Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Jan Vojáček]

4 minutes ago, TheScarf said:

1 less person in an ICU that yesterday but 2 deaths.  Am I right in saying that means someone not in an ICU died from Covid yesterday?  Or am I picking that up wrong?

Assuming I'm reading the data right, the two deaths were registered on May 12 (Wednesday). That brings the total of number of deaths in May to three.

[Honest_Man#1]

3 minutes ago, Rugster said:

is this 2.15pm announcement time confirmed and is it a presser or just on the government website or whit?

Yeah where the f**k can I watch this?

[TheScarf]

We're getting taken for a ride here, lads.

[Marshmallo]

Who said it was 14:15? Me? Head's gone.

[WhiteRoseKillie]

I actually just felt my stomach doing a somersault.

Sorry, mate. I've been getting them for a while now, so I'm used to the concept now. Still not fun, mind.

[Honest_Man#1]

1 minute ago, Marshmallo said:

Who said it was 14:15? Me? Head's gone.

Where are you watching it?

[Marshmallo]

Just now, Honest_Man#1 said:

Where are you watching it?

Nowhere  nothing has started and can't see it listed anywhere.

[Honest_Man#1]

Just now, Marshmallo said:

Nowhere  nothing has started and can't see it listed anywhere.

Yeah it’s clearly not on TV, assumed it was on SG website or something but can’t find anything there either.

[Bairnardo]

Yeah it’s clearly not on TV, assumed it was on SG website or something but can’t find anything there either.

BBC news just says that a decision is being made and will be announced today. Doesnt say a time.

[superbigal]

Daily Cases Update:  Another poor day with cases up near 5%, infectivity up again.  

Glasgow passes Moray which should ensure Moray is not Level 3.  East Renfrew on the march.

Good day in Dundee down 10%.  

Europe vast improvements. How Malta does not make Green and how Turkey is on Red is bamboozling.

Scotland peaked at 301.9 for figures 29th Dec to 4th Jan, (UK was 642.1)    Cases that day were 16,496 and test positivity rate was 11.9%  

Total Cases 7 days from 5th May to 11th May  were 1556 now 1630 up 4.76%.  Positivity was 1.3% now 1.4%.   Cases per 100k were 28.5 now 30.0

Home Nations Daily update:  UK Average  21.6 to 21.9 up 1.39%, England 21.8 to 22.1  up 1.38%,  Wales  9.2 to 9.2 up 0.00%, Northern Ireland 31.3 to 32.6  up 4.15%

European (Above 2 Million Population) : Netherlands 301 to 259, Sweden  331 to 250, Croatia 229 to 175,  Belgium 182 to 172, France186 to 169, Greece 152 all destinations over 150 cases per 100K     

Sun worshiper areas currently are Malta 11(Down) (How is this not on Green list ?), Portugal 24(Up),  Bulgaria 72(Down), Spain 84(Down), Italy 95(Down), Turkey 128(Down)  Cyprus 272 (Down)    

Council progress in last 24 Hours as follows.

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

Naughty Level 3 Councils

Glasgow City   70.9 to 80.4     Another 13.40% rise.  Pollokshields West 1008.2 & East 873.5 per 100K

Moray  98.1 to 68.9  Down 26.71%

East Renfrewshire   39.8 to 52.3 Up 31.40%

Midlothian   48.7 to 50.8  Zero cases 2 weeks ago to hitting the 50 target. 68% in Pentland.

Clackmannanshire  52.4 to 50.4   

Under 50 Level 2 Criteria Club

South Lanarkshire    33.7 to 37.1    

North Lanarkshire  34.9 to 35.7

Fife   28.1 to 31.6

North Ayrshire  26.7 to 26.0

Stirling   20.2 to 25.5 

Aberdeen City   21.9 to 24.1  

East Dunbartonshire   22.1 to 23.9   

East Ayrshire    28.7 to 23.8

Perth & Kinross   19.1 to 23.7  

Falkirk    26.1 to 23.0

West Lothian  24.6 to 22.9

South Ayrshire     21.3 to 22.2   

Renfrewshire 19.5 to 21.2

City Of Edinburgh  19.4 to 20.4

 

The Should be in Level 1  Club Sub 20.0

Dundee City    17.4 to 14.7

Inverclyde  11.6 to 14.1

Aberdeenshire 12.6 to 13.0

Angus  12.9 to 12.9

West Dunbartonshire   10.1 to 10.1

Highlands   7.6 to 7.2

Dumfries & Galloway  6.7 to 6.7 

East Lothian   5.6 to 5.6 

Scottish  Borders   3.5 to 3.5

Argyll & Bute  0.0 to 0.0     

Orkney Island  4.5 to 0.0 

Shetland Islands  0.0 to 0.0  

Western Isles 0.0 to 0.0

Edited May 14, 2021 by superbigal

[Left Back]

So Moray's rate is less than Glasgow's.  Moray's is going in the right direction and Glasgow's in the wrong but there's a good chance Moray will be under heavier restrictions than Glasgow by the end of the day.

