Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Suspect Device]

44 minutes ago, Elixir said:

So no vaxx passports required for COP26. I imagine there will be no vaccination or testing requirements for any delegates entering the country either. Nice to see Sturgeon and the Scottish Government be utter hypocrites when it suits.

Would she even have any say in the matter? She'd have to do what she's told by Boris who would be told what to do if he wants to hold COP26.

 

It's simply another one rule for them situation.

[Lyle Lanley]

FM: "Covid certification remains, in the Scottish Government’s view, a proportionate way of encouraging people to get vaccinated, and also of helping large events and night-time hospitality to keep operating during a potentially difficult winter."

So basically either use vaccine passports or large events and night time hospitality will be closed. 

[Salt n Vinegar]

26 minutes ago, Michael W said:

If a LFT is fine for COP26, why isn't it fine for an unvaccinated/partially vaccinated Scot going into a nightclub? 

Probably because the authorities are hoping that delegates to Cop26 will be less likely to be chewing the faces off each other and getting into each others' pants than the rampant shaggers who get howffed in about it in night clubs. 

Mind you, I've been to some conferences that..... well, that's another story...

[Abdul_Latif]

Absolute shit the bed stuff here.

NS stating that we don’t know how difficult the winter will be, so we are keeping these mitigations in place just in case, rather than introducing them if things look to be on a concerning trajectory.

 

[Lyle Lanley]

There is still a requirement for passengers to take a Covid test on the 2nd day after their arrival in Scotland. 
 

[scottsdad]

5 minutes ago, Abdul_Latif said:

Absolute shit the bed stuff here.

NS stating that we don’t know how difficult the winter will be, so we are keeping these mitigations in place just in case, rather than introducing them if things look to be on a concerning trajectory.

 

Like walking around with a condom on, just in case, to protect passers by from your evil seed.

[Elixir]

54 minutes ago, virginton said:

LFTs are completely and utterly useless though. 

Yup, just like vaccine passports.

 

44 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

Probably because the vaccine app for domestic use is more about encouraging vaccine uptake than any direct health benefits.

Scotland sure has struggled for vaccine uptake! Oh no, wait, we became one of the most vaxxed countries on the planet before this coercive, authoritarian bullshit.

 

20 minutes ago, Abdul_Latif said:

Absolute shit the bed stuff here.

NS stating that we don’t know how difficult the winter will be, so we are keeping these mitigations in place just in case, rather than introducing them if things look to be on a concerning trajectory.

Utterly unacceptable knicker-wetting pish, but then that's no surprise from this tinpot administration. It will be April/May at the earliest before there is any movement on the Covid theatrics. Meanwhile, England and the Nordics will get through tHiS dIfFiCuLt WiNtEr without them. Embarrassing.

Edited October 5, 2021 by Elixir

[welshbairn]

14 minutes ago, Lyle Lanley said:

There is still a requirement for passengers to take a Covid test on the 2nd day after their arrival in Scotland. 
 

Looks like the only relaxation of the travel rules is accepting Chinese and Russian vaccines which they don't for ordinary punters for some petty political reason probably.

https://ukcop26.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/FAQs-Planning-your-Journey-to-COP26.pdf

[Elixir]

I think it could be a difficult winter for the NHS, lads. Better just keep pointless theatre in place forevermore.

[Left Back]

1 hour ago, Michael W said:

Akin to putting on the air con and then opening the car windows. A total waste of energy for no effect. 

Ventilation is the new masks, isn't it? 

The Insulate Britain mob will be after them

[Abdul_Latif]

7 minutes ago, Left Back said:

The Insulate Britain mob will be after them

Tbh I’m surprised this hasn’t come up yet. 
 

How the f**k do we save energy while schools, hospitals and nursing home boilers are running their tits off for 6 months over a Scottish winter cause all the windows are open?!

[Michael W]

11 minutes ago, Left Back said:

The Insulate Britain mob will be after them

Look forward to them glueing themselves to the school entrance in protest. 

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

1 hour ago, Lyle Lanley said:

There is still a requirement for passengers to take a Covid test on the 2nd day after their arrival in Scotland. 
 

Im sure Biden and the pope will do everything they can to ensure they meet Nicola’s standards. 
Cop26 absolutely should have been cancelled, its amazing, NHS on its knees and the increased demand this will cause and disruption through protests etc but its somehow ok? Is it because if they held the conference digitally that NS wouldnt get to raise her profile?

[superbigal]

Home Nations Daily Cases per 100K update  :  UK Average  355.7 to 348.4 down 2.05%, England  340.0 to 337.6 down 0.71%, Wales 594.1 to 535.5 down 9.86%, Northern Ireland   406.5 to 403.3 down 0.79%   Scotland 319.8 to 314.2 down 1.77%

Is wave 4 now over in the whole of the UK ?  

Wales now in drop freefall.  England & NI making very small drops for a few days now.

Deaths: England 140,  Scotland 21, Wales 2,  NI 3

[Guest]

22 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

Im sure Biden and the pope will do everything they can to ensure they meet Nicola’s standards. 
Cop26 absolutely should have been cancelled, its amazing, NHS on its knees and the increased demand this will cause and disruption through protests etc but its somehow ok? Is it because if they held the conference digitally that NS wouldnt get to raise her profile?

cop26 is under the remit of the UK gov.

[Abdul_Latif]

25 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

Cop26 absolutely should have been cancelled

No it shouldn’t, nor should any other large scale event of any sort.

 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Lyle Lanley said:

Nicola Sturgeon begins her Covid update to parliament by giving the latest statistics on Covid cases and vaccinations.

She says the number of cases is continuing to fall in Scotland and there is no need to introduce any tighter restrictions.

But she says the level of infection does remain relatively high and so it is prudent to keep in place the remaining "mitigations" such as face coverings.

In fairness some of our rules are actually quite lax in comparison to some of our European neighbours.

Take Spain and Portugal, they have both virtually eradicated covid (under 30 per 100,000 currently), yet face masks remain compulsory and strictly adhered to in all public transport, enclosed spaces and even in open stands at the football.

[Todd_is_God]

1 hour ago, Abdul_Latif said:

Absolute shit the bed stuff here.

NS stating that we don’t know how difficult the winter will be, so we are keeping these mitigations in place just in case, rather than introducing them if things look to be on a concerning trajectory.

 

Must. Care. More.

[scottsdad]

34 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

Im sure Biden and the pope will do everything they can to ensure they meet Nicola’s standards. 
Cop26 absolutely should have been cancelled, its amazing, NHS on its knees and the increased demand this will cause and disruption through protests etc but its somehow ok? Is it because if they held the conference digitally that NS wouldnt get to raise her profile?

Not COP26 specifically, but online/digital conferences are utter shite. 

The whole point of going to conferences is not to listen to the speeches and talks, but rather to make connections, have discussions and the like. 

My old boss liked to show up to the mornings of these events, find a few likely people and go to the pub with them in the afternoon. Much more productive. 

That said, having people fly from all over the world to a climate conference during a pandemic seems odd. 

[Guest]

Talking of Spain, given that they've had a melting pot of foreign tourists all summer, they haven't required testing and everything has been pretty much open as normal, then one would have to question HOW they have managed to virtually eradicate covid when we're sitting here with all these testing requirements and entry restrictions yet we still have among the highest covid rates in the world ??

Surely the press should be badgering both the UK and SG on this and ask WHY these tests remain a requirement when they quite obviously are pointless and don't reflect the science or reality as it currently stands.