Coronavirus (2021) thread

[kevin horlocks wand]

if you are going on camera you are allowed a hair cut, not breaking any rules. Good job some can still do their jobs and pay taxes or we really would be screwed. How dare they be able to get on with their lives.

I’m for us all getting on with our lives and paying taxes.

just seems a bit selective currently as to who can.

glad to see if you are famous and on tv you are immune from getting covid from a hair cut.

again must be just us plebs at risk

 

[Nightmare Walking]

What are these groups ?

I got a letter saying I am clinically extremely vulnerable and have been shielding. I got a letter on Monday telling me I could book a jab, nearest place was 20 odd miles away and we have snow etc so didnt book. On the Tuesday my surgery phoned asking if I want a jab on Wednesday. So I went down on Thursday and was jabbed :)

Now just waiting to know if I am still to shield after the 21st feb or go back to work.

I am in the same position as you. Had my jab Tuesday and waiting to find out if I should go back to work.
I reckon we will be told to shield, till we have had 2nd jab.

 

[Healdplace]

England 407 hospital deaths:

By region

92 Midlands, 66 East, 63 North West, 56 London, 55 NE & Yorkshire, 46 South East, 29 South West

Bedfordshire 14 is most - 11 St Helens and 10 Tameside most in North West

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Always the same people mate.

Millionaires or people employed in the public sector (not all workers before people jump on me) wanting tougher lockdowns.

Doesn't affect them economically one bit.

I think there's a couple of ways people talk past one another.

Firstly, generally those wanting tougher restrictions are motivated by wanting restrictions to end or ease sooner, and with less risk of having to u-turn and reimpose.

Secondly, the evidence is pretty compelling that lower disease burden = less economic impact.

Though there are a minority who simply don't care about whole swathes of the population, I think most people have different perspectives rather than malign motives.

 

[True_Blue69]

I’m for us all getting on with our lives and paying taxes.

just seems a bit selective currently as to who can.

glad to see if you are famous and on tv you are immune from getting covid from a hair cut.

again must be just us plebs at risk

If you get tested and your barber gets tested and are both negative, then you are at the same risk as them - zero. Unfortunately the logistics of every barber getting tested every day, along with each customer are currently impossible so something has to give.

 

[Goaters]

Glad to see some more good news floating around!

My wife who is a teacher tested positive last week and I subsequently caught it, I’ll tell you what having 2 young kids while fighting off the virus was hard going!

 

[Healdplace]

England hospital deaths 3 wks v 2 wks v last wk v Today:

993 / 94 NW / 9%

744 / 94 NW / 13%

537 / 69 NW / 13%

407 / 63 NW / 15% Today

NW total as percentage still showing why NW is coming down in numbers the least day to day.

But starting to get there now. Just a little behind the rest.

 

[give it to gordon]

I am in the same position as you. Had my jab Tuesday and waiting to find out if I should go back to work.
I reckon we will be told to shield, till we have had 2nd jab.

That's hope we are told before the 21st ! I didnt get my letter until 7 days after I should have been shielding ;)

 

[inchy14]

Daughter is quite tidy though, so I’m not opposed to the odd photo hitting the press.

Only time Paul Peschisolido hit the target!!

 

[Healdplace]

England hospital deaths by age range:

20 - 39 (3) 0.8%

40 - 59 (36) 8.8%

60 - 79 (166) 40.8%

80 PLUS (202) 49.6%


Over 80s below 50% again just but this was very rare until past week or two, gap to 60 - 79s narrowing (again a recent trend) and under 60s up near or above 10% now the norm - it was once half this.

All what you would expect to see happening if the vaccinations are starting to kick in as mostly only the over 80s had any of them from the weeks ago where this would now be showing up in the death numbers

Still too early to say definitively but nothing appearing day by day contradicts the view the vaccine is starting to impact the death figures and likely will do so even more markedly as overall numbers fall and younger age percetanges appear to rise but likely will not in real terms - just relative to the falling totals.