Lyle Lanley Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Scosha said: NS indicating figures are starting to drop as they are looking at the specimen dates rather than date reported. Said there was a peak last Tuesday and day by day it's actually dropping. Fantastic news. Edited June 29, 2021 by Lyle Lanley 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 16 months of restrictions are one thing but wishing England good luck is a step too far. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 More good news. Quote Posted at 11:47 Risk of being reinfected with Covid in UK very low - ONS Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online The risk of becoming reinfected with coronavirus in the UK is very low, data suggests. The Office for National Statistics has looked at information collected from its Coronavirus Infection Survey between 26 April 2020 and 5 June 2021. Thousands of households have been taking part, with the participants agreeing to be regularly tested to see if they have the virus. Since people who first caught Covid over a year ago will have had more time to become reinfected than someone who had Covid very recently, researchers looked at “days at risk” as their measure. Overall, there were about 15 reinfections per 100,000 days at risk. Put another way - once people in the study had clocked up 100,000 days at risk of reinfection between them, there were 15 reinfections. The average gap between infections was 115 days. When people were reinfected, they tended to have lower (but still detectable) levels of the virus in their body and reported fewer symptoms such as cough, fever, loss of smell or taste, muscle aches and tiredness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Also, I'm assuming the percentages given above for first and second doses are a proportion of the adult population, rather than overall population? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Just now, Snafu said: Safe to say all the areas above in the 2nd dose table are complete as well. It's probably safe to say it with some much further down the table too. The big cities will have a much lower % of their population in the over 50 or vulnerable groups. 50 is a decent innings in some places here in Glasgow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghLivi Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Lyle Lanley said: Have joined the Moderna club. No side effects as of yet. Can confirm my side effects were pretty mild in the end (tiredness and feeling like a cold was coming the following day). Matador closer to the money than Mark Connolly's pals. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 17 minutes ago, Scosha said: NS indicating figures are starting to drop as they are looking at the specimen dates rather than date reported. Said there was a peak last Tuesday and day by day it's actually dropping. virus running out of hosts to infect. was bound to happen at some point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Are these people calling him a murderer for not keeping restrictions in place tougher and for longer? Or for having restrictions in the first place? I can’t tell if this protest is anti-vax/anti-lockdown or anti-restriction easing. I've seen a lot of people saying recently that the NHS have used loads more end of life medication since the pandemic began than they had in previous years so it's probably linked to that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Have some faith in Magic said: Fromm BBC news Scotland today "Worst-case scenario Covid infection numbers have hit a series of new record highs in Scotland over the past week, with more than 3,200 cases being reported on Monday - the highest since the pandemic began. Scottish government scientists say infections could hit 100,000 per week by mid-July in a worst-case scenario." Would love to know the modelling criteria used for that scenario. We haven't heard much about transmission/infection rates after being double jagged. It makes no sense that Delta is running riot here but a non factor in less vaccinated countries and has massively declined in India. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 1 minute ago, oaksoft said: I might be wrong but I think we've only had 270k people with covid in the entirety of the pandemic. 100k per week when well over half the adult population is doubly vaccinated is quite a bold prediction. The 270k number is positive tests. The real figure is far higher. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnash Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 1 hour ago, ICTChris said: I had mild side effects from the first dose and absolutely none on the second. Exactly the same as me. I reckon some of those I've spoken to just fancied a couple of days off work that wouldn't be questioned! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) If your in England and considered a posh enough tory supporter you can ignore quarantine. They don't even try to hide their contempt for the masses. Up here I caught a Sturgeon press conference for the first time in a while, she's being negative as f**k and I switched off after a couple of minutes. Presumably she's not said anything important? Edited June 29, 2021 by parsforlife 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 80% of cases are people under the age of 45 so you'd have to think it's people that have either 1) not been vaccinated or 2) not had their second dose yet. Looks like hospital admissions are creeping up gradually, however it doesn't appear to be anywhere near as bad compared to the high cases during the first outbreak, October 2020 and Winter 2020/2021. Clearly the vaccine is working, and the sooner the majority of the country (still think 90% is achievable) get the two jabs, the better. I don't see any reason whatsoever to suggest we'll have to divert from the current plan given uptake is so high and hospitals are nowhere near breaking point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 On 27/06/2021 at 20:02, David W said: I'm in my 30s and I've not had my appointment through yet, I've been reassured it's on its way... The Greater Glasgow and Clyde walk-ins are still for over 40s and if you've waited more than 8 weeks for a second AZ dose. Finally got an appointment last night for 11th July, was able to go on and rearrange immediately for today, now Pfizered and doing my 15 mins before driving home. It's worth trying to rearrange 9n the website if people have appointments that are still a wee while away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Wouldn’t say she’s being negative, she’s doing her usual public health spiel about taking care for the time being but emphasising that the dates for easings are now linked with vaccination numbers and not cases - hence why we’re not being fired into level 4 and basically saying all things are good to go for the easings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 5 minutes ago, parsforlife said: If your in England and considered a posh enough tory supporter you can ignore quarantine. They don't even try to hide their contempt for the masses. Up here I caught a Sturgeon press conference for the first time in a while, she's being negative as f**k and I switched off after a couple of minutes. Presumably she's not said anything important? She was far from negative. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, parsforlife said: If your in England and considered a posh enough tory supporter you can ignore quarantine. They don't even try to hide their contempt for the masses. Up here I caught a Sturgeon press conference for the first time in a while, she's being negative as f**k and I switched off after a couple of minutes. Presuably she's not said anything important? She’s a complete hypocrite. Whether it’s regarding Manchester, the complete volte-face over the last few weeks or her whole tactics vis a vis the UK, she and her government are a disgrace. Lets be honest, it was the vaccine and Kate Bingham that saved us. Hopefully, there will be a full enquiry into this affair and we can see the difference, if any, between countries like Sweden which stayed relatively open and ourselves who operated draconian rules. My instinct tells me there has been very little difference but time will tell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said: She’s a complete hypocrite. Whether it’s regarding Manchester, the complete volte-face over the last few weeks or her whole tactics vis a vis the UK, she and her government are a disgrace. Lets be honest, it was the vaccine and Kate Bingham that saved us. Hopefully, there will be a full enquiry into this affair and we can see the difference, if any, between countries like Sweden which stayed relatively open and ourselves who operated draconian rules. My instinct tells me there has been very little difference but time will tell. Are you comparing Scotland to Sweden but not England ? Is it only the SG that have failed and should be held to account and not BJ and his merry team ?? Just wondering, like ?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, WATTOO said: Are you comparing Scotland to Sweden but not England ? Is it only the SG that have failed and should be held to account and not BJ and his merry team ?? Just wondering, like ?? I live in Scotland which is the government responsible for public health so my first criticism is against them. But yes, I am critical of the UK government which the SG tends to follow slavishly albeit a week or two behind in case anything goes wrong. Their saving grace, however, was the vaccine rollout. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, oaksoft said: Far higher? How much higher? And where are you getting this from? Do you think everyone who caught Covid took a test?At the time of the first peak in March/April 2020 testing was tiny compared to now. During the first peak it was estimated 1/10th of cases were caught by tests but it's obviously improved since then. 20% of the population infected was one estimate for England back in January. It's probable that 1m-1.5m Scots have had Covid. https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2021/jan/10/one-in-five-have-had-coronavirus-in-england-new-modelling-says 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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