SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)

redshaw said:
What happened in the Autumn?
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Autumn was expected I guess, reopening of schools, people slowly returning to half-normalcy as usual. It's the last two weeks increase that has been absolutely insane. People became overconfident in Christmas, government fed it too, by imposing restrictions in November precisely with the goal of not needing them so tight in Christmas, kind of like a "reward"

Absolutely insane decision, even if most people did nothing particularly unusual, the concentration of festivities in a week was bound to lead to disaster.
 
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As someone from Serbia, my parents cant wait their turn for a vacine, specially my mom, she had enough of isolation but maybe she is also tired of pain because her 2nd hip surgery being postponed due Covid etc.
 
Arruda said:
Autumn was expected I guess, reopening of schools, people slowly returning to half-normalcy as usual. It's tge last two weeks increase that has been absolutely insane. People became overconfident in Christmas, government kind of fed it too, by imposing restrictions in November precisely with the goal of not needing them so tight in Christmas, kind of like a "reward"

Absolutely insane decision, even if most people did nothing particularly unusual, the concentration of festivities in a week was bound to lead to disaster.
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Precisely what happened in Ireland. With the UK variant super-charging our cluster-feck. From a handful of cases to 70% dominant in about three weeks. Are you screening for the variant? Might be a factor too?
 
UK with another new record day:

38,905 new cases
1820 deaths

Really quite hard to overstate how badly the virus has been handled at this point.
 
Badly handled...but nothing will happen to anyone.

Public generally too thick and mellow to do anything about it....as soon as the sun is shining, and people can go to the pub, or beach, all will be forgiven. They'll win the next election too...but anyway.
 
TheGame said:
Only a matter of time before we hit 100,000 death. Atrocious handling by the Government.
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I can't believe there's been barely any calls for them to go. I just can't believe it, they're beyond a joke.
 
Just got back from taking the old lady next door for her vaccine. What an emotional experience.

We went to the Derby Velodrome and there were hundreds of elderly people, some, like my neighbour were in wheelchairs, some with frames, and others just standing and queueing patiently.

The army of volunteers, helpers and NHS workers were so brilliant and i found the whole massive operation so humbling that I was feeling genuinely emotional. It was the most people I’ve been around for nearly a year and I couldn’t help but feel that all of their lives were facing similar challenges as the lady next door.

Whatever shambles our government has been and however many idiots there are out there, I couldn’t help but marvel at the size of this operation and feel like I was amongst the good people, the patient and the helpful. Really got to me and a lady pushing another wheelchair next to me was trying to talk to me and could see my lip wobbling.

It all restored my faith a little.
 
Volumiza said:
Just got back from taking the old lady next door for her vaccine. What an emotional experience.

We went to the Derby Velodrome and there were hundreds of elderly people, some, like my neighbour were in wheelchairs, some with frames, and others just standing and queueing patiently.

The army of volunteers, helpers and NHS workers were so brilliant and i found the whole massive operation so humbling that I was feeling genuinely emotional. It was the most people I’ve been around for nearly a year and I couldn’t help but feel that all of their lives were facing similar challenges as the lady next door.

Whatever shambles our government has been and however many idiots there are out there, I couldn’t help but marvel at the size of this operation and feel like I was amongst the good people, the patient and the helpful. Really got to me and a lady pushing another wheelchair next to me was trying to talk to me and could see my lip wobbling.

It all restored my faith a little.
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Thanks for sharing, feels good reading something positive for a change.
Nice to hear there’s lots of good people out there, yourself included for helping your neighbour.
 
Shamana said:
New strain in SA likely to be more resistant to vaccines :nervous: :nervous:


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Virus gonna virus.

Not really groundbreaking news, yet obviously unfortunate.

Couple this with abject vaccine rollout abortions in many countries, we will have a tough time corralling the virus in coming months. Just in time for the populaces to start mingling outdoors which could help stop the spread some.
 
