Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

2 minutes ago, Steven W said:

Social distancing.

Limits on attendance at sporting events (including travel)

Travel restrictions.

There'll still be a lot of 'local' restrictions, i.e., parents won't be able to watch their kids play football. Schools, for example, will still feel compelled to have some kind of restrictions. That kind of shit is going to be on the go for a very long time.

If these things are still in place by october we’d be as well just pressing the nuke buttons because life just isnt worth living if youre essentially under house arrest forever. 

[craigkillie]

36 minutes ago, HibsFan said:

Aren't all holidays by definition made up?

Well aye, but things like Mother's Day are particularly stupid ones.

[Bairnardo]

Well aye, but things like Mother's Day are particularly stupid ones.

Everything is made up tbh, except the need to eat, drink, sleep and procreate.

The rest is just pish we made up on the way

[Thistle_do_nicely]

1 minute ago, Bairnardo said:

Everything is made up tbh, except the need to eat, drink, sleep and procreate.

The rest is just pish we made up on the way

maybe the real lockdown was the pish we made up along the way /mindblown

[Todd_is_God]

31 minutes ago, Steven W said:

Social distancing.

Limits on attendance at sporting events (including travel)

There'll still be a lot of 'local' restrictions, i.e., parents won't be able to watch their kids play football. Schools, for example, will still feel compelled to have some kind of restrictions. That kind of shit is going to be on the go for a very long time.

If we can't get these things punted in October (when the vaccine roll out will be completely finished) then when can we?

Keeping things in place "just in case" should not be acceptable in any circumstance, as at what point do we definitively decide the thing we have kept them in place "just in case" for isn't going to happen?

Edited March 7, 2021 by Todd_is_God

[djchapsticks]

58 minutes ago, WhiteRoseKillie said:

2 hours ago, djchapsticks said:

Because as much as I love the place, Floridians are completely and utterly fucking mental.

See my reply above. Stereotyping based on prejudicial views.

Oh f**k off you handwringing wet blanket.

[Lyle Lanley]

None of these restrictions should still be in place come end of the summer. 

 

[effeffsee_the2nd]

This article from the BBC which doesn't show who wrote this  is a bit confusing as it jumps from the possibility of a large flu epidemic next winter to ways we dealt with COVID-19 in that the writer is hinting at using the same strategy could be used against flu, which was a flu pandemic strategy in the first place. Not a chance we are going through another lockdown next winter for flu or anything else, that can be filed in the bin.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56312621
The Dr herself can be argued with but as it says on the tin, she's was there to speak about the worst case scenario and there was a distracting reason behind it why she was wheeled out for this interview which we have mentioned on here countless times.
Again in an article from the BBC the fear of variants is brought up and no mention of the successful current vaccination program.
No prize guessing that this type of article will pop up repeating this kind of message through out the rest of the year and the fear mongers will try to prime us into thinking we need to head this off next winter with another lockdown. I get the impression these people are enjoying this new found power and influence a little too much and that's those in the media especially who write this stuff and deny any responsibility for their actions and how it affects people.
Stuff like this regardless of the improving situation doesn't put you in a good mood nor does it inspire any confidence in those in the mainstream media.
 
 

Surely no one would seriously buy that, they can’t use the “ deadly virus “ line for flu, everyone knows what flu is and nobody ever expects a lockdown for it

[The Naitch]

Another day of terrific figures. Hospital numbers down as well.

[LongTimeLurker]

11 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said:

Surely no one would seriously buy that, they can’t use the “ deadly virus “ line for flu, everyone knows what flu is and nobody ever expects a lockdown for it

Thing is though it has always been a deadly virus and there was an influenza pandemic a century ago that was much worse than COVID-19 on IFR. Over the years we have chosen to accept x number of casualties from the flu among the elderly and otherwise infirm every winter as normal so it was usually never newsworthy unless there was a particularly bad strain and even then life continued normally. If the media started highlighting influenza case numbers and ICU admissions in the same sort of way they have with COVID-19....

Edited March 7, 2021 by LongTimeLurker

[Steven W]

19 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

If we can't get these things punted in October (when the vaccine roll out will be completely finished) then when can we?

Keeping things in place "just in case" should not be acceptable in any circumstance, as at what point do we definitively decide the thing we have kept them in place "just in case" for isn't going to happen?

I don't disagree. But I just can't picture a restriction-less life at any point this year. 

[Todd_is_God]

2 minutes ago, Steven W said:

I don't disagree. But I just can't picture a restriction-less life at any point this year. 

Neither can I. But the restrictions that hang around are more likely to be annoying but not preventing anything things like mask wearing than social distancing / banning parents from watching their kids play football.

Edited March 7, 2021 by Todd_is_God

[Jacksgranda]

1 hour ago, Turkmenbashi said:

No because it is in England, not Scotland so absolutely to do with us.

