Coronavirus Super Thread ( merged )

[Konrad von Carstein]

4 minutes ago, jonesy said:

Self-portrait? 😛 

 

Have a nice evening, Konrad, you cheeky scamp.

No allowed a moustache

 

Leather cap 🤔 if it had a Blackhawks logo mibbe 

That's Blackhawks not Black c.... 

Edited October 26, 2021 by Konrad von Carstein

[JudyJudyJudy]

4 minutes ago, Konrad von Carstein said:

No allowed a moustache

 

Leather cap 🤔 if it had a Blackhawks logo mibbe 

That's Blackhawks not Black c.... 

my dear moustaches, leather caps , etc  are so 1980s in a certain group of people’s ! Get with the times 😂 

 

[Konrad von Carstein]

4 minutes ago, JamesM48 said:

my dear moustaches, leather caps , etc  are so 1980s in a certain group of people’s ! Get with the times 😂 

 

James,  it was a light hearted play on the daft wee emoji I used in response to Jonesy, lighten the feck up...

[JudyJudyJudy]

1 minute ago, Konrad von Carstein said:

James,  it was a light hearted play on the daft wee emoji I used in response to Jonesy, lighten the feck up...

This is my light hearted response ! It’s the best I can do 👍

[Konrad von Carstein]

1 minute ago, JamesM48 said:

This is my light hearted response ! It’s the best I can do 👍

Try, ahem,  harder...

[JudyJudyJudy]

1 minute ago, Konrad von Carstein said:

Try, ahem,  harder...

I meant the response I gave with the gif was my “ Light hearted response “ it’s lost now it seems ! 

[Alex Kintner]

[JudyJudyJudy]

[Dennis Reynolds]

I see a few Tory MP's, including the majority of the front bench are wearing masks today in the commons.

 

Pretty sure Labour and SNP were called embarrassing for wearing masks recently....

 

In reality, think we all know where this is going to go with regards to restrictions down south!

 

Edited October 27, 2021 by LMc

[cannonfoda]

Kier Starmer has the rona.   Possibly the first decisive action he's taken.  

[Victorian]

3 minutes ago, LMc said:

I see a few Tory MP's, including the majority of the front bench are wearing masks today in the commons.

 

Pretty sure Labour and SNP were called embarrassing for wearing masks recently....

 

In reality, think we all know where this is going to go with regards to restrictions down south!

 

 

People have been blathering about how the mask wearing on the opposition benches was all about political posturing.  What hasn't been recognised is that the absence of masks on the government side is at least equally as political / ideological.  The whole charade has been a typical parliament cluster****.

[Footballfirst]

Good news on infections in student accommodation from this week's PHS statistical report.

 

• Between 2 August and 10 October 2021, there were a total of 902 positive COVID-19 cases associated with university accommodation postcodes. These represent 0.37% of the cumulative number of recorded cases of COVID-19 in Scotland in that time period. In comparison, during the same period in 2020 (3 August to 11 October 2020), there were a total of 1,799 positive COVID-19 cases associated with university accommodation postcodes, representing 8.0% of the cumulative number of recorded cases of COVID-19 in Scotland at that time.

• A weekly peak of 181 cases (0.4% of all cases that week in Scotland) was observed in the week ending 29 August 2021 during the time period of investigation. This compares to a weekly peak of 729 cases (20.3% of all cases in Scotland that week) in the week ending 27 September 2020.

• The cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh accounted for over three quarters (78.2%) of cases in the period 2 August 2021 to 10 October 2021 (Table X) reflecting large student populations in these areas. However, numbers of recorded COVID-19 cases within all individual accommodation postcodes remained low, with cases never exceeding 5 in any given week.

• Compared with last year, a low number of positive COVID-19 cases were identified in student accommodation between 2 August and 10 October 2021, despite higher numbers of PCR tests taken this year compared with the equivalent time period last year

[joondalupjambo]

26 minutes ago, Victorian said:

 

People have been blathering about how the mask wearing on the opposition benches was all about political posturing.  What hasn't been recognised is that the absence of masks on the government side is at least equally as political / ideological.  The whole charade has been a typical parliament cluster****.

