Coronavirus (2021) thread

[grunge]

I really do wish Whitty and Vallance would be a bit more upbeat and positive. They are only doing their job but Christ it's as if them and SAGE dont want this to end.

Surely now that 23 million have been jabbed they should start being more positive and confident?
I dont get it, the vaccinations were meant to be the passports to freedom. The unlock is far too slow, crazy that we have to wait another 3 months.

Yeah because coming out of lockdown quickly worked so well last time didnt it...

as an FYI, 40%+ of all hospitalisations and ICU patients with covid in the last spike were under 50. even now, if we just let this rip we're going to be at very real risk of overrunning the NHS. Hence being slow and measured with it.

 

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I'm off to Yorkshire for a holiday on June 28th. Will they let me in if I've only had one jab?

Ask wherever you are going although i suspect the answer is yes

 

[Uwe`s Grandad]

Yes, and those two things (vaccines and NHS capacity) are interlinked

Never said it wasn't
You said the whole point in the lockdown was to protect the the most vulnerable.
Shielding was brought in to protect the most vulnerable.
Lockdown was brought in to protect the NHS which includes everyone.
Too many people think they are locked down for someone else's benefit when the truth is it's for all our benefits.

 

[Bluewonder]

If we did nothing. We did. Even with lockdown deaths hit 1600 on some days in January

We were never going to do nothing. It was designed to scare people. And even if we did do nothing, 4k daily deaths hasn't been seen in any country at any point.
They were roundly criticised by the Office of Statistics Regulation after that press conference, and rightly so.

 

[Healdplace]

Total deaths with out of England hospital to add (often a catch up from weekend added mid week) is 188

wk to wk: 860 v 587 v 540 v 437 v 315 v 188

 

[Bluewonder]

Never said it wasn't
You said the whole point in the lockdown was to protect the the most vulnerable.
Shielding was brought in to protect the most vulnerable.
Lockdown was brought in to protect the NHS which includes everyone.
Too many people think they are locked down for someone else's benefit when the truth is it's for all our benefits.

Yes, and now the point at which there is a material risk of the NHS being overwhelmed has long since passed due to the success of the vaccination programme.

 

[xgorton]

I'm off to Yorkshire for a holiday on June 28th. Will they let me in if I've only had one jab?

Don't know if this is a wind up,but you can go in any self catering place from April 12th without jabs.

 

[Magicpole]

This is a curious attitude.
At what point are you proposing we resume life?

Life is going on. What kind of life maybe a better question. I would like to see a maxing up of the vaccination programme to increase daily numbers. I want a passport system introduced where cunts who won't vaccinate either stay inside or go to jail. They are a real and present danger. To allow people with it to return to work and those who don't have it, told to stay at home until they do To vaccinate kids and teachers so transmission is reduced. If we look at the extension of the furlough scheme, it is September. Let's start there after all I stated happens.

 

[Healdplace]

England hospital deaths wk to wk:

767 / 112 NW / 15%

509 / 109 NW / 21% (down 34 % wk to wk)

474 / 112 NW / 24% (down 5 % wk to wk)

372 / 58 NW / 16 % (down 22 % wk to wk)

279 / 57 NW / 20% ( down 25 % wk to wk)

164 / 35 NW / 21% (down 41 % wk to wk) Today

Biggest week to week drop yet today on what is usually the big day of the week along with tomorrow.

 

[M18CTID]

Don't know if this is a wind up,but you can go in any self catering place from April 12th without jabs.

Yeah, it was a wind-up. Sorry ;)