Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Deleted member 48881]

Covid poses 'greatest threat to mental health since second world war'

UK’s leading psychiatrist predicts impact will be felt for years after pandemic ends

www.theguardian.com

 

[Goat]

Covid poses 'greatest threat to mental health since second world war'

UK’s leading psychiatrist predicts impact will be felt for years after pandemic ends

www.theguardian.com

Not sure you need a degree in psychology to call that like.

 

[peteblue]

Richy rich still continuing to lie about the Tories "success" in dealing with the pandemic, and persisting with the "we're all in this together" nonsense.
On the vaccine itself I have been told by my consultant, that I will get the Pfizer one, probably by the end of Jan...made up with that.

Tory......

 

[PhilM]

Covid-19: London Ambulance Service receives as many 999 calls as first wave

Patient demand is equal "and now arguably greater" than at the first wave's peak, the service says.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[BlueStevie35]

Hospital figures - 301 deaths were announced today, up 105 on yesterday and down 92 on last Sunday. 231 deaths were in English hospitals, up 70 on yesterday and down 35 on last week. The 7 day rolling average falls to 371.43

All settings - for the 28 day cut off, 316 deaths were announced today, up 86 on yesterday and down 10 on last Sunday. The 7 day rolling average falls to 478.71

For the 60 day cut off, 327 deaths were announced today, up 80 on yesterday and down 23 on last Sunday. The 7 day rolling average falls to 540.86

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[grandjoeblue]

Covid poses 'greatest threat to mental health since second world war'

UK’s leading psychiatrist predicts impact will be felt for years after pandemic ends

www.theguardian.com

The next lockdown will be very painful indeed as it be 12 - 16 weeks in length.

 

[COYBL25]

The next lockdown will be very painful indeed as it be 12 - 16 weeks in length.

I was talking to the licensee of the pub at the bottom of our road ( INCUBATION FACILITATOR ) yesterday and she was saying the the wet pubs are braced to be shut until Easter. So that timeline certainly fits.

 

[grandjoeblue]

I was talking to the licensee of the pub at the bottom of our road ( INCUBATION MANAGER ) yesterday and she was saying the the wet pubs are braced to be shut until Easter.

Its rubbish mate but they have let it get out of control again. There will definitely be a lockdown until April.

 

[COYBL25]

Its rubbish mate but they have let it get out of control again. There will definitely be a lockdown until April.

Aye, in some form or another.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

That's the way do it, no messing about on judging people on COVID risk as high personal asset wealth gives you a free pass into the UK.

 

[PhilM]

The paper that she describes, released on Christmas Eve, sounds very worrying. Does anyone have a link? I've goggled, but I can't seem to find it.

 

[summerisle]

The paper that she describes, released on Christmas Eve, sounds very worrying. Does anyone have a link? I've goggled, but I can't seem to find it.

This might be it.

24 December 2020: Emergency Statement On New Variant Of Covid-19 And Rapidly Worsening Situation In UK – Independent SAGE

Independent SAGE: Independent scientific advice on the COVID-19 crisis, for the UK government and public.

www.independentsage.org

 

[grandjoeblue]

Surely with either variant nobody should be having a new years eve party.