Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[tamthebam]

4 hours ago, PWL said:

I had to go into the office yesterday to collect some paperwork.  Usual train at 7:30am which is often standing only had 2 folk in my carriage. The station car park had that's all but full by then had the total of 8 cars. Yes I am sad enough to have counted. 

City centre still dead. Basically only workies and Deliveroo guys about. Shops all closed as are a lot of the food places.  Masks been worn everywhere.  Based on that I'd say lock down where it was most effective is still effective 

Incidently, the office is on George Square and had received the treatment from the "Pee-pul".

Normally I would condemn mindless vandalism but if you spray an extra R next to the first R that might be acceptable. 

[Melanius Mullarkey]

50 minutes ago, superbigal said:

Avril McNeill

(Interim) Rector

 

Pics or GTF

[Burnieman]

What were the hospital numbers today?

[Distant Doonhamer]

What were the hospital numbers today?

Haven't seen them anywhere. Will be available from 2pm if not noted anywhere before then. Link below (updated daily at 2pm). Also on Scot Gov twitter at same time I think.
Daily Data.

[Benjamin_Nevis]

36 minutes ago, Marshmallo said:

Well done on managing 7 words without effing and jeffing

Why thank you. 

[superbigal]

19 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:

Pics or GTF

You did ask

[Benjamin_Nevis]

This is the latest on the BBC updates - Sorry screenshot not working: 

Covid in Scotland: The headlines

• A further 691 people tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, which amounts to 3.1% of all tests
• An additional 20 deaths of people who tested positive in the previous 28 days have been registered
• Another 141 deaths were recorded last week where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, according to National Records of Scotland
• The number is down 89 on last week and is the sixth successive week that the total has fallen
• A total of 1,809,158 people in Scotland have now had their first vaccination dose
• The first minister tells Holyrood's Covid-19 Committee the exit from lockdown "may be slower than everyone wants it to be" but her focus is on "steady and one-directional" progress
• Scotland's chief medical officer says the virus is completely different from last year and is somewhere between 30% and 70% more transmissible
• Nicola Sturgeon says there is "nothing perfect or ideal" about the limited time S1-S3 pupils will have in the classroom when they return on Monday
• Dr Smith says it is “highly likely” we will need to get regular vaccination updates for the virus in future
• And the first minister denies she has a "secret hairdresser"

That's all from us on the live page today. We will be back tomorrow for First Minister's Questions.

[Melanius Mullarkey]

3 minutes ago, superbigal said:

You did ask

[TheScarf]

4 minutes ago, Day of the Lords said:

This is the latest on the BBC updates - Sorry screenshot not working: 

Covid in Scotland: The headlines

• A further 691 people tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, which amounts to 3.1% of all tests
• An additional 20 deaths of people who tested positive in the previous 28 days have been registered
• Another 141 deaths were recorded last week where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, according to National Records of Scotland
• The number is down 89 on last week and is the sixth successive week that the total has fallen
• A total of 1,809,158 people in Scotland have now had their first vaccination dose
• The first minister tells Holyrood's Covid-19 Committee the exit from lockdown "may be slower than everyone wants it to be" but her focus is on "steady and one-directional" progress
• Scotland's chief medical officer says the virus is completely different from last year and is somewhere between 30% and 70% more transmissible
• Nicola Sturgeon says there is "nothing perfect or ideal" about the limited time S1-S3 pupils will have in the classroom when they return on Monday
• Dr Smith says it is “highly likely” we will need to get regular vaccination updates for the virus in future
• And the first minister denies she has a "secret hairdresser"

That's all from us on the live page today. We will be back tomorrow for First Minister's Questions.

I've seen this a few times in the last year on Twitter.  And its almost exclusively *** lassies saying it.

[Todd_is_God]

I don't buy the "different virus so we just don't know how it will react to easing" BS - It was first detected in September which means it had been around before then.

It was kicking about last year when restrictions were at their loosest so we should have a pretty good idea how it will act.

It's quite a shame to see the SG, who were once lauded for their openness and transparency, now lie / be economical with the truth on an almost daily basis for seemingly no reason other than to justify their approach.

Edited March 10, 2021 by Todd_is_God

[madwullie]

See sack Chris Whitty is trending on twitter  

[Ira Gaines]

Not much to say about all of that, other than I welcome more regular vaccination updates. 

[PWL]

25 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

I don't buy the "different virus so we just don't know how it will react to easing" BS - It was first detected in September which means it had been around before then.

It was kicking about last year when restrictions were at their loosest so we should have a pretty good idea how it will act.

It's quite a shame to see the SG, who were once lauded for their openness and transparency, now lie / be economical with the truth on an almost daily basis for seemingly no reason other than to justify their approach.

Here's exact quote by Dr Smith from BBC website. Doesn't seem to unreasonable to me.  Key point remains getting jags in arms so that infection rates, while still important, don't have the devastating impact of Jan. 

Edited March 10, 2021 by PWL

[Distant Doonhamer]

582 hospital cases. Down from 614.
ICU unchanged at 50

[gav-ffc]

2 hours ago, D.V.T. said:

 

I would imagine so. Possibly lateral flow tests from schools as well?

 

Do they get counted in the numbers as in the last few weeks at work we’ve had to test with a LT every shift.

[D.V.T.]

582 hospital cases. Down from 614.
ICU unchanged at 50

Excellent

[ICTChris]

 

[NorthernLights]

Are there any figures about how much our "Test & Protect" system has cost?

Edited March 10, 2021 by NorthernLights

[Bairnardo]

 

I see someone in the replies saying Chris Whitty expects 30k more deaths. What's the context of that comment? Over what timeframe is he expecting 30k more people to do from covid

[vikingTON]

25 minutes ago, PWL said:

Here's exact quote by Dr Smith from BBC website. Doesn't seem to unreasonable to me.  Key point remains getting jags in arms so that infection rates, while still important, don't have the devastating impact of Jan. 

 

It's literally not "a completely different virus": HIV is a "completely different virus". This sort of imprecise drivel public messaging is only going to scare people into thinking that their vaccinations will no longer work and needs stomped on before we end up in a German-style mess of our own making.