[GiGi]

The NHS is clearly coping absolutely fine with the pandemic at this point in time so I'm not really seeing the fuss about these small increases in case numbers. This was inevitable as the country returns to a semblance of normal life yet for all the new cases these are clearly not spiking deaths or serious illness. 

That should actually be very good news. Yes the virus is still prevalent but not causing serious harm. 

 

[Jan Vojáček]

1 minute ago, Left Back said:

So Moray's rate is less than Glasgow's.  Moray's is going in the right direction and Glasgow's in the wrong but there's a good chance Moray will be under heavier restrictions than Glasgow by the end of the day.

I reckon the reason that there's been no news is because they won't want to lock down Glasgow, but now can't lock down Moray with a far lower rate. Previously they'd just have locked down Moray without thinking about it.

Everyone into tier two would, of course, be the correct thing to do given the NHS is under no pressure whatsoever. But we just can't be sure.

[Honest_Man#1]

Is Nicola doing her best Boris impression here or was it never actually confirmed as being at 2.15?

[superbigal]

1 minute ago, GiGi said:

The NHS is clearly coping absolutely fine with the pandemic at this point in time so I'm not really seeing the fuss about these small increases in case numbers. This was inevitable as the country returns to a semblance of normal life yet for all the new cases these are clearly not spiking deaths or serious illness. 

That should actually be very good news. Yes the virus is still prevalent but not causing serious harm. 

 

Published articles in Belgium of virus "ripping" through an old biddies home.

They all were asymptomatic having been vaccinated.

As you say the reason why some "bad" news should actually be "brilliant" news.

[Bairnardo]

Something I havent really seen mentioned, but I think its worthy of discussion... Given the situation now compares to last summer, and with the actual number of cases which are being conveniently presented as HUGE PERCENTAGE RISES!!!!! Being in many cases, single figures.... How the f**k is test and protect not fully able and fully trusted to be able to head these outbreaks off? Especially given the head start that any outbreak is rapidly going to run into more vaccinated peope than not, people can and are testing at gome twice a week and we have more LFTs to act as a surge capacity than a horse can shite.

We all know T&P is/was a shambles but why is this not being raised? Its literally there to tackle outbreaks from low numbers as society reopens and theres not been a fucking peep about it. Minter.

[scottsdad]

Still the focus is on so-called "cases". This disease has bean near-eliminated as a threat to life and serious illness in Scotland. But because of increased levels of infections in some areas (amongst younger people who are really very unlikely to suffer badly or die) people's jobs and businesses remain at risk of extended lockdown. It is a joke. 

As for Devi etc. talking about a vacine-dodging variant, they're like the Daily Express doing their annual warning that winter will be the really bad with blizzards and icy blasts, deep snow and sub-zero temperatures. They're right every 7 or 8 years and can then point back and say "Told you so!". Those on Twitter saying talking up a mega-mutant that evades vaccines are doing so in case this actually happens. Then they'll be able to pull off the same thing and smother you in smugness. And if they're wrong? Who cares - the threat is perpetual.

[The Naitch]

Is Nicola doing her best Boris impression here or was it never actually confirmed as being at 2.15?

There was never any announcement of a 2.15 briefing so no idea where it was picked up from.

3 (three) in ICU surely means no delays to Glasgow or Moray moving to Level 2 anyway…

[super_carson]

8 minutes ago, GiGi said:

The NHS is clearly coping absolutely fine with the pandemic at this point in time so I'm not really seeing the fuss about these small increases in case numbers. This was inevitable as the country returns to a semblance of normal life yet for all the new cases these are clearly not spiking deaths or serious illness. 

That should actually be very good news. Yes the virus is still prevalent but not causing serious harm. 

 

Absolutely this.  I thought the more pragmatic scientists and officials were saying that elimination/zero-covid was, realistically, impossible? Shitting it over cases is contradictory to this.  

In order for us to learn to live with this thing we need to be firing vaccinations into just about every fucker we can, round the clock if need be, and stop shitting it at the slightest rise in infections.  The vaccinations now clearly are preventing hospitalisations and deaths and a vaccine evading variant remains a hypothetical.  They are the only real mitigation that should be required come the middle/end of summer.  

Edited May 14, 2021 by super_carson

[Left Back]

6 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:

Something I havent really seen mentioned, but I think its worthy of discussion... Given the situation now compares to last summer, and with the actual number of cases which are being conveniently presented as HUGE PERCENTAGE RISES!!!!! Being in many cases, single figures.... How the f**k is test and protect not fully able and fully trusted to be able to head these outbreaks off? Especially given the head start that any outbreak is rapidly going to run into more vaccinated peope than not, people can and are testing at gome twice a week and we have more LFTs to act as a surge capacity than a horse can shite.

We all know T&P is/was a shambles but why is this not being raised? Its literally there to tackle outbreaks from low numbers as society reopens and theres not been a fucking peep about it. Minter.

Testing and tracing has made no difference to the course of the pandemic.

https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/127/public-accounts-committee/news/150988/unimaginable-cost-of-test-trace-failed-to-deliver-central-promise-of-averting-another-lockdown/