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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Tashyboy said:
One for Ethan.

Below is the top rated comment from the BBC website today. Is there a happy medium? ?

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I am an NHS consultant.

More people are losing their life from inadequate cancer treatment, cardiovascular interventions, delays in thrombolysis for stroke than from what appears (on early analysis) to be a less pathogenic form of Covid.

We mustn’t let this, admittedly terrible pandemic, prevent us for caring for all of those who have treatable conditions and deserve much better.

Thoughts please me duck.
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I'm not Ethan, but.....

Not yet; hopefully March (earlier if possible) - provided another variant doesn't appear.

I believe the above consultant is, not unreasonably, bemoaning the 'planning' process within NHS, which seems to put Covid priority 1,2,3...15 with other areas following behind. That process needs to be modified/made more flexible to cover peaks of Covid (definitely #1) but be able to use 'lulls' more effectively.

FWIW. I had elective/scheduled surgery (Hip replacement) in October which was significantly earlier than I would have expected.
 
On the football side, see a couple if clubs have reduced their capacity to 9999 so as they can avoid covid passports, not good. Should be based on declared capacity as per health and safety certification
 
GB72 said:
On the football side, see a couple if clubs have reduced their capacity to 9999 so as they can avoid covid passports, not good. Should be based on declared capacity as per health and safety certification
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Unless, of course, they are also restricting entry to the ground to that many also.
 
Foxholer said:
I'm not Ethan, but.....

Not yet; hopefully March (earlier if possible) - provided another variant doesn't appear.

I believe the above consultant is, not unreasonably, bemoaning the 'planning' process within NHS, which seems to put Covid priority 1,2,3...15 with other areas following behind. That process needs to be modified/made more flexible to cover peaks of Covid (definitely #1) but be able to use 'lulls' more effectively.

FWIW. I had elective/scheduled surgery (Hip replacement) in October which was significantly earlier than I would have expected.
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Totally agree with you, Missis T rang has a problem (potential) and yet the appointment with go and follow up consultation has been as normal. I have heard of problems elsewhere but how serious are they.
 
GB72 said:
On the football side, see a couple if clubs have reduced their capacity to 9999 so as they can avoid covid passports, not good. Should be based on declared capacity as per health and safety certification
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Carlisle utd were on the local news last night pronouncing that they were doing this. Somewhat optimistic, top attendance this year is 7,500 ?
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Carlisle utd were on the local news last night pronouncing that they were doing this. Somewhat optimistic, top attendance this year is 7,500 ?
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Doesn't it work on capacity rather than attendance? For example Colchester have a stadium that theoretically is 10k capacity. As such they would need fans to show a Covid pass to enter even though they would be lucky to get 5k on their best week, and 3.5k on a good week. By reducing capacity to 9999 they don't need to ask for Covid passes.
 
With regard to the number of jabs given each day, has anyone seen figures for how many are boosters and how many are previous "anti vaxxers" now getting jabbed so they can go out clubbing etc? Hopefully there will be a large number of these people getting vaccinated as well.
 
Neilds said:
With regard to the number of jabs given each day, has anyone seen figures for how many are boosters and how many are previous "anti vaxxers" now getting jabbed so they can go out clubbing etc? Hopefully there will be a large number of these people getting vaccinated as well.
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34k first jabs yesterday, it has been running at around 20k per day for the past few weeks so a slight uptick but I assume the majority will be youngsters so not making much of a dent in the previous older refuseniks. Hopefully boosters might nearly be up to a million a day soon.
 
ColchesterFC said:
Doesn't it work on capacity rather than attendance? For example Colchester have a stadium that theoretically is 10k capacity. As such they would need fans to show a Covid pass to enter even though they would be lucky to get 5k on their best week, and 3.5k on a good week. By reducing capacity to 9999 they don't need to ask for Covid passes.
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You could well be right. It just made me smile that they were announcing a reduced capacity that they are never, not this year anyway, likely to get. It's a bit like me saying I am refusing to kiss Jennifer Anniston for the next 2 months (Jennifer, I am making this up as an example, I'm still available ;))
 
You will not be going to France from Saturday unless you are a special case, including resident and haulage driver amongst others. This is going to affect many people going on holidays for Christmas
 
Do any of our contingent from north of Carlisle and Berwick have experience of how they’ve got on showing their vaccine passports when getting into Ibrox and Parkhead, and to lesser extent Tynie, Pittodrie or Easter Rd.

I can only relate my experience of the Scotland game already mentioned when, towards and soon after K/O, the numbers still outside meant that checking at our turnstiles just didn’t happen.

Nikki Kanani suggested she wasn‘t great with the prospect of large crowds in matches, and with the R number being reported today as being between 3 and 5, I fear that matches with big crowds could become super-spreader events.

Any north of border experiences?
 
3offTheTee said:
You will not be going to France from Saturday unless you are a special case, including resident and haulage driver amongst others. This is going to affect many people going on holidays for Christmas
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I heard that some consideration would be given if you are travelling to visit family, but you’d have to self-isolate for 48hrs after taking a PCR test in France when you get there.
 
Beezerk said:
Mate was in Newcastle last night on a works night out, he says every bar was asking for Covid passes before allowing entry.
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This is the approach that I would take on the situation, do all I can to make sure that those willing to come out feel safe and looked after as opposed to complaining about measures that stop them jamming people in to every space they have.
 
GB72 said:
This is the approach that I would take on the situation, do all I can to make sure that those willing to come out feel safe and looked after as opposed to complaining about measures that stop them jamming people in to every space they have.
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I’m currently at a customer in Newcastle who have a handful of anti vaxxers working there, they’re having their Christmas pash up in town tomorrow night. I’ve just passed on the good news it will probably be a cheap night ?
 
Beezerk said:
I’m currently at a customer in Newcastle who have a handful of anti vaxxers working there, they’re having their Christmas pash up in town tomorrow night. I’ve just passed on the good news it will probably be a cheap night ?
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We have just postponed ours. Not because of the direct risk but the risk of being pinged or showing symptoms and having to isolate for Xmas day.
 
ColchesterFC said:
Doesn't it work on capacity rather than attendance? For example Colchester have a stadium that theoretically is 10k capacity. As such they would need fans to show a Covid pass to enter even though they would be lucky to get 5k on their best week, and 3.5k on a good week. By reducing capacity to 9999 they don't need to ask for Covid passes.
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The Gov.uk guidance (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-cov...pass-at-venues-events-and-settings-in-england) says that the need (or not) to check vaccine passports is based on the number of attendees at an event/venue - it makes no mention of capacity
 
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