Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Donathan]

Your GP or relevant clinicians are the only people who have the power to change anything to do with your shielded status - someone somewhere has told the government to do this. I’d question with either your GP or clinic today.

As far as I was aware Group 7 patients still need to shield and should receive the vaccine as a priority. Is it possible you’ve been down under two groupings (fairly normal) and have only been removed from Group 4?

Either way, one for your GP. But to be clear this is something a health expert has done, not the government.

I don’t think that’s right. The “Clinically Extremely Vulnerable” groups includes certain cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, organ transplant recipients etc. That group should be getting vaccinated now and are the group who need to shield at all times, only leave home for exercise, not go to supermarkets or work etc

The “Clinically Vulnerable” basically means anyone who gets a flu jab and includes a much wider list of underlying health conditions. These people are not advised to shield.

[superbigal]

23 hours ago, superbigal said:

 

Todays Headlines:    Jean Freeman clarifies that a few crofters testing positive for Covid-19 should be the headline of the day (Note where Western Isles figure in the charts). Meanwhile in the real world.

INFECTIONS IN SCOTLAND HAVE almost HALVED.   Only 5 councils now over 200 cases per 100K   Even dropping in North Lanarkshire !!

Now accessed the other home nations for the cases per 100K latest and will document their daily progress.   These are a little behind the Scottish cases.  England  386.6 to 373.2 down 3.36%,   Wales  219.8 to 204.8 down 6.82% , Northern Ireland   284.1 to 271.7 down 4.36%,  all 3 dropping.  Wales in particular is dropping quickly and has indicated some possible relaxation from 22nd February.

For interest of the bigger European countries Portugal 846 having a torrid time and this may go over 1,000,  Spain 550 , Czech 443 are the big hitters.  

Scotland peaked at 301.9 for figures 29th Dec to 4th Jan    

From 19th to 25th January we were down to 159.4

Todays figure for 20th Jan to 26th Jan is  152.5     Another huge single Day drop of 4.33%. Infections have dropped every day (now TWENTY TWO days in a row) since the aforementioned peak.  Total drop is now 49.49% .   

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 Lanarkshire  278.6 to 258.7    About time as well a nice 7.14% drop.

Glasgow City 247.5 to 236.1

South Lanarkshire 216.2 to 216.5

East Ayrshire 210.6 to 207.4   

West Dunbartonshire  212.5 to 203.5  

North Ayrshire 210.0 to 194.4  A great 7.43% drop sees another council drop sub 200

Clackmannanshire 184.3 to  188.2

Renfrewshire 207.7 to 186.5   What is going on ? 2 drops of over 10% .  Another through the 200 mark.

East Dunbartonshire   200.7 to 174.0  Over 13% drop.  Through the 200 barrier

Falkirk  169.7 to 170.9

East Renfrewshire  166.4 to 170.6

Angus  176.4 to 167.8    Continues to let down the East Coast

Dumfries & Galloway  172.6 to 165.9  Langholm & Eskdale still over 1176 Cases per 100K and Scotland's No 1 by a country mile .  They are doing blanket testing here though.

South Ayrshire   156.3 to 152.7     

Inverclyde  153.0 to 147.8  

Stirling   136.9 to 132.7

West Lothian 122.9 to 124.5

Aberdeen City   136.0 to 121.6  Great 10%+ drop.  Weird as Danestone risen to 1060 cases per 100K and 2nd place in Scotland.  Is this an area of deprivation my sheep friends ?

Moray   114.8 to 120.0   Waiting on the Shortbread factory appearing

Dundee City 131.9 to 115.9   Dropped by over 27.5% in just 3 days.  Outstanding.

Perth & Kinross  113.2 to 113.9

Midlothian  107.1 to 112.5  

Scottish  Borders  114.3 to 103.0  Another 10% drop and heading for the magic 100 mark.  

Aberdeenshire  99.5 to 95.7

Fife   95.0 to 95.3   

City Of Edinburgh  95.4 to 88.4 Still falling quickly even this low another 7.34%

Highlands  77.2 to 78.9   Invergordon still Stubborn @ 884 and rising again !!

Argyll & Bute  73.4 to 68.7

East Lothian  72.8 to 67.2  Still dropping faster than averages.

Orkney Island  31.4 to 31.4

 Shetland Islands  21.8 to 21.8

Western Isles    41.2 to 18.7   Currently only 5 Cases in the 7 days we measure. Waiting for Freeman doomsday to hit.

