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New Zealand's largest city is back into a 7 day lockdown after a single case from an unknown origin was found

 

That's a bit OTT 

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2 hours ago, Ray Gin said:

 

I had mine during the week, early 40s with no health conditions. Got an appointment letter and no idea why🤷‍♂️ 

 

A bit of a fever kicked in about 8 hours after receiving it, but I was generally back to normal by the following afternoon.

 

23 minutes ago, Nucky Thompson said:

Naughty. Taking a jab away from a vulnerable person :biggrin2:

I would've had you down as someone who would have contacted them and pointed out their mistake as well

 

    :vangry:               :seething:

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Nucky Thompson said:

New Zealand's largest city is back into a 7 day lockdown after a single case from an unknown origin was found

 

That's a bit OTT 

No, that's how you deal with it. But hey. 122,000 deaths and counting, but who cares, its better than being OTT and having a handful of deaths. Some folk need to get to their caravan site. 👍

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Just now, ri Alban said:

No, that's how you deal with it. But hey. 122,000 deaths and counting, but who cares, its better than being OTT and having a handful of deaths. Some folk need to get to their caravan site. 👍

Surely with vaccines now available, shutting down a whole city for a week for a single positive case is a bit OTT.

 

 

Where does it all end?

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Scottish numbers: 27 February 2021

Summary

  • 525 new cases of COVID-19 reported [-56] [down from 803 a week ago]
  • 19,615 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results – 3.1% of these were positive [-795; -0.2%]
  • 18 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive [-9]
  • 74 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 [-6]
  • 898 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 [-26]
  • 1,570,153 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 72,178 have received their second dose [+27,224; +6,838]
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3 minutes ago, redjambo said:

Scottish numbers: 27 February 2021

Summary

  • 525 new cases of COVID-19 reported [-56] [down from 803 a week ago]
  • 19,615 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results – 3.1% of these were positive [-795; -0.2%]
  • 18 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive [-9]
  • 74 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 [-6]
  • 898 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 [-26]
  • 1,570,153 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 72,178 have received their second dose [+27,224; +6,838]

Still moving in the right direction :thumbsup:

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3 minutes ago, redjambo said:

Scottish numbers: 27 February 2021

Summary

  • 525 new cases of COVID-19 reported [-56] [down from 803 a week ago]
  • 19,615 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results – 3.1% of these were positive [-795; -0.2%]
  • 18 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive [-9]
  • 74 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 [-6]
  • 898 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 [-26]
  • 1,570,153 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 72,178 have received their second dose [+27,224; +6,838]

 

 

Was about to post these too. Seems like we have reached a tipping point, with several days of low positivity and all the numbers dropping quite fast

 

We are quickly running back to around October in terms of the numbers

 

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The latest 7-day stats. Encouraging numbers again.

 