Is there an estimate for how many people in the UK have had Covid? Not the official case number as mass testing started half way through.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Precisely what happened in Ireland. With the UK variant super-charging our cluster-feck. From a handful of cases to 70% dominant in about three weeks. Are you screening for the variant? Might be a factor too?
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Yes, estimated 30 thousand cases of it, becoming dominant fast.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Fecking thing is a nightmare. Full lockdown here for three weeks now and the initial decline is flattening out with a caseload that is still way too high. Where do we go from here?!
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Vaccinate like crazy and hope spring arriving makes a difference? What does full lock-down look like? Are there further restrictions that will help?
 
Tibs said:
Is there an estimate for how many people in the UK have had Covid? Not the official case number as mass testing started half way through.
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A virologist on the radio yesterday said "it's likely that 30% or more have been exposed to the virus".

Unsure what that was based on but the 8-9% figure I believe doesn't account for those whose antibodies have waned (is my understanding).
 
Volumiza said:
Just got back from taking the old lady next door for her vaccine. What an emotional experience.

We went to the Derby Velodrome and there were hundreds of elderly people, some, like my neighbour were in wheelchairs, some with frames, and others just standing and queueing patiently.

The army of volunteers, helpers and NHS workers were so brilliant and i found the whole massive operation so humbling that I was feeling genuinely emotional. It was the most people I’ve been around for nearly a year and I couldn’t help but feel that all of their lives were facing similar challenges as the lady next door.

Whatever shambles our government has been and however many idiots there are out there, I couldn’t help but marvel at the size of this operation and feel like I was amongst the good people, the patient and the helpful. Really got to me and a lady pushing another wheelchair next to me was trying to talk to me and could see my lip wobbling.

It all restored my faith a little.
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My neighbour is very poorly today. Phoned to check at lunchtime and she’d gone to bed with flu like symptoms.
 
The new requirements for a negative Covid test before entering the UK are all well and good, but the authorities only accept results written in English, French or Spanish, and they won't accept an original-language result together with a translation.

So ... how do we get a test in Italy? Medical people write test results in the language of the country where the test has been done! Of course, the complicated Italian word "negativo" is obviously too difficult to understand ...
 
Penna said:
The new requirements for a negative Covid test before entering the UK are all well and good, but the authorities only accept results written in English, French or Spanish, and they won't accept an original-language result together with a translation.

So ... how do we get a test in Italy? Medical people write test results in the language of the country where the test has been done! Of course, the complicated Italian word "negativo" is obviously too difficult to understand ...
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That's so typically English you have to laugh.

What a bizarre country we are.
 
Penna said:
The new requirements for a negative Covid test before entering the UK are all well and good, but the authorities only accept results written in English, French or Spanish, and they won't accept an original-language result together with a translation.

So ... how do we get a test in Italy? Medical people write test results in the language of the country where the test has been done! Of course, the complicated Italian word "negativo" is obviously too difficult to understand ...
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It's easy to change an 'o' to an 'e'
 
1290 deaths, 37892 cases and 3709 patients admitted.

Bit of reduction in patients by about 300
 
Priti Patel giving Press Conference

Says from next week, anyone attending a house party - fifteen people or more, they will be hit with an £800 fine
 
Tibs said:
Priti Patel giving Press Conference

Says from next week, anyone attending a house party - fifteen people or more, they will be hit with an £800 fine
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Fifteen people?! That gives out such a mixed message.
 
Penna said:
The new requirements for a negative Covid test before entering the UK are all well and good, but the authorities only accept results written in English, French or Spanish, and they won't accept an original-language result together with a translation.

So ... how do we get a test in Italy? Medical people write test results in the language of the country where the test has been done! Of course, the complicated Italian word "negativo" is obviously too difficult to understand ...
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Sorry for being unsympathetic but I would support going a lot further and insist on 14 days quarantine except for certain exemptions as per the Australian system. Posters on this board seem to want it both ways. Hammer officials for not being tough enough in respect of border controls then hammer them again for being too authoritarian.
 
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Tibs said:
Priti Patel giving Press Conference

Says from next week, anyone attending a house party - fifteen people or more, they will be hit with an £800 fine
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Brilliant, that means you can still have a big group of mates over to your house as long as you don’t go over 15
 
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