Edited January 29, 2021 by superbigal

[Elixir]

Meanwhile, back on planet reality:

 

[The Moonster]

1 hour ago, Ron Aldo said:

66% is still decent. As a comparison, I came across this showing the effectiveness of the flu vaccine over the last few years.

A good point which should be noted. Another which should be noted is that J&J is 85% effective at stopping serious illness, which is great. 

But I suppose "Hooray! We've got another vaccine that works" doesn't get as many clicks as "VACCINE NOT AS GOOD AS WE THOUGHT!!!"

[Bairnardo]

Todays Headlines:    Jean Freeman clarifies that a few crofters testing positive for Covid-19 should be the headline of the day (Note where Western Isles figure in the charts). Meanwhile in the real world.

INFECTIONS IN SCOTLAND HAVE almost HALVED.   Only 5 councils now over 200 cases per 100K   Even dropping in North Lanarkshire !!

Now accessed the other home nations for the cases per 100K latest and will document their daily progress.   These are a little behind the Scottish cases.  England  386.6 to 373.2 down 3.36%,   Wales  219.8 to 204.8 down 6.82% , Northern Ireland   284.1 to 271.7 down 4.36%,  all 3 dropping.  Wales in particular is dropping quickly and has indicated some possible relaxation from 22nd February.

For interest of the bigger European countries Portugal 846 having a torrid time and this may go over 1,000,  Spain 550 , Czech 443 are the big hitters.  

Scotland peaked at 301.9 for figures 29th Dec to 4th Jan    
From 19th to 25th January we were down to 159.4
Todays figure for 20th Jan to 26th Jan is  152.5     Another huge single Day drop of 4.33%. Infections have dropped every day (now TWENTY TWO days in a row) since the aforementioned peak.  Total drop is now 49.49% .   
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 Lanarkshire  278.6 to 258.7    About time as well a nice 7.14% drop.
Glasgow City 247.5 to 236.1
South Lanarkshire 216.2 to 216.5
East Ayrshire 210.6 to 207.4   
West Dunbartonshire  212.5 to 203.5  
North Ayrshire 210.0 to 194.4  A great 7.43% drop sees another council drop sub 200
Clackmannanshire 184.3 to  188.2
Renfrewshire 207.7 to 186.5   What is going on ? 2 drops of over 10% .  Another through the 200 mark.
East Dunbartonshire   200.7 to 174.0  Over 13% drop.  Through the 200 barrier
Falkirk  169.7 to 170.9
East Renfrewshire  166.4 to 170.6
Angus  176.4 to 167.8    Continues to let down the East Coast
Dumfries & Galloway  172.6 to 165.9  Langholm & Eskdale still over 1176 Cases per 100K and Scotland's No 1 by a country mile .  They are doing blanket testing here though.
South Ayrshire   156.3 to 152.7     
Inverclyde  153.0 to 147.8  
Stirling   136.9 to 132.7
West Lothian 122.9 to 124.5
Aberdeen City   136.0 to 121.6  Great 10%+ drop.  Weird as Danestone risen to 1060 cases per 100K and 2nd place in Scotland.  Is this an area of deprivation my sheep friends ?
Moray   114.8 to 120.0   Waiting on the Shortbread factory appearing
Dundee City 131.9 to 115.9   Dropped by over 27.5% in just 3 days.  Outstanding.
Perth & Kinross  113.2 to 113.9
Midlothian  107.1 to 112.5  
Scottish  Borders  114.3 to 103.0  Another 10% drop and heading for the magic 100 mark.  
Aberdeenshire  99.5 to 95.7
Fife   95.0 to 95.3   
City Of Edinburgh  95.4 to 88.4 Still falling quickly even this low another 7.34%
Highlands  77.2 to 78.9   Invergordon still Stubborn @ 884 and rising again !!
Argyll & Bute  73.4 to 68.7
East Lothian  72.8 to 67.2  Still dropping faster than averages.
Orkney Island  31.4 to 31.4
 Shetland Islands  21.8 to 21.8
Western Isles    41.2 to 18.7   Currently only 5 Cases in the 7 days we measure. Waiting for Freeman doomsday to hit.

Do you have any info for Grangemouth? Apparently a testing centre being thrown up due to a rise in cases


ETA this Barra shit is the pre amble to clinging on to restrictions for dear life until furlough ends. Even when case numbers are low and numbers vaccinated are high, and hospitals head towards empty of covid, we are going to be treated to increased community testing and tales of woe about how IT'S STILL AMONG US!!!(@!

