Todd_is_God Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 (edited) 56 minutes ago, scottsdad said: It's official - the university is making new signs ahead of semester. We're having "one metre plus" social distancing. Apparently the government has told the universities to have tighter restrictions than the rest of society. I have no doubt that measures such as this are suggested in genuine good faith. However the people these restrictions are being placed on do not live under them 24/7 and, once off campus, are free to ditch them like everyone else. This surely makes them absolutely pointless in the grand scheme of things? If staff safety is the main concern, then by all means implement measures to keep the staff away from students. Blanket measures like the above just make things difficult and awkward for everyone, for, ultimately, very little to no benefit in the grand scheme of things. Same with my work. Staff are required to distance etc whilst working (to try to reduce disruption should there be any positives and subsequent close contacts), yet are free to ditch this the minute they finish and go to the pub. The sooner the "close contact" rules are binned and we revert to "don't come in if you are sick" the better. - Trust that the most vulnerable (at least those who want to be) have been vaccinated. - Trust that the vaccines work to severely reduce the impact on the most vulnerable. - Trust the data that shows the risks to young, otherwise healthy, people is extremely low. - Move to viewing Covid-19 in exactly the same way as any other respiratory virus I assume (hope) this will come at some point in the near future provided hospitalisations etc remain low. Edited August 16, 2021 by Todd_is_God 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherchance Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 As has been said, pandemics tend to come to an end socially before anything else, which is where we're at now. Restrictions become guidelines and personal responsibility/risk management become the norm. Unis and other places trying to be seen to fight it is basically just for show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, anotherchance said: As has been said, pandemics tend to come to an end socially before anything else, which is where we're at now. Restrictions become guidelines and personal responsibility/risk management become the norm. Unis and other places trying to be seen to fight it is basically just for show. Trouble with that is that as long as there are still nail biters, nose pickers and folk who are too ignorant to wash their hands even after going to the bog - before handing you a pint - too many people are not 'personally responsible'. Maybe one benefit of the covid experience will be that some will have changed their personal hygiene habits, but given folks stupidity levels even in the pre-vaccine/high infection days, that's probably optimistic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 41 minutes ago, anotherchance said: As has been said, pandemics tend to come to an end socially before anything else, which is where we're at now. Restrictions become guidelines and personal responsibility/risk management become the norm. Unis and other places trying to be seen to fight it is basically just for show. Can you nip along to Holyrood and tell NS that please? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Elixir said: The BBC putting out personal anecdotes, and apparently Covid directly causes cardiac arrest? What a development! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-58206368 Jesus Christ, they're really scraping the bottom of the barrel now. So basically, if we wear a mask in a shop then we won't get covid and we won't have a heart attack. Right, that's us sorted now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Israel going backwards at a rate of knots. Suppose that's the effect of apartheid policies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PedroMoutinho Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Michael W said: Has iSAGE ever supported any relaxation measure? I don't think they have. It's all you get from them - whinge whinge whinge, never a solution or proposed solution. Lambda is just the Peru variant that's been around for ages. The media will no doubt use the renaming of it as an excuse to try and scare people again. You couldn’t mark independent sage’s necks with a blowtorch. Only weeks after being massively wrong re July 19th, they’re now proclaiming (and i’m sure hoping for) a ‘huge surge’ in cases in September. