Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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Well, I have got the response I expected, but was expecting some to be in agreement.

If you think carefully about it, why is Whitty coming out with all this now such as “Curbs in 5 weeks” if things don’t improve?. It’s to scaremonger us into behaving all in good time for all the restrictions being lifted, funny how he’s doing this now with only three days left.

The Government cannot afford another lockdown, as it will mean in the long run more borrowing which takes ages enough to pay back to whoever they borrow this money from. This is even before you talk about all the money they will pay from the furlough coffers. They know this, but they cannot say it publicly, nor can they say “No more lockdowns”, as people will start behaving irresponsible just because restrictions are being lifted.

Why threaten lockdown if things don’t improve and there you are opening everything up?. It’s clearly scaremongering to make us behave and we know how to do this independently, we don’t need media limelight joggers like Whitty to tell us and using scare tactics to do it.

Yes, the first one was needed as well as the third, the second one was just odd, but the vaccine uptake has been huge since and a fourth will also make this government show themselves up as failures, which is something no government want to be remembered for.
 
What a farce of a communication strategy

Absolutely awful. What is hard about having just 2 options, green and red, can go or can't go? If a country has a variant prevalent that evades vaccines then people shouldn't go. Not 'you can go but you're on the lower green tier so 2 vaccines still needs quarantine unlike real greens' - it's an absolute farce and shows that the government hasn't learned a single thing.
 
Absolutely awful. What is hard about having just 2 options, green and red, can go or can't go? If a country has a variant prevalent that evades vaccines then people shouldn't go. Not 'you can go but you're on the lower green tier so 2 vaccines still needs quarantine unlike real greens' - it's an absolute farce and shows that the government hasn't learned a single thing.
The three tier traffic light system itself was OK but the inconsistencies and politicization in implementation has been horrendous (waves at India)


Given their escalating current rates I am utterly confused as to why Netherlands is still on amber for instance.
 
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Hospital figures - 48 deaths were announced today, up 1 on yesterday and up 23 on last Friday. 27 deaths were in English hospitals, down 8 on yesterday and up 7 on last week. The 7 day rolling average rises to an even 32

All settings - for the 28 day cut off, 49 deaths were announced today, down 14 on yesterday and up 20 on last Friday. The 7 day rolling average rises to 39.57

For the 60 day cut off, 57 deaths were announced today, down 12 on yesterday and up 19 on last Friday. The 7 day rolling average rises to 47.43
 
Cant wait to ditch the mask and sit at the bar
Does not surprise me in the least you bar hog. However, seems washing hands after having a dump has been ditched already for much of England, enjoy your side of someone else's poop at the bar the, mask is the least of your worries.

bbc.co.uk/news/health-57865112
It's not irreversible.

I'm betting on it being reversed in September..

Doomster Boris has spoken, (insert metaphor) (insert latin) phwoar, Sun is rising on the Empire.
 
The three tier traffic light system itself was OK but the inconsistencies and politicization in implementation has been horrendous (waves at India)


Given their escalating current rates I am utterly confused as to why Netherlands is still on amber for instance.


The three tier traffic light system itself was OK but the inconsistencies and politicization in implementation has been horrendous (waves at India)


Given their escalating current rates I am utterly confused as to why Netherlands is still on amber for instance.

I'm supposed to be going to Spain in three weeks. Their numbers are far higher than France's.

If numbers here and Spain come down I will go (double jabbed). I don't think they have the quarantine hotel capacity to put Spain, Greece and France on the red list.

For me, the airport is the biggest risk. Hiring a car and have private apartments rented. Less of a risk than getting a train into town once I'm there.

Still put the odds at 50/50.
 
I'm supposed to be going to Spain in three weeks. Their numbers are far higher than France's.

If numbers here and Spain come down I will go (double jabbed). I don't think they have the quarantine hotel capacity to put Spain, Greece and France on the red list.

For me, the airport is the biggest risk. Hiring a car and have private apartments rented. Less of a risk than getting a train into town once I'm there.

Still put the odds at 50/50.

Le lumiere rouge.

Even their lockdowns are sexy.
 
Well, I have got the response I expected, but was expecting some to be in agreement.

If you think carefully about it, why is Whitty coming out with all this now such as “Curbs in 5 weeks” if things don’t improve?. It’s to scaremonger us into behaving all in good time for all the restrictions being lifted, funny how he’s doing this now with only three days left.

The Government cannot afford another lockdown, as it will mean in the long run more borrowing which takes ages enough to pay back to whoever they borrow this money from. This is even before you talk about all the money they will pay from the furlough coffers. They know this, but they cannot say it publicly, nor can they say “No more lockdowns”, as people will start behaving irresponsible just because restrictions are being lifted.

Why threaten lockdown if things don’t improve and there you are opening everything up?. It’s clearly scaremongering to make us behave and we know how to do this independently, we don’t need media limelight joggers like Whitty to tell us and using scare tactics to do it.

Yes, the first one was needed as well as the third, the second one was just odd, but the vaccine uptake has been huge since and a fourth will also make this government show themselves up as failures, which is something no government want to be remembered for.

One of Chris Whitty's main job is to protect the NHS.

Do you take issue with this?
 
Seriously tho I'm getting worried these vaccines aren't nailing this it's bloody spreading like wildfire ,just thought with at least half of us here having 2 jabs spread would be nullified. Doesn't look like, and it's open all hours Monday wow I'm now a bit worried .
 
Seriously tho I'm getting worried these vaccines aren't nailing this it's bloody spreading like wildfire ,just thought with at least half of us here having 2 jabs spread would be nullified. Doesn't look like, and it's open all hours Monday wow I'm now a bit worried .

Context though mate 50 million+ adults in the UK. The vaccines are doing their job largely I would hazard a guess majority in hospital have only had 0 or 1 jab.

I imagine in retrospect they have opened up a month earlier than they should have.

This time next month and most over 30's will be double jabbed which make up most hospitalizations.
 
Context though mate 50 million+ adults in the UK. The vaccines are doing their job largely I would hazard a guess majority in hospital have only had 0 or 1 jab.

I imagine in retrospect they have opened up a month earlier than they should have.

This time next month and most over 30's will be double jabbed which make up most hospitalizations.
Ye fair point, hope you're bang on ,my daughter and her partner just got it and are not too good, but will be alright. Just maybe swaying me to question the whole situation .
 
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