Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Deleted member 77198]

Merkel has said that Germany expects restrictions to be in place until early April to try to protect them from the British virus (which could increase their cases ten fold).

If that’s what she said then she’s a stupid ****.

It could have mutated anywhere in the world and come to Britain, it’s not the British virus.

 

[trumpton]

Yes, and it may be focused around where there are hospitals as someone from 30 miles away dying in a hospital with no family likely gets registered there. It is at least possible that will register the death to the location of the hospital rather than the patients home.

But then you would assume that would bump up major cities with big hospitals and it does not seem to do that with say Manchester or Birmingham.

Strange one round here as Blackpool has one hospital that also serves the Wyre and Fylde areas. The three boroughs have a combined population of 335k. I'd have thought Fylde would be worst off as the average age is about 70, not being flippant but it's traditionally known as where the old folk go to die.

 

[moomba]

No, the process of the interview is punitive

Its a functional thing. If you let someone back to work, and they reinjure themselves, or have an accident on medication you'll be getting a lawsuit.

 

[hammocity]

Its a functional thing. If you let someone back to work, and they reinjure themselves, or have an accident on medication you'll be getting a lawsuit.

Fuck of back to Facebook with all the other snowflakes

 

[inchy14]

Thing is I'd happily pay 1-2% extra for my shopping for it to be safer.

I'd pay to be safer but have you seen the profits these supermarket chains make? No way would they need to pass the cost of security on to the customer, they would though as obviously keeping the shareholders happy is their main focus.

 

[moomba]

Fuck of back to Facebook with all the other snowflakes

Ha ha, quite the charmer I see.

 

[Marvin]

Because we still need greater immunity across the population than just the vulnerable and over 50s.

The more a virus spreads, the more likely it is to mutate. Eventually a mutation may be one that gets past the vaccine and all that hard work we’ve done through restrictions and vaccinations (and all those who’ve been seriously ill or died) will be undone.

Let’s take our time, do it properly, get the vast majority vaccinated and open things up later in the year.

Take our time?!

 

[hammocity]

Ha ha, quite the charmer I see.

Yep, a bit too much really, I apologise, sincerely.

 

[mosssideblue]

Because we still need greater immunity across the population than just the vulnerable and over 50s.

The more a virus spreads, the more likely it is to mutate. Eventually a mutation may be one that gets past the vaccine and all that hard work we’ve done through restrictions and vaccinations (and all those who’ve been seriously ill or died) will be undone.

Let’s take our time, do it properly, get the vast majority vaccinated and open things up later in the year.

Spot on

 

[Healdplace]

Scottish data is not great sadly:

54 deaths (it was 11 last Tuesday)

1875 cases at 12% positivity

That is at least down from 2529 last Tuesday and 14.9% positivity

Todays cases contain regionally 607 Greater Glasgow, 280 Lanarkshire, 214 Lothian and 162 Ayrshire and Arran.

Also worryingly hospital numbers continue to skyrocket.

1717 in hospital - highest ever and 53 up in 24 hours and 119 in 48 hours.

133 on ventilator beds - up 7 in a day and these are rising fast too - more than doubled since Christmas. And upo one third - 33 - in just the past 5 days.

 

[blueparrot]

Scottish data is not great sadly:

54 deaths (it was 11 last Tuesday)

1875 cases at 12% positivity

That is at least down from 2529 last Tuesday and 14.9% positivity

Also worryingly hospital numbers continue to skyrocket.

1717 in hospital - highest ever and 53 up in 24 hours

133 on ventilators - up 7 in a day and these are rising fast two - more than doubled since Christmas.

Don't forget last Monday was a bank holiday so Tuesday deaths would be down last Tuesday in Scotland. also the cases staying under 2000 on a Tuesday is promising. Obviously hospitals etc will lag but cases falling should produce a reduction in hospitals over the next week.

 

[hammocity]

Ha ha, quite the charmer I see.

