Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Billy Dean]

I shouldn't laugh really

Comforting to see normality is returning

 

[Barnfred 55]

Had a chat with the neighbour this morning. I know he's a regular at the local pub so said he must be happy now. He said it's worse now as all through lockdown the publican has been having regulars in for "lock ins" where no rules were really enforced, whereas now they have to do things properly

That's` not been the norm though Bruce. And the landlord is a very lucky man not to have been found out.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

About 1.2m tests where done in the UK on the 11th with 3500 testing positive. In California from 1.2m tests they would get around 18,000 positives.

Our positivity rate is very low. Much lower than anywhere in the USA I believe. Edit: saying that somewhere remote like Alaska might be lower.

To be fair, DaveK probably reduces our positivity rate singlehandedly.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

That's` not been the norm though Bruce. And the landlord is a very lucky man not to have been found out.

Oh for sure, I wouldn't ascribe that to anything but this particular situation. Just made me chuckle. That pub is also known for fencing bikes and he sounded genuinely disappointed that we're getting one of those bike locker things on the street. I'm probably painting a bad image of cockneys here, aren't I?

 

[roydo]

That's` not been the norm though Bruce. And the landlord is a very lucky man not to have been found out.

Probably has some plod as regulars. My local is the chosen one for the local Special Branch and CID. (They call it The Office, their actual HQ is in the area). Helps like.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Probably has some plod as regulars. My local is the chosen one for the local Special Branch and CID. (They call it The Office, their actual HQ is in the area). Helps like.

There is a police station a few hundred metres away. And a lodge opposite. Not that I'm casting aspersions.

 

[duncs pigeon]

There is a police station a few hundred metres away. And a lodge opposite. Not that I'm casting aspersions.

Give AC 12 a call mate

 

[Barnfred 55]

TBF there is a lot of wishful thinking in that first paragraph. For a start, we don’t have a great record at picking up these outbreaks (as the history of our pandemic shows) or containing them.

I appreciate they’ve claimed to have traced all the contacts in this case but that really doesn’t square with them also telling everyone in Lambeth and Wandsworth to get tested as well.

Surge testing, and I speak as a Lambeth resident here, seems so far to consist of them saying on the news that us residents should get tested; there’s not been any extra effort to expand testing or to communicate it locally that I’ve seen in the area. It’s also a bit of a daft idea to restrict it to those two boroughs anyway, given that the boroughs have two of the busiest train stations in the entire country and large numbers of people passing through / working there / living and working in other boroughs as well.

No argument that at the outset we didn't have much clue on anything. But identifying new variants I believe is something we have become very good at. @Neiler I believe you've made comments to this effect in the past. And we have been able to control smaller outbreaks of these variants in other area's earlier this year.

When I've seen surge testing in other area's it involved knocking on doors and testing. From what I understand Wandsworth is a relatively large borough, bigger than most towns, and I imagine this testing is being done close to the where the outbreaks are. Are you saying that such testing couldn't be taking place without your knowing?

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Cant believe this vaccine is still being used. It's negligence on a mass scale.

AstraZeneca blood clotting: what is this rare syndrome and how is it caused?

Evidence is growing of a link between the Covid-19 vaccine and a deadly thrombosis – and theories are emerging as to why

www.theguardian.com

They will faze it out as others come on line, there is no way they can slam the door on the Oxford vaccine, the Gammon would have an absolute melt down, by rolling up their Daily Mail's Telegraph and Express, to turn them into paper batons and attack us woke types for being unpatriotic and sneering by whacking their keyboards and touch screens.

 

[tsubaki]

No argument that at the outset we didn't have much clue on anything. But identifying new variants I believe is something we have become very good at. @Neiler I believe you've made comments to this effect in the past. And we have been able to control smaller outbreaks of these variants in other area's earlier this year.

When I've seen surge testing in other area's it involved knocking on doors and testing. From what I understand Wandsworth is a relatively large borough, bigger than most towns, and I imagine this testing is being done close to the where the outbreaks are. Are you saying that such testing couldn't be taking place without your knowing?

No, I’m saying that if they are surge testing the entire borough of Lambeth (and Wandsworth as well) then I’d expect to see something other than just telling people to get tested on the news, even if it’s just people at transport hubs or extra signage. We’ve not even had an alert on the NHS app.

Knocking on doors would probably be too great a task, though.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Don't look if you believe or prone to infantile coersion that vaccination is the game changer...

In Chile, we're learning the hard way that record vaccination doesn't mean the pandemic's over

Chile is the third most vaccinated country - after Israel and the UK - yet we are back in strict lockdown, with cases surging

inews.co.uk

 

[Barnfred 55]

Oh for sure, I wouldn't ascribe that to anything but this particular situation. Just made me chuckle. That pub is also known for fencing bikes and he sounded genuinely disappointed that we're getting one of those bike locker things on the street. I'm probably painting a bad image of cockneys here, aren't I?

Something between Minder and Only Fools and horses lol

 

[Neiler]

6 cases from 6.8m jabs? Quite low.

This might seem obvious but if the clotting tends to be women can't they continue jabbing men in the meantime?

I think in both instances of Az and J&J instances are quite low statistically. However there is an equation to be solved here, if the problem or trigger can be isolated then they can be used risk free. Clearly there is an issue with the adenovirus Vaccines that needs to be soloved.

The most up to date stuff I read suggests that the issue isn’t gender specific, it’s been more prevalent statistically in females because most under 60s vaccinated have been health care workers and those professions have a highet % of females. Certainly been cases of men who have been impacted by this as well.

 

[Neiler]

What do they mean by positivity rate exactly? How does that compare with our main measurement which is weekly positive tests per 100,000 population?

It’s the % of positive swabs of all tests done at any one time! It’s generally a very good indicator of the level of virus in the community at any one time, more so then the likes of daily cases in my opinion. It’s the stat I keep my on the most.

 

[peteblue]

I shouldn't laugh really

I wish you’d keep your family under control.....