Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[budmiester1]

2 minutes ago, Lyle Lanley said:

Anyone have recommendations for holidays in Saltcoats? 

Aye, Don't

[Todd_is_God]

9 minutes ago, Snafu said:

“I can not tell you, with absolute certainty, that nobody in Scotland has the virus. There could be symptomatic cases, there could be cases incubating, there could be a case tomorrow.”

Jason Leitch in October 2025 explaining why, despite there being no cases for 2 years, no more than 300 fans can attend Ross County v Inverness

Edited March 5, 2021 by Todd_is_God

[Guest Bob Mahelp]

It's frustrating, but we have to get used to the fact that Leitch is not a cheerleader for gay abandon, foreign holidays, or 50K people in stadiums. 

He's paid to be cautious to the extent that he is imagining issues and problems where the chance of any existing is tiny. That's his job.

Fortunately, what he's not paid to do is make government policy. I'm cheered by the fact that the language used by the Scottish government is markedly different from the language it was using a few weeks ago. 

Small steps and all that. 

[Bairnardo]

This needs to move into a vaccine logistics and economic recovery footing now, get Jason Leitch to f**k.

[DeeTillEhDeh]

The elephant in the room regards international travel is still proving you've had the vaccine.

I don't want some bureaucratic mess if form-filling but equally any electronic proof should only be for international travel.

Any notion of domestic vaccine passport needs punted in the sea.

[buchan30]

36 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said:

I'm assuming 25 k is day 1 salary?

If that's for someone with 5 years experience in a job requiring a degree it's piss poor.

Do porters not get about 20k (no harm to the porters, a great bunch of lads) ?

Aye, that sounds about right. Depending on overtime/nights shift allowance etc. 
 

Certainly are. Salt of the earth. 

[Gordon EF]

35 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said:

I'm assuming 25 k is day 1 salary?

If that's for someone with 5 years experience in a job requiring a degree it's piss poor.

Do porters not get about 20k (no harm to the porters, a great bunch of lads) ?

I did a quick google and aye £25k is starting salary and band 5 which I think is very reasonable for a graduate job. Certainly loads who won't be getting that. Here's the higher bands...

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• Band 6: £31,365 to £37,890

• Band 7: £38,890 to £44,503

• Band 8: £45,753 to £87,754

• Band 9: £91,004 to £104,927

The average nurse's salary is 33-35k which puts them below the UK salary average at around 38k but above the median which is about 31k.

[Todd_is_God]

1 minute ago, Bob Mahelp said:

It's frustrating, but we have to get used to the fact that Leitch is not a cheerleader for gay abandon, foreign holidays, or 50K people in stadiums. 

He's paid to be cautious to the extent that he is imagining issues and problems where the chance of any existing is tiny. That's his job.

Fortunately, what he's not paid to do is make government policy. I'm cheered by the fact that the language used by the Scottish government is markedly different from the language it was using a few weeks ago. 

Small steps and all that. 

It is, but to the SG, not the entire country. It's not his job to air all of these thoughts in public, whilst omitting context such as the likelihood of his doomsday scenarios being true.

We don't get sight of this level of worst case scenario detail provided by advisers for any other SG decisions. It's not helpful in the main.

[TheScarf]

6 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

Jason Leitch in October 2025 explaining why, despite there being no cases for 2 years, no more than 300 fans can attend Ross County v Inverness

You seem to be implying we'd be in the Premiership 

Ah, maybe Ross County being relegated.   Carry on.

[dirty dingus]

56 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

Never mind that. Why is he doing it?

Nurses heard he was shafting them.

 

[latapythelegend]

32 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said:

I'm assuming 25 k is day 1 salary?

If that's for someone with 5 years experience in a job requiring a degree it's piss poor.

Do porters not get about 20k (no harm to the porters, a great bunch of lads) ?

I believe nurses start somewhere between £21-23K typically. 

A degree doesn't guarantee cash. I have one and make £20K five years later. Fair play to those on P&B on the megabucks but if I had the choice again I wouldn't bother with university.

[superbigal]

18 hours ago, superbigal said:

 

Daily Infections per 100K in 7 days Update: Another monster day as we continue to plunge. I assume Vaccination must now be having an effect as numbers are picking up very quickly now.  

For the life of me I do not think NS can come to the despatch box on Tuesday telling us we are still looking at another 6-7 weeks before we even get the Levels back.  I will report the last 14 day progress on Monday which is 14 days from when she gave us the roadmap .  At that point falls were "stumbling".

If we moved into NHS areas then Forth Valley is well left behind.

Clackmannanshire is now the new subject of ridicule. Who lives in Alva ? the new most dangerous destination in Scotland.

The UK figures are a 2 day update due to the lateness of my reporting. They are truly amazing drops down double digits.

Scotland peaked at 301.9 for figures 29th Dec to 4th Jan,    Cases that day were 16,496 and test rate was 11.9%

Total cases  7 days from 24th Feb to 2nd March are down from  3944 to 3760. The positive test rate goes from 3.6% to 3.4%.  Cases per 100k goes from 72.2 to 68.8 down 4.67%  Overall cases are now down 77.21%.

