Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Michael W]

13 minutes ago, MP_MFC said:

Groundwork being laid for us dumping the travel testing too, a decision due in the next day or two.

Can't believe they've let Edinburgh Airport win over Linda Bauld! 

[superbigal]

Daily Summary for @oaksoft :   Deaths 18 (0 day before),  ICU cases 94 down from 97  (? new admissions),  In hospital with confirmed Covid  1107 up from 1088 (322 new admissions).

Figures for Jags.  1st Vaccines  2,565 to 3,222 ,  2nd vaccines  3,795 to 2,772

Daily Cases Update: 11 days of falls now with today an excellent drop of nearly 4% to 485.8 Only South Ayrshire (Worst performing last 2 weeks anyway) is on the rise.

Blackburn in Aberdeenshire is up to an eye watering 1,949 which in ONS reality probably means 1 in 25 has the Rona.

Total Cases Scotland 7 days 12th September to 18th September  were  27,613 to 26,553 down 3.84%, Positivity was 9.7% now 9.5%.  Cases per 100K were  505.2 now 485.8

Home Nations Daily Cases per 100K update  :  UK Average  303.3 to 297.1 down 2.04%, England  259.3 to 255.6 down 1.43%, Wales 521.9 to 535.2 up 2.55%, Northern Ireland   486.6 to 458.0 down 5.88%

In Europe for travellers (Countries Population over 3 Million) Serbia 563.0 (weekly change up 24%), Croatia 200.4 (weekly change up 35%), Ireland  179.4 (Weekly change -6%), Moldova 176.3 (Weekly up 46%), Bosnia 166.4 (weekly up 13%),  Bulgaria 163.8 (Weekly up 7%), Romania 154.1 (weekly up 88%), Austria 152.8 (weekly change -1%), These are the only countries over 150 cases per 100K.

Scotland  peaks in wave 4 at 817.1 for 1st Sep to 7th Sep, (UK was 392.1), Cases that day were 44,663 and positivity 12.5%

Scotland peaks in Wave 3 at 425.1 for 27th June to 3rd July, (UK was 229.9) . Cases that day were 23,222 and positivity 10.8%

Scotland  peaked in wave 2 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%  

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

West Dunbartonshire    803.7 to 746.0  Down over 7%

South Ayrshire  645.6 to 656.3   The worst performing council in last 2 weeks up another 1.66%

North Lanarkshire   672.5 to 653.7  

Renfrewshire   643.8 to 625.5  

North Ayrshire   626.4 to 595.9 

East Renfrewshire 639.2 to 585.1 Down over 8%

Inverclyde   607.3 to 582.7 

East Ayrshire   583.1 to 582.2 

East Dunbartonshire   606.9 to 578.4  

West Lothian  587.5 to 563.1 

Midlothian   578.6 to 541.1 

Stirling   563.4 to 541.0 

South Lanarkshire   546.1 to 538.6 

Fife  565.6 to 538.6 

Falkirk   539.4 to 532.5  

Dundee City  569.1 to 530.8 

Glasgow City   526.6 to 509.6  

BELOW AVERAGE

Aberdeenshire   490.1 to 466.7 

Clackmannanshire   452.3 to 440.6  

Argyll & Bute  448.3 to 434.3 

Aberdeen City  425.2 to 409.1  

Perth & Kinross     388.4 to 383.8  

City Of Edinburgh   404.8 to 378.1 

Dumfries & Galloway 365.5 to 357.4 

East Lothian    353.1 to 339.2   

Scottish  Borders  343.6 to 324.5 

Angus  332.4 to 310.8  

Highlands  308.4 to 293.9 

Moray   201.7 to 197.5 

Shetland Islands   131.2 to 139.9 

Western Isles   150.9 to 139.6  

Orkney Islands  120.5 to 111.6  

Edited September 21, 2021 by superbigal

[scottsdad]

No third jag data @superbigal ?

[Thereisalight..]

NS confirming performers/workers at nightclubs, sports events etc wont need vaccine certification. Ironic that the stewards checking passports could be unvaccinated 

Edited September 21, 2021 by Thereisalight..

[Abdul_Latif]

13 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said:

NS confirming performers/workers at nightclubs, sports events etc wont need vaccine certification. Ironic that the stewards checking passports could be unvaccinated 

Bit of a kick in the balls for pubs with late licenses as well, in the nightclub definition.
 

Essentially the hybrid places open till say 1ish. Bit daft that you’ll be able to have folk up dancing all evening for example, but when the clock strikes 12 they are a nightclub.

Should be an added caveat of opening the doors at a certain time, say 11pm makes you a nightclub.

 

Edited September 21, 2021 by Abdul_Latif

[peasy23]

Test result came back negative this morning. If I hadn't phoned to chase them up then I would never have got them. Daft bint in charge hadn't assigned the test kit code to my name, despite me asking twice if she needed to scan the QR code on my appointment. Meant the test result was sitting there for ages unassigned, as soon as I hung up the phone to the helpline I got the text message and email with the result.

