Coronavirus

[Carth]

Originally Posted by Maggy

All the recent media hysteria reminds me of the children's story,Chicken Little..The Sky is Falling.

I was thinking The The Emperor's New Clothes

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by Paul

The isolation rules are actually being relaxed next week.

For Omicron however ...

(Doesnt this contradict the above )

AIUI, the first rule supersedes the second.

As per the BBC:
"It means people in close contact with suspected or confirmed Omicron variant cases no longer always need to isolate."

[tweetiepooh]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

three things

2. South Africa has vastly different population demographics to us. And as they said this morning that’s still just a thesis

I thought they were particularly concerned in Africa because of the low level of vaccination and the high level of immunodeficiency (lots of AIDS cases).


Very odd in church on Sunday. Masks on, off to sing, on again, off to sing etc and then off for coffee. Numbers a bit down.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by tweetiepooh

I thought they were particularly concerned in Africa because of the low level of vaccination and the high level of immunodeficiency (lots of AIDS cases).


Very odd in church on Sunday. Masks on, off to sing, on again, off to sing etc and then off for coffee. Numbers a bit down.

Where’s God when you need him? Be great to see that in Waitrose Wokingham, people singing to the Salvos band outside the door.

I tell you what though, we give generously to the Salvos whose work for people on the street is absolutely the best.

[mrmistoffelees]

Aaaand you can’t order lateral flow tests from the government website because they’ve run out…..

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Where’s God when you need him? Be great to see that in Waitrose Wokingham, people singing to the Salvos band outside the door.

I tell you what though, we give generously to the Salvos whose work for people on the street is absolutely the best.

Day off mate.

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

Aaaand you can’t order lateral flow tests from the government website because they’ve run out…..

Want some refurbished ones

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

Aaaand you can’t order lateral flow tests from the government website because they’ve run out…..

But their mates can supply you...but they have a different definition of mates' rates.

[Carth]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

Aaaand you can’t order lateral flow tests from the government website because they’ve run out…..

Nah, the problem is much deeper than that.
Quite obviously there is still a shortage of workers to pack the tests into boxes
Still a shortage of HGV drivers to get the boxes to distribution centers.
The new (apparently) shortage of postal workers to get the boxes to homes.

No shortage of the tests themselves, no way, not unless the public have been shunted into panic mode again and everyone is ord . . . . oh, hang on

[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by Carth

Nah, the problem is much deeper than that.
Quite obviously there is still a shortage of workers to pack the tests into boxes
Still a shortage of HGV drivers to get the boxes to distribution centers.
The new (apparently) shortage of postal workers to get the boxes to homes.

No shortage of the tests themselves, no way, not unless the public have been shunted into panic mode again and everyone is ord . . . . oh, hang on

Panic ? Or perhaps the pubiic wanting to protect themselves/loved ones ?

[Carth]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

Panic ? Or perhaps the pubiic wanting to protect themselves/loved ones ?

oh, pardon me. I didn't realise a flow test protected you.

I'd still go with panic though

[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by Carth

oh, pardon me. I didn't realise a flow test protected you.

I'd still go with panic though

Point taken, so to rephrase perhaps the British public are more considerate of others than we give them credit for.

[Carth]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

Point taken, so to rephrase perhaps the British public are more considerate of others than we give them credit for.

Maybe, who knows.
If everyone is following the guidance of social distancing, wearing masks and working from home there *shouldn't* be a need for a huge demand for test kits.

Of course, if the media headlines about easier Omicron transmission and saying possibly (could be, might, up to, etc) many thousands of people could already have it without knowing, this may force the use of kits to rise . . even though they have no symptoms and not been 'pinged' by track n trace.

[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by Carth

Maybe, who knows.
If everyone is following the guidance of social distancing, wearing masks and working from home there *shouldn't* be a need for a huge demand for test kits.

Of course, if the media headlines about easier Omicron transmission and saying possibly (could be, might, up to, etc) many thousands of people could already have it without knowing, this may force the use of kits to rise . . even though they have no symptoms and not been 'pinged' by track n trace.

There’s no requirements for social distancing anymore ? It wasn’t mentioned when plan b was announced ?

[Carth]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

There’s no requirements for social distancing anymore ? It wasn’t mentioned when plan b was announced ?

One would have thought, with a virus 'expected' to affect millions of people in the next month, that social distancing would be at the forefront of ways to prevent it.

Just shows what I know doesn't it

[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by Carth

One would have thought, with a virus 'expected' to affect millions of people in the next month, that social distancing would be at the forefront of ways to prevent it.

Just shows what I know doesn't it

You’re right, you would of thought so. However, the hospitality industry would be up in arms even more than they are now.