Coronavirus (2021) thread

[shemnel]

Most interestingly Gov UK has now added details of local vaccination numbers to the site.

I checked on 4 different GM boroughs just to see what differences appear.

They show really stark differences in uptake as you can see.

Anyone wanting me to post their own area just ask:


Borough / % Vaccinated First Dose / Second Dose 10 May VERSUS Same data on 17 May



BOLTON 59.8% / 31. 7 % VERSUS 63.2% /36.2%
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MANCHESTER 41.4% / 20.1% VERSUS 44. 1% / 22.9%

OLDHAM 58.8% / 32.4% VERSUS 60.7% / 35.7%

STOCKPORT 65% / 37% VERSUS 67.7% / 42%



Liverpool - by the way - with case numbers well below Manchester right now and the lowest major city in the country it seems is:-

52.5% / 28.2% VERSUS 54.4% / 32.1%


So well above Manchester but well below Stockport which seems to be doing very well and even over Bolton where the past week increase due to mass vaccinating is apparent.

Interestingly i downloaded the MSOA vaccination data in early March but that was total vaccinations.

now all i can see is the LTLA, but it gives 1st and 2nd doses. looks like they knocked the MSOA on the head at some point.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Have you looked out of the window?

I’ll be off on to Portugal next week and another holiday asap and can’t wait. Life is for living not just existing

My idea of fun is hiking and wild camping in the pissing rain tbh, so what do I know haha

 

[Lupo]

Lol the beeb.
One minute it's too lax the next it's too strict.
Too many rules; not enough rules.
Nanny state; not enough nannying.
There should be a public inquiry alright - into their coverage.

The media has been guilty of scaremongering BS throughout

Just this morning...

More great reporting on the radio:

Top of the hour headline: "TEST EVENTS RETURN POSITIVE RESULTS"
Story: No evidence of any spreading at the events with protocols in place

 

[shemnel]

The media has been guilty of scaremongering BS throughout

Just this morning...

More great reporting on the radio:

Top of the hour headline: "TEST EVENTS RETURN POSITIVE RESULTS"
Story: No evidence of any spreading at the events with protocols in place

they love it.

anyway, the Times led report appears to be saying that results are encouraging from the test events, and that "Large events such as concerts and clubbing are believed to be 'no riskier' than visiting restaurants and shopping centres"

However, data "suggests that screening and improved ventilation can significantly reduce the risk of virus transmission", which i guess is fairly obvious, but i would prefer (personally!) not to move to a society where everyone is screened in such a way and let covid become background once vaccinations levels are very high.

Gigs and mass events found to be 'no riskier' than going shopping

Early reports from the test events look promising

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Just 6,000 first doses administed in Scotland over the last 24 hours. I don't know why it's not yet newsworthy that progress on this front is completely stalling, likely supply/distribution related. Especially with the urgency to get as many people protected as possible.

 

[Healdplace]

England hospital deaths -

6 with just 1 from NW

More over 2 of these date from 2 months ago.

This compares with 11 with 2 NW last week, and 25 with 1 the week before.

This is usually the biggest or second biggest day of the week with weekend catch up. But as these numbers are so low there hardly is any any more.

To think over 1000 were dying in January on Wednesdays

This is a remarkable turnaround that surely has to be the vaccination programme responsible.

 

[Healdplace]

More on England hospital deaths:

Regions:- 2 in London (Kings). 2 in NE & Yorkshire (Leeds and Northumbria) and the 1 in Midlands (Birmingham) and the 1 in North West (Pennine Acute). None in East. South East or South West.

IN ages 1 was aged 40 - 59, 4 aged 60 - 79 and 1 aged 80 Plus.

No day back to 13 May has yet got more than 7 deaths allocated to it.

In fact 17 of the last 19 Five Day totals have single figure deaths ascribed to the date. (The other 2 are 12 and 13)

The fall in deaths in England hospital data has noticeably accelerated in the past couple of weeks even given the fact that they were already very low.

Here are the last 7 days data - Day 1 / 2/ / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 TOTAL as it stood on appropriate number of days

12 MAY 1 - 5 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 7

13 MAY 0 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1

14 MAY 0 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 2

15 MAY 0 - 2 - 4 - 4

16 MAY 0 - 3 - 3

17 MAY 0 - 3

18 MAY 0

 

[artfuldodger]

Malawi burns thousands of expired AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses

Health officials hope the event will increase public confidence in getting the vaccination.

www.bbc.co.uk

what a waste.

 

[Healdplace]

Scotland data

0 deaths - was 0 last week

394 cases - was 345 last week

1.6 % positivity - was 1.5% last week

78 patients - up 8 on yesterday - was 65 last week

4 icu ventilated - same as yesterday - was 6 last week


Cases are starting to go up as that variant has its impact but positivity not changing much (in fact down on yestersay so more testing)

But there is now a notable increase in patients. Which is the real concern.

Hopefully these do NOT translate into serious ilness, ventilators and death.

But this is where attention has to focus now as it is the one real worry that might derail progress.

 

[Manc in London]

London is very low. Presumably for the same reason.

Westminster is actually at 311 out of all boroughs pretty much the worst in England!

And the next 10 lowest uptake boroughs are all in London.

I suspect ethnicity is a much bigger issue. You are looking at c50% ethnic minority population in inner London based on schools data and pop estimates (will be confirmed in the Census data that will be published at the end of the year).