Coronavirus (2021) thread

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GM Weekly Pop Data after today:~

Borough / Pop Today / 7 days ago / up or down wk to wk/ Testing is % of local population who have tested positive for Covid over past year.

As ever with Pop going up is bad, going down good - the higher the number the better or worse depending on direction moving. The Pop is total cases in past week versus 100,000 POPulation to even out the comparison versus size and expected cases based on numbers living there.



Bolton 286 / 136 / UP 150 Testing positive 9.6%

Manchester 47 / 38 / UP 9 Testing positive 9.7%

Rochdale 45 / 45 / LEVEL Testing positive 9.7%

Bury 36 / 21 / UP 15 Testing positive 9.1%

Tameside 34 / 25 UP 9 Testing positive 8.2

Stockport 34 / 28 / UP 6 Testing positive 7.2%

Wigan 34 / 27 / UP 7 Testing positive 8.9%

Trafford 32 / 34 / DOWN 2 Testing positive 7.1 %

Salford 26 / 32 / DOWN 6 Testing positive 9.1%

Oldham 20 / 30 DOWN 10 Testing positive 9.8%




Bolton still climbing above the rest by 239 ahead of second but smallest rise in the past 10 days or so. Weekly Pop rise is also down for the first time though 150 is huge, of course, it has decreased a bit today.

Stockport like Zoe suggested is doing much better too and had its best day in a couple of weeks.

Wigan is good to see in single numbers again also.

Bury is - however - becoming the one to watch as close to Bolton geographically and its numbers are up quite a bit this week. Has cost it top spot on weekly cases.

But for Oldham they are currently best in GM well clear of the rest.

Remember going down in this table is good not bad!
 
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True_Blue69 said:
Its behind a paywall but not surprising at all. Remember some leaked SAGE notes early on saying they needed to ramp up the fear factor. Taken hook, line and sinker by most of the country.
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Many posters advocate use of fear.

Furthermore - people just need to be getting the vaccine, end of.
 
davealvers said:
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I popped back to see my parents today and sort out some medical appointments.

They're in their mid-80s, fully vaccinated, previously active but they've hardly left their garden, let alone their Cambridgeshire village since last March. That's typical behaviour for the area.

My mum and sister had just seen the Prime Minister give his dire warning about the latest variant possibly scuppering our progress and had decided not to to go to the village shop any more. "There's an outbreak in Cambridge" my sister tells mum, "TEN people admitted to Addenbrookes". Yes, ten admissions in seven days to a major 1,000 bed hospital, down from nearly 200 in January.

There's necessary fear and there's panic spreading.
 
A friend works in a primary school, they were saying that 5/6 year groups have had to isolate because of infection, and had a message from one of their teachers that she is poorly and awaiting tests,
 
On Andrew Marr this morning Matt Hancock said (if I heard him right) that one person with the Indian variant who had been fully vaccinated had died in Bolton. But was (he said) already very frail. As in other conditions I assume.

He claimed that out of - I think he said 18 - hospitalised with it 11 had been able to have the vaccine but had chosen not to do so.

The numbers might be wrong - I was only half listening. But it was something like this.
 
Healdplace said:
On Andrew Marr this morning Matt Hancock said (if I heard him right) that one person with the Indian variant who had been fully vaccinated had died in Bolton. But was (he said) already very frail. As in other conditions I assume.

He claimed that out of - I think he said 18 - hospitalised with it 11 had been able to have the vaccine but had chosen not to do so.

The numbers might be wrong - I was only half listening. But it was something like this.
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I think he said one person double jabbed had been hospitalised, but that they were very frail. No known deaths as of yet.
 
Wales data:

1 death - was 0 last week

54 cases - was 54 last week

0.4 % - was 0.3% last week

AS USUAL THIS IS FOR ONE DAY - FRIDAY - SAT & SUN DOUBLE DATA WILL BE TOMORROW
 
My Daughter who works in a public facing role in a BL 1 postcode was told by her work to go and get the jab (she is 32). Went early this morning and had it done at mobile centre. She said that there was already a queue when she got there and that even though they weren't officially due to open till 10.00 they were already vaccinating people.
It took her about 40 minutes to complete the process including the wait afterwards (Pfizer) but she said that everything was well organised and that the queue was even bigger when she came away.
It's good to see that people are now taking up the option to be jabbed and hopefully this will help keep a lid on the spread of the new variant.
 
