Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Toffee in Jandals]

Wow. Must be nice to have made it almost to the end of September 2021 without encountering these idiots. The crazies have been screaming about “medical apartheid” here in the US for the better part of a year now. Somehow they’ve missed the fact that there’s one key difference between skin color and vaccine status.

True, thank goodness we've been sheltered from the worst of the crazies down here. I was tempted to comment when one of these imbeciles advocated a protest this weekend whereby they would bring attention to their cause by wearing a yellow Star of David on their clothing, coz, you know, what they're going through is exactly what the Jews of Europe went through in the 1930's and 40's.

 

[degsy]

NBA: No pay if unvaccinated players can't play

An NBA spokesperson said that if players miss games because they can't abide by vaccine mandates, they won't get paid.

www.espn.com

Not getting vaccinated is gonna start hitting athlete’s pocket books here. That won’t go over well.

Apropos of nothing in particular...Back in the day, but not too far back, the head of hospital engineering said to me - your hired, but you'll need a few vaccinations before we can let you start, because there could be all sorts of stuff floating about in here.
He didn't think it was a problem - no vaxx no start.
I didn't think it was a problem - vaxx is safety, safety is good yeah?
I thought it was a good idea, who needs to be sick.

I did think it was a well paid job though
And I still don't see why you wouldn't.

Edit; yet I'm totally against 'vaxx passports'...but that just me, I'm anti some thing and pro others.

 

[TN Toffee]

True, thank goodness we've been sheltered from the worst of the crazies down here. I was tempted to comment when one of these imbeciles advocated a protest this weekend whereby they would bring attention to their cause by wearing a yellow Star of David on their clothing, coz, you know, what they're going through is exactly what the Jews of Europe went through in the 1930's and 40's.

Again, nothing new to me here in the lunatic American south unfortunately. A woman in Nashville was very prominently selling those exact stars at her store a few months ago.

 

[arminisgod]

End of furlough today.

 

[grandjoeblue]

End of furlough today.

Quite surprised so many are still on it. I'd imagine a lot are in the travel sector or culture/arts maybe?

If you're still on furlough afrer 18 months you're probably going to lose your job. There are industries employing at the moment so hopefully they find suitable work.

 

[arminisgod]

Quite surprised so many are still on it. I'd imagine a lot are in the travel sector or culture/arts maybe?

If you're still on furlough afrer 18 months you're probably going to lose your job. There are industries employing at the moment so hopefully they find suitable work.

How many are still on it?

 

[Lee Smith]

How many are still on it?

“Preliminary” figures for end of July were ~1.6 million in the UK

 

[grandjoeblue]

“Preliminary” figures for end of July were ~1.6 million in the UK

I read somewhere on the news that they think its roughly around a million now. Still a lot of people.

 

[cronullasharks]

First jab today, got moved forward a few days. Arm is pretty sore

 

[BlueStevie35]

Hospital figures - 116 deaths were announced today, the exact same total as yesterday and down 58 on last Thursday. 73 deaths were in English hospitals, down 14 on yesterday and down 60 on last week. The 7 day rolling average falls to 115.71

All settings - for the 28 day cut off, 137 deaths were announced today, down 13 on yesterday and down 45 on last Thursday. The 7 day rolling average falls to 122.71

For the 60 day cut off, 160 deaths were announced today, down 16 on yesterday and down 51 on last Thursday. The 7 day rolling average falls to an even 146

 

[grandjoeblue]

Hospital figures - 116 deaths were announced today, the exact same total as yesterday and down 58 on last Thursday. 73 deaths were in English hospitals, down 14 on yesterday and down 60 on last week. The 7 day rolling average falls to 115.71

All settings - for the 28 day cut off, 137 deaths were announced today, down 13 on yesterday and down 45 on last Thursday. The 7 day rolling average falls to 122.71

For the 60 day cut off, 160 deaths were announced today, down 16 on yesterday and down 51 on last Thursday. The 7 day rolling average falls to an even 146

Good to finally see a sustained drop for the first time in a while.

 

[LinekersLegs]

I know the CDC was probably trying to be cautious with “infected vaccinated may be as infectious as infected unvaccinated because at one early point CT values were similar” but as a message it has been hugely distorted.

 

[LinekersLegs]

United Airlines employees, facing termination, rush to get COVID vaccine: United Airlines officials say nearly half the employees facing dismissal for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 have gotten their shots, the Associated Press reports. That cuts the number of airline workers facing termination from 593 to 320.

 

[arminisgod]

My mum had her booster yesterday. Quite surprised she's only in her 60s

 

[maccavennie]

My mum had her booster yesterday. Quite surprised she's only in her 60s

I think they mentioned they'll be looking to do everyone over 50 this winter for starters.