Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Bluemoon dan]

Yep. Oddly, but somewhat predictably, the bounce back has probably overwhelmed a lot of the businesses in the hospitality sector. I suppose it's a welcome problem to have and far more palatable than still having to remain closed.

No doubt things will calm down a little in the coming weeks, but while there's very little in the way of positive consequences of the pandemic, the way hospitality has had to adapt and improvise could be a great thing going forward. I can see Al Fresco dining and drinking being much more of a thing despite our much vaunted weather even when it's deemed to be safe to eat and drink indoors. There's now loads of provision for outdoor dining and drinking in suburban pubs and in town, particularly in the Northern Quarter. Also, this policy that many bars adopted last summer when we came out of lockdown of just scanning your phone onto a QR code on your table (which then pulls up a menu), ordering your drinks, and having them brought over knocks the shit out of having to queue at a crowded bar and seeing other fuckers get served before you when you were there first.

What's that old saying? Necessity is the mother of invention? It's been really interesting to see how pubs and bars have and are adapting to this and the long term benefits they'll get. There are several pubs near me who previously had bits of waste ground where they stored their barrels and allowed people to stand and have a fag that now have really nice beer gardens with tables and grass down!

 

[tomomcfc]

A good insight into the possible cause of Blood clots

 

[True_Blue69]

You work with the info you have at the time, Best guess as it were. As the WHO have said over and over. if you wait till you know everything you have already lost as by then its taken hold and is impossible to stop.

better to react and be wrong than not and be dead.

Few on here could take his advice.

 

[unicorn]

What's that old saying? Necessity is the mother of invention? It's been really interesting to see how pubs and bars have and are adapting to this and the long term benefits they'll get. There are several pubs near me who previously had bits of waste ground where they stored their barrels and allowed people to stand and have a fag that now have really nice beer gardens with tables and grass down!

Waste ground, useable pavements and old storage containers are more important than location right now.

 

[Healdplace]

ONS estimates of infections in UK show fall from 185,000 estimated to 130,000 in most recent data (wk to 10 April)

1 in 500 UK testing positive

England down from 1 in 340 to 1 in 480

Wales down from 1 in 800 to 1 in 920

N. Ireland down from 1 in 300 to 1 in 710

Scotland down from 1 in 410 to 1 in 500.

Figures just cited on BBC.

 

[unicorn]

ONS estimates of infections in UK show fall from 185,000 estimated to 130,000 in most recent data (wk to 10 April)

1 in 500 UK testing positive

England down from 1 in 340 to 1 in 480

Wales down from 1 in 800 to 1 in 920

N. Ireland down from 1 in 300 to 1 in 710

Scotland down from 1 in 410 to 1 in 500.

Figures just cited on BBC.

Great stuff.

That's an estimated 1 in 500 WITH the virus, isn't it, rather than 1 in 500 testing positive on a particular day etc?

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Great stuff.

That's an estimated 1 in 500 WITH the virus, isn't it, rather than 1 in 500 testing positive on a particular day etc?

ONS take a random sample.

One in 500 of those tested positive.

You can't directly link it to the daily positive count, but expect the same trend.

 

[BlueHammer85]

‘Could’ be a lot more problematic

‘May’ be even less controlled

Yes, it's just a potential concern by a professor in Medicine who i'm pretty certain is more qualified than someone who dismisses any concerns as 'scaremongering shite'

 

[grunge]

Few on here could take his advice.

The media does certainly like to blow things out of proportion thats for sure. and it will lead to a crying wolf situation im sure of it.

On the other hand,Prof Francois Balloux needs to be taken with a pinch of salt too, he seems to jump to a lot of conclusions as well and be far too confident in them. He posts this as a fact while there is growing evidence out of Brazil that something maybe different, he's probably right but stating it as a fact is just as bad as crying wolf.

"Despite multiple claims in the media, none of the variants in circulation targets a different host demography and/or is specifically more virulent in younger adults or children. "


Point is tho, we need to keep an eye on variants of note and as soon as its looking like something is dodgy we need to act. if we wait for 100% confirmation then its too late. Pro active rather than reactive. we blocked travel with Brazil based on zero evidence at the time, just some "reports" on the P1 variant yet have not blocked travel India where there is actually some concern. seems very odd.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Few on here could take his advice.

i can't see anyone getting carried away - it's just in the news and a quote by a professor , worthy of discussion