czech and Croatian variants emerge?

[UsedToGoToCentralPark]

The obvious solution to this farce is to test less, not more.

Who cares cases are rising, it's not keeping people safe, vaccines are.

[Elixir]

Coming up next on 'Well Nobody Fucking saw that Coming':

 

[vikingTON]

Here's just some of Croatia's current grounds on which you can enter the country, in addition to a stack of Schengen green list countries who can waltz in regardless:

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All other passengers who come to the Republic of Croatia from EU / EEA member states / regions, and which are currently not on the so-called green list of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, must present one of the following documents:

- negative PCR test or rapid antigen test [...] The PCR test result must not be older than 72 hours and the RAT test result must not be older than 48 hours, counting from the time the test was taken until the arrival at the border crossing point.

- certificate that they have received two doses of vaccine used in the EU ((Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Gamaleya, Sinopharm), or if 14 days have passed from the time they received one dose if the vaccine is administered in a single dose (Janssen/Johnson&Johnson).

- certificate showing that they have received the first dose of the Pfizer, Moderna or Gamaleya vaccine, on the basis of which they can enter the Republic of Croatia in the period of 22 to 42 days from receiving the vaccine, or 22 to 84 days from receiving the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. 

- certificate showing that they have recovered from COVID-19 and have received one dose of vaccine within six months from contracting the disease, provided that the vaccine was administered less than 180 days from their arrival at the border crossing point

- presentation of a positive PCR or rapid antigen test, confirming that the holder recovered from the SARS-CoV-2 virus infection, which was performed in the previous 180 days, and older than 11 days from the date of arrival at the border crossing point or upon presentation of a medical certificate of recovery;

- or perform PCR testing or rapid antigen testing on SARS-CoV-2 immediately upon arrival in the Republic of Croatia (at their own expense), with the obligation to stay in self-isolation until the arrival of a negative test result. If testing cannot be performed, a measure of self-isolation is determined for a period of ten (10) days.

 

That is a completely rational processing of border risk that allows vaccines and PCR testing to do all the heavy lifting and let the overwhelming majority get on with their lives.

Meanwhile Brexit Island says that you should self-isolate for ten days even if you're double-vaccinated and coming from an area with negligible transmission, for reasons. 

[The Stig]

7 minutes ago, Elric said:

Galling to see packed stadiums on the continent and then look at the sparsely filled terraces of Hampden.

On another note re quarantine - what is the procedure for fans attending from abroad?  Do they have to do quarantine or is being ignored?  Seems strange that we can have visiting fans but we cannot travel abroad..   How long before the Czech and Croatian variants emerge?

I took it that the fans were Croats and Czechs living in the UK who would of purchased the tickets and have not come from abroad due to the rules

[Left Back]

22 minutes ago, Elric said:

Galling to see packed stadiums on the continent and then look at the sparsely filled terraces of Hampden.

On another note re quarantine - what is the procedure for fans attending from abroad?  Do they have to do quarantine or is being ignored?  Seems strange that we can have visiting fans but we cannot travel abroad..   How long before the Czech and Croatian variants emerge?

They have to quarantine if coming from abroad

[Elric]

7 minutes ago, Left Back said:

They have to quarantine if coming from abroad

This will be interesting if it is two teams from the continent in the final at Wembley.

[sparky88]

2 hours ago, virginton said:

Aye hold on while we sit under idiotic restrictions indefinitely until the Democratic Republic of Congo gets its program up and running. 

Young people getting COVID isn't going to overwhelm the NHS. We know this because young people have been mixing for weeks now, in most cases without a vaccine, and hospitalisations are barely rising, no matter what Leach says.

 

[Bairnardo]

Young people getting COVID isn't going to overwhelm the NHS. We know this because young people have been mixing for weeks now, in most cases without a vaccine, and hospitalisations are barely rising, no matter what Leach says.
 

Another instance of making a rod for their own back tbh. "No one safe till everyone safe", constant talk of vaccine passports. Two examples of why the UK have continue to offer young folk their jag.

[vikingTON]

Just now, sparky88 said:

Young people getting COVID isn't going to overwhelm the NHS. We know this because young people have been mixing for weeks now, in most cases without a vaccine, and hospitalisations are barely rising, no matter what Leach says.

