Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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6 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:

So you dont know or check the source of the stuff you post on here then?

Colour me surprised. 

I would think the volume of posts would have to drop if they checked sources

[BigDoddyKane]

4 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

 

Cheers WB, Your posts on this topic made it a lot easier for me to follow whats going on. Just need to hear the final details and when it will start

Edited September 24, 2021 by BigDoddyKane

[Billy Jean King]

Good to see acknowledgment that a decision has been taken on economic grounds ahead of public health. Another step in the right direction. Canaries in November feeling ever closer.

[welshbairn]

11 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said:

Well done though. Your prediction was correct.

You just need the Turks to get their arses in gear now. 

[ddfg]

But what about all the wee mutant viruses waiting in airports across the world to come over here and wreak havoc. I can see the country back in lockdown for Christmas if this lack of caring more continues. 

[Lyle Lanley]

Is that another u turn by the SG due to the backlash over this in the past week?

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

2 hours ago, Detournement said:

https://www.newsweek.com/wuhan-lab-wanted-genetically-enhance-bat-viruses-study-human-risks-documents-show-1631784

The fifth coronavirus in human history just happened to jump from bats to humans at the same time as this experiment.....

Ive never been sold on the wet market coincidence thing, is it possible that they did release a lab engineered virus in a cave to infect bats, yes, could it be that one of the bats in this cave ended up as bushmeat, yes, did the chinese government do everything they could to minimise any investigation, absofuckinlutely, yet we haven’t added any significant sanctions or anything. Should be seizing chinese assets and state owned companies bases and products in the UK to help pay for this. 

[welshbairn]

Just now, Lyle Lanley said:

Is that another u turn by the SG due to the backlash over this in the past week?

No, like NI and Wales they said they were going to take a few days to think it over after a rushed decision in London following a last minute cabinet meeting.

[welshbairn]

1 minute ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

Ive never been sold on the wet market coincidence thing, is it possible that they did release a lab engineered virus in a cave to infect bats, yes, could it be that one of the bats in this cave ended up as bushmeat, yes, did the chinese government do everything they could to minimise any investigation, absofuckinlutely, yet we haven’t added any significant sanctions or anything. Should be seizing chinese assets and state owned companies bases and products in the UK to help pay for this. 

If it does turn out to be a lab leak, thank f**k we didn't find out till after Trump was gone. 

[Melanius Mullarkey]

7 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

Should be seizing chinese assets and state owned companies bases and products in the UK to help pay for this. 

You first then. 

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Just now, Melanius Mullarkey said:

You first then. 

I mean if youre giving me the go ahead I bagsy HSBC.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

5 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

If it does turn out to be a lab leak, thank f**k we didn't find out till after Trump was gone. 

He wouldnt nuke them unless Putin said it was ok.

[Abdul_Latif]

43 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

Think it would be hard not to go the 4 nation route after saying this a few days ago..

Personally it won't make much difference to me either way, avoiding a quick 30 euro test before flying home and a slightly cheaper test on day 2 after getting home. I can understand how it would mount up for families though, and I wish they'd just get rid of them altogether unless you feel ill, if you're double jagged.

It’s a pain in the hole for quick city breaks as well tbh. 
 

Happy to see it announced this afternoon and credit to SG for letting sense prevail.

Edited September 24, 2021 by Abdul_Latif

[effeffsee_the2nd]

• 3,667 new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 46,217 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
  • 8.5% of these were positive
• 50 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 79 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 1,011 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 4,168,278 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,820,182 have received their second dose

Dull yin for deaths today , otherwise not bad

[DeeTillEhDeh]

48 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said:

Scotland to align with the English travel testing rules from 4 October. Sensible decision.

It would have been more sensible if it had been done a week ago.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

1 minute ago, DeeTillEhDeh said:

It would have been more sensible if it had been done a week ago.

Absolutely, the damage done to Scottish Airports with the decreased confidence in travel regulation here will be massive. I know ive booked future holidays in and out of English airports because of the uncertaintity. 

[DeeTillEhDeh]

Just now, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

Absolutely, the damage done to Scottish Airports with the decreased confidence in travel regulation here will be massive. I know ive booked future holidays in and out of English airports because of the uncertainty. 

