Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[ICTChris]

“Hello, I am mad”

 

 

 

[scottsdad]

That is some account! 

The vaccine causing everything from diabetes to blocked arteries. All kinds of nonsense being retweeted. If you fancy a laugh then have a look. 

[doulikefish]

6 hours ago, Lyle Lanley said:

Was it these anti vaxxers?

Yip that's the zoomers 

Is there no pics of "the death jab" banner?

Edited October 10, 2021 by doulikefish

[DeeTillEhDeh]

Probably thin on numbers. Be a bit chilly ?
Completely opposite going to Canary Islands. Look at todays Jet2 out of Glasgow. They have doubled up on flights to Tenerife and Lanzarote at virtually last minute. Mega busy in the afternoon.
I'm heading to Tenerife next Saturday.

Busy on our flight to Kos as well - flying with Tui. The Jet2 flight on the same route 5 minutes earlier was also jam packed.

Cursory glance at vaccine certificates and PLF in Manchester - didn't even bother with that at Kos end - just checked your party had the PLF.

Biggest issue was the baggage handlers not coping with 2 flight at the same time.

Masking inside hotel if moving about but not if eating or drinking. No self service for any food and drink - which might help a few fat b*****ds lose some weight!!

Fantastic weather though.

Clear blue sky.

Beer in hand.

Bliss.

[emoji16]

[Elixir]

22 hours ago, welshbairn said:

Meanwhile the strict mask wearing and vaccine passport regulating Europeans are already laughing their heads off at us.

Going so well in Scotland!

 

[superbigal]

Daily Summary for @oaksoft :   Deaths 1(18 day before),  ICU cases 54 down 7  (? new admissions),  In hospital with confirmed Covid  935 down 8  (? admissions).    A decent day in hospital metrics. 

Figures for Jags.  1st Vaccines  5,197 to 7,664 excellent as so many 12-15 year olds take up the offer as opposed to the  18-29 year olds.  2nd vaccines  2,397 to 2,060

Daily Cases Update: Day 2 on the rise after 28 days of falls, up a more significant 1.42% to 308.0 as we fail to crack the 300 barrier. Also infectivity up for 1st day in weeks 2 ticks to 7.9%.  A further rise is on the cards tomorrow. Wave 5 or static ?

Total Cases Scotland 7 days 1st October  to 7th October  were  16,598 to 16,833 up 1.42%, Positivity was 7.7% now 7.9%.  Cases per 100K were 303.7 now 308.0

Home Nations Daily Cases per 100K update  :  UK Average 344.4 to 348.3 up 1.13%, England  336.8 to 341.3 up 1.34%, Wales 498.4 to 506.2 up 1.57%, Northern Ireland   411.7 to 423.4 up 2.84%

In Europe for travellers (Countries Population over 3 Million) Serbia 514.1 (weekly change -11%), Romania 467.1 (weekly up 28%), Moldova 231.4 (Weekly up 12%), Croatia 225.6 (weekly up 8%), Bulgaria 214.5 (Weekly up 13%), Ukraine 190.5(Week up 30%), Ireland  183.7 (Weekly  -2%), Slovakia 171.9 (weekly up 30%)These are the only countries over 150 cases per 100K.   

At the other end.  Spain 23.7,  Poland 29.4, Italy 31.4, France 44.6, Germany 80.7 of the big fish.

Scotland  peaks in wave 4 at 817.1 for 1st Sep to 7th Sep, (UK was 392.1), Cases that day were 44,663 and positivity 12.5%

Scotland peaks in Wave 3 at 425.1 for 27th June to 3rd July, (UK was 229.9) . Cases that day were 23,222 and positivity 10.8%

Scotland  peaked in wave 2 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%  

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

West Lothian    442.8 to 440.1

Dundee City413.9 to 436.1  Dundee s the most plagued council in Wave 4 again likely to go top tomorrow. Suprising Broughty Ferry top contaminated zone.

Stirling   395.4 to 418.8  Up to 3rd with 6% rise.

Falkirk   399.9 to 404.2 

East Ayrshire   400.5 to 402.1  

Aberdeenshire  385.4 to 384.6  

Moray  379.3 to 377.2  

North Lanarkshire  371.4 to 375.6  

Fife  360.6 to 373.1

East Renfrewshire    329.1 to 347.7  

North Ayrshire   324.8 to 333.7

South Lanarkshire   319.2 to 321.1  

East Dunbartonshire   330.6 to 320.0

Scottish  Borders     307.2 to 314.1 

Dumfries & Galloway    305.5 to 312.9

BELOW AVERAGE 

West Dunbartonshire    311.3 to 300.0

Renfrewshire   270.9 to 287.1 

Glasgow City  288.1 to 280.8

Perth & Kinross   273.8 to 275.8

Aberdeen City    259.8 to 268.1 

Angus    244.3 to 262.5 

Midlothian  256.6 to 252.1

Inverclyde   228.4 to 247.9

South Ayrshire   231.0 to 229.2 

Argyll & Bute    235.3 to 224.7

East Lothian  209.5 to 224.3

Clackmannanshire  220.3 to 220.3 

City Of Edinburgh   201.7 to 207.2

Highlands   187.7 to 194.1

Shetland Islands    153.0 to 153.0

Western Isles  188.7 to 132.1 

Orkney Islands    79.5 to 75.9

Edited October 10, 2021 by superbigal

[Elixir]

[superbigal]

Home Nations Daily Cases per 100K update  :  UK Average 344.4 to 348.3 up 1.13%, England  336.8 to 341.3 up 1.34%, Wales 498.4 to 506.2 up 1.57%, Northern Ireland   411.7 to 423.4 up 2.84%  Scotland 303.7 to 308.0 up 1.42%

Whole of UK again on the rise.

