• Thank you all very much for sharing your time with us in 2025. We hope you all have a safe and happy 2026!

Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Seems to me there is a definite 'postcode lottery' with 'jabbing'... Two of my brothers in law have had theirs... One and three years my junior with no underlying health issues living in the home counties... Yet, their sister one year my senior, currently furloughed from her job as a bus driver as she has to shield due to recent/ongoing dealings with cancer has had no contact whatsoever... She resides in the west country...
 
MegaSteve said:
Seems to me there is a definite 'postcode lottery' with 'jabbing'... Two of my brothers in law have had theirs... One and three years my junior with no underlying health issues living in the home counties... Yet, their sister one year my senior, currently furloughed from her job as a bus driver as she has to shield due to recent/ongoing dealings with cancer has had no contact whatsoever... She resides in the west country...
Click to expand...
The problem in the West Country (Devon/Cornwall) is according to the NHS is the high over 80's population along with lack of vaccine.
Definitely a post code lottery as Dorset are already on 60+.
 
Old Skier said:
The problem in the West Country (Devon/Cornwall) is according to the NHS is the high over 80's population along with lack of vaccine.
Definitely a post code lottery as Dorset are already on 60+.
Click to expand...

London is behind [in numbers jabbed], apparently, because of relatively low population of elderly having all moved to South Coast/Spain on retirement... All of my 80+ aged friends/neighbours have been jabbed but none [yet] in the 70+ group...
 
Today’s news reports pubs could be open in April but no serving of alcohol.?

And students could go back to University next month ?
 
Tashyboy said:
Today’s news reports pubs could be open in April but no serving of alcohol.?

And students could go back to University next month ?
Click to expand...
Students are already back at university. A lot of the learning is online, not all, but plenty have been back since early to mid January.

The difference this time is a/ half of them have already had it so are not catching it again b/ universities are offering tests as they arrive back. Anyone testing positive then isolates. Much better organised this time rather than the free for all back in September. So far no spikes, no explosion of infections.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Students are already back at university. A lot of the learning is online, not all, but plenty have been back since early to mid January.

The difference this time is a/ half of them have already had it so are not catching it again b/ universities are offering tests as they arrive back. Anyone testing positive then isolates. Much better organised this time rather than the free for all back in September. So far no spikes, no explosion of infections.
Click to expand...

It was inevitable that students were going to go back in to UnI at some point. My main griefs are that students are still having parties and not learned. But mainly, Why are we still giving dates to what May (or may not) happen especially 2 months away. Has history of this Covid not taught us anything. A week or two I get, but how can we really predict what May happen in April re this virus.
 
Tashyboy said:
Today’s news reports pubs could be open in April but no serving of alcohol.?

And students could go back to University next month ?
Click to expand...
Tashyboy said:
It was inevitable that students were going to go back in to UnI at some point. My main griefs are that students are still having parties and not learned. But mainly, Why are we still giving dates to what May (or may not) happen especially 2 months away. Has history of this Covid not taught us anything. A week or two I get, but how can we really predict what May happen in April re this virus.
Click to expand...
Seems like it's damn them if they do damn them if they don't.

Where do you get your news Tashy, seems a bit iffy.
 
Tashyboy said:
My main griefs are that students are still having parties and not learned.
Click to expand...
Sorry Tashy, some students have had parties etc but the majority of illegal gatherings I have heard of in my part of the country are not students, but people who should know better and who cannot be arrsed to obey the guidance and rules, whether they are rich or poor. Too many think the rules still dont apply to them because of ANY reason they want to think up.
 
SocketRocket said:
Seems like it's damn them if they do damn them if they don't.

Where do you get your news Tashy, seems a bit iffy.
Click to expand...

It’s on the front pages of the guardian and telegraph, I couldn’t bring myself to quote the “ summer holidays are on the cards” seeing as some country’s are struggling so much they are flying in medical staff from Germany to help in Portugal.
Not sure how some rags can quote summer holidays when some country’s are really struggling esp with the vaccine roll out numbers. If we can get away/abroad before July it will be a minor miracle. This country due to how the vaccine roll,out is going may well be a safer bet.
 
Bunkermagnet said:
Sorry Tashy, some students have had parties etc but the majority of illegal gatherings I have heard of in my part of the country are not students, but people who should know better and who cannot be arrsed to obey the guidance and rules, whether they are rich or poor. Too many think the rules still dont apply to them because of ANY reason they want to think up.
Click to expand...
Amen to that, ? maybe one of the problems living in the Nottingham area is it is locally reported more often than it should be. Just had a quick Google and loads of student parties ( Nottingham) have been attended to by the police And some big fines handed out. Is it representative of the whole of the UK,hope not. But as you say, unfortunately it is not just students.
 
Tashyboy said:
It was inevitable that students were going to go back in to UnI at some point. My main griefs are that students are still having parties and not learned. But mainly, Why are we still giving dates to what May (or may not) happen especially 2 months away. Has history of this Covid not taught us anything. A week or two I get, but how can we really predict what May happen in April re this virus.
Click to expand...


Can't speak for elsewhere but I feel much of the 'issues', here in London Village, are led by the thousands taking to the tube [on a daily basis] clad in hi-vis on their way to sites with no future [office/retail]... Yet, despite that, the focus seems to be with the relatively low numbers, in the hundreds, of covidiots partying...
 
Israel giving us some evidence of how the vaccine is helping

AEBC01B9-1AEA-4C66-A21C-D895C9E6FEB3.png

These are also the cases locally around the UK

5980C7A8-0D05-475C-9120-FDCFDDA52644.jpegFFEF8F71-3A34-4D4E-96C9-FE8626DD9861.jpeg
All the numbers are giving us positive news in regards combating the virus

When you add that by the 15th Feb they will have vaccinated the groups they wanted too ( plus a few more ) then the road map from the 22nd should be a lot more positive in terms of easing of restrictions ahead for us all

Will be interesting to see if they stick to national tiers as opposed to locally

I also wonder if they will react earlier in regards some primary schools etc ( the same as Wales and Scotland )!
 
MegaSteve said:
Can't speak for elsewhere but I feel much of the 'issues', here in London Village, are led by the thousands taking to the tube [on a daily basis] clad in hi-vis on their way to sites with no future [office/retail]... Yet, despite that, the focus seems to be with the relatively low numbers, in the hundreds, of covidiots partying...
Click to expand...

Steve coming from a sleepy hamlet in the midlands, how bad is it in London village. I was surprised how slow the rollout is. We keep hearing about how London in general is favoured but the roll out seems slow. Why’s that.
Gotta go having me toenails painted ?
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top