Anyway if you read the full story I don't think what she is saying is that bad. Just that she needs to be prepared for the worst case scenario, but that she expects that we will be able to open in the summer as expected.

She's no future advising government with that sort of message...

[superbigal]

On 06/03/2021 at 16:19, superbigal said:

 

 

Daily Infections per 100K in 7 days Update:   The UK in particular had a huge 48 hours dropping over 13% (Error me claiming 24 hours yesterday. All in timing of figures)

Another decent day for Scotland.  Highlights are Renfrewshire, East Lothian, West Dunbartonshire & Edinburgh.    Lowlights are the large gap from the top 6 down to North Ayrshire.   Some Weegie area that sounds like it should be in Wales is now Scotland's most dangerous neighbourhood. 

I am going to do a 14 day review tomorrow, from the figures at the 1st announcement of the Road Map to Levels at the end of April. I can exclusively reveal we have had a 40% reduction in those 2 weeks, and infectivity has dropped 34%.  Surely some decent roadmap changes possible now.

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  7 days from 26th Feb to 4th March are down from 3558 to 3489. The positive test rate goes from  3.3% to 3.3%.  Cases per 100k goes from  65.1 to 63.9 down 1,94%  Overall cases are now down 78.83%.

UK Figures 

England  86.4 to 74.4 down 13.89% in last 48 hours.  Wales  54.6 to 49.6 down 9.16% in last 48 hours , Northern Ireland 84.6 to 77.9 down 7.92% in last 48 hours.   UK Average is now 84.4 to 73.1  down 13.39%  in last 48 hours.

In Europe (Above 2 Million Population) the Czech republic is still rising at 792, next worst is Serbia at 353. Hungary 304, Sweden 269, France 222, Italy 212.

NHS FIGURES (Ignoring Islands) : Forth Valley 132.7 to 125.2 ,  Lanarkshire 93.7 to 95.9, Greater Glasgow & Clyde  87.1 to 86.7 ,  Lothian 68.2 to 62.7,  Ayrshire & Arran 58.2 to 56.3,  Tayside 53.9 to 51.7, Fife  40.2 to 42.3, Highland 30.8 to 29.5, Grampian 24.2 to 25.4 , D&G 16.1 to 17.5 ,  Borders 16.4 to 17.3 

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

Clackmannanshire  153.3 to 149.4  

Falkirk 130.5 to 122.4   Thanks to @Bairnardo a daily drop of 6.21% 

Stirling  125.3 to 116.8  Daily drop 6.78%

West Lothian  113.6 to 109.8

Glasgow City  104.1 to 107.1  Bad day, Carnwadric West now Scotland's official No go area.  Rangers won the League.

North Lanarkshire 103.4 to 106.3  Poor day. 

Sub 100 Club

North Ayrshire 83.1 to 86.8  4th day of rises in a row. Irvine is the problem.

East Renfrewshire   83.7 to 84.8

Renfrewshire   85.4 to 78.2  Great 48 hours down 25%

South Lanarkshire  83.6 to 81.7

Midlothian 80.0 to 74.6  Nice down 6.75%

Dundee City  70.3 to 69.0

NOW ALL BELOW SCOTTISH AVERAGE of 63.9

East Lothian 71.9 to 63.5  Huge falls last 4 days. Another 11.68%. Joins the below average good guys.

West Dunbartonshire  68.6 to 56.2    Astonishing down well over 50% in 4 days and joins the below average good guys. 

East Ayrshire 59.0 to 53.3 Another near double digits daily drop

Hamlet & PInts Club @ 50.0

East Dunbartonshire  46.9 to 45.1 

Angus 49.1 to 44.8  Excellent near 10% day.

City Of Edinburgh  49.0 to 43.4  Brilliant 11.43% 24 hour drop.

Fife  4 0.2 to 42.3  

Perth & Kinross   41.5 to 39.5 

Moray 3.4 to 34.4

Western Isles  22.5 to 33.7  Well cant be oil workers in North West Lewis

Highlands 33.1 to 33.5 

Aberdeen City 27.6 to 31.0  Relegated back to Hamlet & Pint 

Inverclyde  30.8 to 30.8 Not quite getting into the best guys club.

Havana  & Single Malt Whisky club @ 30.0 

South Ayrshire  27.5 to 23.1  Unbelievable 16% drop after 27% yesterday.

Argyll & Bute  23.3 to 17.5

Dumfries & Galloway 16.1 to 17.5 

Scottish  Borders 16.4 to 17.3 

Aberdeenshire 18.0 to 16.8

Shetland Islands   4.4 to 4.4  1 case circa 250 tests.