[scottsdad]

A colleague of mine is self isolating. He took his son for a PCR test at the weekend. The results came back - his son was positive and he was negative. What's getting him confused/curious is that after taking the test, he drove his son to his ex-wife's house. He was in the car with the germ factory for a while. 

He has taken a LF test yesterday morning (negative) and went for a new PCR test today. He isn't 100% sure of the rules in his case but doesn't want to come and potentially spread it to students. 

[Robin.Hood]

1 minute ago, scottsdad said:

A colleague of mine is self isolating. He took his son for a PCR test at the weekend. The results came back - his son was positive and he was negative. What's getting him confused/curious is that after taking the test, he drove his son to his ex-wife's house. He was in the car with the germ factory for a while. 

He has taken a LF test yesterday morning (negative) and went for a new PCR test today. He isn't 100% sure of the rules in his case but doesn't want to come and potentially spread it to students. 

Why is he self isolating? Is he double jabbed? If yes he should be back to work 

[scottsdad]

1 minute ago, Robin.Hood said:

Why is he self isolating? Is he double jabbed? If yes he should be back to work 

Yes, double jagged. He a) isn't sure of the rules and b) is worried about being patient zero handing the bug out to students.

[Robin.Hood]

Just now, scottsdad said:

Yes, double jagged. He a) isn't sure of the rules and b) is worried about being patient zero handing the bug out to students.

Then he should be back to work. The school/ college should know these rules and have someone in place to tell him of the rules.

[scottsdad]

Just now, Robin.Hood said:

Then he should be back to work. The school/ college should know these rules and have someone in place to tell him of the rules.

I reckon if this PCR test comes back negative he'll come back. 

He has had himself and his son tested twice a week with PCR tests for weeks, and been taking lateral flows in between. Pinpointed where these huge test figures came from...

[Abdul_Latif]

9 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

 

He has had himself and his son tested twice a week with PCR tests for weeks, and been taking lateral flows in between. 

Thought you only got a PCR if showing symptoms or traced?

Surely this boy hasn’t been going online twice a week stating he has symptoms even if he doesn’t, just to get a test appointment?!

 

[scottsdad]

1 minute ago, Abdul_Latif said:

Thought you only got a PCR if showing symptoms or traced?

Surely this boy hasn’t been going online twice a week stating he has symptoms even if he doesn’t, just to get a test appointment?!

 

I only know what he told me. No idea what he tells them. 

The issue seems to be that all the boy's pals seem to have tested positive over the last few weeks, so he was expecting a positive test result.

[Detournement]

21 minutes ago, Robin.Hood said:

Why is he self isolating? Is he double jabbed? If yes he should be back to work 

Because he wants 10 days off work. It's not rocket science. 

[scottsdad]

5 minutes ago, Detournement said:

Because he wants 10 days off work. It's not rocket science. 

Unlucky for him - he still has to deliver the classes, just online rather than in person.  He had to rearrange his class this morning to an online-only format. 

[scottsdad]

Here you all go - irrefutable proof of the effectiveness of masks. I think Oaksoft will now be forced to reconsider his position on the subject.

Spoiler

 

 

[superbigal]

Home Nations Daily Cases per 100K update  :  UK Average  303.3 to 297.1 down 2.04%, England  259.3 to 255.6 down 1.43%, Wales 521.9 to 535.2 up 2.55%, Northern Ireland   486.6 to 458.0 down 5.88%

Wales going through another wave.

Deaths 203.   England 174, Scotland 18,  Wales 7,  NI 4

[superbigal]

31 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

Yes, double jagged. He a) isn't sure of the rules and b) is worried about being patient zero handing the bug out to students.

How can someone who teaches/lectures not know simple self isolation rules ?

As you are a colleague presumably you do not know the rules either ?

I despair.

[scottsdad]

2 minutes ago, superbigal said:

How can someone who teaches/lectures not know simple self isolation rules ?

As you are a colleague presumably you do not know the rules either ?

I despair.

I cannot speak for him. For me, if I was in his situation, I'd have to look them up. They have changed so many times. 

The key point for him was that (despite his own original test result) was was in a car for an extended time with a person with Covid. So he may have tested negative and then immediately caught it. That is his thinking. In that circumstance, are the rules simple?

[The Moonster]

57 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

A colleague of mine is self isolating. He took his son for a PCR test at the weekend. The results came back - his son was positive and he was negative. What's getting him confused/curious is that after taking the test, he drove his son to his ex-wife's house. He was in the car with the germ factory for a while. 

He has taken a LF test yesterday morning (negative) and went for a new PCR test today. He isn't 100% sure of the rules in his case but doesn't want to come and potentially spread it to students. 

If he's negative and double vaccinated he can continue going to work and should take a LFT every two days to ensure he is remaining negative. Guys in my work been doing the same whilst their kids have it at home. He can share a house or a car with the wean and not get it because vaccines work.