Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[davek]

not enough in the UK. Novavax may be a big help. The more options, the better.

There's as much evidence as Pfizer causing clots as there is AZ.

No, there isn't. Not in volume.

 

[Jebus_lives]

To me, they've made it pretty clear.

A government can't do anything about people being thick. The dates give people hope and right now there's no indication we won't meet them.

As was made abundantly clear again yesterday, the phased reopening is basically all one big data-gathering exercise. It might be blunt but that's what it is.

I think you may be making a lot of assumptions about the level of interest and attention the public are giving the context behind the dates.

 

[Old Blue 2]

BS.

"Modelling from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) showing that, while stage two of the unlocking is unlikely to exert pressure on the NHS, the proposed changes for May and June when social mixing is set to be permitted again could cause hospital admissions to rise to levels seen during January’s winter peak. Minutes from the Sage meeting on March 31 said there could be resurgences in hospital admissions “of a similar scale to January 2021 after later stages of the road map”.

Whenever the conditional tense is used, as here, it mean they don't know. They are urinating into the wind! It's a wild guess. Nothing more, nothing less!

 

[Jebus_lives]

Whenever the conditional tense is used, as here, it mean they don't know. They are urinating into the wind! It's a wild guess. Nothing more, nothing less!

Not talking in certainties does not mean they're guessing. End of!

 

[davek]

Whenever the conditional tense is used, as here, it mean they don't know. They are urinating into the wind! It's a wild guess. Nothing more, nothing less!

Modelling is not "a wild guess".

Just across the channel they are in the teeth of a deadly 3rd wave.

Stay in la-la land if you want. But this summer will be carnage if the restrictions are taken off by late June.

 

[spectateur]

Not talking in certainties does not mean they're guessing. End of!

It means that they're not certain about an outcome. Rather a hypothesis rather than a law in science.

 

[Jebus_lives]

It means that they're not certain about an outcome. Rather a hypothesis rather than a law in science.

Exactly. End of!

 

[toffee82]

Modelling is not "a wild guess".

Just across the channel they are in the teeth of a deadly 3rd wave.

Stay in la-la land if you want. But this summer will be carnage if the restrictions are taken off by late June.

No, but it predicts all possible scenarios.

The third wave (as high as January's) is an absolute worst case scenario.

Hospitalisation is another thing too. Way over half of the adult population have been vaccinated or had the virus. Chances are a reinfection would be less severe due to immune responses.

 

[grandjoeblue]

Modelling is not "a wild guess".

Just across the channel they are in the teeth of a deadly 3rd wave.

Stay in la-la land if you want. But this summer will be carnage if the restrictions are taken off by late June.

The EU have problems mainly due to their vaccination issues and also the fact they keep trying to open things up.

Personally as long as deaths stay below around 20,000 per year for COVID its time to open back up completely.

 

[Jebus_lives]

The EU have problems mainly due to their vaccination issues and also the fact they keep trying to open things up.

Personally as long as deaths stay below around 20,000 per year for COVID its time to open back up completely.

Can we stop suggesting that the actions of each European state are the actions of the EU as an entity.

 

[tsubaki]

The EU have problems mainly due to their vaccination issues and also the fact they keep trying to open things up.

Personally as long as deaths stay below around 20,000 per year for COVID its time to open back up completely.

what’s that definition of insanity again?

 

[Jebus_lives]

what’s that definition of insanity again?

Playing Sigurdsson & Gomes as a midfield pair.

 

[grandjoeblue]

what’s that definition of insanity again?

The scientists have all said that people will continue to die from covid. The one guarantee of life is death. People need to face reality. Vaccinations will hopefully prevent 95+% of death but some people will unfortunately still die.

 

[grandjoeblue]

Can we stop suggesting that the actions of each European state are the actions of the EU as an entity.

Ok fair enough, I'll rephrase that - 'the countries who are in the EU'.

 

[BlueToff]

I think you may be making a lot of assumptions about the level of interest and attention the public are giving the context behind the dates.

Maybe. But again, that's personal responsibility.

Right now, the date of April 12th can be met. That's all that matters. In 4 weeks' time we'll see if May 17th can be met.