Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Mike N]

Thousands of people are dying that’s why the Government put the country into lockdown, we all know students are a bunch of assholes who just want to piss it up and party why should Tax payers have too play by the rules but Tax Dodging Students think they can do what they like

Jesus wept.

 

[BlueAnorak]

I meant for the whole Track and Trace system, rather than just the app alone, but concede I got the figures wrong. It was only £22bn, not £25bn.

You'll be glad to know its finally working.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I can sympathise with them, indeed empathise, because it’s not as if anyone is currently enjoying life to the full, but even a cursory glance of the news should be enough to alarm everyone. All of our actions can now have unintentional consequences, often dire, whereas our inactions can save lives.

I can sympathise too and University students have had a bit of a raw deal, compared with most of the rest of the economy who have been supported by the Government.

Hopefully, the students have had their fun and will comply with the rules going forward.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Daily exercise.

I wish I would have joined them lol. There’s also a few snowmen that have appeared that are pretty graphic lol.

 

[Healdplace]

England Hospital Data:

Patients 32, 923 - down 439 on yesterday. Ventilators 3521 - up 61 on yesterday.



Regions:


East

Patients 4121 - down 145 on yesterday. Ventilators 372 - down 9. Improving picture here.


London

Patients 7571 - down 269 on yesterday. Ventilators up 43 to 1206. Big drop in patients.



Midlands

Patients- up 65 on yesterday to 5955. Ventilators up 29 to 599. Still having problems here.



NE/Yorkshire

Patients - down 16 to 3567. Ventilators down 4 to 280. Yorkshire looks to be emerging as the best region.



North West

Patients - down 18 to 4021. Ventilators stay level at 363. Not a disaster here either Though first signs of no rises so best to wait and see.


South East

Patients - down 109 to 5419. Ventilators up 15 to 512.



South West

Patients - up 25 to 2269. Ventilators up 8 to 193. Both of these easily the highest ever in this region. Low numbers proportionally but certainly having bigger problems.

 

[shootmeifipost10k]

I work at a student hall of residence here in Nottingham and can see it from both ways about them returning.
First of all Students get a bad rep mostly but they are just like all of us at that age and with over 700 first years students coming to my place every year I see a mixture of everything and in them main they are a good lot with the odd idiot here and there.

We all knew when they returned it would blow up. 120 flats of 6 at my place, 4 weeks after returning we had at one point 68 flats isolating. I have to say for all the reports of them flouting the rules just about all got with it and isolated in their flats and behaved in the two weeks. 6 weeks after they arrived a test site was put up what a joke that was, 1 week and 12 students went for a test the reason being most had already had symptons and tested positive most likelycaught it from a flatmate. I would say out of the 720 students I would be shocked if more than 50 haven't already caught it.
On returning I saw the offical emails sent out to them about who could return and for which courses and we expected around 50 or so. there are about 200 who returned. We are told we can not stop any student from returning and I agree with it even though i will come into contact with them and at risk.

They come by car straight from home and go to their flats and mostly stay there, there isn't anywhere to go. Shopping is done online and at most they go for a run or a walk about the campus here which is just out of town. It's basically to come back and have a bit more of the student away from home experience with the new mates they've met while here in their first year. They pay plenty for it and having worked here a few years they are paying for half of what previous students get.

Like I said they got a lock of stick for the spread but what could they do when they have a life to try and get on with like the rest of us who go to work.
I'll repeat and say the vast majority are good kids and are as concerned about covid as the rest of us and kept to the rules as much as possible. I know this as I saw it everyday in work. There were obviously some that didn't give fuck and carried on as usual but the percentage of those probably equaled the rest of the country but sadly they are an easy target.

 

[mrbelfry]

Nobody uses it talks about the Track and Trace app which was deemed so important to infection control when it was being developed. Has it been totally abandoned or discredited?

Got a ping on the track and trace app week last Thursday so had to isolate. When I was speaking to a few people about it most of them didn't have it on their phone.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

Friend's 95 year old grandad got his first dose of Pfizer today so there's a good news story.

 

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I work at a student hall of residence here in Nottingham and can see it from both ways about them returning.
First of all Students get a bad rep mostly but they are just like all of us at that age and with over 700 first years students coming to my place every year I see a mixture of everything and in them main they are a good lot with the odd idiot here and there.

We all knew when they returned it would blow up. 120 flats of 6 at my place, 4 weeks after returning we had at one point 68 flats isolating. I have to say for all the reports of them flouting the rules just about all got with it and isolated in their flats and behaved in the two weeks. 6 weeks after they arrived a test site was put up what a joke that was, 1 week and 12 students went for a test the reason being most had already had symptons and tested positive most likelycaught it from a flatmate. I would say out of the 720 students I would be shocked if more than 50 haven't already caught it.
On returning I saw the offical emails sent out to them about who could return and for which courses and we expected around 50 or so. there are about 200 who returned. We are told we can not stop any student from returning and I agree with it even though i will come into contact with them and at risk.

They come by car straight from home and go to their flats and mostly stay there, there isn't anywhere to go. Shopping is done online and at most they go for a run or a walk about the campus here which is just out of town. It's basically to come back and have a bit more of the student away from home experience with the new mates they've met while here in their first year. They pay plenty for it and having worked here a few years they are paying for half of what previous students get.

Like I said they got a lock of stick for the spread but what could they do when they have a life to try and get on with like the rest of us who go to work.
I'll repeat and say the vast majority are good kids and are as concerned about covid as the rest of us and kept to the rules as much as possible. I know this as I saw it everyday in work. There were obviously some that didn't give fuck and carried on as usual but the percentage of those probably equaled the rest of the country but sadly they are an easy target.

Forgive my stupidity I thought student fees were for their tuition etc and not to go out, get pissed, take drugs and shag around. I assume tuition is still being given online so what half are they paying for and missing?

 

[crublue1]

Thousands of people are dying that’s why the Government put the country into lockdown, we all know students are a bunch of assholes who just want to piss it up and party why should Tax payers have too play by the rules but Tax Dodging Students think they can do what they like

An early entry, but nonetheless a strong contender i'd say.
I can see several of us having to raise our game in the coming months.