Coronavirus (2021) thread

[BlueAnorak]

Spain with nearly 40,000 cases today. Wonder if this is the variant first found in the UK which is taking off there or if there's another reason.

Combination of the new variant and the really crap cold weather at the weekend

 

[Healdplace]

ENGLAND HOSPITAL REGIONS Past 24 Hours

EAST Patients up 46 to 4306. Ventilators DOWN 1 to 369.

A week ago there were 3802 in hospital - up 504 in 7 days. AND 291 on ventilators up 78 in 7 days.


LONDON Patients up 78 to 7686. Ventilators up 53 to 1138. Highest ever in both cases.

A week ago there were 7034 in hospital. up 652 in 7 days. AND 908 on ventilators up 230 in 7 days.


MIDLANDS Patients up 111 to 5741. Ventilators up 17 to 521. Both highest ever.

A week ago there were 4629 in hospital up 1112 in 7 days AND 399 on ventilators up 122 in 7 days.


NE/YORKSHIRE Patients up 47 to 3476. Ventilators up 14 to 272. Highest ever.

A week ago there were 2865 in hospital up 611 in 7 days. AND 204 on Ventilators up 68 in 7 days.


NORTH WEST Patients up 64 to 3849. Ventilators up 13 to 332. Most patients ever and just 18 short of ventilators.

A week ago there were 2996 in hospital up 853 in 7 days. AND 254 on ventilators up 78 in 7 days.


SOUTH EAST Patients up 31 to 5577. Ventilators up 18 to 492. Both most ever.

A week ago there were 4902 in hospital up 675 in 7 days. AND 394 on ventilators up 98 in 7 days.


SOUTH WEST Patients up 108 to 2054. Ventilators up 18 to 183. Both by far the highest ever here.

A week ago there were 1499 in hospital up 555 in 7 days. AND 100 on ventilators up 83in 7 days,

 

[Ban-jani]

Im struggling to see an end to this. The new variants seem to be ripping through the country and i dont see any light til at least summer where as i always hung my hat on easter.

The vaccines are the end.

I don’t know why people keep saying this.

 

[Bluesince1979]

The vaccines are the end.

I don’t know why people keep saying this.

im getting whalloped with bad news from all angles and sometimes its hard to see the light ahead.

 

[Ban-jani]

im getting whalloped with bad news from all angles and sometimes its hard to see the light ahead.

I get that mate but every day we vaccinate more it’s a day we’re getting close to the light.

Spring time will a lot better.

 

[johnnytapia]

As a stopforian I would gladly hibernate. Unfortunately I work in early years and we are fully open.

Section 44 is your friend. Don’t look back and regret

 

[Bluesince1979]

I get that mate but every day we vaccinate more it’s a day we’re getting close to the light.

Spring time will a lot better.

I know.

 

[Snape]

Moderna CEO says the world will have to live with Covid 'forever'

"We are going to live with this virus, we think, forever," he said during a panel discussion at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Ban-jani]

Moderna CEO says the world will have to live with Covid 'forever'

"We are going to live with this virus, we think, forever," he said during a panel discussion at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference.

www.cnbc.com

Hardly surprising.

The likelihood is that most people will have had some variant of both the Spanish and Hong Kong flu.

It will be incredibly unlikely to affect day to day life in 2022.

 

[zerox]

There are some good people on this thread.
When a poster seems a bit down or depressed, always someone to give them a gee up.
I like that.

 

[Manc in London]

A friend of my wife gave birth last week, when she got to the hospital was tested, positive, husband had to leave. Left hospital couple of days later with her son. On Sunday said she was OK, felt like she had a tight chest. Just found out she is now in intensive care. She is 30. 7yo daughter and 10 day old son.

Goodness me. That's awful. I hope your wife's friend gets better soon.

 

[Coatigan]

What is the benefit in Scotland of stopping 'click and collect from supermarkets? To me collecting keeps people out of the stores, traipsing up and down for a significant period, avoiding the idiots who refuse to wear masks including the bellend who wears his on the back of the head.
If it is brought in here it will make my home delivery even harder to book, leaving me go out to the shops and run the gauntlet or go hungry.
Am I missing something?

I think it is still open for essentials, they are stopping it for non essential shops, to stop people going to the shops. Same with collecting takeaways in store.