    Pre- 7-day per-100,000 cases                
Council Area Tier Lockdown Today Yesterday     25 Feb 24 Feb 23 Feb 22 Feb 21 Feb ... 20 Dec
Scotland     89 94 -5   100 98 104 106 103 ... 98
Falkirk 4 2 178 191 -13   196 209 224 224 214 ... 60
West Dunbartonshire 4 3 154 162 -8   178 166 175 187 182 ... 120
Stirling 4 3 148 148 0   141 132 137 131 137 ... 70
North Lanarkshire 4 3 144 153 -9   167 157 180 180 179 ... 119
West Lothian 4 3 139 151 -12   166 165 180 188 203 ... 83
Clackmannanshire 4 3 130 147 -17   151 167 165 188 188 ... 148
Renfrewshire 4 3 130 135 -5   138 126 140 154 154 ... 116
Glasgow City 4 3 128 132 -4   143 139 142 145 130 ... 129
Midlothian 4 3 128 135 -7   147 129 129 143 135 ... 136
East Lothian 4 3 124 119 +5   118 108 107 107 89 ... 148
East Ayrshire 4 3 114 124 -10   146 138 178 179 186 ... 153
South Lanarkshire 4 3 110 116 -6   123 118 128 129 127 ... 120
North Ayrshire 4 3 94 109 -15   116 111 119 126 128 ... 175
East Dunbartonshire 4 3 88 96 -8   99 95 93 86 72 ... 70
East Renfrewshire 4 3 85 94 -9   117 116 127 134 118 ... 101
Edinburgh City 4 3 79 87 -8   91 93 97 95 89 ... 109
Dundee City 4 3 64 56 +8   56 59 55 54 53 ... 113
Fife 4 3 62 69 -7   65 71 67 73 73 ... 97
Perth & Kinross 4 3 61 63 -2   61 60 59 61 63 ... 126
South Ayrshire 4 3 60 65 -5   72 62 67 66 60 ... 98
Inverclyde 4 2 57 51 +6   46 37 46 49 57 ... 59
Moray 4 1 56 56 0   53 56 64 75 68 ... 13
Angus 4 2 53 40 +13   46 46 52 52 52 ... 37
Highland 4/3 1 39 45 -6   49 52 53 52 54 ... 17
Dumfries & Galloway 4 1 34 43 -9   50 52 51 53 52 ... 32
Na h-Eileanan Siar 4 1 34 30 +4   37 52 52 45 52 ... 22
Aberdeenshire 4 3 28 30 -2   35 36 37 36 31 ... 88
Aberdeen City 4 3 25 25 0   25 25 24 25 26 ... 163
Scottish Borders 4 1 21 30 -9   35 30 39 41 40 ... 85
Argyll & Bute 4/3 2 15 12 +3   14 35 41 42 50 ... 29
Orkney Islands 3 1 0 0 0   0 4 4 4 4 ... 0
Shetland Islands 3 1 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 ... 0
                           
                           
7-day averages                          
Tests     19211 19249 -38   19652 19180 19297 19088 18743 ... 16839
Positivity rate %     4.2 4.4 -0.2   4.6 4.6 4.9 5.0 5.0 ... 5.2
Hospital (non-ICU)     933 965 -32   1005 1046 1088 1131 1172 ... 975
ICU     90 94 -4   96 97 98 99 99 ... 50
Deaths     26 28 -2   28 32 35 34 34 ... 25
All Vaccinations     28030 27586 +444   27644 28245 29044 30448 32766    
1st Dose     22501 22397 +104   23002 24000 25320 27185 29738    
2nd Dose     5529 5189 +340   4642 4245 3724 3263 3028    
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1 hour ago, Nucky Thompson said:

New Zealand's largest city is back into a 7 day lockdown after a single case from an unknown origin was found

 

That's a bit OTT 


There will always be the odd case going around so do the lockdown every few weeks for next year or two and never allow a flight in again 🤷‍♀️

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1 minute ago, redjambo said:

The latest 7-day stats. Encouraging numbers again.

 

    Pre- 7-day per-100,000 cases                
Council Area Tier Lockdown Today Yesterday     25 Feb 24 Feb 23 Feb 22 Feb 21 Feb ... 20 Dec
Scotland     89 94 -5   100 98 104 106 103 ... 98
Falkirk 4 2 178 191 -13   196 209 224 224 214 ... 60
West Dunbartonshire 4 3 154 162 -8   178 166 175 187 182 ... 120
Stirling 4 3 148 148 0   141 132 137 131 137 ... 70
North Lanarkshire 4 3 144 153 -9   167 157 180 180 179 ... 119
West Lothian 4 3 139 151 -12   166 165 180 188 203 ... 83
Clackmannanshire 4 3 130 147 -17   151 167 165 188 188 ... 148
Renfrewshire 4 3 130 135 -5   138 126 140 154 154 ... 116
Glasgow City 4 3 128 132 -4   143 139 142 145 130 ... 129
Midlothian 4 3 128 135 -7   147 129 129 143 135 ... 136
East Lothian 4 3 124 119 +5   118 108 107 107 89 ... 148
East Ayrshire 4 3 114 124 -10   146 138 178 179 186 ... 153
South Lanarkshire 4 3 110 116 -6   123 118 128 129 127 ... 120
North Ayrshire 4 3 94 109 -15   116 111 119 126 128 ... 175
East Dunbartonshire 4 3 88 96 -8   99 95 93 86 72 ... 70
East Renfrewshire 4 3 85 94 -9   117 116 127 134 118 ... 101
Edinburgh City 4 3 79 87 -8   91 93 97 95 89 ... 109
Dundee City 4 3 64 56 +8   56 59 55 54 53 ... 113
Fife 4 3 62 69 -7   65 71 67 73 73 ... 97
Perth & Kinross 4 3 61 63 -2   61 60 59 61 63 ... 126
South Ayrshire 4 3 60 65 -5   72 62 67 66 60 ... 98
Inverclyde 4 2 57 51 +6   46 37 46 49 57 ... 59
Moray 4 1 56 56 0   53 56 64 75 68 ... 13
Angus 4 2 53 40 +13   46 46 52 52 52 ... 37
Highland 4/3 1 39 45 -6   49 52 53 52 54 ... 17
Dumfries & Galloway 4 1 34 43 -9   50 52 51 53 52 ... 32
Na h-Eileanan Siar 4 1 34 30 +4   37 52 52 45 52 ... 22
Aberdeenshire 4 3 28 30 -2   35 36 37 36 31 ... 88
Aberdeen City 4 3 25 25 0   25 25 24 25 26 ... 163
Scottish Borders 4 1 21 30 -9   35 30 39 41 40 ... 85
Argyll & Bute 4/3 2 15 12 +3   14 35 41 42 50 ... 29
Orkney Islands 3 1 0 0 0   0 4 4 4 4 ... 0
Shetland Islands 3 1 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 ... 0
                           