Tune into the Budget Vic, on TV now and Tory front bench and many Tory back benchers now wearing them.  Can only assume an incoming and Boris to soon announce back to mask wearing in some scenarios in England.  

[Victorian]

15 minutes ago, joondalupjambo said:

Tune into the Budget Vic, on TV now and Tory front bench and many Tory back benchers now wearing them.  Can only assume an incoming and Boris to soon announce back to mask wearing in some scenarios in England.  

 

Purely in order to be issuing a responsible,  lead by example type of message,  the fact that there was a concerted decision taken on that side of the house to appear without face coverings is truly frightening.  Ideology driving a coach and horses over basic responsibility.  

 

Not party political.  They are the party in power,  like them or not.

[redjambo]

Scottish numbers: 27 October 2021

Summary

• 2,566 new cases of COVID-19 reported* [I won't include any deltas due to the missing data]
• 30,805 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results* [ditto]
  • 8.9% of these were positive* [ditto]
• 27 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive [+7]
• 57 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 [-2]
• 925 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 [+8]
• 4,311,339 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,899,153 have received their second dose [+1,407; +2,020]

* Public Health Scotland identified an issue with test results reaching them from NHS Scotland labs since 6pm on 26 October. Any NHS tests received after this time will be included in data reported tomorrow (28 October).

[Unknown user]

46 minutes ago, Victorian said:

 

Purely in order to be issuing a responsible,  lead by example type of message,  the fact that there was a concerted decision taken on that side of the house to appear without face coverings is truly frightening.  Ideology driving a coach and horses over basic responsibility.  

 

Not party political.  They are the party in power,  like them or not.

 

I do not

[redjambo]

Bare-bones trend stats due to today's data issue.

 

7-day averages			Today	Yesterday			25 Oct	24 Oct	23 Oct	22 Oct	21 Oct	...	1 Oct
Deaths			17	17	0		17	17	18	18	20	...	19
All Vaccinations			4641	4810	-169		4935	4845	4966	5047	5227	...	6572
1st Dose			2460	2612	-152		2750	2791	2893	2959	3117	...	3705
2nd Dose			2181	2198	-17		2185	2054	2073	2088	2110	...	2867
All in hospital			908	902	+6		895	889	879	871	865	...	1009
Non-ICU			849	844	+5		839	835	827	821	817	...	935
ICU			59	58	+1		56	54	52	50	48	...	74

[Footballfirst]

I received my invite today for my booster + flu jabs on 12 November. I'm in the 65-69 age group and it will be 6 months and 1 day since my second dose.  It seems that the standard postal invites are progressing ok and in expected timescales.

[joondalupjambo]

1 hour ago, Victorian said:

 

Purely in order to be issuing a responsible,  lead by example type of message,  the fact that there was a concerted decision taken on that side of the house to appear without face coverings is truly frightening.  Ideology driving a coach and horses over basic responsibility.  

 

Not party political.  They are the party in power,  like them or not.

Is it responsible though?  There are still a large number of Tory back benchers not wearing masks and a couple of front's not doing so either.  If it is to lead by example then everyone one of them should be wearing them, like it or not.  To me it again shows a party split on agreement as to what the messaging is or should be, non wearer's just do not believe in it and want to show the public that.  Not a good stance for the party in power to have.

 

Or perhaps maybe the Tory non wearer's just never got the memo😃

Edited October 27, 2021 by joondalupjambo

[Victorian]

6 minutes ago, Footballfirst said:

I received my invite today for my booster + flu jabs on 12 November. I'm in the 65-69 age group and it will be 6 months and 1 day since my second dose.  It seems that the standard postal invites are progressing ok and in expected timescales.

