Coronavirus (2021) thread

[bluetonium]

Will be eagerly watching tonight. Aside from the impact on us and our kids for primary school, could also affect my planned surgery later this week depending on when lockdown starts and what it covers. Can't say I disagree with a lockdown but also it will be crushing to have to postpone again after building myself up for it.

 

[Ban-jani]

He’s going to inform people to adhere to the lockdown from midnight tonight, same nationwide measures as March, it seems, with it being ratified Weds officially in parliament.

Nearly all pupils sent home from school.

From the BBC news.

Better late than never ffs

 

[cleavers]

Don’t want to carry on politicising the non political Covid thread

Good.

 

[cleavers]

Will be eagerly watching tonight. Aside from the impact on us and our kids for primary school, could also affect my planned surgery later this week depending on when lockdown starts and what it covers. Can't say I disagree with a lockdown but also it will be crushing to have to postpone again after building myself up for it.

Fingers crossed for you there, it's bad enough to be facing surgery, without all this upheaval.

 

[Ban-jani]

Good.

It is inevitable as conversation follows breaking news being released by politicians

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Even with a full lockdown it must be touch and go whether or not the vaccines can outrun the pace of this new variant.

Yes, that's the worst case scenario, and nobody yet knows if it will pan out - data suggests it could be touch and go.

But if it does pan out, it's even more important to lock down as hard as possible, because we may be able to restrict growth enough not to overwhelm hospitals, and of course, the more we flatten the curve, the more people will be vaccinated and protected.

My own guess is that if we can communicate the real seriousness of the situation, the public will respond and we can in reality drive down well below that worst case. But the aura of Johnson yet again being forced into this unwillingly rather leading is really unhelpful in getting that sense of common purpose we need.

 

[inchy14]

due process followed. Agreed with Cabinet and then announced to parliament with follow up q and a. Review points established. You appear to be a lone voice on this.

No he’s not actually, quite a few of us would prefer these decisions to be voted in properly instead of them just making decisions off the cuff, and let’s be honest they’ve made enough wrong ones to be fair!!

 

[Nellies left peg]

He’s going to inform people to adhere to the lockdown from midnight tonight, same nationwide measures as March, it seems, with it being ratified Weds officially in parliament.

Nearly all pupils sent home from school.

From the BBC news.

Better late than never ffs

Same measures that loads of cunts ignored in March. It's time measures were instigated and people were forced to adhere to otherwise penalised heavily

 

[Bluesince1979]

Must be unbelievably stressful. I hope it works out for you somehow, and I hope the govt just throws cash at this for 3 months, and some of it reaches you.

Borrowing rates are incredibly low, and there is a clear endpoint with the vaccine.

3 months would be a total disaster. For me. 3 million of us in the same boat! 3 MILLION!! 5% of the population isnt it?

 

[Saddleworth2]

No he’s not actually, quite a few of us would prefer these decisions to be voted in properly instead of them just making decisions off the cuff, and let’s be honest they’ve made enough wrong ones to be fair!!

Whatever mate. Even a couple of days makes a difference with this virus.