Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Great Uncle Kip]

Realistically we are all going to catch this given the numbers. We just need to hope the vaccines hold up...

 

[Summerbuzz]

Anyone else really weirded out by how perfectly spherical Javid's head is?

Sneak preview of Javid's update on Jul 19:

 

[blueparrot]

Realistically we are all going to catch this given the numbers. We just need to hope the vaccines hold up...

Yes, and it seems even with rising cases the various governents seem fairly relaxed and confident that almost all restrictions will be lifted by August/ mid August. Jason Leitch in Scotland today saying we were getting about 30 hospitalisations / 1000 cases now, and very low deaths.

 

[Healdplace]

22. 868 cases sadly. As feared

But 3 deaths is better news

 

[Healdplace]

This has to be the catch up from yesterday as everywhere in GM is miles up.

Big news BOLTON has the lowest GM numbers for the firt time since we had heard of the Delta variant!

But do not cheer too much. They are up at 121 - and that is the biggest low number in GM for many months,

Everywhere is up a lot on last week.

Manchester top on 451 and both Wigan and Salford have new highs in the 200s.

Oldham had the worst rise pop score wise with a whopping 180 cases versus 93 a week ago - matching Zoe but probably exaggerating the week to week rise.

Bolton and Stockport had the two 'best' (if something in the 40s is that). And both of them will still be well up on their weekly Pop Scores, Just not as badly as others will.

Asuming the miss8ing data is all in todats numbers then GMs pop scores tonight and for the next few days are going to look artificially high. At least we can hope they will be artificially high. We will see.

Not a great day but I would suspect 2000/3000 of todays cases maybe should have been added to England yesterday in truth. Evening the rise out over two days.

If not we are going to see some huge rises stiill in coming weeks if this is the new normal.

Cannot see a message yet about this on Gov Uk. So it may yet be a true big rise up.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Mixing Covid jabs has good immune response, study finds

Any combination of Pfizer or AstraZeneca for first and second doses works, a study suggests.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Rammy Blue]

I know it’s Sunday figures but circa 250k vaccinations yesterday, 1st and 2nd doses, is a bit lower than hoped for.

 

[Toney’s bookie]

I know it’s Sunday figures but circa 250k vaccinations yesterday, 1st and 2nd doses, is a bit lower than hoped for.

Particularly since so many walk-ins were available over the weekend

 

[ayrshire_blue]

I know it’s Sunday figures but circa 250k vaccinations yesterday, 1st and 2nd doses, is a bit lower than hoped for.

I think there's more to these vaccine figures than supply issues.

Vaccine hesitancy from those who are living pretty much a normal life right now and either are blaize about getting vaccinated asap or don't understand the need for it so aren't in any hurry would be my guess.

Maybe vaccine passports/certificates would change things.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

I think there's more to these vaccine figures than supply issues.

Vaccine hesitancy from those who are living pretty much a normal life right now and either are blaize about getting vaccinated asap or don't understand the need for it so aren't in any hurry would be my guess.

Maybe vaccine passports/certificates would change things.

I think the government just need to make life easier for people who’ve been jabbed. No exclusions needed but a fast track into football/gigs/transport for the jabbed wouldn’t be discriminatory, as you’d just need to go through tests and a bit of a rigmarole to do things if not jabbed, which might concentrate the mind a little.
What I would also say is that, although there is a temptation to get a second jab early, people should really wait for at least 8 weeks and, preferably, 11.