 

Then they can lift all restrictions and let us go back to normality, right now. Until that point, any hand-wringing concern about other countries is simply more goalpost-shifting by the public health psychos to keep their place in the spotlight.

No other medical intervention is rationed on a global basis and the idea that it should happen while the developed world are all still burning their economies is a pipe-dream. 

[Left Back]

6 minutes ago, sparky88 said:

Young people getting COVID isn't going to overwhelm the NHS. We know this because young people have been mixing for weeks now, in most cases without a vaccine, and hospitalisations are barely rising, no matter what Leach says.

 

Tbf they’re being sneaky about it.  They’re saying hospitalisations (admissions) are rising and trotting out what seems a scary percentage rise.  They aren’t making a big deal about people being discharged faster hence the actual number of people in hospital is steady.  Admissions is the new case numbers.  It matters not a jot when they’re being treated then papped out at the same rate they’re being admitted.

[Michael W]

11 minutes ago, sparky88 said:

Young people getting COVID isn't going to overwhelm the NHS. We know this because young people have been mixing for weeks now, in most cases without a vaccine, and hospitalisations are barely rising, no matter what Leach says.

 

It is however being used as a stick to batter us all with, with restrictions prolonged. 

And of course the nonsense border policies because of all those variants that haven't yet been discovered. 

[superbigal]

Daily Cases Update:  Overall about the same as yesterdays figures. Up another 3.78% and infectivity up to 4.2%

Europe updated today.   Scotland 127.6,  England 77.5, Russia 64.7, Portugal 60.3, Spain 50.5.

At the other end Romania 3.3, Poland 4.2, Germany 10.3, Italy 16.4  seem to be avoiding transmission somehow. 

Nicola has banned travel to Manchester & Salford where cases are in line with Dundee.   Did she ban trips to Dundee ?

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 8th June to 15th June  were 6715 now 6969 up 3.78%.  Positivity was 4.1% now 4.2%.   Cases per 100k were 122.9 now 127.6

Home Nations Daily update (2 Days):  UK Average  72.8 to 77.4 up 6.32%, England 72.7 to 77.5 up 6.46%,  Wales  24.2 to 25.9 up 7.02%, Northern Ireland 35.0 to 36.2 up 3.43%

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

 LEVEL 2 RED

Dundee City  318.1 to 316.8  Has it peaked ?

South Ayrshire  253.1 to 232.7  Down over 8%

City Of Edinburgh 207.5 to 210.3

Clackmannanshire  182.4 to 203.7 

East Renfrewshire    171.7 to 176.9  

East Lothian   159.7 to 170.0 LEVEL 1 but in 6th spot !!

East Ayrshire   158.2 to 168.8

Midlothian   181.7 to 167.6

East Dunbartonshire   154.6 to 164.8  Definitely kicking off here again. 

Glasgow City 153.2 to 158.6

Perth & Kinross  154.0 to 157.3  LEVEL 1

North Ayrshire  135.1 to 145.5  

West Dunbartonshire   137.2 to 143.9  LEVEL 1

Renfrewshire  136.8 to 141.3 

North Lanarkshire   126.3 to 135.9

West Lothian   124.5 to 123.4  LEVEL1

Angus  124.8 to 112.7  LEVEL 1 

South Lanarkshire 98.0 to 111.4

Aberdeen City  94.9 to 105.8 LEVEL1  On the charge now

Argyll & Bute   72.2 to 100.2  LEVEL 1 Kicked off in Garelochhead doubled in 2 days.

Scottish  Borders68.4 to 84.0 LEVEL 1 Kicked of in Galashiels

Stirling   87.0 to 81.7 

OFFICIAL  LEVEL 1 BLACK

Fife   68.8 to 74.7 

Falkirk   53.5 to 62.2 

Inverclyde 48.8 to 55.3  

Dumfries & Galloway  41.0 to 36.9 

Aberdeenshire   25.3 to 27.6

Highlands   14.4 to 16.1

Western Isles   7.5 to 7.5

Moray 10.4 to 7.3

OFFICIAL LEVEL 0  Teuchters in Green

Shetland Islands   0.0 to 0.0

Orkney Islands  0.0 to 0.0 

[Left Back]

32 minutes ago, Elric said:

This will be interesting if it is two teams from the continent in the final at Wembley.

When it’s 2 teams.  Keep the faith.