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 8 minutes ago, PedroMoutinho said: You couldn’t mark independent sage’s necks with a blowtorch. Only weeks after being massively wrong re July 19th, they’re now proclaiming (and i’m sure hoping for) a ‘huge surge’ in cases in September. In any job or position, big or small, where you have to make decisions , you will be shot at. it will often be from people who are unwilling to be shot at themselves or propose any alternative. these isage c***s are nothing more than a bunch of know it all sweetie wives only with letters after their names in fact i think indy sage is a group of people collectively possessed with the ghost of the onefinfalkirk forum, constant doom mongering and wishing for the worst just to say i told you so 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 (edited) Daily Cases Update: Day 10 in a row of case rises up to 172.6 I expect another 4-5% rise tomorrow as our 4th wave of infections moves towards my projected stable point of circa 190-195 per 100K. Infectivity up to 6.2% and will continue to rise. In fact todays reporting had a very high 9.6% for 1,567 cases. Face licking Torysville Dumfries Central still continues to rise. Similarly all parts of Dalry in North Ayrshire are riddled. I understand the councillor in Dalry is also a Tory. In the UK a sharp rise in Wales (Up 11.67%) now puts Scotland lowest of the 4 nations. Northern Ireland now over 500 per 100K has 4 of the most Covid ridden council authorities in the UK. It tops the European charts by a huge 63% higher than any other major nation. Figures for Jags 1st Vaccines 4,831 to 3,640 hope this is Sunday factor. 2nd vaccines 18,839 to 17,916 holding up. Total Cases Scotland 7 days 7th August to 13th August were 9,174 now 9,437 up 2.87%, Positivity was 6.1% now 6.2%. Cases per 100K were 167.8 now 172.6 Home Nations Daily update : UK Average 293.3 to 294.6 up 0.44%, England 306.1 to 306.4 up 0.10%, Wales 162.0 to 180.9 up 11.67%, Northern Ireland 499.7 to 501.3 up 0.32% In Europe for travellers France 254.4 to 252.4, Ireland 242.3 to 247.3, Greece 215.8 to 220.9, Spain 225.4 to 197.1, Portugal 159.2 to 158.7, Switzerland 130.7 to 130.7 These are still the only main countries over 120 cases per 100K Scotland peaks in Wave 3 at 425.1 for 27th June to 3rd July, (UK was 229.9) . Cases that day were 23,222 and positivity 10.8% Scotland previously peaked in wave 2 at 301.9 for figures 29th Dec to 4th Jan, (UK was 642.1) Cases that day were 16,496 and test positivity rate was 11.9% 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 North Ayrshire 257.0 to 265.9 12th day in a row of rises and finally hits the gold medal spot. Dalry is riddled with Rona. East Lothian 271.5 to 254.9 Down over 6% has it peaked ? Dumfries & Galloway 221.2 to 251.5 Up over 50% in 3 days. Dumfries Central riddled and rising again to 1181, Some performance. North Lanarkshire 227.5 to 233.0 Clackmannanshire 208.6 to 226.2 Whores nickers council pulling them up again. South Lanarkshire 226.6 to 225.0 West Dunbartonshire 208.3 to 224.1 Inverclyde 202.4 to 219.3 Riviera up 23% in 2 days. Fife 196.7 to 189.8 Argyll & Bute 179.1 to 189.6 East Dunbartonshire 173.8 to 184.8 East Renfrewshire 172,8 to 183.2 Renfrewshire 163.3 to 179.5 Up 10% Glasgow City 171.5 to 179.0 East Ayrshire 180.1 to 176.0 City Of Edinburgh 157.5 to 166.2 West Lothian 159.9 to 165.9 Midlothian 146.0 to 150.3 South Ayrshire 144.5 to 145.4 Falkirk 147.6 to 145.1 Scottish Borders 139.7 to 144.9 Highlands 137.6 to 138.9 Dundee City 127.0 to 137.1 Stirling 132.9 to 135.0 Perth & Kinross 115.2 to 113.2 Angus 95.8 to 112.2 Aberdeenshire 112.7 to 108.1 Aberdeen City 101.7 to 103.9 Western Isles 75.5 to 98.1 Moray 81.5 to 84.6 Orkney Islands 62.5 to 53.6 Shetland Islands 48.1 to 43.7 Edited August 16, 2021 by superbigal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 55 minutes ago, PedroMoutinho said: You couldn’t mark independent sage’s necks with a blowtorch. Only weeks after being massively wrong re July 19th, they’re now proclaiming (and i’m sure hoping for) a ‘huge surge’ in cases in September. They will continue to predict a future surge until either it happens (and they can act all high and mighty) or they are just ignored. Surely the experts should be looking into why, 4 weeks after removing all covid restructions in England, the 7 day average of cases (despite the "MoAr TrAnSMisSiBlE" delta variant) has fallen 40% and stabilised rather than continuing to panic about people testing positive for a virus which, for the huge majority, will make them feel like shite for a few days at worst. Is it the vaccines helping to reduce the severity of infections? Is it herd immunity? Is it thar the delta variant, despite being more transmissible, is actually a bit shan and much less potent than previous variants? Is it that previous lockdowns / face mask mandates were actually counter productive? These are the questions which need answered as we leave Covid-19 behind and look to live with and treat it like any other endemic respiratory virus. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 The BBC putting out personal anecdotes, and apparently Covid directly causes cardiac arrest? What a development! