Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Blue in Munich said:
I'll blame them because they are clearly ill-informed, have no idea what is going on and will have put a number of people and the running of the ward at risk because of their pig-headed ignorance.
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Remember - there are no stupid or ignorant people in this country...they simply believe different things to you and I.
 
anotherdouble said:
I said this a couple of days ago. Tier systems have always led to a lockdown, so they don’t work. Economy is broken so another 6-8 weeks won’t matter. Scientists now will want to hold out with lockdown I would think until 55/60 and above vaccinate.
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Not necessarily disagreeing with the conclusion but not following the working out. How many lockdowns are needed to determine "always"?
When we came out of lockdown 1 (May 2020) I for one was surprised just how well things went for several months. Just check the various stats. With the vaccination progress there's definitely an argument for coming out - just the timing
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
...and what happens when the ‘first receivers‘ 12 weeks is up and they start flowing in to get their 2nd...like we find in golf with a two tee start - as soon as those starting on the 10th complete the 18th the numbers starting on the 1st drops to accommodate those coming round because there is only so much capacity I.e. one 1st tee. Will we have the capacity of both vaccine and resources to cope with ‘parallel vaccinating’...for both 1st and 2nd vaccinations.

If we build capacity in advance of the 12weeks pt as I am sure we are then we will get increased 1st vaccination for a while - which will be great - but then that 1st vaccination rate will drop significantly as the 2nd vaccinations are given.
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Excellent question. When this delay was first announced, many in the medical profession said, "Hang on, so all these people will be arriving back just as we hit peak vaccination pace. How's that going to work?". There are many questions. One is whether vaccine has been set aside for the 12 week second vacc patients, and how how first and second vacc patients are going to be prioritised. It has the potential to cause some issues. Rumours that a large private contract has been placed suggests that our friends at Serco, or similar, are going to wheeled in at eye-watering cost (and for different reasons, eye-watering performance) to do a lot of the vaccinating.

If you asked the Army logistics people to advise, they would probably have placed a lot of emphasis in clearing 2nd vaccs for key NHS and care home personnel and only delaying the civilians.
 
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Hopefully we’ll see some easing of the lockdown by early March or sooner.

We were warned last summer that this Winter could be bad and with the slight chink of light appearing at the end of the tunnel, Spring and the warmer weather will also help in the fight.
 
pauldj42 said:
Hopefully we’ll see some easing of the lockdown by early March or sooner.

We were warned last summer that this Winter could be bad and with the slight chink of light appearing at the end of the tunnel, Spring and the warmer weather will also help in the fight.
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I think that is rather unlikely. I don't expect my kids to go back to school before Easter, and schools are the barometer for a lot of other stuff.
 
IainP said:
Not necessarily disagreeing with the conclusion but not following the working out. How many lockdowns are needed to determine "always"?
When we came out of lockdown 1 (May 2020) I for one was surprised just how well things went for several months. Just check the various stats. With the vaccination progress there's definitely an argument for coming out - just the timing
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What, I think, they have to avoid is another lockdown.
The timing of easing restrictions has to be right so that we keep on top of the virus and not let it take hold again.
I think they'll come down on the side of caution, risk another few weeks of lockdown to get more vaccinated and drive new cases to rock bottom.
Come out too early and it could be dangerous.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
i cannot comment on my personal concerns without reference to those who are putting in place the framework for my life and my confidence in their ability to do the right thing at the right time. If we do not have confidence in those leading us then we are in a bad place.

I just do not know else I can do express my worries because for as long as we are all, and business remains, as restricted as it currently is my life will be very significantly impacted - through how it impacts very seriously some of those closest to me as well as how it impacts myself directly.
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If youre u able to comment without veering into the political arena......don't comment..
Thats been my procedure since the political ban.
Seems to have worked..
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
i cannot comment on my personal concerns without reference to those who are putting in place the framework for my life and my confidence in their ability to do the right thing at the right time. If we do not have confidence in those leading us then we are in a bad place.

I just do not know else I can do express my worries because for as long as we are all, and business remains, as restricted as it currently is my life will be very significantly impacted - through how it impacts very seriously some of those closest to me as well as how it impacts myself directly.
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99% of others on here manage.:mad:
 
Ethan said:
I think that is rather unlikely. I don't expect my kids to go back to school before Easter, and schools are the barometer for a lot of other stuff.
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Ethan man! You’re like a cloud on a sunny day.;) Just trying to keep my glass half full.(y)
 
I think we may get some year groups in before Easter but not all of them, same as last time. Easter being early this year is not helping, if Easter was at the end of the month they may have been more pressure but it but Good Friday being the 02/04 means kids are missing the first 2 weeks of April anyways.
 
pauldj42 said:
Ethan man! You’re like a cloud on a sunny day.;) Just trying to keep my glass half full.(y)
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I am a 'plan for the worst, hope for the best' kinda guy. That always works out better than the opposite. If you set expectations and then improve them, people are happy. If you reach the same position the other way round, they aren't.
 
IainP said:
Not necessarily disagreeing with the conclusion but not following the working out. How many lockdowns are needed to determine "always"?
When we came out of lockdown 1 (May 2020) I for one was surprised just how well things went for several months. Just check the various stats. With the vaccination progress there's definitely an argument for coming out - just the timing
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And that’s the bit I think the scientists will want to delay and leave everything to happen until Easter. With regards my comment regarding lockdown, it was meant that there was a lockdown following a release to tier system irrespective of how long we were in the tier system for.
 
AdamW said:
The level of stupid here is off the charts:

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I was wondering what the hell was going on here and what the main speaker’s end goal really was but then at around 8 minutes he confirmed my worst suspicion; he’s a conspiracy theory nut job and doesn’t believe the virus is real. Sigh.
 
Ethan said:
I am a 'plan for the worst, hope for the best' kinda guy. That always works out better than the opposite. If you set expectations and then improve them, people are happy. If you reach the same position the other way round, they aren't.
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Always the optimist me, with the review due mid Feb, saying March was my ‘plan for the worst’:)
 
AdamW said:
The level of stupid here is off the charts:

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Sorry to labour this video and repeat comment but having watched it all through, I just wanted to comment that I genuinely cried at around 15 minutes out of pure sadness and frustration for the doctor. He’s only one person on the front line who has to face this idiotic questioning and people belittling the effort they’re going to in order to help people and save lives. To have someone stand there and basically tell you that what you’re doing isn’t real must feel like such a huge slap in the face and be utterly demoralising. I’m genuinely so sad and angered by these sorts of attitudes.
 
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