Michael W Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 (edited) Who had "shooting rescue dogs" next on the list of daft Aussie covid measures? https://amp.smh.com.au/national/nsw/rescue-dogs-shot-dead-by-nsw-council-due-to-covid-19-restrictions-20210821-p58ksh.html?__twitter_impression=true I think my personal favourite remains the council in Spain that went out and bleached a beach. Edited August 22, 2021 by Michael W 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, Michael W said: Who had "shooting rescue dogs" next on the list of daft Aussie covid measures. https://amp.smh.com.au/national/nsw/rescue-dogs-shot-dead-by-nsw-council-due-to-covid-19-restrictions-20210821-p58ksh.html?__twitter_impression=true I think my personal favourite remains the council in Spain that went out and bleached a beach. Yep difficult to Trump a bleaching. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 48 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: 4 weeks! went mega strict the 1st time, the people revolted and took to the streets, 6 weeks went florida style and gave zero fucks, kept everything as normal, health service crashed. 11 weeks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Just now, Meldrew said: went mega strict the 1st time, the people revolted and took to the streets, 6 weeks went florida style and gave zero fucks, kept everything as normal, health service crashed. 11 weeks. Aye, I think I screwed things down too tight. But anyway, I've retired to the Caymans to enjoy the profits of my PPE contracts. Trebles all round! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 (edited) Daily Cases Update: Day 17 in a row of our 4th wave of infections, case rises up a massive 14% to 329.7 I expect another large rise of around 8% tomorrow. Infectivity up 7 ticks to 9.4%. We surge past England to go 2nd place in Europe behind Norden Oirlan. Not sure even we can catch the Oirish. England 3rd, Wales 4th, ROI 5th, France 6th. 100% rises in both major cities in just a few days. South West of Scotland is riddled infection wise. Completely widespread as opposed to any locality. Still 370,000 under 40s who can't be arsed to get jagged. Figures for Jags 1st Vaccines 4,018 to 3,941 , 2nd vaccines still poor at 14,954 to 15,239 Total Cases Scotland 7 days 13th August to 19th August were 15,772 now 18,020 up 14.19%, Positivity was 8.7% now 9.4%. Cases per 100K were 288.5 now 329.7 Home Nations Daily update : UK Average 310.5 to 319.8 up 3.00%, England 314.7 to 320.5 up 1.84%, Wales 258.1 to 283.0 up 9.65%, Northern Ireland 541.8 to 559.5 up 3.27% In Europe for travellers Ireland 246.0 to 248.8 (Weekly change +1%), France 252.9 to 233.0 (Weekly change -8%), Greece 220.9 to 212.3 (Weekly change -4%), Switzerland 193.8 to 199.2 (weekly change +52%), Portugal 158.7 to 159.3 (Weekly change +%), Spain 164.4 to 146.1 (Weekly change -32%), These are still the only main countries over 120 cases per 100K Lower down the charts in the last week Germany has risen 61%, Romania 63%, Serbia 68%, Albania 93%, Bosnia 106% 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 previously 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 Dunbartonshire 469.8 to 547.9 Dumfries & Galloway 503.7 to 542.2 East Renfrewshire 405.0 to 500.7 Clackmannanshire 380.2 to 444.5 East Dunbartonshire 379.8 to 435.9 South Lanarkshire 372.2 to 423.0 Renfrewshire 361.2 to 415.3 Up over 100% in 5 days. Inverclyde 384.1 to 415.3 Glasgow City 347.1 to 414.1 Unbelievable up over 100% in 4 days. Impressive face licking. Argyll & Bute 347.7 to 406.2 North Lanarkshire 358.5 to 403.1 City Of Edinburgh 319.2 to 373.6 Up over 100% in just 5 days. North Ayrshire 318.1 to 359.8 East Lothian 299.4 to 321.6 Scottish Borders 267.1 to 308.9 West Lothian 280.7 to 300.8 South Ayrshire 248.8 to 287.1 Fife 263.3 to 286.5 Stirling 241.3 to 280.6 Up over 100% in 3 days. Midlothian 229.7 to 271.6 Falkirk 231.1 to 268.4 East Ayrshire 241.0 to 250.0 Dundee City 209.6 to 242.6 Highlands 195.0 to 229.8 Angus 172.7 to 213.3 Perth & Kinross 175.8 to 191.6 Aberdeen City 144.9 to 165.5 Aberdeenshire 146.5 to 162.6 Western Isles 128.3 to 128.3 Moray 95.1 to 94.0 Shetland Islands 43.7 to 52.5 Orkney Islands 40.2 to 44.6 Edited August 22, 2021 by superbigal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 37 minutes ago, superbigal said: Daily Cases Update: Day 17 in a row of our 4th wave of infections, case rises up a massive 14% to 329.7 I expect another large rise of around 8% tomorrow. Infectivity up 7 ticks to 9.4%. We surge past England to go 2nd place in Europe behind Norden Oirlan. 