Orkney Island   0.0 to 0.0

Edited March 7, 2021 by superbigal

[Bairnardo]

Daily Infections per 100K in 7 days Update:   The UK in particular had a huge 48 hours dropping over 13% (Error me claiming 24 hours yesterday. All in timing of figures)

Another decent day for Scotland.  Highlights are Renfrewshire, East Lothian, West Dunbartonshire & Edinburgh.    Lowlights are Glasgow and the large gap then down to North Ayrshire.   Some area that sounds like it should be in Wales is now Scotland's most dangerous neighbourhood. 

I am going to do a 14 day review tomorrow, from the figures at the 1st announcement of the Road Map to Levels at the end of April. I can exclusively reveal we have had a 40% reduction in those 2 weeks, and infectivity has dropped 34%.  Surely some decent roadmap changes possible now.

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  7 days from 26th Feb to 4th March are down from 3558 to 3489. The positive test rate goes from  3.3% to 3.3%.  Cases per 100k goes from  65.1 to 63.9 down 1,94%  Overall cases are now down 78.83%.

UK Figures 

England  86.4 to 74.4 down 13.89% in last 48 hours.  Wales  54.6 to 49.6 down 9.16% in last 48 hours , Northern Ireland 84.6 to 77.9 down 7.92% in last 48 hours.   UK Average is now 84.4 to 73.1  down 13.39%  in last 48 hours.

In Europe (Above 2 Million Population) the Czech republic is still rising at 792, next worst is Serbia at 353. Hungary 304, Sweden 269, France 222, Italy 212.

NHS FIGURES (Ignoring Islands) : Forth Valley 132.7 to 125.2 ,  Lanarkshire 93.7 to 95.9, Greater Glasgow & Clyde  87.1 to 86.7 ,  Lothian 68.2 to 62.7,  Ayrshire & Arran 58.2 to 56.3,  Tayside 53.9 to 51.7, Fife  40.2 to 42.3, Highland 30.8 to 29.5, Grampian 24.2 to 25.4 , D&G 16.1 to 17.5 ,  Borders 16.4 to 17.3 

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
Clackmannanshire  153.3 to 149.4  
Falkirk 130.5 to 122.4   Thanks to@Bairnardo a daily drop of 6.21% 
Stirling  125.3 to 116.8  Daily drop 6.78%
West Lothian  113.6 to 109.8
Glasgow City  104.1 to 107.1  Bad day, Carnwadric West now Scotland's official No go area.
Sub 100 Club
North Ayrshire 83.1 to 86.8  4th day of rises in a row. Irvine is the problem.
East Renfrewshire   83.7 to 84.8
Renfrewshire   85.4 to 78.2  Great 48 hours down 25%
South Lanarkshire  83.6 to 81.7
Midlothian 80.0 to 74.6  Nice down 6.75%
Dundee City  70.3 to 69.0
NOW ALL BELOW SCOTTISH AVERAGE of 63.9
East Lothian 71.9 to 63.5  Huge falls last 4 days. Another 11.68%. Joins the below average good guys.
West Dunbartonshire  68.6 to 56.2    Astonishing down well over 50% in 4 days and joins the below average good guys. 
East Ayrshire 59.0 to 53.3 Another near double digits daily drop
Hamlet & PInts Club @ 50.0
East Dunbartonshire  46.9 to 45.1 
Angus 49.1 to 44.8  Excellent near 10% day.
City Of Edinburgh  49.0 to 43.4  Brilliant 11.43% 24 hour drop.
Fife  4 0.2 to 42.3  
Perth & Kinross   41.5 to 39.5 
Moray 3.4 to 34.4
Western Isles  22.5 to 33.7  Well cant be oil workers in North West Lewis
Highlands 33.1 to 33.5 
Aberdeen City 27.6 to 31.0  Relegated back to Hamlet & Pint 
Inverclyde  30.8 to 30.8 Not quite getting into the best guys club.
Havana  & Single Malt Whisky club @ 30.0 
South Ayrshire  27.5 to 23.1  Unbelievable 16% drop after 27% yesterday.
Argyll & Bute  23.3 to 17.5
Dumfries & Galloway 16.1 to 17.5 
Scottish  Borders 16.4 to 17.3 
Aberdeenshire 18.0 to 16.8
Shetland Islands   4.4 to 4.4  1 case circa 250 tests.
Orkney Island   0.0 to 0.0

Finally starting to see credit where its due

[vikingTON]

Inverclyde recorded literally zero cases in the past 24 hours and so couldn't move down; show greater respect to the Clyde Riviera. 

Edited March 7, 2021 by vikingTON

[PWL]

16 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:

20 minutes ago, superbigal said:

 

West Dunbartonshire  68.6 to 56.2    Astonishing down well over 50% in 4 days and joins the below average good guys. 
 

