Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Arch Stanton]

1 hour ago, superbigal said:

COVID-19: Gigs and shows no more dangerous than going shopping...

As has been pointed out, at 1400 on Saturday there will be more people in ASDA Toryglen than will be across the road in Hampden for our national cup final.

A disgrace.

[TheScarf]

'I make no apologies for wanting to keep people safe'

Yes that fine Nicola, but what about the lives being ruined/business going under caused by what seems like never ending restrictions?  Can you and your government apologise for that?

[Marshmallo]

Sitting here rn reminiscing and I think this was the ultimate moment of the pandemic thus far for me

 

[Have some faith in Magic]

It's amazing that 25% of cases are in 0-14 year olds who can't get it and can't transmit it. 

Who can we blame for that and what should we demand is shut? 

[Left Back]

1 minute ago, Have some faith in Magic said:

It's amazing that 25% of cases are in 0-14 year olds who can't get it and can't transmit it. 

Who can we blame for that and what should we demand is shut? 

Pubs.  they've clearly been letting them in with false ID's if they have covid.

[Ron Aldo]

Pubs.  they've clearly been letting them in with false ID's if they have covid.

I'd have put it down to barbers and hair dressers. Kids always get a haircut before they go back to school but the schools have been so stop-start for the past year that they've needed more haircuts than usual.

Barbers are clearly the cause of any rise in cases.

[Elixir]

Probably because 'tracking and tracing' a widespread, endemic virus is a fucking pointless endeavor.

[Elixir]

Quote

Posted at 16:17

AZ vaccine gives better-than-expected 90% reduction in cases

Robert Cuffe

BBC head of statistics

Copyright: Reuters

Public Health England has just published real-world data - as opposed to those from clinical trials - suggesting having a second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine lifts its efficacy from about 60% to 90%.

We had already seen data on the effectiveness of the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, but these are the first to estimate the effects of the second dose of the AZ vaccine.

The study, published by PHE, looked at cases of coronavirus detected in the community among those aged over 65 (the first groups to be vaccinated).

It found that, a fortnight after the first dose of the Pfizer or AZ vaccine, the odds of getting symptomatic Covid fell by nearly 60%, consistent with previous reports.

After a second dose of Pfizer or AZ, cases were about 90% lower than among those who had not been vaccinated.

These results are better than those observed in the clinical trials and those assumed by scientific modellers supporting the most recent unlocking.

[BigDoddyKane]

4 minutes ago, Elixir said:

Probably because 'tracking and tracing' a widespread, endemic virus is a fucking pointless endeavor.

I dont think Ive read of any country where track or trace had any real benefit, has any been documented?

[Elixir]

3 minutes ago, BigDoddyKane said:

I dont think Ive read of any country where track or trace had any real benefit, has any been documented?

Things went utterly to shit in the 'gold standard' Germany last autumn, which is to be expected really. We wouldn't 'track and trace' other widespread, endemic respiratory viruses for this very reason. Another charade that can be filed in the bin.

[ac2907]

Booked my tickets for Hamilton races next Wednesday. Looking forward to a bit of normality during this ongoing shitshow.

[Alex_14]

Not the case. Ankle tags were mentioned in the media last year but that’s all.
https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/covid-19/covid-19/trying-get-home/covid-19-re-entry-and-quarantine-measures

Mate, she’s literally had the communication to say she needs to wear a ‘health band’. Not making it up. Will provide a pic of it once she’s there if you like.

[peasy23]

Was due to have my 1st jag on Sunday. Now self isolating due to being a close contact.
I’m not suggesting the mad 55yo antivaxxer in the office has fucked it for the rest of us, but he does live in Pollokshields and the 4 other people in the meeting with him on Monday also have to isolate...

Plenty of time to watch the golf then.

[betting competition]

2 hours ago, CALDERON said:

Aberdeen absolutely strolling it.  Stand Free! (of the virus)

Soul Bar will ruin it! 

[Lyle Lanley]

Hearing there's a outbreak at one of the schools in Dalkeith. 

 

Edited May 20, 2021 by Lyle Lanley

[NotThePars]

6 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

Rico left P&B after spending about ten pages in a Sportscene thread defending Celtic fans booing a minute's silence at a Ross County game, then making a thread in the Platinum forum complaining about trolls, only for Rugster to then share that with the rest of the forum.

It's a shame if we lost another Yes Da though, they're always good fun.

I tweeted something years ago fairly innocuous about Sturgeon and he replied (never interacted with the guy) about how she was a disgrace for implementing all-women shortlists. NAP that he rotted his brain and became a Yes Da.

[DeeTillEhDeh]

Many of the small family run businesses have already gone and others are sinking unlikely to be around when our vistors/tourists return. Only the chains will recover with speed as with less local competition they will take all the business.
In the Lorne's case the lockdown was the inevitable tipping point, they would have gone bust anyway.

Debenhams was the same - it was fucked a long time before this crisis - the lockdown just accelerated the inevitable.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

3 hours ago, effeffsee_the2nd said:

• 432 new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 28,589 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
  • 1.6% of these were positive
• 0 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 5 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 83 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 3,063,648 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 1,742,072 have received their second dose

Are the cigars in Danger of going out?

massive number of tests , including targeted surge testing in areas of high prevalence - no big increase in %  positivity  

Hospital numbers up, not by a huge amount but still, be interesting to see the age and vaccine status.. , 

nae deaths

I say crack on, what will the shitebags in goverment say ? - we just don't know

Listening to the mrs essentially we will know in the next week or so as this is when most hospitalisation occurs after infection and deaths around 2 weeks after that. 

3 hours ago, Bairnardo said:

The latest news from down south seems to be suggesting lots of household mixing actually drove the caseloads in the likes of Bolton, and there isnt much difference with the variant.

Get out of our lives.

It seems from the areas where we’ve seen significant rise (Shields, Merrylea and areas nearby) and surge testing (focusing in Renfrew as well) that the significant rises are in areas with quite a significantly larger instance of multi generational households in this demographic, I think this may go some way to explain the kind of massive sudden rise. Which also makes me think that may also see the figures quite significantly drop ala Moray. The same is also evident in other areas down south which are now seeing their cases drop. All in all im quite hopeful that the messaging re vaccination and encouraging communities which may be more hesitant to get a vaccine will see this end soon. 

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

47 minutes ago, Alex_14 said:

Mate, she’s literally had the communication to say she needs to wear a ‘health band’. Not making it up. Will provide a pic of it once she’s there if you like.

Yes, pics of gtf.

[H Wragg]

Yes, pics of gtf.

OK