Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[grandjoeblue]

Schools reopening pushed back.

Anyone who thinks there will be any return to normal before May/June is sadly mistaken.

Its looking more and more like 2021 will contain more days under lockdown than 2020.

 

[LocalNative]

Had a letter from NHS 2 weeks ago to take part in antibody study - said why not. Been sent the kit now today, have to pierce my finger with a needle and apparently get the results within 10-15mins.

Weird excitement over this.

 

[PhilM]

Schools reopening pushed back.

Anyone who thinks there will be any return to normal before May/June is sadly mistaken.

Its looking more and more like 2021 will contain more days under lockdown than 2020.

Hopefully not although I didn't take the announcement actually had their underlying motive: for once, I think they're being prudent and actually cautious.

Rather than rushing the children back and pushing up inter-community transmission, lets get the key vaccination groups done and overall cases figures down.

Home schooling is difficult and it'll be having an impact on children, but in the grand scheme of things it's worth it if it brings about a safer life afterwards.

 

[BlueToff]

Had a letter from NHS 2 weeks ago to take part in antibody study - said why not. Been sent the kit now today, have to pierce my finger with a needle and apparently get the results within 10-15mins.

Weird excitement over this.

I did the same in September mate. I know, felt like I was in a sci-fi film.

 

[grandjoeblue]

Hopefully not although I didn't take the announcement actually had their underlying motive: for once, I think they're being prudent and actually cautious.

Rather than rushing the children back and pushing up inter-community transmission, lets get the key vaccination groups done and overall cases figures down.

Home schooling is difficult and it'll be having an impact on children, but in the grand scheme of things it's worth it if it brings about a safer life afterwards.

There was roughly about 4 months of lockdown in 2020. In 2021 we will have 4 months of lockdown minimum so it will be as bad if not worse.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Schools reopening pushed back.

Anyone who thinks there will be any return to normal before May/June is sadly mistaken.

Its looking more and more like 2021 will contain more days under lockdown than 2020.

Aye, just as this type of virus dislikes it's host moving out side on mass. Being sanitised properly by all that lovely UV, from that yellow thingy in the sky, which is absolutely useless to Britain's this time of year...

 

[grandjoeblue]

Aye, just as this type of virus dislikes it's host moving out side on mass. Being sanitised properly by all that lovely UV, from that yellow thingy in the sky, which is absolutely useless to Britain's this time of year...

Yeh I think summer will be similar to last year possibly a bit stricter. You might be able to see a few family members outdoors by about July. I don't know whether we'll be back under lockdown next winter.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Yeh I think summer will be similar to last year possibly a bit stricter. You might be able to see a few family members outdoors by about July. I don't know whether we'll be back under lockdown next winter.

Looking forward to another eat out scheme, I've got few pounds I can afford to gain before I'm obese. We've got to think Pret and Costa etc.

Seriously the less contact people have with other people indoors the better, anytime of year, the better, Until this Virus is properly beat, we will have restrictions.

 

[BlueToff]

Yeh I think summer will be similar to last year possibly a bit stricter. You might be able to see a few family members outdoors by about July. I don't know whether we'll be back under lockdown next winter.

No chance that there's any justification for stricter restrictions this summer than last given by summer we'll have the vaccine rolled out en masse.

We're currently on track in the UK for every adult to have been offered their first dose by some time in July, mate.

Absolutely ludicrous if there isn't the same level of 'normality' by then as we had at the same time last year.

 

[BlueToff]

Looking forward to another eat out scheme, I've got few pounds I can afford to gain before I'm obese. We've got to think Pret and Costa etc.

Seriously the less contact people have with other people indoors the better, anytime of year, the better, Until this Virus is properly beat, we will have restrictions.

We have the vaccine. By July - at this rate - anybody who is in real (as in, y'know, over 50% chance that if they get this it's going to be really bad for them) danger of dying or getting seriously ill from this will have long had their second dose. In fact, most people in groups that aren't in the top 4 categories will probably be about to have their second dose.

The vaccines stop serious illness, which stops hospitalisation, which reduces strain on the NHS.

If they don't get back to allowing you to pop round for your mate's for a coffee or to watch the footy in the summer, then they genuinely might as well never bother.

 

[davek]

Bomb disposal at the Wrexham vaccine production factory...

Wockhardt vaccine factory evacuated as bomb disposal unit attends “ongoing incident” on Wrexham Industrial Estate

www.wrexham.com

Almost wiped out by floods last week, not a time to be silly willy waving, all very childish.

If there is a bomb, whoever planted it should be swinging from a tree next to Johnson.

 

[davek]

Looking forward to another eat out scheme, I've got few pounds I can afford to gain before I'm obese. We've got to think Pret and Costa etc.

Seriously the less contact people have with other people indoors the better, anytime of year, the better, Until this Virus is properly beat, we will have restrictions.

No, no, no. Didn't GOT's SAGE members say restaurants were safe as houses? I'm sure they did. Anyone who questoned the wisdom of sitting people 2 metres away from each other in an enclosed space for 2/3 hours was decried as tin foil hat wearer.

 

[grandjoeblue]

No chance that there's any justification for stricter restrictions this summer than last given by summer we'll have the vaccine rolled out en masse.

We're currently on track in the UK for every adult to have been offered their first dose by some time in July, mate.

Absolutely ludicrous if there isn't the same level of 'normality' by then as we had at the same time last year.

Completely agree with what you're saying and I hope you are right.

Very depressing start to the year so I'm keeping my expectations very low.

 

[grandjoeblue]

No, no, no. Didn't GOT's SAGE members say restaurants were safe as houses? I'm sure they did. Anyone who questoned the wisdom of sitting people 2 meteres away from each other in an enclosed space for 2/3 hours was cried down as tin foil hat wearers.

What about the beauty salons?

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

If they don't get back to allowing you to pop round for your mate's for a c

There are real concerns building that current vaccines are steadily becoming less effective against the rate of new variants.

Just simply has not been taken seriously, again UK is at the heart of sole of allowing community transmission to run free throughout the population and allowing our airports facilitate these variants spreading quickly round the world aiding further spread.
Border control my ass! On all fours lung full of poppers and barebacked!