Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[renton]

4 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

Absolutely wild that, when the mild variant that would end the pandemic in weeks pops up, we shit the bed and try to stop the spread, yet happily rode out the delta wave in September.

Fannies.

It'd about capacity though isn't it. We are going to be riding through a lot of cases in a short period of time, and so if the hospitalisation were even only 1% of a given day's cases then it would put a shit tonne of pressure on the NHS.

The hope is that a basically milder variant plus a bolstered population does mean that percentage hospitalisation is way below that to cause significant harm to health infrastructure, and while I would contend that its already way too late to be trying to apply brakes via restrictions at the same time I can understand why health officials would be applying pressure to find ways of buying time.

Let's face it, there is no such thing as an appropriate reaction to a crisis. You either over react or under react to something like this and an over reaction is generally seen as the less risky option overall.

[Michael W]

Should have probably added that the embarrassing impromptu clap arranged was preceded by this: 

Maybe share it rather than pontificating with silly claps at fresh air, then? Straight out the fake sage playbook. 

[DeeTillEhDeh]

So, just 34 punters in ICU and 531 in hospital up here. It has been stable for weeks.

It's the figures in 2 weeks time that are more important due to the lag between admissions and infection rates.

If it is still stable (or even just a small jump) the panic over omicron should really be over.

[DeeTillEhDeh]

Sturgeon told to do one. Pleasing.
Her kiddy-on sanctimony makes me sick.

If the rumours are true, Sunak appears to be doing exactly the opposite of what Johnson is saying.

[Dunfermline Don]

Hopefully it goes ahead. Small things like gigs or going to the football really do gives us something to look forward to after hard days at work (or no work). Social events should never be deemed as disposable as they benefit mental health. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you mate

Thanks, it so reminds me of the week before the 1st lockdown. I had tickets for the Scotland v Israel euro playoff and was taking my youngest to his first Scotland game.
Luckily we did manage to get to the last two games at Hampden so I suppose that made up for it.
Both myself and my Mrs are triple vaccinated and taking daily LFTs due to our work and at our wits end with it all now.
COVID variants almost seem like football clubs and new strips in that a different version will come out every year!

[pozbaird]

I find it so fcuked up now, that I can’t even bring myself to joke that hopefully they cancel fitba’, so that I don’t need to watch St Mirren’s grim low-scoring hoofball pish.

What’s going on? The most vulnerable have been vaccinated. I’m double vaccinated and boostered at 60 years old. I don’t need the vaccine to make me superman, invincible. I just need it to stop me dying or needing a hospital bed should I get Covid. The vaccines can do that, can’t they? Mitigate the effects just enough, that I can deal with the effects at home? 
 

Yet here we are, with young folk seeing their only shot at being young, going to clubs, meeting partners, shagging, drinking and watching bands being flushed down the U Bend. Businesses being hammered. Mental health issues, domestic violence increasing. Towns and cities suffering from ‘work at home’ folk not spending money in them. Other illnesses and things not being diagnosed or treated properly. Citizens of this country shitting themselves if someone near them coughs, or, heaven forbid, doesn’t have a piece of patterned shit slapped over their mouth. UK and Scottish governments with rules and restrictions that in huge part make zero sense. Plastic screens, even though they stop airflow and make things worse. Have us queuing outside ahead of doing the Christmas shopping, in the pishing rain and cold? Could go on all day. Covid, despite me recognising its seriousness and effects on loved ones and the vulnerable, is NOT the ONLY thing that matters.
 

What the actual fcuk is going on any more?

[UsedToGoToCentralPark]

Not be long until the first minister complains that it's not enough.

[Todd_is_God]

22 minutes ago, renton said:

It'd about capacity though isn't it. We are going to be riding through a lot of cases in a short period of time, and so if the hospitalisation were even only 1% of a given day's cases then it would put a shit tonne of pressure on the NHS.

Hospitalisation has never been anywhere near 1% of a days cases (since we started inviting everyone to test themselves silly), and that was with proper variants, not this shanner. It's not March 2020, or even January 2021. It's now a bad cold.