In World rankings of Population over 1.75 Million  Wales 2nd,  NI 5th, England 9th Scotland 10th.

[Left Back]

Sky news reporting on something called Green Chiretta being used to treat mild cases in Thailand.

Part of the report mentioned asymptomatic people that took Green Chiretta didn’t get severe illness.

[Dawson Park Boy]

Telegraph reporting that the average GP works 3 days per week. If true, wow!!!

[craigkillie]

Telegraph reporting that the average GP works 3 days per week. If true, wow!!!

Shocked to hear that some people are employed part-time, must be the only profession where this happens.

[Distant Doonhamer]

On 09/10/2021 at 11:17, Distant Doonhamer said:

Travelling with Jet2 to Mallorca from Edinburgh tomorrow. Just received text and email saying 

We’re sorry, but due to the ongoing uncertainty caused by the UK Government travel restrictions, we’ve made adjustments to our flying programme for 10th October 2021 As a result, we wanted to let you know that your flight will now operate via another airport to drop off and/or collect some customers.

To cut a long story short now flying Edinburgh to Ibiza, some punters get off there we stay on flight and once some folk have got on we head on to Mallorca. It's being labelled as a last minute change but I'd noticed that the flight times had changed at least 10 days ago and had queried it on line at that time but got no response.

Clearly it's a sound commercial decision but have to say I'm somewhat pissed off by it.

Anyway the journey out to Mallorca from Edinburgh was absolutely fine. Efficient in both airports, relevant paperwork checked in both. 

Where we are in Mallorca there does seem to be a very high level of compliance re mask wearing in bars, restaurants, supermarket etc. Nobody making a fuss about it but just quietly being done.

The weather's great  and I have a marginal hangover this morning after a splendid meal last night. All is good in the DD world. 

Edited October 11, 2021 by Distant Doonhamer

[Billy Jean King]

Shocked to hear that some people are employed part-time, must be the only profession where this happens.

It's a typically piss poor click bait headline. The actual article says GPs are working 6.6 "sessions" per week that "could" be equivalent to "just over" 3 days per week. The massive problem there is there is zero insight into how long a "session" lasts so the Telegraph have simply assumed it's the equivalent of less than half a working day. Dreadful journalism from a paper with a clear agenda.

[Michael W]

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-unvaccinated-pregnant-women-make-up-one-fifth-of-the-most-critically-ill-coronavirus-patients-in-england-12431110

17% of critically ill covid patients are unvaccinated pregnant women. 

I fully understand why pregnant women wouldn't want to take the vaccine. Testing on pregnant woman is unethical therefore reassurances that the vaccine is safe for them aren't really substantiated. If anything did go wrong during the pregnancy I can imagine a lot of women blaming themselves for it due to getting vaccinated. That would be quite probably irrational, but at the same time there is precedence in this area (e.g. Thalidomide). Granted that was a medication and not a vaccine, the caution in this area is understandable.

Objectively, women of child-bearing age are low risk for severe covid, but perhaps the risk profile is higher when coupled with the strains of pregnancy on the body. 

[Bairnardo]

A session is either a morning surgery or an afternoon surgery.

And does not being "in session" neccessitate that they arent working?

I assume GOs are doing other stuff when they arent dealing with appointments but obviously my assumption isnt based on much

[Dawson Park Boy]

4 minutes ago, Tynierose said:

A session is either a morning surgery or an afternoon surgery.

As someone itk, what’s your take on the report about GP’s?

[ICTChris]

1 hour ago, oaksoft said:

To get an average of 3 working days per week needs a hell of a lot more than "some" to be fair.

It's not relevant anyway as long as the numbers of GPs are boosted to compensate.

The majority of the GPs at my practice are part time.  In fact, I think all of them are.

[strichener]

18 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

The majority of the GPs at my practice are part time.  In fact, I think all of them are.

Give GPs HGV drivers wages, that'll get them back full-time!

[Bairnardo]

Give GPs HGV drivers wages, that'll get them back full-time!

Then top them all up to the lad with the sledgehammer at the abbatoir....

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Loving this media narrative being pushed by the governments who failed the public that its all the fault of lazy GP’s and not the funding cuts, mismanagement of the pandemic and general incompetence in the strategic planning and governance of the NHS to blame. Those figured likely dont take into account out of hours, teaching, courses etc lots of GPs also have other commitments like working at hospices doing palliative care or other specialist in patient facilities. 
One of the wifes colleagues is in hospital with heart failure, deranged liver and unlikely to return to work due to their illness, all as a result of seeing a patient who lied about their symptoms and exposed them to covid by adopting the facebook medical school approach of ‘its naw covid’.