                           
7-day averages                          
Tests     19211 19249 -38   19652 19180 19297 19088 18743 ... 16839
Positivity rate %     4.2 4.4 -0.2   4.6 4.6 4.9 5.0 5.0 ... 5.2
Hospital (non-ICU)     933 965 -32   1005 1046 1088 1131 1172 ... 975
ICU     90 94 -4   96 97 98 99 99 ... 50
Deaths     26 28 -2   28 32 35 34 34 ... 25
All Vaccinations     28030 27586 +444   27644 28245 29044 30448 32766    
1st Dose     22501 22397 +104   23002 24000 25320 27185 29738    
2nd Dose     5529 5189 +340   4642 4245 3724 3263 3028    


Anyone know how East Lothian figures are so high? 
 

At this rate I won’t be allowed into Edinburgh for a pint this year 

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8 minutes ago, theshed said:


There will always be the odd case going around so do the lockdown every few weeks for next year or two and never allow a flight in again 🤷‍♀️

What a miserable existence that would be. 

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6 minutes ago, Enzo Chiefo said:

What a miserable existence that would be. 

I think we all agree that New Zealand should be applauded for how amazingly well they have dealt with Covid.

 

But a whole city going into a full lockdown for one case does seem extreme.  And in fact restrictions across the whole country are tightened as a result as well including mass gatherings.  Imagine looking forward to game at Tynecastle this weekend and being told you can’t go because there was one case in Aberdeen.  
 

I wish we had done better than we had but I wouldn’t want to be living in a country that extreme.  

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18 minutes ago, theshed said:


Anyone know how East Lothian figures are so high? 
 

At this rate I won’t be allowed into Edinburgh for a pint this year 

Don't know the reason, but the neighbourhoods with the highest rates are:

Ormiston, Wallyford & Whitecraig and Prestonpans West.

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6 minutes ago, Footballfirst said:

Don't know the reason, but the neighbourhoods with the highest rates are:

Ormiston, Wallyford & Whitecraig and Prestonpans West.

FF, where do you source the neighbourhood numbers? Would like to check the figure for my area...

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35 minutes ago, redjambo said:

The latest 7-day stats. Encouraging numbers again.

