COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Mon Autre]

Anyone with limited intelligence could see weeks ago London should have gone into tier 3.

My friend works at one of the big venues in London and because of the nature his role has been dealing with the local council and Public Health England.

PHE told him London had only just scraped into tier two when they made the announcement weeks ago and they were told to brace themselves for London to be in tier 3 by xmas. It was clearly known at the time that London needed tighter restrictions and it beggars belief that only a few days ago the government was threatening schools in London with legal action if they moved teaching online a weak early. We're so close now with the vaccine, it's crazy that theyve managed this so badly at this stage.

 

[Len Rum]

Because science advises and gov decide , whitty has said that all along

Hang on kaz they've been sharing public platforms with him giving him implied support.

 

[Marvin]

I'll breathe a lot easier when Porton Down confirm the vaccines work on this strain because it sounds very much as if the mutations are in the spike protein which is the site which the vaccines target.

Vallance's comments were a little reassuring but he was far from categorical on this.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

We’ll see. My guess is that’s it’s less lethal but more transmissible.

I guess the hope would be that Covid is mutating itself into "just like having the flu", if we can get past this wave of it and get the vulnerable vaccinated then perhaps we'll be reaching a point where the 2 sides are converging and we can start to live alongside it.

 

[Summerbuzz]

oops

 

[mosssideblue]

Lol @ London and South East

Eh?

 

[blueparrot]

I guess the hope would be that Covid is mutating itself into "just like having the flu", if we can get past this wave of it and get the vulnerable vaccinated then perhaps we'll be reaching a point where the 2 sides are converging and we can start to live alongside it.

It’s a hope, but we won’t know for a few weeks.

 

[kaz7]

Hang on kaz they've been sharing public platforms with him giving him implied support.

They had to do joint briefings , i have always said that there should be seperate ones but boris controls that decision

Many many times they said things to temper down the enthusiasm and head in the sand ministers

Whitty in particular has never hid his feelings , they were taken off briefings when they took against boris and the cummings support , ministers reading the charts was hilarious , they say whatever they want to the commitee sessions , it has been different often

Sorry if i have strayed too much

 

[mosssideblue]

I have to say I have sympathy with Boris and the government because this has become an impossible situation.

There's just no right answer to this.

Sorry mate but Boris et al have made things a lot worse than necessary

 

[Summerbuzz]

Regardless of everything else - the decisions are Boris' responsibility.

I know I wouldn't want to work with him. He's too slinky. He'll put you off, then knick your idea too late. By which time you're throwing the kitchen sink at persuading him. He'll take the dodgiest argument you give him, and make that his reason for finally doing what was always inevitable, but unpopular.

All he's doing is making sure it'll always come back on you.

Which is a bit sad, because in a sensible world, if someone in charge constantly gets rolled over by weak arguments, that's their failing!

 

[Keith Moncrieff]

I prefer old skool Covid, you knew where you stood with it.

 

[Brightwell’s left peg]

Lol @ London and South East

You’ve just gone onto Santa’s ‘**** list’.

 

[FantasyIreland]

You’ve just gone onto Santa’s ‘**** list’.

Not just Santa's.

 

[kaz7]

Lol @ London and South East

Yeah really funny , idiot

 

[mosssideblue]

Sturgeon now admitting she didn't act quickly enough in late Feb/early March.
I don't rate her at all but at the truth drug is kicking in and she's being honest.
Time for BloJo to do the same.

Bojo will never admit to being wrong

 

[kaz7]

NHS Providers: Government 'right' to act

Chief executive Chris Hopson said trust chiefs had wanted tougher restrictions to reduce infection rates.

"These changes were inevitable given how rapid the infection rates have been rising in London, South East and parts of the East of England due to the new variant," he said.

"Trust leaders have consistently called for the restrictions to be as tough as needed to cut infection rates.

"It is therefore right that the government has acted quickly to avert significant extra deaths and levels of harm

Sky news , all the up to date rolling news blog here

COVID news live – latest updates: More than 2,300 hauliers now tested in Dover - with three positive

All the latest COVID updates from the UK and across the world.

news.sky.com

 

[mosssideblue]

Lol @ London and South East

Not a great post eh?

 

[kaz7]

Welsh briefing

In a statement the Welsh government said it has taken the "difficult decision to bring forward the alert level four restrictions for Wales, in line with the action being taken in London and the South East of England".

It continues: "These new restrictions will come into effect from midnight tonight instead of during the Christmas period.

"This will mean non-essential retail, close contact services, gyms and leisure centres and hospitality will close at the end of trading today.

"Stay-at-home restrictions will also come into effect from midnight.

"Unfortunately, we must also look again at the arrangements for Christmas – we cannot expose people to the risk of this new, more virulent strain of coronavirus.

"We will therefore change the current rules, which allow two households to come together to form a Christmas bubble over a five-day period, so that they will apply on Christmas Day only

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

Sorry mate but Boris et al have made things a lot worse than necessary

he has , comms have been shite, however this u turn on xmas is the right thing to do.

 

[Manc in London]

At least the northerners will stop saying the south gets favoured

Read on Twitter that this is evidence of the North-South divide as it is being done to protect London haha