IMO

[DMCs]

41 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

 

With the various good news about new vaccines and also the news that Pfizer production in the EU is up 16% I suspect this won't be an issue in a couple of weeks. 

[Jimmy Shaker]

11 minutes ago, superbigal said:

 Weird as Danestone risen to 1060 cases per 100K and 2nd place in Scotland.  Is this an area of deprivation my sheep friends ?

Nope. 

[Billy Jean King]

Was at a meeting this morning that touched on the operation of the 8 vaccination centres identified in South Ayrshire. It appears that despite there being 8 centres only 1 will be in operation on any 1 day at this stage. Letters issued for all the over 70 appointments and it's like a road show. Five consecutive days at the Citadel in Ayr then the vaccination team move to Troon for 3 days, Girvan for 2 etc ending in Prestwick on deadline day 15 Feb.

[GiGi]

Daft question of the day - while it's good to see the cases per 100k coming down, is there any indication of why it's so painfully slow? I'd have expected after the first couple of weeks of highest tier restrictions it should have been plummeting by now with most infected people stuck in the house and loads of others self isolating, yet a full  month later it isn't.

[Billy Jean King]

Do you have any info for Grangemouth? Apparently a testing centre being thrown up due to a rise in cases


ETA this Barra shit is the pre amble to clinging on to restrictions for dear life until furlough ends. Even when case numbers are low and numbers vaccinated are high, and hospitals head towards empty of covid, we are going to be treated to increased community testing and tales of woe about how IT'S STILL AMONG US!!!(@!

IMO

I think we need to wait until we get to the near empty Covid wards before jumping to those sort of conclusions. We are literally just past the peak remember so going to take weeks.

[Elixir]

#preach

[Bairnardo]

I think we need to wait until we get to the near empty Covid wards before jumping to those sort of conclusions. We are literally just past the peak remember so going to take weeks.

I honestly dont think we need to wait before making predictions.

[welshbairn]

1 minute ago, GiGi said:

Daft question of the day - while it's good to see the cases per 100k coming down, is there any indication of why it's so painfully slow? I'd have expected after the first couple of weeks of highest tier restrictions it should have been plummeting by now with most infected people stuck in the house and loads of others self isolating, yet a full  month later it isn't.

Could be the new strain. The high rate of hospitalisation is concerning too, but hopefully it's just lagging behind, and it will just take a bit longer than the first wave for the lockdown measures to work, backed by vaccination.

[Aladdin]

4 minutes ago, GiGi said:

Daft question of the day - while it's good to see the cases per 100k coming down, is there any indication of why it's so painfully slow? I'd have expected after the first couple of weeks of highest tier restrictions it should have been plummeting by now with most infected people stuck in the house and loads of others self isolating, yet a full  month later it isn't.

Could be a few reasons.  More stuff is open compared to last years lockdown.  We are doing far more testing so are catching more cases.  Compliance with the rules may or may not be as good.

Its still dropping at a decent rate.

[G51]

Curious to know why Invergordon's rate is so high. Are there any theories on why this is?

In terms of the new strain, Ireland's COVID rate is cratering at the moment - R between 0.4 and 0.7. Majority of Ireland's cases are made up of the new COVID strain.

[Detournement]

Someone said it is care homes. 

[DMCs]

2 hours ago, MP_MFC said:

Sounds like approx 52k added today if my total for Wednesday was correct.

Just checked: 53,763.

Best 2 days yet.

Both the best single days for Scotland apart from 17th January.

UK projected supply is 324k per day for next 4 weeks. Overall vaccinations today 398k so without an increase in supply from Pfizer then this is close to the limit of what we can do. Looks like the 2nd revised target won't be hit but still doing pretty well.

[TheScarf]

Aye it's the 2 care homes I think.  It's a pretty rough place but don't think that can be blamed in this instance.

[superbigal]

23 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:

Do you have any info for Grangemouth? Apparently a testing centre being thrown up due to a rise in cases


ETA this Barra shit is the pre amble to clinging on to restrictions for dear life until furlough ends. Even when case numbers are low and numbers vaccinated are high, and hospitals head towards empty of covid, we are going to be treated to increased community testing and tales of woe about how IT'S STILL AMONG US!!!(@!

IMO

All areas of Grangemouth just over 200 per 100K.  These reliable figures are 2 days behind the real world of testing.  So if it is kicking off it had not done on the 26th.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

How many of the j&j vaccines are readily available to go? Surely theres absolutely an argument for prioritising it for roll out via the approval folks given its single dose and excellent results. Get that stocked up and get folk vaccinated 24/7 then get us back to normal.