 

[Manc in London]

With the talk of Private Members clubs in London flying their members out to UAE/ Dubai/India for vaccinations for 40 grand a pop

When do you think footballers/sportspeople will start doing it

That would be the Chinese produced vaccine. What I know about vaccines an be written on the back of a stamp but that supposedly was not subject to as rigorous testing and offers less protection than the vaccines we have approved.

 

[meltonblue]

Moderna CEO says the world will have to live with Covid 'forever'

"We are going to live with this virus, we think, forever," he said during a panel discussion at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference.

www.cnbc.com

Had a meeting this week about starting to plan for the vaccine rollout next year. The longer it’s around for, not only do we get better vaccinated against it but hopefully the less severe it becomes as well.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Had a meeting this week about starting to plan for the vaccine rollout next year. The longer it’s around for, not only do we get better vaccinated against it but hopefully the less severe it becomes as well.

Presumably it becomes a Flu/Covid jab for all over 50’s every year at the same time.

 

[Healdplace]

GREATER MANCHESTER SCOREBOARD


1765 cases - down from 1833. 29.6% of NW total - up from 28%.

3 wks v 2 wks v last wk v TODAY:- 997 v 1048 v 1583 v 1765 TODAY


MANCHESTER 363 -. down from 387. Total 40, 410. Weekly 2833. Pop score up 65 to 7309. Weekly Pop down 2 to 512.

STOCKPORT 293 - up from 198. Total 15, 039. Weekly 1438. Pop score up 100 to 5125. Highest in GM. Worst ever numbers here. Weekly Pop up 56 to 490. Highest ever daily rise for Stockport.

BOLTON 190 - up from 153. Total 19, 167. Weekly 1227. Pop score up 67 to 6666. Weekly Pop up 26 to 427.

WIGAN 182 - down from 236. Total 22, 099. Weekly 1634. Pop score up 55 to 6724. Weekly Pop up 5 to 498.

SALFORD 151 - down from 159. Total 17, 432. Weekly 1272. Pop score up 58 to 6735. Weekly Pop up 8 to 492.

TRAFFORD 129 - down from 175. Total 12, 514. Weekly 1167. Pop score up 55 to 5273. Stockport's huge Pop score hands back 45 of the lead they have over Trafford cutting it to just 148 in one go. Weekly Pop down 7 to 492.

BURY 124 - up from 121. Total 13, 278. Weekly 945. Pop score up 65 to 6952. Weekly Pop down 8 to 495,

TAMESIDE 121 - down from 143. Total 13, 377. Weekly 898. Pop score up 53 to 5906. Weekly Pop down 4 to 396. So we have a sub 400 borough again. For now.

ROCHDALE 116 - down from 121. Total 16, 427. Weekly 993. Pop score up 52 to 7386. Weekly Pop down 4 to 447,

OLDHAM 96 - down from 140. Total 18, 343. Weekly 918. Pop score up 40 to 7736. Lowest rise in GM today. Weekly Pop down 18 to 387. To be another in the 300s and the lowest Weekly Pop in GM.

 

[Mike Cledford]

I think it is still open for essentials, they are stopping it for non essential shops, to stop people going to the shops. Same with collecting takeaways in store.

Yes l have now heard that essentials include books shoes and refers to shops that sell them as if it means specialist shops. But Waitrose is taking part. Everything is deliberately vague and confusing like the word 'local' when referring to distance to travel for exercise.
There has just been an article about the free school meal packs on BBC but l still don't know why some families get vouchers and others the packs, whether it is local authorities deciding, who is making them up and how they are delivered. No mention of how many kids it affects.
Its all a bloody mess but so vague you can't tell how big a mess.

 

[meltonblue]

Presumably it becomes a Flu/Covid jab for all over 50’s every year at the same time.

Thats the expectation, potentially more too. In terms of the current situation, the briefing I got was that the expectations is back to tiers fully likely to be in march (but everyone being in the higher tiers). Back to relative normality is around June.

 

[marco]

Im struggling to see an end to this. The new variants seem to be ripping through the country and i dont see any light til at least summer where as i always hung my hat on easter.

it makes you wonder if one of these new variants is going to be a lot more deadly than we have seen,thats a massive worry to me which i carry in the back of my mind

 

[johnnytapia]

Mum and dad got 1st dose of Pfizer vaccine today