 

    Pre- 7-day per-100,000 cases                
Council Area Tier Lockdown Today Yesterday     25 Feb 24 Feb 23 Feb 22 Feb 21 Feb ... 20 Dec
Scotland     89 94 -5   100 98 104 106 103 ... 98
Falkirk 4 2 178 191 -13   196 209 224 224 214 ... 60
West Dunbartonshire 4 3 154 162 -8   178 166 175 187 182 ... 120
Stirling 4 3 148 148 0   141 132 137 131 137 ... 70
North Lanarkshire 4 3 144 153 -9   167 157 180 180 179 ... 119
West Lothian 4 3 139 151 -12   166 165 180 188 203 ... 83
Clackmannanshire 4 3 130 147 -17   151 167 165 188 188 ... 148
Renfrewshire 4 3 130 135 -5   138 126 140 154 154 ... 116
Glasgow City 4 3 128 132 -4   143 139 142 145 130 ... 129
Midlothian 4 3 128 135 -7   147 129 129 143 135 ... 136
East Lothian 4 3 124 119 +5   118 108 107 107 89 ... 148
East Ayrshire 4 3 114 124 -10   146 138 178 179 186 ... 153
South Lanarkshire 4 3 110 116 -6   123 118 128 129 127 ... 120
North Ayrshire 4 3 94 109 -15   116 111 119 126 128 ... 175
East Dunbartonshire 4 3 88 96 -8   99 95 93 86 72 ... 70
East Renfrewshire 4 3 85 94 -9   117 116 127 134 118 ... 101
Edinburgh City 4 3 79 87 -8   91 93 97 95 89 ... 109
Dundee City 4 3 64 56 +8   56 59 55 54 53 ... 113
Fife 4 3 62 69 -7   65 71 67 73 73 ... 97
Perth & Kinross 4 3 61 63 -2   61 60 59 61 63 ... 126
South Ayrshire 4 3 60 65 -5   72 62 67 66 60 ... 98
Inverclyde 4 2 57 51 +6   46 37 46 49 57 ... 59
Moray 4 1 56 56 0   53 56 64 75 68 ... 13
Angus 4 2 53 40 +13   46 46 52 52 52 ... 37
Highland 4/3 1 39 45 -6   49 52 53 52 54 ... 17
Dumfries & Galloway 4 1 34 43 -9   50 52 51 53 52 ... 32
Na h-Eileanan Siar 4 1 34 30 +4   37 52 52 45 52 ... 22
Aberdeenshire 4 3 28 30 -2   35 36 37 36 31 ... 88
Aberdeen City 4 3 25 25 0   25 25 24 25 26 ... 163
Scottish Borders 4 1 21 30 -9   35 30 39 41 40 ... 85
Argyll & Bute 4/3 2 15 12 +3   14 35 41 42 50 ... 29
Orkney Islands 3 1 0 0 0   0 4 4 4 4 ... 0
Shetland Islands 3 1 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 ... 0
                           
                           
7-day averages                          
Tests     19211 19249 -38   19652 19180 19297 19088 18743 ... 16839
Positivity rate %     4.2 4.4 -0.2   4.6 4.6 4.9 5.0 5.0 ... 5.2
Hospital (non-ICU)     933 965 -32   1005 1046 1088 1131 1172 ... 975
ICU     90 94 -4   96 97 98 99 99 ... 50
Deaths     26 28 -2   28 32 35 34 34 ... 25
All Vaccinations     28030 27586 +444   27644 28245 29044 30448 32766    
1st Dose     22501 22397 +104   23002 24000 25320 27185 29738    
2nd Dose     5529 5189 +340   4642 4245 3724 3263 3028    

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8 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said:

FF, where do you source the neighbourhood numbers? Would like to check the figure for my area...

Go to the "Interactive Dashboard", then click on the tab "Cases by Neighbourhood". It will take a few seconds to load, then use the dropdown menu to select your Local Authority.  That gives you a map and a legend for each neighbourhood, from which you can get the numbers (usually about three days behind).

 

https://public.tableau.com/profile/phs.covid.19#!/vizhome/COVID-19DailyDashboard_15960160643010/Overview

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Just now, Footballfirst said:

Go to the "Interactive Dashboard", the click on the tab "Cases by Neighbourhood". It will take a few seconds to load, then use the dropdown menu to select your Local Authority.  That gives you a map and a legend for each neighbourhood, from which you can get the numbers (usually about three days behind).

 

https://public.tableau.com/profile/phs.covid.19#!/vizhome/COVID-19DailyDashboard_15960160643010/Overview

Thanks FF, appreciated 

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Regions in Spain re opening bars from Monday - outdoor only - mask until you sit down and if you go in to toilet - max 4 per table - tables 1.5mtrs apart .