Blue and still suffering said:
My Daughter who works in a public facing role in a BL 1 postcode was told by her work to go and get the jab (she is 32). Went early this morning and had it done at mobile centre. She said that there was already a queue when she got there and that even though they weren't officially due to open till 10.00 they were already vaccinating people.
It took her about 40 minutes to complete the process including the wait afterwards (Pfizer) but she said that everything was well organised and that the queue was even bigger when she came away.
It's good to see that people are now taking up the option to be jabbed and hopefully this will help keep a lid on the spread of the new variant.
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Just been myself (26 & work in Bolton) was loads there but only took an hour all in all. They said they’d vaccinated 1500 people this morning by 12.

Surely this is an option going forward for mass vaccination of the under 40s. Really efficient and convenient.
 
peace frog said:
A friend works in a primary school, they were saying that 5/6 year groups have had to isolate because of infection, and had a message from one of their teachers that she is poorly and awaiting tests,
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My mrs teaches 5/6 year olds and has a bubble closed at the mo.
My 8 year old has had to isolate last week after coming into contact with someone.
none of the kids concerned were ill. At all. So why isolate when anyone who is at risk will have been vaccinated and is protected
Makes no sense
 
unicorn said:
I popped back to see my parents today and sort out some medical appointments.

They're in their mid-80s, fully vaccinated, previously active but they've hardly left their garden, let alone their Cambridgeshire village since last March. That's typical behaviour for the area.

My mum and sister had just seen the Prime Minister give his dire warning about the latest variant possibly scuppering our progress and had decided not to to go to the village shop any more. "There's an outbreak in Cambridge" my sister tells mum, "TEN people admitted to Addenbrookes". Yes, ten admissions in seven days to a major 1,000 bed hospital, down from nearly 200 in January.

There's necessary fear and there's panic spreading.
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My mum is almost 83 and my dad almost 90. Both double jabbed and will go anywhere. Myself double jabbed and my sister and her husband have had one jab. We all went for four days in a lodge in Wales. Out every day and each time had a drink outside a pub. All being well we are away in six weeks and they have booked a week in Almunaca in November. As soon as things open I am off to Tenerife for six weeks at least. Life is for living and comes with no guarantees. Once elderly that is definitely the case.
 
paulchapo said:
My mum is almost 83 and my dad almost 90. Both double jabbed and will go anywhere. Myself double jabbed and my sister and her husband have had one jab. We all went for four days in a lodge in Wales. Out every day and each time had a drink outside a pub. All being well we are away in six weeks and they have booked a week in Almunaca in November. As soon as things open I am off to Tenerife for six weeks at least. Life is for living and comes with no guarantees. Once elderly that is definitely the case.
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My hope is that the opening up tomorrow may not change things as much as people think. I think those who want to mix and get out and about, have already been doing so, and those that don’t aren’t going to rush out tomorrow. I’ve been inside my daughters house and my fathers house, the first providing a childcare bubble and the second visiting a vulnerable adult. That will stay the same for quite a while. And is anyone really going hug someone tomorrow just cos Boris says it’s ok?
 
artfuldodger said:
My hope is that the opening up tomorrow may not change things as much as people think. I think those who want to mix and get out and about, have already been doing so, and those that don’t aren’t going to rush out tomorrow. I’ve been inside my daughters house and my fathers house, the first providing a childcare bubble and the second visiting a vulnerable adult. That will stay the same for quite a while. And is anyone really going hug someone tomorrow just cos Boris says it’s ok?
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True. We all know plenty never followed the rules anyway and that was when things were at their worst. Neighbours near me suffered no Ill effects and that included grandparents.

Personally my pubbing days had quietened right down anyway before the pandemic so I won't be rushing anywhere. It will be nice to have a choice though. One thing I've really missed is my holidays so I can't wait to get away. Even my small lodge break was great for a change of scenery in spite of miserable weather. Next week it will be fantastic to be at a game again, I hope I see some familiar faces
 
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