Cable Forum - Coronavirus

The data lag (hospitalisation) in the public figures is disconcerting.

But we do know from ancillary reports that there is rising pressure in hotspot hospitals and that the darkened areas on the UK map appear to be spreading outwards.

It would thus be most prudent to extend current status for two weeks at a time until there is certainty of wider public risk - not least to get 2nd does up past the 70% mark or whatever is the sound number.

It's disconcerting. The Indian variant has pushed the odds against us slightly, but with vaccination we nudge it back in our favour by reducing the numbers susceptible, while huge swathes of the economy remains open.

papa smurf

11-06-2021 16:46

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Sky news doing a great job of ramping up project covid fear.

heero_yuy

11-06-2021 16:50

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36082590)

Sky news doing a great job of ramping up project covid fear.

And then there's an outbreak of monkey pox in Wales. :erm:

pip08456

11-06-2021 16:58

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36082591)

And then there's an outbreak of monkey pox in Wales. :erm:

So what.

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Public Health Wales (PHW) confirmed two members of the same household had developed the illness - which sees people suffer aches, a fever and a rash which scabs over - after one of them caught it while abroad.

Monkeypox does not spread easily between people and the risk to the general public is low.

Back in December 2019 a person in England was diagnosed with monkeypox and was treated at the specialist high consequence infectious disease centre at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London.

A year before this, in September 2018, three cases of monkeypox were reported in the UK.

https://www.itv.com/news/2021-06-10/...iral-infection

jfman

11-06-2021 17:21

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If the World Health Organisation say there's no evidence of human to human transmission it's time to shut the borders.

Mad Max

11-06-2021 19:48

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It doesn't affect where I live but, it's looking like the government will put back the easing of restrictions due on 21st June in England, they'll be ramping up the number of people needing a second dose to give them more protection, how long they'll delay the easing is anyone's guess.
This could well have been avoided by not giving people from India five days to get back to the UK, a massive cock-up imo.

Mr K	11-06-2021 19:53

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Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 36082603)

It doesn't affect where I live but, it's looking like the government will put back the easing of restrictions due on 21st June in England, they'll be ramping up the number of people needing a second dose to give them more protection, how long they'll delay the easing is anyone's guess.
This could well have been avoided by not giving people from India five days to get back to the UK, a massive cock-up imo.

Yes but we're desperate for a trade deal with India and daren"t offend. Call it a Covexit dividend.... ;)

Carth

11-06-2021 20:08

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Yes but we're desperate for a trade deal with India and daren"t offend. Call it a Covexit dividend.... ;)

Funny that, 'cos I remember people screaming we were short of doctors & nurses . . . call it an NHSaver ;)

Damien

11-06-2021 20:45

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The prediction seems to be a month because businesses would rather work for with more certainty than having a rolling deadline.

I hope they ramp up second vaccines. My second isn't until August!

papa smurf

11-06-2021 21:14

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The prediction seems to be a month because businesses would rather work for with more certainty than having a rolling deadline.

I hope they ramp up second vaccines. My second isn't until August!

You'll need a third by then followed by a forth........

Mr K	12-06-2021 08:24

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Sky news doing a great job of ramping up project covid fear.

Do they have some sort of countdown clock to unlocking? They love that sort of thing.

papa smurf

12-06-2021 09:00

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Do they have some sort of countdown clock to unlocking? They love that sort of thing.

it's more like the opposite of that, countdown to doom, the script is a bit boring it's variant variant variant variant variant variant variant variant variant variant and at the top of the hour variant variant variant ..............

Carth

12-06-2021 09:32

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It's all become rather repetitively boring, same shit different month.

I'm sure the health experts have already decided on where the new July variant will originate, and are now busy working on the August one . . . which will be 72.6% more transmissible and probably found to be spread by hamsters and geese.

papa smurf

12-06-2021 09:50

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It's all getting a bit much now you risk your life getting vaccinated and your reward is more lockdown until we have inoculated every one, next it will be cats and dogs, rabbits gerbils, tortoises, goldfish ..........

Hugh	12-06-2021 10:49

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Pandemics are boring (except for those who die from them, and their families, and those who have Long Covid, and the NHS staff who are burnt out from long hours over the last 18 months, etc., etc.).

The COVID19 virus (and it's variants) would like to profusely apologise for any inconvenience suffered...

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