UK Figures are up to date as I reported last night.

England  97.1 to 86.4 down 11.02% in last 48 hours.  Wales 62.1 to 54.6 down 12.08%  in last 48 hours , Northern Ireland 94.9 to 84.6 down 10.85% in last 48 hours.   UK Average is now  94.9 to 84.4  down 11.06%  in last 48 hours.

In Europe (Above 2 Million Population) the Czech republic is still rising at 792, next worst is Serbia at 353. Hungary 304, Sweden 269, France 222, Italy 212.

NHS FIGURES :  Forth Valley 141.9 to 141.5 ,  Lanarkshire 101.5 to 99.9 , Greater Glasgow & Clyde  98.0 to 92.6 ,  Lothian  81.1 to 73.8,  Ayrshire & Arran 63.9 to 63.4,  Tayside 54.9 to 53.9, Fife  51.7 to 46.3, Highland 24.9 to 27.7, Grampian 24.4 to 22.2 , Borders  18.2 to 17.3 , D&G 22.2 to 16.1 , Western Isles 22.5 to 15.0,    Orkney 0.0 to 0.0 & Shetlands 0.0 to 0.0

Council progress in last 24 hours as follows.

Click cases by neighbourhood to see the spread on the geographical map. 

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

Clackmannanshire  141.6 to 163.0  The new bad boys.  Alva now most dangerous place in Scotland

Falkirk  143.6 to 139.2  Hamlets mmmm Off top spot but not great.

Stirling  139.1 to 133.7  

West Lothian  121.2 to 116.9

North Lanarkshire 109.9 to 108.7 

Renfrewshire   114.5 to 104.4 Great day down 8.82%

 Glasgow City  106.0 102.7  

Sub 100 Club

South Lanarkshire   91.7 to 89.5 

West Dunbartonshire  120.3 to 99.0 to 86.6    Astonishing 28% drop in 48 Hours

Midlothian 96.3 to 83.3  Wow down 13.5% in 24 hours

East Lothian 99.9 to 91.5 to 81.2  The worst performing council in February down 18.72% in 48 hours

East Renfrewshire  82.7 to 81.6

North Ayrshire 69.8 to 76.4  Bad 48 Hours.  As Proclaimers said Irvine No More  

East Ayrshire  78.7 to 71.3    

NOW ALL BELOW SCOTTISH AVERAGE of 68.8

Dundee City 67.0 to 65.6

East Dunbartonshire  62.6 to 58.0  

City Of Edinburgh 61.7 to 55.1  Back on a roll down 10.70%

Angus 45.6 to 49.1

Fife   51.7 to 46.3 Into official Hamlet & Pint territory down 10.44%

Perth & Kinross  50.0 to 46.1 Also drop into Hamlet & Pint territory.

Inverclyde  52.7 to 42.4 Back into Hamlet & Pint territory down 19.54%

South Ayrshire  40.8 to 39.1    

Moray 36.5 to 35.5

Highlands 25.9 to 29.3  

Aberdeen City 28.9 to 24.5  Down over 15% and into my new sub 25 Havanas & G&Ts

Argyll & Bute  21.0 to 22.1

 Scottish  Borders 18.2 to 17.3 

Dumfries & Galloway 22.2 to 16.1 Huge 45% drop in 48 hours !!!

Aberdeenshire 16.1 to 15.3

Western Isles 22.5 to 15.0

Orkney Island   0.0 to 0.0

Shetland Islands   0.0 to 0.0

Edited March 5, 2021 by superbigal

[Todd_is_God]

Just now, latapythelegend said:

I believe nurses start somewhere between £21-23K typically. 

A degree doesn't guarantee cash. I have one and make £20K five years later. Fair play to those on P&B on the megabucks but if I had the choice again I wouldn't bother with university.

Likewise. Would have learned a trade instead.

[Lyle Lanley]

Oh dear  

[Am Featha Taigh Nan Clach]

Healthcare workers should get a hefty wage increase. The issue, as usual, is that many resent public sector workers getting above inflation rise is because they're angry they're not getting similar.

[TheScarf]

At what point. patient wise,  is the NHS not under pressure and therefore lockdown not required?  Did someone say 500 in Scotland?  I maybe totally imagining this figure.

[Ron Aldo]

BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW!!!!!

[Steven W]

7 minutes ago, TheScarf said:

At what point. patient wise,  is the NHS not under pressure and therefore lockdown not required?  Did someone say 500 in Scotland?  I maybe totally imagining this figure.

Seems irrelevant now. Leitch and Sturgeon fearful of an uptick in case numbers going by what I saw at lunchtime today.

[Bairnardo]

BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW!!!!!

Back to SoUtH AfRiCa!!!@@#!!! for the Lovejoys then

[Todd_is_God]

3 minutes ago, Ron Aldo said:

 

 

 

Was just about to post this

https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/health/1484467-exclusive-oxford-study-indicates-astrazeneca-effective-against-brazil-variant-source-says?amp&__twitter_impression=true

"The data indicates that the vaccine will not need to be modified in order to protect against the variant, which is believed to have originated in the Amazonian city of Manaus"

Spoiler