Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[tsubaki]

Ffs

donors > populace

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Amw79]

Is 61% and 42% statistically significant? I can never remember.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[grandjoeblue]

Scotland reopening stadiums etc from Monday 17th. Indoor events reopening on the 24th.

Interesting points on the BBC article:

But the latest Scottish government Covid report showed that average daily cases in Scotland (2,824 per one million population in the week to 6 January) were higher than in England (2,615 per one million), which has fewer Covid restrictions.
Some business leaders said that the tougher coronavirus rules had failed to make a "meaningful difference" to infection levels and were causing "enormous damage" to some sectors.

 

[RAFUH]

Ffs

This is in addition to the ones they plan to mail out and is a decent longer term plan.
The insurers are supposed to move to paying up front (like prescriptions) so no out of pocket costs....eventually.
Of course, right now it doesn't matter as home test kits are next to impossible to find.

 

[luuk_deventer]

This thing is not going away anytime soon. I am seriously concerned that it has already killed over 5m people and there are idiots, including so called political leaders who think it is ok to ignore all restrictions.

There will be more variations of this that will not be stopped by current vaccinations. No I am not a sensationalist but a realist. If people cannot stop acting the Muppet after so many have died then God help us.

Many political leaders all over the world, who are far more informed on this matter than any of us, haven't really taken it seriously at any point.

Boris Johnson was apparently "fighting for his life" in ICU in late April. But attended a party with >40 people 2 weeks later.

Does that stack up to you?

 

[efcfanwirral]

Scotland reopening stadiums etc from Monday 17th. Indoor events reopening on the 24th.

Interesting points on the BBC article:

But the latest Scottish government Covid report showed that average daily cases in Scotland (2,824 per one million population in the week to 6 January) were higher than in England (2,615 per one million), which has fewer Covid restrictions.
Some business leaders said that the tougher coronavirus rules had failed to make a "meaningful difference" to infection levels and were causing "enormous damage" to some sectors.

Obviously the answer is to do some damage to more sectors...

 

[Bluerover]

Many political leaders all over the world, who are far more informed on this matter than any of us, haven't really taken it seriously at any point.

Boris Johnson was apparently "fighting for his life" in ICU in late April. But attended a party with >40 people 2 weeks later.

Does that stack up to you?

Johnson is a very poor choice of PM. His background seems to make him think he has a birthright to power. I repeat that if our Taoiseach had behaved as he did he would be out on his......guess what.

 

[verreauxi]

Good thread regarding the shape of phylogenies (evolutionary trees) that viruses take on and how SARS-COV2 differs from the usual tree-shape:

 

[grandjoeblue]

Has any news come out from Wales, NI and Republic of Ireland on when their lockdowns will end?

 

[LinekersLegs]

Good thread regarding the shape of phylogenies (evolutionary trees) that viruses take on and how SARS-COV2 differs from the usual tree-shape:

Interesting thread, thanks for linking.

Re point 7 Covid’s ability to jump host species further complicates predicting the virus evolution.

 

[verreauxi]

Is 61% and 42% statistically significant? I can never remember.

I'm sure dholliday has a tendentious and laboriously uninformed opinion on this very issue.

 

[Bluerover]

Has any news come out from Wales, NI and Republic of Ireland on when their lockdowns will end?

We are not on lockdown at the moment. Facemasks, evidence of vaccination required before entering any pub or restaurant. I think we are heading for a return to lockdown.The numbers are frightening.

 

[LinekersLegs]

@verreauxi more on the topic of future evolution