 

For you it is.  Meanwhile I know an over 80 and an over 90 who have no invite yet.  For them it's a different picture.

[Japan Jambo]

2 hours ago, LMc said:

I see a few Tory MP's, including the majority of the front bench are wearing masks today in the commons.

 

Pretty sure Labour and SNP were called embarrassing for wearing masks recently....

 

In reality, think we all know where this is going to go with regards to restrictions down south!

 

 

There are murmurings out there that we may have turned the corner. Most of the daily infections are made up of the young; between heard immunity, vaccinating 12-15's and half term there is hope that things will stabilise.

 

Appalling decision not to proceed with those vaccinations in the first place; a miniscule additional individual risk prioritised against a much greater good for society, mindless, the government should of had the balls to make the call rather than hide behind the scientists. 

[The Mighty Thor]

2 hours ago, cannonfoda said:

Kier Starmer has the rona.   Possibly the first decisive action he's taken.  

Actually in true Sir Keith style he's had 5 goes at isolating before finally contracting Covid. 

 

sums him up perfectly.

[The Real Maroonblood]

28 minutes ago, Footballfirst said:

I received my invite today for my booster + flu jabs on 12 November. I'm in the 65-69 age group and it will be 6 months and 1 day since my second dose.  It seems that the standard postal invites are progressing ok and in expected timescales.

Lucky you as I'll be over 7 months until I get mine and I'm older. 

Only arranged as I telephoned about it.

Seems a shambles. 

[The Real Maroonblood]

42 minutes ago, redjambo said:

Bare-bones trend stats due to today's data issue.

 

7-day averages			Today	Yesterday			25 Oct	24 Oct	23 Oct	22 Oct	21 Oct	...	1 Oct
Deaths			17	17	0		17	17	18	18	20	...	19
All Vaccinations			4641	4810	-169		4935	4845	4966	5047	5227	...	6572
1st Dose			2460	2612	-152		2750	2791	2893	2959	3117	...	3705
2nd Dose			2181	2198	-17		2185	2054	2073	2088	2110	...	2867
All in hospital			908	902	+6		895	889	879	871	865	...	1009
Non-ICU			849	844	+5		839	835	827	821	817	...	935
ICU			59	58	+1		56	54	52	50	48	...	74

👍

[Alex Kintner]

1 minute ago, The Mighty Thor said:

Actually in true Sir Keith style he's had 5 goes at isolating before finally contracting Covid. 

 

sums him up perfectly.

There’s plenty things to have a go at him about but surely following the isolation rules to protect others isn’t one of them 🤷🏻‍♂️

[manaliveits105]

13 minutes ago, jonesy said:

Press conference announced for Sunday evening re mask wearing guidance.

Give the churchies one more go at spreading ?

[willie wallace]

1 hour ago, The Real Maroonblood said:

Lucky you as I'll be over 7 months until I get mine and I'm older. 

Only arranged as I telephoned about it.

Seems a shambles. 

Got mine in the post today.

Appointment date is 6 months and 2 days after second jag.

Unfortunately won't be here on that day so will have to rearrange it.

[The Real Maroonblood]

26 minutes ago, willie wallace said:

Got mine in the post today.

Appointment date is 6 months and 2 days after second jag.

Unfortunately won't be here on that day so will have to rearrange it.

👍

[redjambo]

Scottish numbers: 28 October 2021

Summary

• 2,153 new cases of COVID-19 reported* [I'm not providing any deltas due to the data issue]
• 37,368 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results* [ditto]
  • 6.3% of these were positive* [ditto]
• 20 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive [-7]
• 58 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 [+1]
• 932 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 [+7]
• 4,312,204 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,900,427 have received their second dose [+865; +1,274]

*The backlog of NHS Scotland Pillar 1 lab test results that we were unable to report yesterday due to an issue affecting data flow on evening of 26 October 2021, are included in today’s newly reported figures

[Don Dan]

5 minutes ago, redjambo said:

