Coronavirus Thread

[Buce]

 

Can't remember who asked but nurseries are to remain open.

[RowlattsFox]

How many year 11s happy they can get a decent grade without having to do any exams 

[whoareyaaa]

5 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

2.25 million vaccinations per week. 
 

He did only say ‘offer’ - can see another test capacity re-jig of stats and wording to pull that off 

People who had the first vaccine have no idea when they get the second one wtf

[CosbehFox]

2 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

2.25 million vaccinations per week. 
 

He did only say ‘offer’ - can see another test capacity re-jig of stats and wording to pull that off 

Actually 1.9 million - FT journo corrected himself but will account for the demographic which has seen 88% of covid deaths 

Edited 4 January 2021 by Cardiff_Fox

[worthosoriginals]

26 minutes ago, foxile5 said:

Now I'm not the biggest fan of Boris. But he came across at more purposeful than ever before then. 

Thank you jacob rees-mogg

[Dahnsouff]

1 minute ago, RowlattsFox said:

How many year 11s happy they can get a decent grade without having to do any exams 

It’s a fewkin sh*t show. The damage to children’s education is huge. Gutted. Suppose that’s the government fault too.

[Carl the Llama]

7 minutes ago, Nalis said:

Might be one for the unpopular opinion thread but the furlough scheme is even more ripe for abuse now. Great.

How so?  Are they reopening applications to it?  I thought you could only be put on it before Oct 13th or something, after that tough shit

[Sly]

4 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

How many year 11s happy they can get a decent grade without having to do any exams 

Our daughter is the opposite. She’s not happy, she wants to do her A level exams.
 

The other daughter is upset as she wants to go to primary school. Seemed pointless sending her back in today.

[VLC86]

11 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

“There is no doubt in my mind that schools are safe” - Bozo yesterday

 

All schools to shut until at least half term.

 

This govt is taking incompetence to a whole new level.

 

 

Honestly, this is the cherry on top of the cake isn’t it. I’m laughing because I don’t have kids, he has literally just decided this randomly today hasn’t he.

[lcfc sheff]

8 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

Meant to be having a carpet fitted at the end of the week, I'd ripped up half the old one yesterday as well, hopefully it'll still be fitted.

We’ve been told we can still work in peoples houses mate I wouldn’t worry, unless he ends up cutting the carpet short on his visit of course!

[LestaAl]

Those doses are just the first ones, if they are not followed up by May they will be worthless.

No way will they get the under 65’s all sorted by May.

Restrictions of one sort or another will be with us well into the summer.... no chance more than a few will get into the KP by season end( assuming the season is even fully completed on time which is not certain).

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

Poor old holiday companies still trying to advertise holidays, flogging a dead horse I reckon, they’ll be so many rules and regulations to adhere to that it’ll be virtually impossible to travel.

[Carl the Llama]

1 minute ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

Poor old holiday companies still trying to advertise holidays, flogging a dead horse I reckon, they’ll be so many rules and regulations to adhere to that it’ll be virtually impossible to travel.

If anybody's planning a vacation they need taking out back and shot.

[CosbehFox]

17 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

“There is no doubt in my mind that schools are safe” - Bozo yesterday

 

All schools to shut until at least half term.

 

This govt is taking incompetence to a whole new level.

 

 

....three lines later....they are vectors of transmission

[st albans fox]

4 minutes ago, lcfc sheff said:

We’ve been told we can still work in peoples houses mate I wouldn’t worry, unless he ends up cutting the carpet short on his visit of course!

I think in Scotland it’s only essential indoor works .......I doubt laying a carpet would qualify but down here I imagine it will ....

[pSinatra]

9 minutes ago, Izzy said:

What's the main difference between tier 4 and lockdown, apart from schools closing?

 

That's my take on it.  Why are people talking about Lockdown 2 (or is it 3?)

 

The first lockdown was the only real lockdown.  Everything shut - except the Co-op.  Anything since then has been largely a shambles. 

 

The Christmas 'day off' was negligent.  He gambled his popularity against tens of thousands of deaths.   It's only numbers. That's how much he gives a shit.  He held off as long as he could.

 

There was some professor/epidemiologist on CH4 News earlier basically saying that if the govt doesn't get it's finger out & smash these vaccines out, it could mutate again & into a mutation that the vaccine doesn't deal with.  It's not a case of vaccinating the old & the vulnerable, then putting your feet up.  It could mutate in the un-vaccinated masses & make it's way back into care homes, etc.  And we're back to square one

 

 

 

 

[whoareyaaa]

8 minutes ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

Poor old holiday companies still trying to advertise holidays, flogging a dead horse I reckon, they’ll be so many rules and regulations to adhere to that it’ll be virtually impossible to travel.

It's a farce something bigger going on I'm telling ya .. I'm out of here . Stay safe everyone 

[Sly]

5 minutes ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

Poor old holiday companies still trying to advertise holidays, flogging a dead horse I reckon, they’ll be so many rules and regulations to adhere to that it’ll be virtually impossible to travel.

The jab and go RyanAir ad annoyed me anyway 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

17 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Actually 1.9 million - FT journo corrected himself but will account for the demographic which has seen 88% of covid deaths 

Aiming for about 60 deaths a day then by the end of Feb.

[RowlattsFox]

I have a summer holiday booked in June. In my defence I've had it booked for a while where I was confident we'd be over the worst of it  got everything crossed we'll have a version of normal..

[Izzy]

From the BBC. I'm confused...

Are restrictions more severe than March?

We know that the UK is going to threat level 5, the highest level, which means there is a danger of the NHS being overwhelmed within 21 days.

When the prime minister announced these threat levels in May he was clear that during the first lockdown the country had only been in level four.

At the time he also said: “The higher the level, the tougher and stricter we will have to be.”

So on that basis should we have expected tighter restrictions in England than we saw during the first lockdown in March?

If anything, the restrictions appear slightly less severe. For example, support bubbles and childcare bubbles exist this time. Also, outdoor playgrounds will be open when they were closed last time.

[Leicester_Loyal]

11 minutes ago, lcfc sheff said:

We’ve been told we can still work in peoples houses mate I wouldn’t worry, unless he ends up cutting the carpet short on his visit of course!

Yeah that should be fine, it was the delivery to the shop I was told to worry about!

[Scotch]

1 minute ago, RowlattsFox said:

I have a summer holiday booked in June. In my defence I've had it booked for a while where I was confident we'd be over the worst of it  got everything crossed we'll have a version of normal..

I'm supposed to get married in may

....

[Leicester_Loyal]

Can I just say as well, as much as I've given Boris grief lately, that presser was much better. Setting out clear plans and how things are going to work, without guaranteeing things. Four top categories of people all done my February, least it gives us an idea on the numbers and where we should roughly expect to be come mid Feb.

[MonmoreStef]

1 minute ago, RowlattsFox said:

I have a summer holiday booked in June. In my defence I've had it booked for a while where I was confident we'd be over the worst of it  got everything crossed we'll have a version of normal..

We are the same. Only paid a deposit up to now. Might right it off. I ain’t keen on travelling abroad whilst they are still checking temperatures on arrival etc and there’s a possibility of me spending the week in a quarantine hotel if I’m deemed a risk.  I also assumed when we booked that things would be well back to normal by June.