Coronavirus (2021) thread

[PannickAtTheDisco]

It does. Well - in the UK at least. Hopefully the rest of the world gets to where we are now ASAP.
I fully get the concerns about the Indian variant but until I see that translated into considerable increases in hospitalisations, serious illness, and deaths, then I’m not going to worry if the daily cases go up from 2000 to 3000. I would also like to know how many who are currently getting seriously ill or dying have not yet had or have refused the vaccine. Regarding the latter, any tin-foil hat wearing anti-vaxxers who get a bad dose of it will be getting zero sympathy from me.

Having watched the PGA last night, the Americans have completely given up and gone back to normal and that's with Biden in charge.

 

[BlueHammer85]

It does. Well - in the UK at least. Hopefully the rest of the world gets to where we are now ASAP.
I fully get the concerns about the Indian variant but until I see that translated into considerable increases in hospitalisations, serious illness, and deaths, then I’m not going to worry if the daily cases go up from 2000 to 3000. I would also like to know how many who are currently getting seriously ill or dying have not yet had or have refused the vaccine. Regarding the latter, any tin-foil hat wearing anti-vaxxers who get a bad dose of it will be getting zero sympathy from me.

they will just play the 'long term effects' card

 

[feelymcfeel]

they will just play the 'long term effects' card

I suppose 'not dying due to the rona' is a fairly solid long term effect they could rally behind.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

First time It’s really felt like we’re at the end now.

I'm not there yet. The high numbers in Bolton/Bury are inevitably going to spread across Greater Manchester. I live in Stockport, and though we're currently around bottom of the league, I can see the government putting us into a local lockdown again in a couple of weeks.

But as I've said before in this thread, my mental heath has taken a kicking so I'm probably just being pessimistic.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Having watched the PGA last night, the Americans have completely given up and gone back to normal and that's with Biden in charge.

Derailing the thread a bit but I'm properly chuffed for Mickelson. Great achievement 'at his age'.

 

[Rammy Blue]

It does. Well - in the UK at least. Hopefully the rest of the world gets to where we are now ASAP.
I fully get the concerns about the Indian variant but until I see that translated into considerable increases in hospitalisations, serious illness, and deaths, then I’m not going to worry if the daily cases go up from 2000 to 3000. I would also like to know how many who are currently getting seriously ill or dying have not yet had or have refused the vaccine. Regarding the latter, any tin-foil hat wearing anti-vaxxers who get a bad dose of it will be getting zero sympathy from me.

Real world story, to a certain degree interesting nonetheless.

My business partner’s son caught the virus 10 days ago (lives in Chorley), Indian variant, on the school bus. 2 other teenagers in the house, and him and his missus, and yet no one else has had a positive test and his lad now testing negative. My partner and his missus only had first jabs and only 3 weeks ago. Was of particular interest to me as I was out for a meal with him before the positive test came back so if he’d tested positive or showed any symptoms then I’d have had to self isolate too.

 

[Healdplace]

The % positive of PCR tests certainly seem to be.



As HP has noted, other areas are on the rise unfortunately but there's certainly signs of at least slowing down in Bolton I think.

Yes, as I noted yesterday Bolton's data was better week to week for the first time and the Pop Score rise has clearly slowed. And Zoe I suspect does not now even have it as the worst outbreak in Greater Manchester let alone the North West.

 

[Healdplace]

Wales data:

REMEMBER THIS IS TWO DAYS - SAT & SUN COMBINED.

0 deaths - was 1 last week

101 cases - was 91 last week

0.5% positivity - was 0.4% last week

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

I'm not there yet. The high numbers in Bolton/Bury are inevitably going to spread across Greater Manchester. I live in Stockport, and though we're currently around bottom of the league, I can see the government putting us into a local lockdown again in a couple of weeks.

But as I've said before in this thread, my mental heath has taken a kicking so I'm probably just being pessimistic.