Scottish numbers: 28 October 2021

Summary

• 2,153 new cases of COVID-19 reported* [I'm not providing any deltas due to the data issue]
• 37,368 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results* [ditto]
  • 6.3% of these were positive* [ditto]
• 20 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive [-7]
• 58 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 [+1]
• 932 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 [+7]
• 4,312,204 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,900,427 have received their second dose [+865; +1,274]

*The backlog of NHS Scotland Pillar 1 lab test results that we were unable to report yesterday due to an issue affecting data flow on evening of 26 October 2021, are included in today’s newly reported figures

Any figure on the booster administered yet? I’ve got mine on the 5th November. 

[redjambo]

5 minutes ago, Boy Daniel said:

Any figure on the booster administered yet? I’ve got mine on the 5th November. 

 

Not on the PHS main daily data page, BD, but John at Travelling Tabby is tracking them (https://www.travellingtabby.com/scotland-coronavirus-tracker/) - see the "Vaccinations" chart. We're ploughing ahead with them. 1st vaccinations are down to a trickle, 2nd vaccinations too as they have to wait for the requisite gap before giving the second dose.

 

You won't have a problem remembering the date of your booster in any case.

[Don Dan]

19 minutes ago, redjambo said:

 

Not on the PHS main daily data page, BD, but John at Travelling Tabby is tracking them (https://www.travellingtabby.com/scotland-coronavirus-tracker/) - see the "Vaccinations" chart. We're ploughing ahead with them. 1st vaccinations are down to a trickle, 2nd vaccinations too as they have to wait for the requisite gap before giving the second dose.

 

You won't have a problem remembering the date of your booster in any case.

as long as the booster doesn’t go off with a bang in my arm I’ll be fine. 
 

👍

[Nucky Thompson]

1 hour ago, redjambo said:

Scottish numbers: 28 October 2021

Summary

• 2,153 new cases of COVID-19 reported* [I'm not providing any deltas due to the data issue]
• 37,368 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results* [ditto]
  • 6.3% of these were positive* [ditto]
• 20 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive [-7]
• 58 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 [+1]
• 932 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 [+7]
• 4,312,204 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,900,427 have received their second dose [+865; +1,274]

*The backlog of NHS Scotland Pillar 1 lab test results that we were unable to report yesterday due to an issue affecting data flow on evening of 26 October 2021, are included in today’s newly reported figures

865 1st doses. I see that the vaccine passports are having an effect 

[kila]

5 minutes ago, Nucky Thompson said:

865 1st doses. I see that the vaccine passports are having an effect 

 

[Malinga the Swinga]

A couple of points.

One of my neighbours felt unwell with Covid symptoms and phoned re advice on what to do to helpline. He was told to make appointment for proper test, did as requested and was given appointment in Newcastle. When he said he didn't want to travel from Edinburgh to Newcastle, they changed appointment to Dundee. He went up Tuesday. Seems strange that you can't get appointment in Edinburgh, the capital city of country.

 

Mother in law stays in West coast near Mull of Kyntyre. Her local health clinic arranged time for all local over 80's to come for boosters as they had done original vaccinations months back. Just before date, they had to cancel as NHS Scotland wants to send their own Mobile unit to perform boosters but as they don't have unit available, the date is as yet unknown. The management of NHS seems determined to complicate and intefere where not required with no visible benefit.

[Dazo]

9 minutes ago, Nucky Thompson said:

865 1st doses. I see that the vaccine passports are having an effect 

Was in the ingliston vaccination centre yesterday it was deserted. Is really any need for something that size now ?  Seems a bit ott. 
 

[The Mighty Thor]

On 27/10/2021 at 15:00, Alex Kintner said:

There’s plenty things to have a go at him about but surely following the isolation rules to protect others isn’t one of them 🤷🏻‍♂️

I wasn't being entirely serious.

 

I'd argue the best thing he could do to protect the citizens of these islands would be to resign. 