Finally starting to see credit where its due

Yes. Well done @The Moonster for slapping some order into the Bankie scum.

[Billy Jean King]

Daily Infections per 100K in 7 days Update:   The UK in particular had a huge 48 hours dropping over 13% (Error me claiming 24 hours yesterday. All in timing of figures)

Another decent day for Scotland.  Highlights are Renfrewshire, East Lothian, West Dunbartonshire & Edinburgh.    Lowlights are Glasgow and the large gap then down to North Ayrshire.   Some area that sounds like it should be in Wales is now Scotland's most dangerous neighbourhood. 

I am going to do a 14 day review tomorrow, from the figures at the 1st announcement of the Road Map to Levels at the end of April. I can exclusively reveal we have had a 40% reduction in those 2 weeks, and infectivity has dropped 34%.  Surely some decent roadmap changes possible now.

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  7 days from 26th Feb to 4th March are down from 3558 to 3489. The positive test rate goes from  3.3% to 3.3%.  Cases per 100k goes from  65.1 to 63.9 down 1,94%  Overall cases are now down 78.83%.

UK Figures 

England  86.4 to 74.4 down 13.89% in last 48 hours.  Wales  54.6 to 49.6 down 9.16% in last 48 hours , Northern Ireland 84.6 to 77.9 down 7.92% in last 48 hours.   UK Average is now 84.4 to 73.1  down 13.39%  in last 48 hours.

In Europe (Above 2 Million Population) the Czech republic is still rising at 792, next worst is Serbia at 353. Hungary 304, Sweden 269, France 222, Italy 212.

NHS FIGURES (Ignoring Islands) : Forth Valley 132.7 to 125.2 ,  Lanarkshire 93.7 to 95.9, Greater Glasgow & Clyde  87.1 to 86.7 ,  Lothian 68.2 to 62.7,  Ayrshire & Arran 58.2 to 56.3,  Tayside 53.9 to 51.7, Fife  40.2 to 42.3, Highland 30.8 to 29.5, Grampian 24.2 to 25.4 , D&G 16.1 to 17.5 ,  Borders 16.4 to 17.3 

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
Clackmannanshire  153.3 to 149.4  
Falkirk 130.5 to 122.4   Thanks to@Bairnardo a daily drop of 6.21% 
Stirling  125.3 to 116.8  Daily drop 6.78%
West Lothian  113.6 to 109.8
Glasgow City  104.1 to 107.1  Bad day, Carnwadric West now Scotland's official No go area.
Sub 100 Club
North Ayrshire 83.1 to 86.8  4th day of rises in a row. Irvine is the problem.
East Renfrewshire   83.7 to 84.8
Renfrewshire   85.4 to 78.2  Great 48 hours down 25%
South Lanarkshire  83.6 to 81.7
Midlothian 80.0 to 74.6  Nice down 6.75%
Dundee City  70.3 to 69.0
NOW ALL BELOW SCOTTISH AVERAGE of 63.9
East Lothian 71.9 to 63.5  Huge falls last 4 days. Another 11.68%. Joins the below average good guys.
West Dunbartonshire  68.6 to 56.2    Astonishing down well over 50% in 4 days and joins the below average good guys. 
East Ayrshire 59.0 to 53.3 Another near double digits daily drop
Hamlet & PInts Club @ 50.0
East Dunbartonshire  46.9 to 45.1 
Angus 49.1 to 44.8  Excellent near 10% day.
City Of Edinburgh  49.0 to 43.4  Brilliant 11.43% 24 hour drop.
Fife  4 0.2 to 42.3  
Perth & Kinross   41.5 to 39.5 
Moray 3.4 to 34.4
Western Isles  22.5 to 33.7  Well cant be oil workers in North West Lewis
Highlands 33.1 to 33.5 
Aberdeen City 27.6 to 31.0  Relegated back to Hamlet & Pint 
Inverclyde  30.8 to 30.8 Not quite getting into the best guys club.
Havana  & Single Malt Whisky club @ 30.0 
South Ayrshire  27.5 to 23.1  Unbelievable 16% drop after 27% yesterday.
Argyll & Bute  23.3 to 17.5
Dumfries & Galloway 16.1 to 17.5 
Scottish  Borders 16.4 to 17.3 
Aberdeenshire 18.0 to 16.8
Shetland Islands   4.4 to 4.4  1 case circa 250 tests.
Orkney Island   0.0 to 0.0

South Ayrshire going for Eradication [emoji44]

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said:

South Ayrshire going for Eradication

Some of these Irvine lads need to be making the 2 mile trip to Troon to get you all back up a bit !!!

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

10 minutes ago, PWL said:

Yes. Well done @The Moonster for slapping some order into the Bankie scum.

Everyone knows the dumbarton werthers orginal brigade couldnt fight sleep.