When will this shit end?

[Toilet Duck]

Level 5 here nationwide til January 31st...expect that to stretch to middle of Feb as that’s when they plan on completing the vaccination programme in our care homes and our frontline healthcare staff. At the moment, schools pushed back til Jan 11th, but will review. 

[shoptildrop]

It is going to be very strange when they finally happen

 

[Copperface]

1 minute ago, zahidf said:

So no social distancing for April is the same

 

The basic mistake here is that you are giving credence to anything the albino spunktrumpet vomits out.

There will be no Glastonbury next year, and the over 50's will not be vaccinated until, at earliest , mid summer.

 

[Jcatley]

6 minutes ago, zahidf said:

So no social distancing for past April is the aim

 

It’s concerning that politicians and the media regularly talk about hand washing like it’s a new thing 

[stuartbert two hats]

11 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Will we make it to 2000 by the end of 2020?

I'm just worried about whether we'll make it to the end of 2020 at all.

[stuie]

1 hour ago, Lycra said:

It's not just the over 75s.  We're getting lots of admissions 40 - 65.

@Fuzzy Afro you down vote some weird posts mate. 

[Lycra]

17 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

 

@Lycra based on the above hospital admissions tweet and what you've said, anecdotally do you think this new variant is causing worse illness in people? 

I keep hearing "not more deadly" but not a lot about severity of symptoms...

The severity of the symptoms have not changed but we've become a lot better (& wiser) with treatments. and the death rate is much reduced from April/May. It's the sheer volume which is the major problem: we don't have spare beds! One out (home or morgue), one in. We've been briefed to expect it like this until April at the very least. We've also been told not to expect vaccinations to make impact until late spring. To end on a postive note: not lost a patient this week.

[Guest]

11 minutes ago, zahidf said:

So no social distancing for past April is the aim

 

So there will still be some restrictions in place after Easter, like I’ve been saying all along. 

[zahidf]

9 minutes ago, Copperface said:

The basic mistake here is that you are giving credence to anything the albino spunktrumpet vomits out.

There will be no Glastonbury next year, and the over 50's will not be vaccinated until, at earliest , mid summer.

 

Lol always with the happy news. Maybe lighten up with the misery porn?

Edited December 30, 2020 by zahidf

[sisco]

29 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Parklife might be moving to September - same as Primavera.

I know Emily said no. I know we are holding her to her word, but at what point does it become ‘’Move or no festival”?

Do you think the fest will choose no festival over moved festival?

Parklife moved weeks ago

[Copperface]

1 minute ago, Lycra said:

The severity of the symptoms have not changed but we've become a lot better (& wiser) with treatments. and the death rate is much reduced from April/May. It's the sheer volume which is the major problem: we don't have spare beds! One out (home or morgue), one in. We've been briefed to expect it like this until April at the very least. We've also been told not to expect vaccinations to make impact until late spring. To end on a postive note: not lost a patient this week.

'Late Spring' by the way is classed as mid May. And the key with this is that, while treatments have vastly improved, and consequently survivability/recovery rates, what is does mean is that stays in hospital, whether ICU or other, have lengthened.

This is where the strain on resources is occurring.

[stuartbert two hats]

5 minutes ago, Lycra said:

The severity of the symptoms have not changed but we've become a lot better (& wiser) with treatments. and the death rate is much reduced from April/May. It's the sheer volume which is the major problem: we don't have spare beds! One out (home or morgue), one in. We've been briefed to expect it like this until April at the very least. We've also been told not to expect vaccinations to make impact until late spring. To end on a postive note: not lost a patient this week.

Upvoted for last sentence.

 

[Copperface]

Just now, zahidf said:

Lol always with the happy news

Just trying to do my bit to disabuse the gullible.

[xxialac]

8 minutes ago, mike46 said:

Parklife moved back to September a little while ago. 
 

Hard to compare Primavera as Spain’s vaccination programme is completely different to ours - I might be wrong but I don’t think they’ve even started or are going to for a few weeks?

 

Still think June is just too early for Glasto. Perhaps they might move to September but I would have thought the sheer number of people involved in that process would have led to a leak by now, so it’s either June or 2022

Spain's programme has started, they also have a much smaller number of people to vaccinate given population size.

And Primavera's site doesn't need to be built with all that entails unlike Glastonbury.

Agree on your conclusions. Feels like festivals will return in July or August.

[zahidf]

2 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

So there will still be some restrictions in place after Easter, like I’ve been saying all along. 

Handwashing and the masks I agree with (and don't care about). Social distancing is the bugger.

[Crazyfool01]

mastermind specialist subject glastonbury ... on now .... 

[shoptildrop]

In better news there is a Patrick Swayze film marathon on Channel 5 now - Dirty Dancing - Ghost - Roadhouse - just what I need to cheer me up 🙂 

[parsonjack]

1 hour ago, Ozanne said:

I love January in the pubs, all the crowds have gone and everywhere is quiet. Yes I’m a bore 😂

Same here....if I could join you I would.  We don't even have to talk.

[zahidf]

 

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, parsonjack said:

Same here....if I could join you I would.  We don't even have to talk.

We can now even order through an app too, minimal human interaction. Bliss 😉

[parsonjack]

28 minutes ago, xxialac said:

My NowTV subscription has stopped working in Spain because of Brexit. Amazon Prime to follow on Thursday. 

I know there's worse going on in the world but had been enjoying it in lockdown and thanks for that!

Use a VPN server in UK?

[zahidf]

8 minutes ago, Copperface said:

Just trying to do my bit to disabuse the gullible.

Or making people going through a shit time feel worse by pissing on their hopes. One or the other.

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, zahidf said:

Or making people going through a shit time feel worse by pissing on their hopes. One or the other.

or a bit of both ?

[stuartbert two hats]

Something to bear in mind with today's deaths:

 

 

 

[jannybruck]

2 minutes ago, zahidf said:

 

Love that this sort of thing is being trialled but I know a lot of us would be hugely anxious in any sort of crowds right now. I've been distancing for so long I've no idea how I'd cope with someone at a 'gig closeness' space.