Absolutely - especially with the October school holidays coming up.

That's a week of bookings made where a lot of folk who would have flown from Scottish Airports will fly from England instead.

[TheScarf]

50 deaths fuck me.

[Distant Doonhamer]

24 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

Absolutely, the damage done to Scottish Airports with the decreased confidence in travel regulation here will be massive. I know ive booked future holidays in and out of English airports because of the uncertaintity. 

I've deliberately held off booking because it was IMHO an absolute no brainer that the rules would change. 

Edit to add fully accept not everyone had the luxury of delaying.

Edited September 24, 2021 by Distant Doonhamer

[superbigal]

Daily Summary for @oaksoft :   Deaths 50 (37 day before),  ICU cases 79 down from 86  (5 new admissions),  In hospital with confirmed Covid  1011 down from 1057 (165 new admissions).  This is the 3rd day of reduction in hospital numbers albeit a large number to the morgue.  I think ICU cases may be peaking and hopefully deaths not far behind as 50 is the highest in a long while.

Less than 4,000 vaccines is a shocker !!!

Figures for Jags.  1st Vaccines  2,821 to 2,222 ,  2nd vaccines  2,521 to 1,754

Daily Cases Update: 14 days of falls now with  another  drop of 3.87% to 440.0 and I expect higher tomorrow.

Total Cases Scotland 7 days 15th September to 21st September  were  25,021 to 24,053 down 3.87%, Positivity was 9.3% now 9.2%.  Cases per 100K were  457.8 now 440.0

Home Nations Daily Cases per 100K update  :  UK Average   302.0 to 312.6 up 3.51%, England  264.8 to 277.1 up 4.65%, Wales 567.1 to 589.3 up 3.91%, Northern Ireland   431.2 to 432.0 up 0.19%

In Europe for travellers (Countries Population over 3 Million) Serbia 539.5 (weekly change up 3%), Croatia 201.5 (weekly change up 12%), Romania 198.9 (weekly up 79%), Ireland  188.2 (Weekly change up 4%), Moldova 183.8 (Weekly up 21%), Bosnia 164.3 (weekly up 6%), Greece 153.8 (weekly up 2%), Bulgaria 153.1 (Weekly -2%), ,  These are the only countries over 150 cases per 100K.

Scotland  peaks in wave 4 at 817.1 for 1st Sep to 7th Sep, (UK was 392.1), Cases that day were 44,663 and positivity 12.5%

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  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  744.8 to 738.1  Comfortably out in front still very slow decline.

North Lanarkshire   620.0 to 603.6  

East Ayrshire   581.4 to 592.1  2nd day on rise.

South Ayrshire  595.7 to 571.6 

East Dunbartonshire   594.0 to 568.3  

Renfrewshire    575.3 to 524.0  Down nearly 9%

Falkirk   525.7 to 523.8

North Ayrshire  560.1 to 522.2 

Dundee City   511.4 to 512.0 to 521.4  2nd day on rise.

Fife   516.1 to 503.8 

Clackmannanshire   475.7 to 503.0 3 days on the rise now Tullibody for umpteenth time.

South Lanarkshire   509.0 to 481.6 

West Lothian   500.5 to 481.4    

Inverclyde516.5 to 463.3  Down near 20% in 2 days

Glasgow City 482.7 to 462.4

Stirling  491.9 to 457.1 

East Renfrewshire 488.2 to 446.6  Fastest faller last week

BELOW AVERAGE

Midlothian  490.6 to 427.3  Down near 13%

Aberdeenshire  436.8 to 424.5

Perth & Kinross   381.1 to 408.1  Rising for 3 days now.

Aberdeen City   380.2 to 377.6   

Argyll & Bute  408.5 to 375.7

Dumfries & Galloway  345.3 to 321.7

City Of Edinburgh    332.8 to 318.8 

Angus   303.9 to 288.4 

East Lothian   306.8 to 279.9   

Scottish  Borders   282.9 to 262.9 

Highlands    293.1 to 261.2 

Moray 206.9 to 214.2

Western Isles    166.0 to 177.4

Orkney Islands  107.1 to 102.7  

Shetland Islands    122.4 to 83.1 

 

Edited September 24, 2021 by superbigal