Coronavirus (2021) thread

[M18CTID]

In the 7 days - Monday to Sunday - immediately prior to schools reopening 5 weeks ago on 8th March, 1480 deaths were reported, giving a 7 day average of 211 per day.

In the 7 days - Monday to Sunday - immediately prior to the big lifting of restrictions today, 251 deaths were reported, giving a 7 day average of 36 per day.

It's data like this that I find incredibly encouraging and makes me optimistic that the next planned big lifting of restrictions in 5 weeks time will see us at a point where single digit daily death figures are a regular occurrence and by then we may even have days where zero deaths are recorded.

 

[JamesMCFC]

Looks like the media are trying to shame people who dare go out shopping and want a bit of normality back in their lives.

I absolutely detest the media in this country.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Looks like the media are trying to shame people who dare go out shopping and want a bit of normality back in their lives.

I absolutely detest the media in this country.

Which publications?

Sounds like standard procedure for some of them.

 

[True_Blue69]

Looks like the media are trying to shame people who dare go out shopping and want a bit of normality back in their lives.

I absolutely detest the media in this country.

To be fair they only report on what they know the public will lap up. For some reason the sight of people queuing to get in a shop (usually Primark for some reason) provokes a reaction in people. If people read/watch what they show then they will just continue to do it more.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

This is exactly why wearing masks, washing/sanitising hands and surfaces, social distancing, lockdowns, isolating, vaccines, and public compliance to all of these things are so important.

The greater the spread of the virus, the greater the chances of mutation into new variants. The greater number of new variants, the greater risk of more violent strains or variants that break through vaccines.

It’s why I get so angry and rant at the people moaning about their freedoms being taken away or coming out with unfounded bollocks.

All this hard work we’ve done over the last year could easily be undone through the actions of non-complying Covidiots. And we’ve seen so many instances of non-compliance over the last year. Could you imagine switching on the news tomorrow and it saying “there appears to be a new strain of the virus in Britain that is more violent than previous ones and that is bypassing the vaccines that have been developed”?!

Anyone who thinks they know better than the science so don’t wear masks, don’t wash/sanitise hands and surfaces, don’t socially distance, don’t isolate when they should, have broken lockdown rules by gathering in groups or even crowds or even in their thousands at protests, have gathered at other peoples’ homes when they shouldn’t have, thought that going abroad in the last year was a good idea, and anti-vaxxers; all increase the risk of these new variants popping up.

Over the coming months, we all need to be sensible and comply with the rules that are in place. As Jonathan Van-Tam said a few weeks back “Do not wreck this now”!

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Research from journey showing residents of a care home died of Covid after 1 dose of Pfizer. The main finding seems to be that both doses are required for high protection from serious infections

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Outbreak in a Long-term Care Facility After Vaccination With BNT162b2

To the Editor—The recently approved BNT162b2 vaccine has demonstrated 95% protection against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) [1]. It has been proposed

academic.oup.com

 

[JamesMCFC]

Which publications?

Sounds like standard procedure for some of them.

MEN on Twitter showing people queuing at Primark

Some of them not social distancing but all have masks on yet they still moan.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

MEN on Twitter showing people queuing at Primark

Some of them not social distancing but all have masks on yet they still moan.

Good.

This isn’t over yet just because the numbers are low, the vaccine rollout is good and a few shops are open.

I’d be happy for any **** not doing what they should to have their face in the media. If it was me and I saw myself on the tele doing something I shouldn’t I’d take it as a life lesson.

Social distancing is still a thing.

 

[ID70]

Pictures on the BBC showing no social distancing from the clones at shops in London

 

[M18CTID]

Pictures on the BBC showing no social distancing from the clones at shops in London

Not great and I've got no inclination to go shopping in town today but some of those people could be in their own bubbles, most appear to be wearing masks, and it's nowhere near as bad as some of the scenes we saw in parks, Castlefield, etc, when we had that spell of nice weather the other week.