Coronavirus (2021) thread

[hilts]

Stepped on scales today and not exactly shocked to learn I lost 29 pounds in four weeks.

Gonna take a while to get that back.

I've lost something more, not sure what.

Probably a sense of my own mortality for the first time in my 46 years.

Good to see you posting fella

All the best with the recovery

 

[Healdplace]

BBC News just now. Merseyside worked out what we did weeks ago.

Being in higher restrictions helped GM and hurt Merseyside as they spent December free to do more things like attend football matches.

And boy did they. Seems they are struggling to keep hospital numbers down and may need extra hekp as they approach crisis from other parts of the NW such as GM.

Cannot believe how long it took them to cotton on to the obvious.

And Boris still saying we will exit lockdown into tiers.

If he really means that he deserves to be sacked.

Tiers literally created tears on Merseyside.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Super fast response to request for % 80+ thank you!

Very interested to see where that goes; I think there's about 4 million 80+, and we've already vaccinated a million or so, so that number *should* trend down almost immediately.

Actually, that's probably not quite right; about 2 weeks to take effect and another 3-4 weeks to hit deaths from point of infection. So maybe expect to start downward glide in a couple of weeks time? Here's hoping.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

he really means that he deserves to be sacked

I mean, this deserves to be in the political thread, but how he can survive opening schools for one day then immediately shutting them is a total mystery to me.

 

[Beefeater]

I mean, this deserves to be in the political thread, but how he can survive opening schools for one day then immediately shutting them is a total mystery to me.

To be fair, it's a 'damned if you do and damned if you don't' situation.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

I will be astounded if they meet the 13.9m individual vaccinations by mid Feb.

Me too, as it requires 2 million/week starting this week. I'm not that bothered if they don't hit it, but in how far they miss by (yes, this assumes they miss).

It will be interesting to see what they get to, and when they start excusing missing it.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Over 30,000 related covid deaths in the US since xmas eve!

 

[BlueHammer85]

Me too, as it requires 2 million/week starting this week. I'm not that bothered if they don't hit it, but in how far they miss by (yes, this assumes they miss).

It will be interesting to see what they get to, and when they start excusing missing it.

I don't know why they didn't say by middle of March, would still be an outstanding achievement, why do they put so much pressure on themselves with these targets

 

[twosips]

I don't know why they didn't say by middle of March, would still be an outstanding achievement, why do they put so much pressure on themselves with these targets

Cos I would presume that's when they would like to justify coming out of lockdown.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

A rather depressing thread from Christina Pagel of Independent SAGE, someone whose views I've shared before.

Bearing in mind that she's been consistently right in the run up to this lock down, well worth paying attention to.

Bottom line: even the lockdown might not be enough to keep our hospitals open.

Stay home blues.