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Nucky Thompson
30 minutes ago, DETTY29 said:

Gyle vaccination centre will be up and running from Monday.

 

 

Is that the Younger building at south Gyle, as I'm booked in there on Thursday?

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51 minutes ago, theshed said:


Anyone know how East Lothian figures are so high? 
 

At this rate I won’t be allowed into Edinburgh for a pint this year 

 

I don't have a crystal ball, and it doesn't answer your question, but looking at the daily case figures for East Lothian, I would expect the 7-day case figure to start declining in the next couple of days or so. My word is not gospel though.

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1 hour ago, theshed said:


Anyone know how East Lothian figures are so high? 
 

At this rate I won’t be allowed into Edinburgh for a pint this year 

 

 

You've surely answered your own question there?

 

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55 minutes ago, Footballfirst said:

Don't know the reason, but the neighbourhoods with the highest rates are:

Ormiston, Wallyford & Whitecraig and Prestonpans West.


Thanks 👍

 

Im blaming all the outsiders coming into wallyford to the shop that sells those beer kegs ( other thread about beer at home) 

 

Joking aside the places you have named are very quiet and there’s nothing there so must have been a few house party’s or something 

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UK figures looking much better too. 7 day case rate down 17.5% over the week and back to early October levels. Deaths also down by 32% over the same period.

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16 minutes ago, pablo said:

Everything seems to be going in the right direction now. I'm feeling hopeful that the road map will be possible now. Brilliant. 

Here is an illustration of the daily deaths (averaged over 7 days), by age group, in Scotland over the last year (all mini graphs are to the same scale). The top two age groups have fallen sharply (lockdown + vaccine).  I'd hope to see the third group fall sharply over the next month or so when the vaccine starts to come into play for the over 65s.

 

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1 hour ago, theshed said:


Thanks 👍

 

Im blaming all the outsiders coming into wallyford to the shop that sells those beer kegs ( other thread about beer at home) 

 

Joking aside the places you have named are very quiet and there’s nothing there so must have been a few house party’s or something 

Care homes/hospitals?? Thats part of the reason the figures are up in certain areas.

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46 minutes ago, LMc said:

33.4% of adults in Scotland vaccinated. Very impressive.

Due to get my 2nd dose on Wednesday. Cant fekkin wait!!!

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27 minutes ago, pablo said:

Everything seems to be going in the right direction now. I'm feeling hopeful that the road map will be possible now. Brilliant. 

Here is a similar breakdown for new cases by age group in Scotland.

 

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23 minutes ago, Jambof3tornado said:

Care homes/hospitals?? Thats part of the reason the figures are up in certain areas.


There’s a care home in wallyford right enough 

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1 hour ago, LMc said:

33.4% of adults in Scotland vaccinated. Very impressive.

Yes, it certainly is. Even if the virus circulates, it will be coming up against an ever increasing cohort of vaccinated people, which should help to break transmission chains.

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1 hour ago, LMc said:

33.4% of adults in Scotland vaccinated. Very impressive.

 

For who? I'm classed as a key worker and had to risk my health all through this shitstorm but still seem to be at the arse end of the Q

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SG should send a few thousand vaccines up to Orkney and Shetland and they could open everything up in a couple of weeks.

 

Total population about 45,000

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5 minutes ago, The Frenchman Returns said:

SG should send a few thousand vaccines up to Orkney and Shetland and they could open everything up in a couple of weeks.

 

Total population about 45,000

They are already ahead of the game.

 

Shetland has already done 46.2% and Orkney 37.8%.

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32 minutes ago, FinnBarr Saunders said:

 

For who? I'm classed as a key worker and had to risk my health all through this shitstorm but still seem to be at the arse end of the Q

 

Just because you haven't had yours doesn't make vaccinating a third of the population in around 3 months any less impressive.

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1 hour ago, Enzo Chiefo said:

Yes, it certainly is. Even if the virus circulates, it will be coming up against an ever increasing cohort of vaccinated people, which should help to break transmission chains.

 

Bingo. Should be a big increase in numbers after a slight lull so hopefully closer to 50% by the end of March, if not sooner.