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-58206368Phoning up the BBC and telling them Long Covid is the reason I haven’t been getting any ass 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Where is @Distant Doonhamer with the daily update? Anyway, today's figures with no context on previous days/week: 1,567 new cases of COVID-19 reported 17,354 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results 9.6% of these were positive 0 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive (noting that Register Offices are generally closed at weekends) 39 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 337 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 (edited) Home Nations Daily update : UK Average 293.3 to 294.6 up 0.44%, England 306.1 to 306.4 up 0.10%, Wales 162.0 to 180.9 up 11.67%, Northern Ireland 499.7 to 501.3 up 0.32% The sharp rise in Wales now puts Scotland lowest of the 4 nations. Northern Ireland now over 500 per 100K has 4 of the most Covid ridden council authorities in the UK. It tops the European charts by a huge 63% higher than any other major nation. Edited August 16, 2021 by superbigal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 1 minute ago, oaksoft said: Cases are dropping and there's Afghanistan, Climate Change and a 0.3% drop in house prices to talk about now. Normal life is returning. Even this here topic is no longer nailed to the top of the General Nonsense forum. The day will come soon when we have to dredge the dark depths of page 2 to find it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDoddyKane Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, PedroMoutinho said: You couldn’t mark independent sage’s necks with a blowtorch. Only weeks after being massively wrong re July 19th, they’re now proclaiming (and i’m sure hoping for) a ‘huge surge’ in cases in September. You would expect a spike of some sort even before Sept but if it starts to level out then surely we are on the home stretch to normality Edited August 16, 2021 by BigDoddyKane 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 2 hours ago, superbigal said: Daily Cases Update: Day 10 in a row of case rises up to 172.6 I expect another 4-5% rise tomorrow as our 4th wave of infections moves towards my projected stable point of circa 190-195 per 100K. Infectivity up to 6.2% and will continue to rise. In fact todays reporting had a very high 9.6% for 1,567 cases. Face licking Torysville Dumfries Central still continues to rise. Similarly all parts of Dalry in North Ayrshire are riddled. I understand the councillor in Dalry is also a Tory. In the UK a sharp rise in Wales (Up 11.67%) now puts Scotland lowest of the 4 nations. Northern Ireland now over 500 per 100K has 4 of the most Covid ridden council authorities in the UK. It tops the European charts by a huge 63% higher than any other major nation. Figures for Jags 1st Vaccines 4,831 to 3,640 hope this is Sunday factor. 2nd vaccines 18,839 to 17,916 holding up. Total Cases Scotland 7 days 7th August to 13th August were 9,174 now 9,437 up 2.87%, Positivity was 6.1% now 6.2%. Cases per 100K were 167.8 now 172.6 Home Nations Daily update : UK Average 293.3 to 294.6 up 0.44%, England 306.1 to 306.4 up 0.10%, Wales 162.0 to 180.9 up 11.67%, Northern Ireland 499.7 to 501.3 up 0.32% In Europe for travellers France 254.4 to 252.4, Ireland 242.3 to 247.3, Greece 215.8 to 220.9, Spain 225.4 to 197.1, Portugal 159.2 to 158.7, Switzerland 130.7 to 130.7 These are still the only main countries over 120 cases per 100K Scotland peaks in Wave 3 at 425.1 for 27th June to 3rd July, (UK was 229.9) . Cases that day were 23,222 and positivity 10.8% Scotland previously peaked in wave 2 at 301.9 for figures 29th Dec to 4th Jan, (UK was 642.1) Cases that day were 16,496 and test positivity rate was 11.9% 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 North Ayrshire 257.0 to 265.9 12th day in a row of rises and finally hits the gold medal spot. Dalry is riddled with Rona. East Lothian 271.5 to 254.9 Down over 6% has it peaked ? Dumfries & Galloway 221.2 to 251.5 Up over 50% in 3 days. Dumfries Central riddled and rising again to 1181, Some performance. North Lanarkshire 227.5 to 233.0 Clackmannanshire 208.6 to 226.2 Whores nickers council pulling them up again. South Lanarkshire 226.6 to 225.0 West Dunbartonshire 208.3 to 224.1 Inverclyde 202.4 to 219.3 Riviera up 23% in 2 days. Fife 196.7 to 189.8 Argyll & Bute 179.1 to 189.6 East Dunbartonshire 173.8 to 184.8 East Renfrewshire 172,8 to 183.2 Renfrewshire 163.3 to 179.5 Up 10% Glasgow City 171.5 to 179.0 East Ayrshire 180.1 to 176.0 City Of Edinburgh 157.5 to 166.2 West Lothian 159.9 to 165.9 Midlothian 146.0 to 150.3 South Ayrshire 144.5 to 145.4 Falkirk 147.6 to 145.1 Scottish Borders 139.7 to 144.9 Highlands 137.6 to 138.9 Dundee City 127.0 to 137.1 Stirling 132.9 to 135.0 Perth & Kinross 115.2 to 113.2 Angus 95.8 to 112.2 Aberdeenshire 112.7 to 108.1 Aberdeen City 101.7 to 103.9 Western Isles 75.5 to 98.1 Moray 81.5 to 84.6 Orkney Islands 62.5 to 53.6 Shetland Islands 48.1 to 43.7 How are the areas within authorities defined? I couldn't tell from the link. Basically, I'm keen to know if I live in Dumfries Central. I suspect not actually, despite my household currently running at a rate of 25,000 per 100k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lyle Lanley Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 1 minute ago, gav-ffc said: Don’t give the SG any ideas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Will make a proper effort to laugh my chebs off the next time some sanctimonious clown tries to claim those mugs 'got it right'. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 4 hours ago, PedroMoutinho said: You couldn’t mark independent sage’s necks with a blowtorch. Only weeks after being massively wrong re July 19th, they’re now proclaiming (and i’m sure hoping for) a ‘huge surge’ in cases in September. She is another one for the public danger watch list. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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