Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Detournement]

1 hour ago, 101 said:

Mental he literally ruled it out 26 hours ago and yet here we are.

As soon as they brought in Digital ID it's time to start promoting the next stages (I) unvaxxed lockdown (ii) mandatory Vax. 

[Todd_is_God]

12 minutes ago, superbigal said:

Has this phs letter to schools been posted. Worrying if pushed out to general public tomorrow.



Sorry quality shite. Basically all close contacts of an omicron case to quarantine for 10days. No get out with pcr tests.

 

Guidance changes

There is much to learn about this Omicron variant. Questions remain about its severity, transmissibility and response to vaccines. Until more is known we must be cautious and do what we can to minimise the risk of spreading infection.

During this interim period:

• ALL Omicron cases (confirmed, highly probable, probable or possible) will be asked to self-isolate for 10 days, with no exemptions

AND

• ALL identified contacts of a person who may have the Omicron variant will be informed of this by phone, SMS or letter. They will be advised to self-isolate for 10 days. No contacts can shorten this ten-day isolation period, irrespective of vaccination status, age, recent positive or negative PCR or LFD result

How do you suspect you have Omicron? By not being very ill?

I'm sure there is logic there somewhere, but "tougher restrictions the less ill you are" seems, on the face of it, completely backwards.

[Billy Jean King]

Has this phs letter to schools been posted. Worrying if pushed out to general public tomorrow.



 

• ALL identified contacts of a person who may have the Omicron variant will be informed of this by phone, SMS or letter. They will be advised to self-isolate for 10 days. No contacts can shorten this ten-day isolation period, irrespective of vaccination status, age, recent positive or negative PCR or LFD result

Hasnt that been the general advice re Comicon contact since it's appearance.

[Rugster]

8 minutes ago, Detournement said:

As soon as they brought in Digital ID it's time to start promoting the next stages (I) unvaxxed lockdown (ii) mandatory Vax. 

Aw f**k off man. 

[superbigal]

5 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said:

20 minutes ago, superbigal said:

Has this phs letter to schools been posted. Worrying if pushed out to general public tomorrow.



 

• ALL identified contacts of a person who may have the Omicron variant will be informed of this by phone, SMS or letter. They will be advised to self-isolate for 10 days. No contacts can shorten this ten-day isolation period, irrespective of vaccination status, age, recent positive or negative PCR or LFD result

Hasnt that been the general advice re Comicon contact since it's appearance.

Letter is certainly new. 

Wife also just got a letter (Her work did) from PHS asking not to go for a party.

[Rugster]

Imagine asking people to cancel xmas parties when it’s perfectly legal (bad enough even typing that - legal to have a party FFS) to have one, just days after it emerged the actual fucking government held numerous of them last year when it was full lockdown. 

Imagine.  

[Donathan]

13 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

How do you suspect you have Omicron? By not being very ill?

I'm sure there is logic there somewhere, but "tougher restrictions the less ill you are" seems, on the face of it, completely backwards.

S gene failure, I assume?

[cambozpar]

Anyone still playing along with the government regarding covid rules is a roaster.

[PedroMoutinho]

1 hour ago, Left Back said:

Will be a huge loss.  You can guarantee loads of company organised Christmas lunches/nights out will be cancelled off the back of that press release.

Huge chunks of their annual revenue for the hospitality industry lost.

Yep- my work never planned a whole office party this year but as of today all department Christmas lunches and nights out have also been cancelled. 

I feel sorry for the hospitality businesses who’d have been looking forward to a bit of respite this Christmas after a hellish 2 years and have now been shat on by both governments with no support at all.

[Bairnardo]

Cant get omicron if you dont get tested.

Quite frankly, that's where I am.

[Lyle Lanley]

 

[Elixir]

2 hours ago, Left Back said:

No doubt there will be a statement at some point about them caring about businesses in the hospitality sector.

Caring is everything apparently.

Err, I think you'll fine Sturgeon makes no apologies for keeping people safe, thank you very much.

[MP_MFC]

 

Donald Macleod has proven himself to be a complete weapon over the last two years, hopefully he’s as wrong as he has been about everything else.

[8MileBU]

2 hours ago, Lyle Lanley said:

She’s gonna announce more restrictions tomorrow to the hospitality industry isn’t she. 

If so then the hospitality industry should just take a unified stand in defiance of that cow and all stay open for business. Again, thanks to incompetent politicians there’s nowhere near enough police to stand a chance of going around enforcing business closures and turfing out their customers. By no means am I encouraging everyone go fucking mental and completely care free but seriously; f**k any hospitality restrictions.

45 minutes ago, cambozpar said:

Anyone still playing along with the government regarding covid rules is a roaster.

Aye, this. In stark contrast to my views at the height of the pandemic, f**k the rules and I’ll be doing whatever I fucking like.

That said I’m mostly a beige b*****d who doesn’t go out all that often and doesn’t have mad house parties. 

Edited December 9, 2021 by 8MileBU

[alta-pete]

Who actually voted for these fkn clowns back in May? Just because they wurny fkn toaries? 

[mizfit]

 

If, and I say it’s a big if they do bring in restrictions they’re going to extend vaccine passports to all hospitality venues.

Not a chance they put restrictions on numbers, hours etc without furlough to cover for that, even that’s a massive step.

ETA: having just viewed his page, and looked online I’ve seen next to nothing about restrictions beyond an article from the Sun stating Sturgeon will “address the nation.”

If there was restrictions we know from last year we’d have seen stuff starting to leak out just now.

[effeffsee_the2nd]

If, and I say it’s a big if they do bring in restrictions they’re going to extend vaccine passports to all hospitality venues.

Not a chance they put restrictions on numbers, hours etc without furlough to cover for that, even that’s a massive step.

ETA: having just viewed his page, and looked online I’ve seen next to nothing about restrictions beyond an article from the Sun stating Sturgeon will “address the nation.”

If there was restrictions we know from last year we’d have seen stuff starting to leak out just now.

Pretty much this, you can’t close or restrict such things whilst A) you have no means of compensating them and B they’re open in England whilst we have an open border

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Ten days isolation if you come into contact with omicron which data suggests is a less severe strain but you can test and release if youre double vaxxed and its the more severe delta strain? 
Triple vaccinated, no adult conversation, two years of life with massive restrictions, politicians and public health figures flaunting the rules in Scotland and England yet we’ve all to be good little boys and girls. Absolutely f**k this. 

[PedroMoutinho]

I wouldn’t put it past her to do something like close nightclubs or restrict hospitality hours to ‘keep people safe’.

[Zetterlund]

3 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

Ten days isolation if you come into contact with omicron which data suggests is a less severe strain but you can test and release if youre double vaxxed and its the more severe delta strain?