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1 hour ago, FinnBarr Saunders said:

 

For who? I'm classed as a key worker and had to risk my health all through this shitstorm but still seem to be at the arse end of the Q

 

Not to belittle your work, as I really appreciate that keyworkers have continued to do their jobs throughout this ordeal, but if you haven't already been selected, then least at you can be assured that you are unlikely to be severely affected if you were to catch it. Saving as many lives as possible and reducing hospital admissions is the top priority. 

 

I would have been happy for key workers to get the nod for any slots that come up through missed appointments over just some random punter (which I assume is what got me an appointment ahead of schedule) but this must be a logistical nightmare compared to just picking someone from the next age group down.

 

Flying through the vaccine programme as quick as possible is the best approach.

 

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2 hours ago, Footballfirst said:

UK figures looking much better too. 7 day case rate down 17.5% over the week and back to early October levels. Deaths also down by 32% over the same period.

Followed your link and the 7 day case rate in my area is 9 in 100.000.  Surely going straight into tier two when things open up? 

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2 minutes ago, Auldbenches said:

Followed your link and the 7 day case rate in my area is 9 in 100.000.  Surely going straight into tier two when things open up? 

Despite the ultra cautious approach and not committing to dates, it should leave it open to be flexible on opening up, if (big if) there is a rapid improvement in the numbers.  However I think the mainland will all start in Level 3 for two or three weeks.

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Despite the ultra cautious approach and not committing to dates, it should leave it open to be flexible on opening up, if (big if) there is a rapid improvement in the numbers.  However I think the mainland will all start in Level 3 for two or three weeks.

I th9nk they will take the blanket approach at the beginning of it just to be safe.  Understandable as look at what happened when people started travelling just for a meal etc. 

Not long to go now.  

 

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17 minutes ago, Ray Gin said:

 

Not to belittle your work, as I really appreciate that keyworkers have continued to do their jobs throughout this ordeal, but if you haven't already been selected, then least at you can be assured that you are unlikely to be severely affected if you were to catch it. Saving as many lives as possible and reducing hospital admissions is the top priority. 

 

I would have been happy for key workers to get the nod for any slots that come up through missed appointments over just some random punter (which I assume is what got me an appointment ahead of schedule) but this must be a logistical nightmare compared to just picking someone from the next age group down.

 

Flying through the vaccine programme as quick as possible is the best approach.

 

I’m kinda in the same boat,my work can see me in 5 or 6 different properties every day.Lots of time spent in schools as well make me laugh when they talk about lockdowns and “stay at home”.The trades have been completely forgotten during the alleged lockdowns.

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1 minute ago, Barack said:

Going by his pun & the date the spike on that graph shot up, the Christmas get together decision, I'd say.

 

Which I think we all knew.

 

Ah, of course. :vrface: 

 

Christmas certainly ****ed things right up. It was probably inevitable to have some impact regardless of what the government said, but telling people it was fine to meet for 5 days, and then to say that it wasn't at the last minute certainly didn't help.

 

 

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32 minutes ago, Ray Gin said:

 

Ah, of course. :vrface: 

 

Christmas certainly ****ed things right up. It was probably inevitable to have some impact regardless of what the government said, but telling people it was fine to meet for 5 days, and then to say that it wasn't at the last minute certainly didn't help.

 

 

You can add the "Kent variant" as contributing to the spike in cases and subsequently deaths.  The EU managed to avoid that variant for the most part, at least during the UK spike. 

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7 minutes ago, Footballfirst said:

You can add the "Kent variant" as contributing to the spike in cases and subsequently deaths.  The EU managed to avoid that variant for the most part, at least during the UK spike. 

Whereas the UK are now heading in the right direction and the EU are heading in the opposite direction. 

It looks like the Kent variant is now taking over Europe.

That and their shite vaccine rollout, it's not looking too good for them now

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I try not to watch the news , I found it contributed to my feeling down , but has there been a relaxation of the tiers ? 
Reason I ask is today whilst working in the garden , I noticed the traffic outside my house was greater than it’s been for some time , more folk on buses too. It was noticeably busier walking along the canal earlier today , groups of people rather than just a couple. 
My daughter was doing her running around saughton park , she commented on how busy it was .

A relaxation or just folk getting out and about ? 

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