From a public health perspective it’s terrible design, it’s not controversial to admit that not everyone is tech savvy it’s poorly formulated simple as.
I’m not sure what your point is here. Your initial complaint was that the track and trace app and the general NHS app are not one in the same.
Just talking from real life experience where I’ve had to explain this to people and set it up for them, that’s all
If you ever have the misfortune of eating in O’Connell street it already happens pre pandemicCan already imagine you tipping your glass to the pathetic youngsters staring hungrily through the restaurant windows.
Test 3. Surge in new Covid infections. They are rising steeply.
The JCVI will decide on timing. I wouldn't be surprised to see it opened to 16/17 year olds + over 12s with particular risk factors (maybe even including a family member at high risk.
It doesn't mention that, it specifically relates to infection rates and surge in hospitalisations, not case rates. Test three states the following:
We've had both Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance coming out and saying that the NHS can cope with the current levels and we're not seeing surges that we've seen in previous waves, so I disagree in your assessment.
To your last point, you should read the Sage report on reopening. They say there is a great degree of uncertainty on this and that if people go back to pre pandemic behaviours, we could have 4000+ hospitalisations per day, which would lead to interventions again. Only by people acting responsibly and ethically do they see us having a gradual, longer wave of 1000-1500 hospitalisations.
Up to you.
Massive gamble, though the broad principles make a kind of sense. The use of terminology like "freedom day" is dangerous - it's a "go and hide" day for lots of people. The decision to drop mitigations (like masks on public transport) on purely political grounds is offensive.
Come on now. Current infection rates clearly risk a rise in hospitalisations. Risk aside, we’re already seeing an actual increase.
I see that the mayor of London has made a decision to keep mandatory masks on the tube. I wonder if other local leaders will end up doing the same?
You would hope some common sense is applied, Manchester transport could just put more frequent trams on at kick off times but that's a ridiculous suggestion
The definition of surge would mean absolute numbers and not percentage increase, unless we measure bed capacity by another metric? They do risk a rise in hospitalisations, but case rates seem to be concentrated within the under 29's - most likely those without full vaccinations. Comparing wave to wave, as a broad brush it's looking like it's 2/3's less due to the vaccination impact.
Yep. And the Tory acolytes will carp on about the ‘Muslim Mayor’ and the culture war has another log to burn.
Without legislation (as they have until 19 July) will transport companies actually have any powers to force people to wear a mask?
Interesting. So in effective Sage are modelling as if life will go exactly back to what it was say on January 6th 2020 when the concept of anyone wearing a mask out on street or public transport would've just stood out like when you saw tourists in London wearing them who'd come from asian countries.
Here here.
Sensible rules , Drakeford likes to delay and see what happens in England first. Mind you I think it will be a struggle to enforce masks with tourists from England who have got their holiday heads on as it was hard enough when masks were mandatory in England. My mates son was on the door in a local Tesco and got a lot of abuse asking people to put masks on. We are carrying on as we are , mother and father in law in their 80s so sit outside enjoy the weather, who knows things might not get too out of hand.
Sorry to hear that, worrying that it wasn't mild symptoms only for you. Did you get AZ jabs and, if so, do you know if they were produced in India?
I’ve noticed you asking similar questions of anyone who says they’ve got covid recently. I can understand why you’re curious but the answers won’t tell you anything useful. I can say with absolute certainty that some people are catching covid despite being vaccinated. Two doses, one dose, Pfizer, AZ, every other vaccine. It doesn’t matter. You will see people with every possible vaccine history catching covid. And some of those people will end up in hospital. Some will die. That’s the reality we’re dealing with here. The vaccines are remarkably effective but they’re not 100% effective at preventing anything. Which we can see from the PHE data on vaccine effectiveness.
“A few patients we are caring for still deny Covid exists, even as we strap oxygen masks to their faces”… what the feck is wrong with people?!
As he says in the article, they’re going to deal with more and more of these fruit loops in the months ahead. Will be a huge test of their patience.
I was hoping you wouldn't say that.
None whatsoever. For very young kids the much bigger risk to their health has always been old school viruses like influenza, measles or RSV.
Nice. I’m still planning to use her as an excuse to get out of going to things though.
I’m still using my 12 and 10 year olds for that exact purpose. Don’t know how I’m going to cope when they move out of home.
So this was 3 weeks ago. Still waiting for that disaster.
I haven’t been following case numbers in the Nordic countries. Is delta having any impact yet?
Get well soon
Hope you feel better soon.
