Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Healdplace]

England hospital deaths up too

875 - with 109 from NW - much on a par with last week - when it was 842 with 103 NW.

More evidence we are at a plateau here.

This is a modest week to week rise in what is one of the two biggest numbers of the week due to weekend catch up.

And NW still not showing any rise in death numbers percentage wise despite being high in case numbers

Starting to wonder if the current outbreak is more virulent and less deadly and if the fact that the NW seems to have focused on all care home residents being vaccinated has begun suppressing the numbers of deaths here. Though the real impact would not be seen just yet.

Something is working because deaths have stayed consistently at around 10 - 12% of England total even as the % of the cases in the NW escalated when the southern regions fell markedly.

May yet be a rise to come. But so far this looks positive news.

 

[BlueAnorak]

I know its The Mail, but, apparently Cats and Dogs passing it on to humans is a significant long term risk and they eventually need to be vaccinated.

Could cats and dogs have to be vaccinated to curb virus spread?

Cats and dogs could have to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in future, a group of scientists from the University of East Anglia has said, noting that pets could infect humans with new variants.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[paulchapo]

well it was nonsense to begin with.

I don't think it will return as back then people's attitudes were different. The weather was incredibly good for that time of the year, lots of people thought it would be a few months of digging in and everybody was grateful for people still working and in particular the NHS.

Now we're almost a year in, lots of people have lost jobs and businesses and the government are offering no real hope of when the endless misery will end. Just as it looks like there is a glimmer of optimism, along comes something else to dampen that optimism. Also people are starting, rightly or wrongly, to be a little resentful of the NHS, as in the lockdowns are happening to stop them being overwhelmed. So I think the weekly clap is well and truly a thing of the past.

 

[worsleyweb]

Boris conference at 5 with Whitty

The A team

 

[Blue tube]

Considering this argument between the UK and EU regarding the vaccines, if it wasnt for Brexit would we be in the same spot in the queue as the rest of Europe?

Not looking to start brexit arguments just dont have a clue about this kind of thing

 

[ell]

Covid: Oldham school to withdraw places for lockdown-breach pupils

Several pupils at the school admitted visiting other households, breaking Covid-19 lockdown rules.

www.bbc.co.uk

Well done to that headteacher. Its selfish and hugely unfair on the teachers, staff, other pupils and their families.

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

Perhaps we're declaring war on the EU over vaccines from Friday ?

judging by the scenes in the Netherlands they look like they have enough to deal with , with all fighting within .

boris usually does good news ones and leaves the shit to Hancock.

could be to announce the 10 day extension to your holiday at the wythenshawe Britannia on your return from holidays !!!

 

[cleavers]

could be to announce the 10 day extension to your holiday at the wythenshawe Britannia on your return from holidays

Yeah sounds more plausible.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Considering this argument between the UK and EU regarding the vaccines, if it wasnt for Brexit would we be in the same spot in the queue as the rest of Europe?

Not looking to start brexit arguments just dont have a clue about this kind of thing

No but fish in all our supermarkets might not be half price.

 

[lancs blue]

Not looking to start brexit arguments

Start? There was about 15 pages on this thread late last night that was little more than a Brexit argument disguised as comment on the vaccine issues. All based on an anonymous leak to a German tabloid!