Coronavirus - UK
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@victor-meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
This is Coronavirus Comedy Gold...
Classic FM respond
Welsh Labour Government a bunch of chicken shitted irresponsible amateurs
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Think we’ll see far less compliance based on The Hancock Affair.
Only have to say sorry now and it’s all good.
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@mikethesnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
Think we’ll see far less compliance based on The Hancock Affair.
Only have to say sorry now and it’s all good.
Cummings v2
No pun intended
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@tewaio said in Coronavirus - UK:
UK Ferners, do we reckon they'll actually reopen July 19th given the spread of the delta variant?
Hong Kong banning all UK passengers flights from July 1st as "high risk" is not a good sign...
Should they? Yes
Will they? NoMore people died in the Miami building collapse than have in Wales since 23 May
It's a joke
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@tewaio said in Coronavirus - UK:
UK Ferners, do we reckon they'll actually reopen July 19th given the spread of the delta variant?
Hong Kong banning all UK passengers flights from July 1st as "high risk" is not a good sign...
Not a chance. We binned our summer holiday today.
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@majorrage said in Coronavirus - UK:
23,000 cases today. Political pressure must be ready to go up in a big way. Sigh.
BBC live stream
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Sajid Javid says he sees "no reason to go beyond 19 July" with coronavirus restrictions."In truth, no date we choose comes with zero risk for Covid - we know we cannot simply eliminate it, we have to learn to live with it," he says.
"People and businesses need certainty, so we want every step to be irreversible", he says.
"The restrictions on our freedoms must come to an end, we owe it to the British people who have sacrificed so much to restore their freedoms as quickly as we possibly can, and not to wait a moment longer than we need to."
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Will 19 July be the end of all restrictions?Lucy Allan MP asks Sajid Javid to confirm that 19 July will mark the end of the roadmap - that terminus means "the end of the line, not an interchange", and that all restrictions will stop on that date.
Javid says: "It is absolutely our intention to have step four commence on 19 July and remove restrictions and start returning to normal."
He adds that "as we follow the data in the coming days we will set out more in due course".
Same shit different turd
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@mikethesnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@majorrage said in Coronavirus - UK:
23,000 cases today. Political pressure must be ready to go up in a big way. Sigh.
BBC live stream
17:19
Sajid Javid says he sees "no reason to go beyond 19 July" with coronavirus restrictions."In truth, no date we choose comes with zero risk for Covid - we know we cannot simply eliminate it, we have to learn to live with it," he says.
"People and businesses need certainty, so we want every step to be irreversible", he says.
"The restrictions on our freedoms must come to an end, we owe it to the British people who have sacrificed so much to restore their freedoms as quickly as we possibly can, and not to wait a moment longer than we need to."
17:31
Will 19 July be the end of all restrictions?Lucy Allan MP asks Sajid Javid to confirm that 19 July will mark the end of the roadmap - that terminus means "the end of the line, not an interchange", and that all restrictions will stop on that date.
Javid says: "It is absolutely our intention to have step four commence on 19 July and remove restrictions and start returning to normal."
He adds that "as we follow the data in the coming days we will set out more in due course".
Same shit different turd
TBH Mike, I don't see much wrong with what Javid is saying. For sure it's potentially very disappointing, but I can't see how they can give a definitive answer to any of those questions. In fact I'd be more sceptical and/or worried if he was saying anything concrete.
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@catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@mikethesnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@majorrage said in Coronavirus - UK:
23,000 cases today. Political pressure must be ready to go up in a big way. Sigh.
BBC live stream
17:19
Sajid Javid says he sees "no reason to go beyond 19 July" with coronavirus restrictions."In truth, no date we choose comes with zero risk for Covid - we know we cannot simply eliminate it, we have to learn to live with it," he says.
"People and businesses need certainty, so we want every step to be irreversible", he says.
"The restrictions on our freedoms must come to an end, we owe it to the British people who have sacrificed so much to restore their freedoms as quickly as we possibly can, and not to wait a moment longer than we need to."
17:31
Will 19 July be the end of all restrictions?Lucy Allan MP asks Sajid Javid to confirm that 19 July will mark the end of the roadmap - that terminus means "the end of the line, not an interchange", and that all restrictions will stop on that date.
Javid says: "It is absolutely our intention to have step four commence on 19 July and remove restrictions and start returning to normal."
He adds that "as we follow the data in the coming days we will set out more in due course".
Same shit different turd
TBH Mike, I don't see much wrong with what Javid is saying. For sure it's potentially very disappointing, but I can't see how they can give a definitive answer to any of those questions. In fact I'd be more sceptical and/or worried if he was saying anything concrete.
Agreed
First part is redundant and only creates optimism and subsequent frustration
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@tewaio said in Coronavirus - UK:
UK Ferners, do we reckon they'll actually reopen July 19th given the spread of the delta variant?
Hong Kong banning all UK passengers flights from July 1st as "high risk" is not a good sign...
I’d say 95% likely.
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so infection rates are rising again, but death rates are still low, so I assume that means people who have been vaccinated, are still getting it, but are not getting as ill?
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - UK:
so infection rates are rising again, but death rates are still low, so I assume that means people who have been vaccinated, are still getting it, but are not getting as ill?
From the BBC:
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UK to offer Covid booster jab AND flu jab to all over-50's in September.
Flu and other respiratory viruses seen as a real issue as they have been supressed by lockdown/travel restrictions and could cause a lot of hospitalisation and deaths in the winter.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - UK:
so infection rates are rising again, but death rates are still low, so I assume that means people who have been vaccinated, are still getting it, but are not getting as ill?
From what we can see, whilst infections are climbing, deaths and hospitalisations are not. It would be handy to see the demographics of the positives, my gut feeling is that with the opening up of schools combined with the Delta variant which is supposed to be more infectious and then the more rigorous testing at schools (supposedly), it would be likely that the demographic for the infected would be much lower than previously.