100% rises in both major cities in just a few days. South West of Scotland is riddled infection wise. Completely widespread as opposed to any locality. Still 370,000 under 40s who can't be arsed to get jagged. Figures for Jags 1st Vaccines 4,018 to 3,941 , 2nd vaccines still poor at 14,954 to 15,239 Total Cases Scotland 7 days 13th August to 19th August were 15,772 now 18,020 up 14.19%, Positivity was 8.7% now 9.4%. Cases per 100K were 288.5 now 329.7 Home Nations Daily update : UK Average 303.5 to 310.5 up 2.31%, England 310.4 to 314.7 up 1.06%, Wales 238.8 to 258.1 up 8.08%, Northern Ireland 525.2 to 541.8 up 3.35% In Europe for travellers Ireland 246.0 to 247.8 (Weekly change +2%), France 252.9 to 235.7 (Weekly change -7%), Greece 220.9 to 213.1 (Weekly change -1%), Switzerland 193.8 to 199.2 (weekly change +52%), Spain 171.3 to 164.4 (Weekly change -27%), Portugal 158.7 to 158.3 (Weekly change -1%), These are still the only main countries over 120 cases per 100K Lower down the charts in the last week Germany has risen 61%, Romania 63%, Serbia 68%, Albania 93%, Bosnia 106% 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 previously 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 Dunbartonshire 469.8 to 547.9 Dumfries & Galloway 503.7 to 542.2 East Renfrewshire 405.0 to 500.7 Clackmannanshire 380.2 to 444.5 East Dunbartonshire 379.8 to 435.9 South Lanarkshire 372.2 to 423.0 Renfrewshire 361.2 to 415.3 Up over 100% in 5 days. Inverclyde 384.1 to 415.3 Glasgow City 347.1 to 414.1 Unbelievable up over 100% in 4 days. Impressive face licking. Argyll & Bute 347.7 to 406.2 North Lanarkshire 358.5 to 403.1 City Of Edinburgh 319.2 to 373.6 Up over 100% in just 5 days. North Ayrshire 318.1 to 359.8 East Lothian 299.4 to 321.6 Scottish Borders 267.1 to 308.9 West Lothian 280.7 to 300.8 South Ayrshire 248.8 to 287.1 Fife 263.3 to 286.5 Stirling 241.3 to 280.6 Up over 100% in 3 days. Midlothian 229.7 to 271.6 Falkirk 231.1 to 268.4 East Ayrshire 241.0 to 250.0 Dundee City 209.6 to 242.6 Highlands 195.0 to 229.8 Angus 172.7 to 213.3 Perth & Kinross 175.8 to 191.6 Aberdeen City 144.9 to 165.5 Aberdeenshire 146.5 to 162.6 Western Isles 128.3 to 128.3 Moray 95.1 to 94.0 Shetland Islands 43.7 to 52.5 Orkney Islands 40.2 to 44.6 Yassss - off top spot. Has Central Dumfries peaked and tailed off yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Monkey Tennis said: Yassss - off top spot. Has Central Dumfries peaked and tailed off yet? Down to 1,418 cases per 100K stlll top face licking neighbourhood in Europe. Close by Georgetown similarly plagued. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, superbigal said: Down to 1,418 cases per 100K stlll top face licking neighbourhood in Europe. Close by Georgetown similarly plagued. Ah Georgetown, the place where I visited my octogenarian parents this morning. Excellent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 18 hours ago, ICTChris said: I’ve never been more jealous of 2% of the UK population. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Second moderna today 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 4 hours ago, 101 said: The Tories are laughing all the way to the polling station as the groups they continually f**k keep voting for them in glorious obedience. Also the telegraph are so close to the government can't help but feel news slips out when other things are in the press. Lockdown policies disproportionately f**k over the young and working class but that didn't stop the SNP winning another landslide... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Meanwhile, it would appear the battle is finally over for 'Zero Covid'. Good news that we can finally move on from it, tbh. Will also be funny to see the extremists drone on. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58297895 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 4 hours ago, Elixir said: Meanwhile, it would appear the battle is finally over for 'Zero Covid'. Good news that we can finally move on from it, tbh. Will also be funny to see the extremists drone on. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58297895 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bairnardo Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Elixir said: I wonder if its at all related to people of this age resuming, or in the case of those who turned 18 in the last 18 months.... Actually getting to begin the usually all too short best period of their lives...... hOw dArE tHeY!!!! Do ThEy NoT kNoW aBoUt DeLtA!!?!!?!??!?!??!!! Edited August 22, 2021 by Bairnardo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 3 hours ago, oaksoft said: Run from the tornados but FFS remember to take your mask. Hilarious. https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1429611346346250242?s=20 He’s genuinely lost his marbles. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Just had a quick skate through the last few days on here - a few noticeable absentees, which is a shame because I reckon Oaksoft could do with a bit of white knighting over the mask issue. Credit to TiG, mind, for the early attendance this morning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steven W Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 8 minutes ago, Snafu said: https://www.scotsman.com/health/covid-scotland-concerning-high-case-numbers-may-put-school-return-at-risk-says-expert-3354833 Prof Linda Bauld, of Edinburgh University, said Scotland is “not in a good situation” to have case numbers this high in September. in September???? Advocating restrictions (school closures) based on infections (not hospitalisastions or deaths) is a worrying mindset from someone so close to NS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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