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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

clubchamp98 said:
My daughters school has closed today because so many of the staff have the virus.
Not just teachers but all the adult staff!!
If we want kids in school so parents can go to work ,we need to vaccinate the staff
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Daughter has just told Missis T that grandson had told the teacher he has had a Covid test and is waiting for results. The head teacher rang daughter and asked if that was the case. He was assured that was not the case at all, much to the relief of the school. He is 8 bless him.
 
Just an update from my home country. Several cases being reported now of care home bosses, people in managerial roles within council social- and health services and board members at one of the biggest hospitals who've circumvented the vaccination que and vaccinated themselves + their families.
 
clubchamp98 said:
My daughters school has closed today because so many of the staff have the virus.
Not just teachers but all the adult staff!!
If we want kids in school so parents can go to work ,we need to vaccinate the staff
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When I got my jab last Sunday there was a group of bus drivers there from the droid just down the road. It seems like key worker groups are being invited? If yes, rightfully so in my opinion.
 
Ethan said:
Not in the prioritisation categories in England. Still by age, and extremely vulnerable people.
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Bus drivers on the Isle of Wight have been offered a jab, and the company is working at getting the mainland drivers done asap. Also my wife (early years practitioner) has been told she will get it in the next two weeks due to the local authority being given a stock of vaccines to use where they see fit and her workplace being one of the chosen ones.
 
https://twitter.com/x/status/1357020969806819330
https://twitter.com/x/status/1357025162349182977

https://twitter.com/x/status/1357025177780027392

Added the slides - over 10million now have had the vaccine - 1/6th of the population done , at this rate we will be done June - edited due to poor English ?

National Tiers to start

Someone posted a “potential” example of the road map that will be announced on 22nd Feb if the current trend continues

22nd Feb - confirm schools to be open and relaxing of outdoor exercise and meetings

8th March - Schools Open - country into Tier 3 restrictions

5th April - Country into Tier 2

1st May - Tiers removed but still social distancing measures , masks etc

1st June - no restrictions
 
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That would be amazing, and no reason why not, after all it virtually disappeared last summer without a vaccine. Guess the issue will be with people coming in from abroad so can see the quarantine hotel thing being in place for a while
 
Liverpoolphil said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1357020969806819330

National Tiers to start

Someone posted a “potential” example of the road map that will be announced on 22nd Feb if the current trend continues

22nd Feb - confirm schools to be open and relaxing of outdoor exercise and meetings

8th March - Schools Open - country into Tier 3 restrictions

5th April - Country into Tier 2

1st May - Tiers removed but still social distancing measures , masks etc

1st June - no restrictions
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Oh I hope so. That's a timeline which would be fine with me...just to meet a pal outside for a walk would be lovely (ie the "essential" and "local" elements relaxed). If golf opened all the merrier.
 
Lilyhawk said:
Just an update from my home country. Several cases being reported now of care home bosses, people in managerial roles within council social- and health services and board members at one of the biggest hospitals who've circumvented the vaccination que and vaccinated themselves + their families.
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My boss's wife is a nurse. She was told by management to get a list of friends and family that could get to the hospital within 20 minutes. This is purely to stop vacines being tipped down the drain because of no shows. Most of the management at her hospital have naturally been vaccinated as a result.

Don't be so fast to jump to conclusions
 
hovis said:
My boss's wife is a nurse. She was told by management to get a list of friends and family that could get to the hospital within 20 minutes. This is purely to stop vacines being tipped down the drain because of no shows. Most of the management at her hospital have naturally been vaccinated as a result.

Don't be so fast to jump to conclusions
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Similar story near a family member who lives almost right next door to a hospital. Local residents are on a list and in the evening are called to see if they’d like to be vaccinated and if so can they can across within 15 minutes or so. Always late on to ensure no one more deserving gets missed but prevents wastage.
 
SaintHacker said:
Bus drivers on the Isle of Wight have been offered a jab, and the company is working at getting the mainland drivers done asap. Also my wife (early years practitioner) has been told she will get it in the next two weeks due to the local authority being given a stock of vaccines to use where they see fit and her workplace being one of the chosen ones.
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Good for them, but the Govt official prioritisation rules don't cover that. The idea of Councils being given vax to do as they see fit worries me.
 
larmen said:
When I got my jab last Sunday there was a group of bus drivers there from the droid just down the road. It seems like key worker groups are being invited? If yes, rightfully so in my opinion.
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I agree...

If we want society back to 'normal' sooner rather than later we need to start prioritising those in the groups that ensure society functions well...

Perhaps, if Gavin grew a pair and spoke up for his 'troops' in the manner Cressida Dick did for her folk there'd be no need for 'bleating'...
 
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