Coronavirus - UK
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@MajorRage yeah, I'm guessing BBC were referring to this:
https://www.excludeduk.org/three-million-breakdownBut for them to have found all 2.9 million and discovered how they feel, well that's amazing.
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MajorRage yeah, I'm guessing BBC were referring to this:
https://www.excludeduk.org/three-million-breakdownBut for them to have found all 2.9 million and discovered how they feel, well that's amazing.
Basically, the main problem is that a lot of people have friends furloughed so are sitting on their arse for 80% paid by the government and people are jealous.
Yeah, there probably are a few people who should be getting some support, but I imagine most of the people who slipped through the cracks are just lazy fuckers who don't want to to do deliveries or stack shelves. Thats not the government's problem. All the local supermarkets where I am have adverts for temporary workers.
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
BBC claiming millions of people feel like they have slipped through the cracks of government support schemes.
They have been busy! That's a lot of people they asked.
I actually got outraged at the BBC yesterday for an article they had on older people being confused by the letters they were receiving.
The story is that some older people were getting letters advising them to book a vaccination at places that were up to, and this is truly unbelievable - get yourself ready for it .... 30 - 40 minutes away! Yes, a WHOPPING 30-40 minutes away!!!
Once you deep dived into it, basically as they are trying to prioritise older people, it means that it's quicker for some to travel 30-40 mins than go to one which is much closer. So the NHS is actually thinking outside the box and where there are longer queues due to either fewer testing centres or higher proportion of elderly people, they are recommending people travel half an hour.
And the BBC reports this in such a negative light.
..and the quotes from the woman in the article who rang the vaccine helpline to call BoJo a liar, as he'd said they were planning for no-one to have to travel more than 10 miles for a jab, and was angry when they cut her off.
That's right, sweetie, you vent and waste the time of helpline staff actually trying to get as much vaccine into people arms as possible in the middle of a pandemic which is killing 1,000's a day. Fuckwit.
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BBC strikes again. BoJo being interviewed as he visits the Bristol Vaccination Centre
"Why have you travelled 100 miles to Bristol today? Why didn't you stay at home?"
Not as if the Prime Minister is a key worker who needs to travel to do his job....
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@Victor-Meldrew it's probably not good for BBC that it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest to hear the question was posed by a "reporter-on-the-scene".
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew it's probably not good for BBC that it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest to hear the question was posed by a "reporter-on-the-scene".
Was a senior reporter apparently. The cynic in me wonders if the BBC are just pissed off that 2.4m jabs have been given and the mid-Feb target looks to be achievable.
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This doing the rounds today
Clickbait?
Gypsy's warning to sort your shit out or else?
'Soft' announcement approx 7-10 days ahead of actual announcement, as has been the way by this Government?I've got a dog and I'll be out 3 times a day as I have been since 23 March 2020
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Picking up some strong messages that things might be tightened up if people don't comply. Also some strong messaging that the rules are there for a reason and not a boundary to be pushed against and loopholes used.
Hancock's presser tonight could be very grim to counter the feeling that we don't need to worry now the vaccine is being rolled out.
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
This doing the rounds today
Clickbait?
Gypsy's warning to sort your shit out or else?
'Soft' announcement approx 7-10 days ahead of actual announcement, as has been the way by this Government?I've got a dog and I'll be out 3 times a day as I have been since 23 March 2020
Probably not a bad idea to release these sort of things in order to get people to comply better with the rules.
REality is that nobody is going to listen to only being allowed out once a week. Literally nobody.
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@Victor-Meldrew @MiketheSnow
At the moment, it is threat. I suspect areas that continue to be really poor at following the rules will face additional measures. -
The Christmas mixing will still be infecting those spending most of their time at home, so even if everyone only goes out once a week infections probably won't start falling before next week.
Meanwhile, a friend of mine who's quite prominent on these things on Twitter, says that SAGE minutes indicate 25% of Covid in hospitals is HAI (caught while there) and of those 35% or so die.
In other words a disporportionate amount of mortality isn't community related.
No one is publicising this!
Reason, I guess, is that, between that, community infections and staff self isolating, hospitals are extremely stretched, and powers at be want focus on reducing the marginal infection.
My hunch is that the 'crisis' will behind us by end of Jan.
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@sparky said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew @MiketheSnow
At the moment, it is threat. I suspect areas that continue to be really poor at following the rules will face additional measures.Several interviews I saw at weekend focused on message that if new rules actually FOLLOWED little need for extra.
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@pakman said in Coronavirus - UK:
The Christmas mixing will still be infecting those spending most of their time at home, so even if everyone only goes out once a week infections probably won't start falling before next week.
Meanwhile, a friend of mine who's quite prominent on these things on Twitter, says that SAGE minutes indicate 25% of Covid in hospitals is HAI (caught while there) and of those 35% or so die.
In other words a disporportionate amount of mortality isn't community related.
No one is publicising this!
Reason, I guess, is that, between that, community infections and staff self isolating, hospitals are extremely stretched, and powers at be want focus on reducing the marginal infection.
My hunch is that the 'crisis' will behind us by end of Jan.
I fucking hope so, but don't share your optimism.
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@pakman said in Coronavirus - UK:
The Christmas mixing will still be infecting those spending most of their time at home, so even if everyone only goes out once a week infections probably won't start falling before next week.
Meanwhile, a friend of mine who's quite prominent on these things on Twitter, says that SAGE minutes indicate 25% of Covid in hospitals is HAI (caught while there) and of those 35% or so die.
In other words a disporportionate amount of mortality isn't community related.
No one is publicising this!
Reason, I guess, is that, between that, community infections and staff self isolating, hospitals are extremely stretched, and powers at be want focus on reducing the marginal infection.
My hunch is that the 'crisis' will behind us by end of Jan.
I fucking hope so, but don't share your optimism.
Crisis meaning hospitals at breaking point. Will still be too many deaths for comfort.
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Watching Hancock's presser.
All but one of the questions are sensible, probing and germane to the current situation. Bloody shocked.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
Watching Hancock's presser.
All but one of the questions are sensible, probing and germane to the current situation. Bloody shocked.
Double upvote for using germane during a pandemic!
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@MajorRage a GP surgery in our PCN group is leading ours for multiple sites and feedback so far has been that it's incredibly emotional for staff and patients, lovely to hear that the people who are most vulnerable are incredibly grateful to receive it, heart warming stuff, lots of happy tears apparently! Still lots of moaners complaining about people queuing etc but let's just get it done!!
Regardless of what this country has done right or wrong, over 2m jabs so far is amazing and I just hope it is recognised when we look back on this in years to come that we did THIS part right 👏🏻 #nhsclap 😉 -
@R-L
230k doses today alone apparently.
In contrast Germany have done 360k in total and France 80k in total
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@Victor-Meldrew I think today has been a huge day for community based vaccines, amazing. 🙌🏻