[joondalupjambo]

43 minutes ago, Malinga the Swinga said:

One of my neighbours felt unwell with Covid symptoms and phoned re advice on what to do to helpline. He was told to make appointment for proper test, did as requested and was given appointment in Newcastle. When he said he didn't want to travel from Edinburgh to Newcastle, they changed appointment to Dundee. He went up Tuesday. Seems strange that you can't get appointment in Edinburgh, the capital city of country.

This sounds familiar to a previous issue that happened.  It was not the actual testing that was the problem but the lack of capacity at the centres that processed the swabs.  So it could be that the Edinburgh area swab testing ability was over capacity and that they had to send him to an area that could turn it around faster after the test.  Still strange that Newcastle was the first option and even going up to Dundee seems a pain although I can see them not wanting to send folk through to Glasgow with COP26 and all that entails travel wise.

Edited October 28, 2021 by joondalupjambo

[Hesh]

2 hours ago, Malinga the Swinga said:

A couple of points.

One of my neighbours felt unwell with Covid symptoms and phoned re advice on what to do to helpline. He was told to make appointment for proper test, did as requested and was given appointment in Newcastle. When he said he didn't want to travel from Edinburgh to Newcastle, they changed appointment to Dundee. He went up Tuesday. Seems strange that you can't get appointment in Edinburgh, the capital city of country.

 

 

What is a 'proper test'?

[milky_26]

10 minutes ago, Hesh said:

What is a 'proper test'?

i assume a pcr test rather than lateral flow test

[Ray Gin]

9 minutes ago, milky_26 said:

i assume a pcr test rather than lateral flow test

 

They send you pcr tests in the post.

[milky_26]

8 minutes ago, Ray Gin said:

 

They send you pcr tests in the post.

thats one way to get them, there i believe is also drive in test centres for them

[Ray Gin]

Just now, milky_26 said:

thats one way to get them, there i believe is also drive in test centres for them

 

Seems mental to direct someone to another country when they can just send them one to their home though.

[redjambo]

The late trend stats:

 