 

Edited December 16, 2021 by Todd_is_God

[Rob1885]

I am just waiting on word that The Skids gig in Dunfermline is cancelled now that loads of other ones have been.
I work in Social Care and this is the first weekend I have had off since the start of November. I haven’t been out for a proper night out since before the first lockdown and this had been keeping me going the past few weeks.

Going as well, been checking Big Country's FB on the hour this afternoon expecting to see a dreaded cancellation[emoji23][emoji23]

[Ron Aldo]

This is going to end up being the biggest and most costly shitting of the bed ever, isn't it?

[renton]

3 minutes ago, Ron Aldo said:

This is going to end up being the biggest and most costly shitting of the bed ever, isn't it?

That's the hope.

[Todd_is_God]

1 hour ago, Thereisalight.. said:

Seems like the Amy gig tomorrow has been cancelled until March.

Can't see this anywhere btw.

[Lyle Lanley]

10 minutes ago, UsedToGoToCentralPark said:

Not be long until the first minister complains that it's not enough.

there it is. 

[Todd_is_God]

Just now, Snafu said:

Not in lives hopefully.

Just the FM's credibility

[NotThePars]

The fact Westminster MP's tend to be of a much higher standard than Holyrood helps as well. A significant number of MSPs are barely councillor level.

Any particular examples of higher calibre MPs you’d like to draw attention to

[Meldrew]

23 minutes ago, pozbaird said:

I find it so fcuked up now, that I can’t even bring myself to joke that hopefully they cancel fitba’, so that I don’t need to watch St Mirren’s grim low-scoring hoofball pish.

What’s going on? The most vulnerable have been vaccinated. I’m double vaccinated and boostered at 60 years old. I don’t need the vaccine to make me superman, invincible. I just need it to stop me dying or needing a hospital bed should I get Covid. The vaccines can do that, can’t they? Mitigate the effects just enough, that I can deal with the effects at home? 
 

Yet here we are, with young folk seeing their only shot at being young, going to clubs, meeting partners, shagging, drinking and watching bands being flushed down the U Bend. Businesses being hammered. Mental health issues, domestic violence increasing. Towns and cities suffering from ‘work at home’ folk not spending money in them. Other illnesses and things not being diagnosed or treated properly. Citizens of this country shitting themselves if someone near them coughs, or, heaven forbid, doesn’t have a piece of patterned shit slapped over their mouth. UK and Scottish governments with rules and restrictions that in huge part make zero sense. Plastic screens, even though they stop airflow and make things worse. Have us queuing outside ahead of doing the Christmas shopping, in the pishing rain and cold? Could go on all day. Covid, despite me recognising its seriousness and effects on loved ones and the vulnerable, is NOT the ONLY thing that matters.
 

What the actual fcuk is going on any more?

i'm must be more ''tory'' than i ever thought, because after reading your rant, i just shrugged and thought ''f**k you jack, i'm alright.''

[Ad Lib]

2 hours ago, UsedToGoToCentralPark said:

The fact Westminster MP's tend to be of a much higher standard than Holyrood helps as well. A significant number of MSPs are barely councillor level.

As someone who works on a day-to-day basis with MPs I can confirm that about 500 of them are "barely councillor level".

[H Wragg]

Can't see this anywhere btw.

[superbigal]

So, just 34 punters in ICU and 531 in hospital up here. It has been stable for weeks.

Agreed there are not many punters in ICU.
However if you do get that far you look like your in a bad way. 18 exited to the Morgue yesterday is a high percentage.

[Dawson Park Boy]

5 hours ago, PedroMoutinho said:

I think businesses should be compensated but we all know they would end up shut for months if Sturgeon gets the chance.

I’ve just walked past 3 cafes/restaurants in Edinburgh- all pretty full. 

Obviously works night outs etc have been cancelled but I think the impact of shutting down a whole sector would far outweigh that.

Went for lunch with friends to one of my local restaurants today. Fairly full.

Spoke to the owner who said cancellations were modest.

Regarding any new regulations, he wasnt intending to make any changes to his current very relaxed regime.

Sensible fellow.