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7 minutes ago, Snafu said:

Well, hopefully that's it, the end for restricting numbers at large outdoor events.

Indoor events and hospitality still to go mind. If those restrictions aren’t lifted tomorrow, then the SG are more out of touch than I ever thought possible.

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12 minutes ago, Abdul_Latif said:

Indoor events and hospitality still to go mind. If those restrictions aren’t lifted tomorrow, then the SG are more out of touch than I ever thought possible.

We were down at Braehead yesterday, 1600 allowed in Ikea but only 200 in the Arena. 

I'd love to hear the science behind that. 

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Due to a combination of circumstances I won’t bore people with I had to go for a PCR test with my son today. The place was basically empty and the staff, who were very polite and helpful, said it was very quiet, presumably due to the rules about accepting LFTs. They even said the results should be with us in less than 24 hours, compared to my mother in law and partner who almost spent their whole isolation period waiting for test results.

When the time comes to dismantle the testing infrastructure it should be basically out of use.

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1 hour ago, ddfg said:

We were down at Braehead yesterday, 1600 allowed in Ikea but only 200 in the Arena. 

I'd love to hear the science behind that. 

Covid knows when sport is being played.

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1 hour ago, ddfg said:

We were down at Braehead yesterday, 1600 allowed in Ikea but only 200 in the Arena. 

I'd love to hear the science behind that. 

Meatballs are the cure. 

Seriously though, IKEA away is a tough day out. 

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48 minutes ago, oaksoft said:

That's why I've been saying all along that I don't respect any of these people, even those who are saying what I am hoping to hear.

The real scientists, and the only ones worth praising, are those who saved our arses by developing a working vaccine. The rest are tedious hangers-on media whores who deserve nothing but our contempt for getting in the way.

this didn't happen. worse, its prolonged and exacerbated the hysteria

agree on cowards who stayed silent until opinion is now shifting. this bloke knew the score from the start and didnt go public

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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/12858bd6-7714-11ec-a9ac-7b4ca33c4cb4?shareToken=f57586ae1b4b9ecffcb7f6dbd04c30a8
Just the £4,300,000,000 being written off for fraudulent covid payments. 
A 25% fraud recovery rate is actually pretty good. It's the level of fraudulent claims paid that's the issue there but given the haste of the scheme it should surprise no one. There are tens if not hundreds of thousands of people out there looking to exploit situations like this. Like a sweetie shop for large OCGs
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1 hour ago, Billy Jean King said:
1 hour ago, GiGi said:
 
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/12858bd6-7714-11ec-a9ac-7b4ca33c4cb4?shareToken=f57586ae1b4b9ecffcb7f6dbd04c30a8
Just the £4,300,000,000 being written off for fraudulent covid payments. 

A 25% fraud recovery rate is actually pretty good. It's the level of fraudulent claims paid that's the issue there but given the haste of the scheme it should surprise no one. There are tens if not hundreds of thousands of people out there looking to exploit situations like this. Like a sweetie shop for large OCGs

A loophole they allowed was in the case of small rental property owners who were set up as a business, claimed 100% rates relief, quite correctly, but could then claim grants from the council if they were so inclined.

Absolutely wrong morally to claim grants.

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1 minute ago, Bairnardo said:
3 minutes ago, anotherchance said:
 

Its a real shame that you cant agree with any of this unless you are a tory.

The ones who constantly complain about this thread being an “echo chamber” must therefore welcome this new divergence of Covid opinion in Holyrood. 

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17 minutes ago, anotherchance said:

 

If I get my booster on Wednesday only for the Vaccine Passports (the only reason I'm getting a booster) to be scrapped a fortnight later I'll be a bit frustrated. Not that I wouldn't fully support the move.

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7 day Cases Update:  3 Day lag to allow reporting to be accurate.  Cases DOWN 61% in the Tsunami which was due according to the Scottish advisors to peak end of January or into February. 

What is now very interesting for me is that the differences between the councils now are very small. This 100% cannot be blamed on behaviour, where previously you maybe had a council with 10 times the cases per 100K than another. This is 100% the new cold now.

Total Cases Scotland 7 days 8th January to 14th January were  87,049 to 33,929 Down 61.02%, Positivity was 27.4% now 18.9%.  Cases per 100K were 1592.6 now 620.7

Home Nations Weekly Cases  per 100K update  :  England   1925 to 1273 Down 33.87%, Wales 2381 to 884  down 62.87%, Northern Ireland 2905 to 1478 Down 49.12%

Cases in Europe in terms of of numbers per 100K  France 2842 to 3147, Denmark 2200 to 2595, Ireland 2971 to 2497, Portugal 2127 to 2415, Switzerland 1975 to 2036, Italy 1839 to 2022,  countries over 2000 and still mostly rising.

Council progress in last week 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

South Lanarkshire 2,050 to 722

Fife  1,611 to 700 

Falkirk  1,671 to 699

Clackmannanshire   1,640 to 696

Glasgow City  1,686 to 696

East Lothian   1,397 to 692

Dundee City   1,486 to 668

North Lanarkshire    1,810 to 668  

Midlothian   1,370 to 653

City Of Edinburgh   1,398 to 651

West Dunbartonshire 2,026 to 635  Down near 70%

Aberdeen City  1,507 to 624

East Ayrshire  1,696 to 624

Angus  1,531 to 619 

East Renfrewshire  1,768 to 618

Renfrewshire    1,975 to 615

Perth & Kinross   1,530 to 594

North Ayrshire  1,739 to 585

East Dunbartonshire  1,641 to 575

Dumfries & Galloway  1,560 to 570 

Stirling  1,443 to 561

Inverclyde  2,079 to 560 Down 73%

West Lothian  1,463 to 550

Highlands   1,308 to 535

Aberdeenshire   1,288 to 510

South Ayrshire  1,573 to 479

Moray  1,719 to 479  

Scottish  Borders   1,157 to 403

Argyll & Bute   1,016 to 396

Western Isles  706 to 370

Orkney Islands   728 to 233 

Shetland Islands  648 to 101

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