			7-day per-100,000 cases
Council Area	WHO		Today	Yesterday			26 Oct	25 Oct	24 Oct	23 Oct	22 Oct	...	1 Oct
Scotland	4		312	N/A	-7		319	323	322	325	328	...	345
Clackmannanshire	4		556	N/A	-43		599	567	583	579	558	...	328
Orkney Islands	4		433	N/A	+210		223	214	228	156	112	...	85
North Lanarkshire	4		407	N/A	+23		384	398	414	401	390	...	442
West Lothian	4		407	N/A	-23		430	438	457	483	502	...	504
Fife	4		405	N/A	-11		416	413	418	424	443	...	407
East Ayrshire	4		396	N/A	-32		428	439	466	471	456	...	440
Aberdeenshire	4		394	N/A	+27		367	350	340	319	314	...	339
Stirling	4		381	N/A	-63		444	445	438	443	476	...	366
East Lothian	4	214	348	N/A	0		348	312	316	317	313	...	265
Dundee City	4		337	N/A	-22		359	354	336	339	341	...	427
West Dunbartonshire	4		337	N/A	+21		316	327	335	318	305	...	437
Falkirk	4		330	N/A	-33		363	388	403	432	434	...	421
Angus	4		329	N/A	+24		305	306	314	323	328	...	234
East Dunbartonshire	4		320	N/A	-34		354	364	382	371	407	...	382
Perth & Kinross	4		320	N/A	-10		330	338	310	308	310	...	304
Argyll & Bute	4		314	N/A	+19		295	332	315	302	286	...	304
South Lanarkshire	4		298	N/A	-8		306	332	349	378	387	...	382
North Ayrshire	4		291	N/A	+1		290	306	309	314	328	...	441
Renfrewshire	4		289	N/A	-5		294	299	291	300	323	...	371
Highland	4	211	282	N/A	-20		302	298	270	265	248	...	168
Scottish Borders	4		277	N/A	-22		299	325	336	353	366	...	188
South Ayrshire	4		276	N/A	-14		290	302	298	314	317	...	541
East Renfrewshire	4		275	N/A	-9		284	310	324	328	335	...	354
Moray	4		273	N/A	+2		271	270	279	267	276	...	231
Dumfries & Galloway	4		272	N/A	-19		291	283	277	273	273	...	361
Aberdeen City	4		269	N/A	-6		275	263	251	248	244	...	292
Inverclyde	4		261	N/A	-43		304	296	276	274	292	...	365
Na h-Eileanan Siar	4		257	N/A	+8		249	257	287	264	264	...	234
Midlothian	4		249	N/A	0		249	243	223	229	225	...	327
Edinburgh City	4		240	N/A	-8		248	236	223	228	232	...	238
Glasgow City	4		222	N/A	-14		236	246	243	243	243	...	328
Shetland Islands	3		83	N/A	+9		74	57	52	66	74	...	70
7-day averages			Today	Yesterday			26 Oct	25 Oct	24 Oct	23 Oct	22 Oct	...	1 Oct
Tests			29167	N/A	-1018		30185	30204	29784	29946	29794	...	35457
Cases			2436	N/A	-58		2494	2522	2516	2535	2561	...	2694
Positivity rate %			8.9	N/A	+0.1		8.8	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.1	...	8.2
Deaths			15	17	-2		17	17	17	18	18	...	19
All Vaccinations			4204	4641	-437		4810	4935	4845	4966	5047	...	6572
1st Dose			2168	2460	-292		2612	2750	2791	2893	2959	...	3705
2nd Dose			2036	2181	-145		2198	2185	2054	2073	2088	...	2867
All in hospital			910	908	+2		902	895	889	879	871	...	1009
Non-ICU			851	849	+2		844	839	835	827	821	...	935
ICU			59	59	0		58	56	54	52	50	...	74

[Victorian]

Wtaf has happened in the Orkney Islands?   A 4 fold increase in a week.

[Nucky Thompson]

There was 44,082 first doses given in the UK yesterday and Scotland's share was 865.

Was there any reason for this?

[redjambo]

4 minutes ago, Victorian said:

Wtaf has happened in the Orkney Islands?   A 4 fold increase in a week.

 

They had 55 cases reported today, and two days within the last week with 17 cases. Unheard of up there. My first thought was school outbreaks, but this Orcadian article suggests general community infections and "winter events".

 

https://www.orcadian.co.uk/community-urged-to-pull-together-as-covid-cases-rise-by-55/

[Victorian]

Part of the issue, according to Michael Dickson and NHS Orkney director of public health Louise Wilson, is that many of the folk who are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms are continuing to go to work and attend events.

 

 

[luckydug]

4 hours ago, Malinga the Swinga said:

A couple of points.

One of my neighbours felt unwell with Covid symptoms and phoned re advice on what to do to helpline. He was told to make appointment for proper test, did as requested and was given appointment in Newcastle. When he said he didn't want to travel from Edinburgh to Newcastle, they changed appointment to Dundee. He went up Tuesday. Seems strange that you can't get appointment in Edinburgh, the capital city of country.

 

Mother in law stays in West coast near Mull of Kyntyre. Her local health clinic arranged time for all local over 80's to come for boosters as they had done original vaccinations months back. Just before date, they had to cancel as NHS Scotland wants to send their own Mobile unit to perform boosters but as they don't have unit available, the date is as yet unknown. The management of NHS seems determined to complicate and intefere where not required with no visible benefit.

Do they really expect people to travel to another part of the country just for a test ? 

What if you don't drive and can't afford the travel expenses ? 

[Unknown user]

1 minute ago, luckydug said:

Do they really expect people to travel to another part of the country just for a test ? 

What if you don't drive and can't afford the travel expenses ? 

Then they send it to you