All I meant was some people who are genuinely ill from say the flu once in a blue moon have to go through the same process as those that take the piss. Last company I worked for we used to have an "absence and excuse" spreadsheet for engineers who were on the road, there was a definite pattern, Monday's sick, Tuesday's after bank holidays, that kind of thing. The flip side, one of the engineers had one week off in five years and still has to have the "back to work interview".

 

[mosssideblue]

All I meant was some people who are genuinely ill from say the flu once in a blue moon have to go through the same process as those that take the piss. Last company I worked for we used to have an "absence and excuse" spreadsheet for engineers who were on the road, there was a definite pattern, Monday's sick, Tuesday's after bank holidays, that kind of thing. The flip side, one of the engineers had one week off in five years and still has to have the "back to work interview".

Irrespective of why people take time off sick (genuine and piss takers), Companies have to ensure their employees are fit to return to work

 

[ayrshire_blue]

I'm fine now but reckon it took around 10 weeks in total to recover fully, I know you are a runner and younger than me so you will probably need less time but as I posted the other day about my mates colleague rushing back is not advisable.

Yep 100% I'll be waiting until I'm confident it's ran its course, hopefully that will be sooner rather than later but it'll take as long as it takes.

Load up with Vit D 3000% NRV a day - it will only start to kick in in 5 days time but it could make all tge difference.
Thoughts and Prayers.
Get well soon

Cheers mate.

 

[Healdplace]

Nicola Sturgeon reports in 24 hours vaccinations in Scotland rose from 163, 377 to 175, 942.

So they did 12, 565 yesterday.

She has just been asked how that fits in with their ramping up plans. But is deferring reply to the doctor alongside her.

He adds the vaccination is going 'really quite smoothly - better than I hoped'.

80% of Scottish care homes now vaccinated in the 4 weeks.

Overall he says as they now ramp up that 'I am very encouraged by progress'

 

[Bluemoon dan]

Strange one round here as Blackpool has one hospital that also serves the Wyre and Fylde areas. The three boroughs have a combined population of 335k. I'd have thought Fylde would be worst off as the average age is about 70, not being flippant but it's traditionally known as where the old folk go to die.

Blackpool is very much at the centre of the perfect storm when it comes to Covid. Very high areas of deprivation in the centre and then either side of it in places like Lytham and Cleveleys a predominantly elderly population.

 

[moomba]

Yep, a bit too much really, I apologise, sincerely.

No probs at all.

Its not too hard to tell the piss takers from the genuine absences. But the second you start treating employees differently youre in grievance/tribunal territory.

So everyone goes through the same process. From my experience its just a box checking exercise for most.

 

[Healdplace]

Nicola Sturgeon says the past few days have given her hope that they are stabilising as last week she feared they would be over 3000 cases by now.

But positivity is still too high and they have to bring that number down towards the 5% that WHO regard as the point you have things under control.

They will almost certainly not be removing all restrictions at review at end of January and may not even remove any.

 

[willipp]

Nicola Sturgeon reports in 24 hours vaccinations in Scotland rose from 163, 377 to 175, 942.

So they did 12, 565 yesterday.

She has just been asked how that fits in with their ramping up plans. But is deferring reply to the doctor alongside her.

He adds the vaccination is going 'really quite smoothly - better than I hoped'.

80% of Scottish care homes now vaccinated in the 4 weeks.

That doesnt sound like very many to me, hope im wrong.

 

[hammocity]

Irrespective of why people take time off sick (genuine and piss takers), Companies have to ensure their employees are fit to return to work

It's a relatively new thing, about 20 years, as far as I know there's not many Doctors employed in most work places so how does the back to work interviewer know if an employee is "fit to return to work"?

I did the course a few years ago (as a Manager of an engineering Help Desk) and the prime objective is to make employees feel guilty about taking days off for minor and made up illness. Any employees with serious illness are treated completely differently.