I am in Stockport too and am staggered to see us bottom of the league given the lack of compliance that I have been seeing around the area. So despite all that and we are still bottom things must really be on the up and I really don't think we will see a local lockdown at all. What I can see if health care professionals going door to door to ensure that as many people get vaccinated in areas like Bolton to ensure the virus doesn't rip through areas as previously. Keep your head up, there are plenty of people on here who will help you get through any tough times ahead. The worst is over and we are heading back to near normality pretty soon

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

I am in Stockport too and am staggered to see us bottom of the league given the lack of compliance that I have been seeing around the area. So despite all that and we are still bottom things must really be on the up and I really don't think we will see a local lockdown at all. What I can see if health care professionals going door to door to ensure that as many people get vaccinated in areas like Bolton to ensure the virus doesn't rip through areas as previously. Keep your head up, there are plenty of people on here who will help you get through any tough times ahead. The worst is over and we are heading back to near normality pretty soon

Objectively I know you're right. Just having a bit of a shit couple of months, I'll try and stop being a grouch.

 

[artfuldodger]

I'm not there yet. The high numbers in Bolton/Bury are inevitably going to spread across Greater Manchester. I live in Stockport, and though we're currently around bottom of the league, I can see the government putting us into a local lockdown again in a couple of weeks.

But as I've said before in this thread, my mental heath has taken a kicking so I'm probably just being pessimistic.

I’m in Stockport. Can’t see local lockdowns happening. The obvious time to do that was May 17th and keep certain areas back, as happened in Scotland. It might just have been acceptable then. To try and shut businesses back down now would be beyond cruel.

 

[wolfie1988]

We are close guys, we are so close

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

Objectively I know you're right. Just having a bit of a shit couple of months, I'll try and stop being a grouch.

We have all been there don't worry.

 

[Keith Moncrieff]

I’m in Stockport. Can’t see local lockdowns happening. The obvious time to do that was May 17th and keep certain areas back, as happened in Scotland. It might just have been acceptable then. To try and shut businesses back down now would be beyond cruel.

Even talk of another lockdown sends my anxiety through the roof. Don’t think I could handle another one

 

[Deleted member 77198]

First time It’s really felt like we’re at the end now.

This is the first time since it all began that I’m isolating without it being lockdown forced. We’ve currently got the most number of positive cases we’ve had at work since it all started. We have 30+ staff and two year groups at home isolating at the moment, biggest since it all began.

Feel like it’s going backwards!

Obviously it’s not in the wider reality, but it my little world it does.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Even talk of another lockdown sends my anxiety through the roof. Don’t think I could handle another one

Same as yourself. Another hard lockdown would spell real trouble for me. In Level 5 restrictions in Ireland we weren't supposed to go more than 2/5km from home unless for shopping. They didn't really strictly enforce that on the first lockdown but on the second, we couldn't even get to the park without being stopped by guards. For 4 months or so I could only go to Lidl and that was it. Not again.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

Judging by the mask/no mask ratio at the game yesterday I’d say most people are ready to get on with their lives now.

Once people were in their seats I reckon 80% didn’t wear a mask (me included) and even about 50% on the concourse at HT.

A zero risk end game isn’t feasible and by June 21st there should be no reason not to lift all restrictions except possibly certain countries for travel.

 

[splinter]

Judging by the mask/no mask ratio at the game yesterday I’d say most people are ready to get on with their lives now.

Once people were in their seats I reckon 80% didn’t wear a mask (me included) and even about 50% on the concourse at HT.

A zero risk end game isn’t feasible and by June 21st there should be no reason not to lift all restrictions except possibly certain countries for travel.

I believe the vaccination push will get us over the 21 June line..just

 

[Rammy Blue]

Judging by the mask/no mask ratio at the game yesterday I’d say most people are ready to get on with their lives now.

Once people were in their seats I reckon 80% didn’t wear a mask (me included) and even about 50% on the concourse at HT.

A zero risk end game isn’t feasible and by June 21st there should be no reason not to lift all restrictions except possibly certain countries for travel.

Ha, yeah, same as me mate - soon as I was in my seat my excuse was i was nursing a cup of coffee through the whole game, lol. Although I’d say it was about 50/50 on the masks in seats around me in CB2.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

Ha, yeah, same as me mate - soon as I was in my seat my excuse was i was nursing a cup of coffee through the whole game, lol. Although I’d say it was about 50/50 on the masks in seats around me in CB2.

I was in amongst the 116 Ultras :)