Coronavirus Thread

[Leicester_Loyal]

32 minutes ago, BKLFox said:

I know what you mean, just take the furlough scheme for instance firstly they say it will stop in July then they extend it to October then extend to December then March now bloody end of April 21 for crying out loud just pick a date for it to stop 

EDIT: Can't be arsed for internet arguments, not on Xmas eve.

 

Edited 24 December 2020 by Leicester_Loyal

[Jattdogg]

31 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

EDIT: Can't be arsed for internet arguments, not on Jattdogg's Birthday.

 

[Leicester_Loyal]

5 minutes ago, Jattdogg said:

HBD mate

 

What a shit day to be born on though

[Jattdogg]

12 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

HBD mate

 

What a shit day to be born on though

Thanks!

 

Lol i think any of the few days before or after xmas can be but at the same time i don't know any better per say.  The one thing i know is family never had excuses not to come by so if anything it ruined their xmas shopping and pre prep plans. 

 

 

Edited 24 December 2020 by Jattdogg

[foxy boxing]

Covid is getting so bad here migrants are getting on small boats in Kent desperate to make it to Calais. 😜

[Buce]

1 hour ago, z-layrex said:

We unfortunately had to go to a Tesco to get some things we forgot from our online order. We went to Tesco as its open all night we could go very late when it was more quiet. Most people were in masks and very considerate.

 

I do remember seeing this one maskless guy, early 20s, walking around with a smug look on his face like he was proud of it. I'm not a violent person in any way, but in that second I wanted to fight him with every fibre of my being.

 

That's where your inexperience lets you down, mate...

 

Fibres are too soft, won't hurt anybody.

Edited 24 December 2020 by Buce

[String fellow]

2 hours ago, z-layrex said:

We unfortunately had to go to a Tesco to get some things we forgot from our online order. We went to Tesco as its open all night we could go very late when it was more quiet. Most people were in masks and very considerate.

 

I do remember seeing this one maskless guy, early 20s, walking around with a smug look on his face like he was proud of it. I'm not a violent person in any way, but in that second I wanted to fight him with every fibre of my being.

I was browsing in a charity shop in Market Harborough last week when a young lady close by lowered her mask and coughed a bronchial cough in my direction. I'm not quite sure what she was thinking, but I was not amused! 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

800,000 vaccinations as of this morning, decent going.

[Strokes]

10 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

800,000 vaccinations as of this morning, decent going.

Needs to move a bit faster to be honest.

Whats that 1% of the population  in over 2 weeks? It’ll take 4 years at that rate.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

3 minutes ago, Strokes said:

Needs to move a bit faster to be honest.

Whats that 1% of the population  in over 2 weeks? It’ll take 4 years at that rate.

Vaccinated a bigger proportion of our population than any country on the planet. The rate will only increase.

[Salisbury Fox]

3 minutes ago, Strokes said:

Needs to move a bit faster to be honest.

Whats that 1% of the population  in over 2 weeks? It’ll take 4 years at that rate.

The Oxford vaccine is likely to be quicker as there won’t be the same temperature storage difficulties 

[Leicester_Loyal]

Once the infrastructure is there the amount of vaccines done daily will only increase too, much how the daily testing figures jumped up after a couple of months.

[The Fox Covert]

Against my expectations in Leicester this Christmas. Vaccine had apparently run out at the General this morning. I am in Tier Group 7 so I won't get mine for months but close family who is top priority less happy at missing out.

[Stevosevic]

2 hours ago, The Fox Covert said:

Against my expectations in Leicester this Christmas. Vaccine had apparently run out at the General this morning. I am in Tier Group 7 so I won't get mine for months but close family who is top priority less happy at missing out.

You'll be March.

 

Not bad at all.

[Stevosevic]

3 hours ago, Strokes said:

Needs to move a bit faster to be honest.

Whats that 1% of the population  in over 2 weeks? It’ll take 4 years at that rate.

Rate will get quicker just as did with testing capacity.

 

This is also without the Oxford vaccine that is going to make life easier

 

800k in the first three weeks is not bad at all. 

 

 

[theessexfox]

Any indication on when the Oxford vaccine is likely to get approval? 

[Lionator]

10 minutes ago, theessexfox said:

Any indication on when the Oxford vaccine is likely to get approval? 

Monday or Tuesday.

[Crinklyfox]

A paper (not yet peer reviewed) has been produced by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on the new Covid-19 variant, link below.  They conclude that this variant is 56% more transmissible than the previous variant and that in order to bring the R value below 1 primary schools, secondary schools and universities would have to close.

 

https://cmmid.github.io/topics/covid19/reports/uk-novel-variant/2020_12_23_Transmissibility_and_severity_of_VOC_202012_01_in_England.pdf

[st albans fox]

2 hours ago, Crinklyfox said:

A paper (not yet peer reviewed) has been produced by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on the new Covid-19 variant, link below.  They conclude that this variant is 56% more transmissible than the previous variant and that in order to bring the R value below 1 primary schools, secondary schools and universities would have to close.

 

https://cmmid.github.io/topics/covid19/reports/uk-novel-variant/2020_12_23_Transmissibility_and_severity_of_VOC_202012_01_in_England.pdf

I assume that they will want to keep schools open at the very least and therefore will have to accept the R staying slightly above 1 - but everything else will stay shut and those areas which are currently in tier 3 will head into tier 4 by mid jan ...

[VLC86]

7 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

I assume that they will want to keep schools open at the very least and therefore will have to accept the R staying slightly above 1 - but everything else will stay shut and those areas which are currently in tier 3 will head into tier 4 by mid jan ...

Suspect secondary schools could be at risk 

[Guest Harrydc]

I know I've had my fair share of arguments on here, but putting them aside I do hope you're all having a great Christmas x 

[Heathrow fox]

It has been an excellent thread throughout,with some fantastic contributions.It has been my main source of information.I would like to thank everyone on both sides of the argument(If you can call it that)The regular posters have all offered something.Even a good sense of humour when things looked pretty dodgy back in March.Surely our fanbase must be top of the league when it comes to intelligence.However as much as I have appreciated it,I would love nothing more than this particular thread to be on page 89 this time next year.Might be a tad optimistic with that one.

[Izzy]

2 hours ago, Heathrow fox said:

Surely our fanbase must be top of the league when it comes to intelligence. 

Edited 25 December 2020 by Izzy

[Buce]

11 hours ago, Heathrow fox said:

Surely our fanbase must be top of the league when it comes to intelligence

 

Edited 26 December 2020 by Buce

[Trav Le Bleu]

An interesting positive report. Antibody treatment for people who have been exposed to Covid19

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/health-55438758

Edited 26 December 2020 by Trav Le Bleu