Have some faith in Magic Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 6 hours ago, Ron Aldo said: Looks like Wales have dumped their backlog into today's case numbers. 11,468 new cases reported today. "As a result of the incorporation of previously-missed data, the infection rate across Wales has now soared to 530.2 cases per 100,000 people based on the seven days up to December 12." That must make them about the case load close to the worst in the world at the moment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 What's the thinking now with Sunaks announcement. Full spring style lockdown in January until next spring. Certainly feels like the direction of travel despite all the vaccine rollout talk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Billy Jean King said: What's the thinking now with Sunaks announcement. Full spring style lockdown in January until next spring. Certainly feels like the direction of travel despite all the vaccine rollout talk. It's fucking nailed on! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) Wales have now had more total cases than Scotland, which given the population difference of over two million is pretty remarkable. Into the bargain they even have a slightly lower pro-rata testing rate than here. It’s also hard looking at this to argue that the Scottish Government approach in the last few months hasn’t been a success, relative to the rest of the UK. Edited December 17, 2020 by Paco 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Jag Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, Have some faith in Magic said: "As a result of the incorporation of previously-missed data, the infection rate across Wales has now soared to 530.2 cases per 100,000 people based on the seven days up to December 12." That must make them about the case load close to the worst in the world at the moment. Wouldn't even make the top 5 in Germany just now:- 1 Regen BY Bayern 651,08 2 Bautzen SN Sachsen 639,52 3 Görlitz SN Sachsen 621,62 4 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge SN Sachsen 609,97 5 Zwickau SN Sachsen 571,74 6 Oberspreewald-Lausitz BB Brandenburg 546,76 7 Meißen SN Sachsen 522,51 8 Altenburger Land TH Thüringen 515,70 9 Mittelsachsen SN Sachsen 514,31 10 Speyer RP Rheinland-Pfalz 502,36 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Why would this be the case? Genuinely curious.They have to be supervised under exam conditions - schools are also trying to avoid overloading pupils with lots of assessments at the same time. Some assessments can also only be done when you've covered all the content. Any assessment done so far has been created by schools so there will be little standardisation. At least having SQA set assessments makes it easier to have internal verification in schools, external verification by SQA and cross-authority moderation. Leave it later than March and it would be a struggle, especially as some LAs will be considering an early change of timetable at the start of May. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 minute ago, German Jag said: Wouldn't even make the top 5 in Germany just now:- 1 Regen BY Bayern 651,08 2 Bautzen SN Sachsen 639,52 3 Görlitz SN Sachsen 621,62 4 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge SN Sachsen 609,97 5 Zwickau SN Sachsen 571,74 6 Oberspreewald-Lausitz BB Brandenburg 546,76 7 Meißen SN Sachsen 522,51 8 Altenburger Land TH Thüringen 515,70 9 Mittelsachsen SN Sachsen 514,31 10 Speyer RP Rheinland-Pfalz 502,36 Are they small areas in the worst hit districts? You could probably do the same over here if so, especially with clusters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Looks like NI is going into lockdown on Boxing Day for 6 weeks... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Orton Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Thanks goodness we all locked down in the summer to prevent ever having to do anything like that again... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Jag Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Are they small areas in the worst hit districts? You could probably do the same over here if so, especially with clusters. Most of those are 40-50.000 "Landkreise" (Local Authority Areas), so obviously figures can seem high when in actual fact it's 10 old biddies in a care-home. The table I gave above was from here. Scroll down to below the map and click on "Alles anzeigen". Nuremburg, Ludwigshafen (where every 2nd Person works for BASF), and Dresden are all in the mid 300's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hedgecutter Posted December 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2020 Well, I've very recently been given the news that Covid has taken an elderly family member down in Glasgow. She got sent to hospital after a fall last week, but caught Covid there after just a few days. As if that wasn't bad enough, her husband eventually collapsed after the stress of her hospital news, and after getting sent to hospital himself, he had a sudden decline last night and died just a few hours before his wife. With the Christmas relaxation incoming, we'll be joined by many, many more (soon to be) shaken families, but as long as folk can get their aunts / friends together to watch Mrs Brown's Christmas Special over a box of Quality Street after a glorified Sunday roast, it'll all be worth it. Won't it Boris, you utter f***ing charlatan. Merry Christmas 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, German Jag said: Most of those are 40-50.000 "Landkreise" (Local Authority Areas), so obviously figures can seem high when in actual fact it's 10 old biddies in a care-home. The table I gave above was from here. Scroll down to below the map and click on "Alles anzeigen". Nuremburg, Ludwigshafen (where every 2nd Person works for BASF), and Dresden are all in the mid 300's. I see it's them Saxons causing trouble again, never trusted them. Edited December 17, 2020 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jedi Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 February/March time does make sense for the bulk of school assessments to be carried out, as it enables an 'average' mark/grade to be calculated over the course of most of an academic year from early August until then. However, as Dee suggests, the decision to cancel Higher and Advanced Higher exams could have been made much earlier in the year, which would have given schools more wriggle room. Also, subjects had course content 'cut' on the proviso that there would be too much isolating throughout the year, with some pupils getting full coverage and others not, to try and level the playing field. However, not that there are no exams, the cutting of content doesn't work. Also agree that with a February/March assessment diet looking more likely that it knocks the blended model on the head once and for all. Interesting at the same time that England can extent the other side of Christmas in schools to Jan 11th, and Wales to Jan 18th, but in Scotland it has to be Jan 6th. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 22 minutes ago, German Jag said: Wouldn't even make the top 5 in Germany just now:- 1 Regen BY Bayern 651,08 2 Bautzen SN Sachsen 639,52 3 Görlitz SN Sachsen 621,62 4 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge SN Sachsen 609,97 5 Zwickau SN Sachsen 571,74 6 Oberspreewald-Lausitz BB Brandenburg 546,76 7 Meißen SN Sachsen 522,51 8 Altenburger Land TH Thüringen 515,70 9 Mittelsachsen SN Sachsen 514,31 10 Speyer RP Rheinland-Pfalz 502,36 That's a blast from the past! We flew to Altenburg on Ryanair for a tenner return. Got a hotel for buttons. Great beer (local lager and Kostritzer schwartzbeer) a beautiful castle and a wee zoo on an island on the middle of a lake. There was nothing to suggest that ten years later it would be a hive of death and disease. Close call that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jedi Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Am sorry to hear that Hedgecutter. As you say, shows up the insanity of political decision in both England and Scotland to continue with the 5 day free for all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jedi said: Am sorry to hear that Hedgecutter. As you say, shows up the insanity of political decision in both England and Scotland to continue with the 5 day free for all. Allowing three households/8 people to mix indoors without the police battering down the door to break things up is not even remotely a 'free for all'. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jedi Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 As of course, everyone will stick to the 3 households/8 people rule 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 The fact that there is a rule confirms that it isn't a free for all on mixing: the rest of the restrictions remain in place as well. So not exactly a scene from the last days of Rome then. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 As of course, everyone will stick to the 3 households/8 people rule [emoji6]There are plenty not obeying the current restrictions - but this at least allows families and loved ones a chance to get together if they wish, without breaking the rules. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Signed up to take part in a study to see if; - Blood cancer patients are at a higher risk of severe covid. - Do blood cancer patients mount an immune response to covid and is the response maintained over time. - Do blood cancer patients gain immunity with a covid vaccination. - Should treatment be altered to optimise covid19 vaccine immunity. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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