Billy Jean King Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Take a wild guess about who will be absolutely beeling at this development. Could probably take South Africa off it too, tbf, given how much case numbers there have utterly collapsed despite the mewling over their IMMUNITY EVADING variant, which the vaccines and human immune system clearly still pish all over. That makes a mockery of the reason given for them being added in the first place (their intrinsic links with Brazil) given the situation in Brazil is worse than ever. The whole policy of a "naughty / red list" being updated on a weekly basis is a recipe for disaster. That has to be scrapped before anyone can have any real confidence when booking holidays. That's simply a repeat of last summer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 12 minutes ago, WATTOO said: I've got Wroclaw booked for June but can't say I'm overly hopeful at the moment. I was so looking forward to my steak and wine feast in Whiskey in a Jar as well !!! My partner is hoping to get home to see her family towards the end of June as well. Hopefully it happens, but if not then I think July, and certainly August and September will be goers. I'm also hoping to go to Wrocław for a couple of days. 2 minutes ago, realmadrid said: The restrictions look a little bit stronger than here just now, especially on face coverings https://www.gov.pl/web/coronavirus/temporary-limitations It was the same before last summer, tbf, then they relaxed things. The time I spent in Poland last August/September is the most normal life has felt since February 2020. It was strange seeing places like Kraków so much quieter than usual, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 7 minutes ago, Elixir said: My partner is hoping to get home to see her family towards the end of June as well. Hopefully it happens, but if not then I think July, and certainly August and September will be goers. I'm also hoping to go to Wrocław for a couple of days. It was the same before last summer, tbf, then they relaxed things. The time I spent in Poland last August/September is the most normal life has felt since February 2020. It was strange seeing places like Kraków so much quieter than usual, though. Yeah, one of my pals was over in Gdansk / Sopot for 2 weeks in September (girlfriend from there) and he said the same, everyone was pretty laid back and behaving normally with no sense of panic or impending doom in the air !! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 37 minutes ago, WATTOO said: I've got Wroclaw booked for June but can't say I'm overly hopeful at the moment. I was so looking forward to my steak and wine feast in Whiskey in a Jar as well !!! Tremendous pub! We stayed literally upstairs from it when we went. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Three and a half hours until I get my first dose! Are the pubs opening this evening, aye? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, Gaz said: Three and a half hours until I get my first dose! Are the pubs opening this evening, aye? The Louden should be fine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Binos said: Or maybe he has no personality to project Or maybe he realises its not about personality, hes not a talk show host. 58 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: He probably doesnt see his role as one that requires any injection of his personality. Absolutely correct IMO, and something Leitch and Devi could/should have learned earlier Absolutely spot on, he does what he needs to do, messages clear and concise and not seemingly hogging the limelight. The idea that its some kind of ‘scottish cringe’ to think Whitty is better is bollocks and something that’s in keeping with the ‘if you dont agree with us we’ll demonise you’ way that is emerging online with the ‘if you dont vote snp youre a tory’ school of thought which suggests to me that they know theyre wrong and are trying to desperately deflect. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Good to see Michael Rosen is still going. I mind him going in near the start of the pandemic, turns out he was in intensive care for nearly two months. Laughed at this excerpt from his new book of poetry: "Rehab They’ve been worried about my low blood pressure but they’ve brought me the Daily Mail so it’ll be fine in just a moment." https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/13/michael-rosen-this-book-is-about-what-it-feels-like-to-nearly-die https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/13/i-am-not-who-i-was-michael-rosen-on-surviving-covid-extract 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.V.T. Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 631 cases - 3.4% positivity 479 in hospital - 33 less38 patients in ICU - no change 8 deaths 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 How many ICU beds do we have in Scotland overall? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_carson Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: How many ICU beds do we have in Scotland overall? I think the baseline capacity is 173 for ICU, that was pre-pandemic. Surge capacity was 585. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, super_carson said: I think the baseline capacity is 173 for ICU, that was pre-pandemic. Surge capacity was 585. So we are well below 10% of "surge capacity", we have given first doses to the most vulnerable groups, and we are still looking at another 6+ weeks until we can go for a haircut or a coffee? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_carson Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Just now, Marshmallo said: So we are well below 10% of "surge capacity", we have given first doses to the most vulnerable groups, and we are still looking at another 6+ weeks until we can go for a haircut or a coffee? Yup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: So we are well below 10% of "surge capacity", we have given first doses to the most vulnerable groups, and we are still looking at another 6+ weeks until we can go for a haircut or a coffee? I completely agree with the principle, but I’ve no idea what the current total number of patients in ICU are when including non-Covid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 1 hour ago, realmadrid said: But by booking with TUI you often pay well over the odds as against booking direct. The downside which obviously will worry people just now is that if you book a package then they will look after everything if something goes wrong. We did our best for our customers when the French government shut the slopes a year ago tomorrow but while we got them to the airport but they were reliant on the airlines putting on extra flights. Thus for families I get them taking the easy option. I have put this on the holiday topic, at our hotel we automatically set the prices for for all outside partners 15% higher, the French in particular know this and always book direct. I’ve book Greece with Tui next year. Why, cause I’m a single parent travelling with three kids on my own. I want get on a plane, on a bus, dropped off and then in reverse on way home! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 12 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: I completely agree with the principle, but I’ve no idea what the current total number of patients in ICU are when including non-Covid. That's a fair point. I'd wager it's not a few hundred though. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Just now, Marshmallo said: That's a fair point. I'd wager it's not a few hundred though. I’m sure it will be minimal as well, and shouldn’t stop us accelerating easing restrictions, but it’s something a lot of people forget about when looking purely at the ICU Covid numbers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Bully Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 The next couple of weeks are critical. Case numbers are going back up. If in a couple of weeks ICU and hospitalisations are still dropping, then its clear the vaccine is having the effect we all hope and expect and it really is cigars time. I would also expect NS’s suggested acceleration of opening up at that point too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 1 hour ago, DMCs said: Praising one English guy means you think you're inferior as Scots to Englishmen in general? General commentary on this thread is Bauld bad Srivdar bad Leitch bad Van tam good Whitty good Scottish cringe in full effect -10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, Wee Bully said: The next couple of weeks are critical. Case numbers are going back up. If in a couple of weeks ICU and hospitalisations are still dropping, then its clear the vaccine is having the effect we all hope and expect and it really is cigars time. I would also expect NS’s suggested acceleration of opening up at that point too Yes, recently we had cases - hospital - deaths numbers as they were at end of September, mid October, and end of October respectively, I think Jason Leitch mentioned this at a briefing. Now we'll soon see if the cases going up detaches itself from the other two as they continue to go downwards. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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