Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Del_Bosque]

Appearing in front of the Health and Social Care Select Committee, Sir Simon Stevens stated that more than half of people aged 75-79 have now been given their first vaccine doses.

 

[Blue Maverick]

100,000 now died holy shit

 

[Healdplace]

I am hoping last weeks out of hospital figures wete mopping up a lot of the previous lag. i would hate to think that this week we are going to see a repeat.

Me too.

Also hoping that the most vulnerable being vaccinated in many places like the care home data in Scotland and Greater Manchester where we are near 100% it seems will be seriously mitigating the death numbers in coming weeks. As that would be extremely good news for everyone yet to have it.

A virus that makes people ill but rarely kills them is transformative as it is the difference between finding a working normality we can all return to and living in war time restrictions indefinitely.

 

[Healdplace]

1631 all settings deaths

So the out of hospital is as bad as last week.

 

[Healdplace]

But 20 089 cases is far better news.

531, 104 pillar 1 & 2 tests too.

That would be 3.8% positive which tbh seems impossible.

As we were 4 times that a couple of weeks ago.

If true where has this amazing sudden fall come from?

 

[ell]

It won't get any takers with a ,£1500 hotel quarantine bill on return.

I thought thats only for South Africa and Brazil?

 

[kaz7]

100,000 now died holy shit

More than that , it is shocking and avoidable

Analysing the data released this morning, Sky News' economics and data editor Ed Conway said according to the ONS figures there had been a total of 107,907 deaths across the four nations.

 

[kaz7]

COVID-19: Boris Johnson 'deeply sorry' as over 100,000 coronavirus-related deaths recorded in UK

On 11 November 2020, the UK had recorded 50,000 deaths from COVID-19 - it has taken just 76 days for that figure to double.

news.sky.com

Doubled since november

 

[twosips]

Truly awful numbers, but I can try and take solace that it looks like we're at the peak of this now and the cases are falling very quickly, consistently. I'd not be surprised if next week's deaths start to be down each day when we look back week on week. Fingers crossed.

 

[BlueHammer85]

The A team

Christ. I’m all for liking Boris, bit of a laugh down the pub type of guy.
But if we ever have to go through another pandemic and Boris is in charge again, we may aswell throw in the towel.