Coronavirus (2021) thread

[blue corby]

Looks like the test series with New Zealand will go ahead with fans , good news for us lovers of cricket

 

[shemnel]

Pubs and restaurants food and drinks indoors from mid May, wasn't it ?

earliest mid-May, outdoors from April 12, both the earliest. Both table service, both no food necessary.

 

[shemnel]

Looks like the test series with New Zealand will go ahead with fans , good news for us lovers of cricket

im on for Trent Bridge (2 days) and Old Trafford (2 days), i cant believe i might actually get to go to both, barring setbacks etc

 

[unicorn]

I will get stick no doubt but this is clear and detailed. People wanted a road map and this is clear - will go over in detail later but cheered me up this.

I agree. I'm not (selfishly or not) happy about it but it's clear.

At least my lad can get back to barbering in central Manchester on 12 April; wonder if any of the pubs in town will bother opening up then.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Yes. I wouldn’t worry about it yet though as there’s not enough of a data set to really prove the numbers they’re saying.

Worth waiting another couple of months yet.

Thank you.

Maybe I'm not thinking straight, but it seems bizarre then that this sort of information is released and then there's government statements with dates for ending all of this, I'd have thought we're better waiting to know that things are ok on the vaccine front first.

 

[Eds]

Here is everything you need to know about the way out of lockdown. Summary on p47,48. https://assets.publishing.service.g...le/963491/COVID-19_Response_-_Spring_2021.pdf

 

[twosips]

I will get stick no doubt but this is clear and detailed. People wanted a road map and this is clear - will go over in detail later but cheered me up this.

Nah no stick from me. I don't dislike our government for the sake of it. If they get something right i'll applaud it. This seems very measured. Lessons learned, thankfully.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Sorry, is that the efficacy which drops off after 4 weeks with Pfizer? I struggle to get my head around some of the information, apologies. If so, what's it dropping to and won't this have a massive detrimental effect on delaying the 2nd dose for 12 weeks?

The data table appears to show efficacy drop for Pfizer post week 4. Note that there is no data for AZ post week four.

*But* numbers are very small, and I've seen a comment (can't locate it, sorry) that it was some artefact of the analysis.

I'd say not an immediate concern, but one to watch.

Full report

https://www.ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/scotland_firstvaccinedata_preprint.pdf

Excerpt of the Pfizer data by week - the 38% is week one, 64% is week 6. Note the huge confidence intervals.

 

[mcfc_ms]

I wonder why? Low on vaccine?

I think some vaccine centres are closed. I turned up for my test at the wrong place yesterday where they are doing vaccines and it was shut.

 

[KennyG]

Not staggering the return of schools is a massive mistake. One that will stop the following steps actually becoming a reality. We need positive news, but it has to be realistic. This is on a par with the ‘5 days of Xmas’ and we know how that played out.