When will this shit end?

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Sterling work again, @Ozanne, any chance you could add a "percentage of the UK vaccinated" column?

Potentially yes.

*heads to Google to find out how*

[StuMalinas]

25 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Vaccination update:

Just an idea but perhaps we need a 2nd dose change column as that ramps up

[StuMalinas]

10 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Potentially yes.

*heads to Google to find out how*

Think that’s a brilliant idea too! Will put the numbers into perspective 

[Chapple12345]

28 minutes ago, Jcatley said:

110 deaths today. Fair to say from either tomorrow or Thursday we shouldn’t see daily deaths in triple digits for a long time (hopefully ever). 

Hopefully not so, its also reassuring to see 1.5 million tests again and result in only 5k positives. Hopefully mass testing and the warmer months means we keep the virus at bay 

[StuMalinas]

1 minute ago, Chapple12345 said:

Hopefully not so, its also reassuring to see 1.5 million tests again and result in only 5k positives. Hopefully mass testing and the warmer months means we keep the virus at bay 

Do we think that test and trace will be really ramped up once the numbers get low e.g. a outbreak in Swindon meaning all Swindon get tested door to door to nip it in the budget 

[Crazyfool01]

4 minutes ago, StuMalinas said:

Do we think that test and trace will be really ramped up once the numbers get low e.g. a outbreak in Swindon meaning all Swindon get tested door to door to nip it in the budget 

Yeah that’s very likely similar to the variants .. with numbers going down they will have a huge spare testing capacity ... also during the summer hols the schools won’t be testing either ... and quite possibly not testing at that point anyway 

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, StuMalinas said:

Think that’s a brilliant idea too! Will put the numbers into perspective 

Ok, I’ll try and do both ideas for tomorrow.

[JoeyT]

 

[zahidf]

 

 

 

[JoeyT]

Apr 12th should be brought forward to Match 29th. Silly to argue against this with everything going the right way & quickly.

 

[Guest]

13 days till we can socialise with a group of friends outdoors, that’s a big step for many people and in time for the Easter break. Not long to go now!

[Fuzzy Afro]

1 minute ago, JoeyT said:

Apr 12th should be brought forward to Match 29th. Silly to argue against this with everything going the right way & quickly.

 

I understand why it’s a 5 week gap because that’s how long is needed to see if any rise in cases leads to hospitalisation, but what I do think they should do is reassess how much changes at each stage.

 

We should be moving towards rule of 6 indoors from 12th April if the schools don’t lead to hospitalisations tbh. 

[Fuzzy Afro]

Just now, Ozanne said:

13 days till we can legally socialise with a group of friends outdoors, that’s a big step for many people and in time for the Easter break. Not long to go now!

FTFY. 

[efcfanwirral]

30 minutes ago, Chapple12345 said:

Hopefully not so, its also reassuring to see 1.5 million tests again and result in only 5k positives. Hopefully mass testing and the warmer months means we keep the virus at bay 

I think with 25m vaccinated we do need to start thinking about less chains of transmission too, surely these people are kicking it quicker if they get it so less chance to spread? Add in those who have natural immunity too (plenty infected with no test over the past year) and things are even better than the vaccination numbers suggest 

[steviewevie]

7 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

13 days till we can socialise with a group of friends outdoors, that’s a big step for many people and in time for the Easter break. Not long to go now!

I need to find some friends.

[JoeyT]

8 minutes ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

I understand why it’s a 5 week gap because that’s how long is needed to see if any rise in cases leads to hospitalisation, but what I do think they should do is reassess how much changes at each stage.

 

We should be moving towards rule of 6 indoors from 12th April if the schools don’t lead to hospitalisations tbh. 

But there hasn’t been a rise in cases...?

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

I need to find some friends.

You have 13 days and counting then 😂

[zahidf]

Yup

 

[JoeyT]

Where I live as of today has had 0 cases in the last 7 days.

Say no more.

[Fuzzy Afro]

6 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

But there hasn’t been a rise in cases...?

Yeah good point. The pandemic is basically over in the UK, unlike in EU countries. 

[xxialac]

1 hour ago, ErnestWorthing said:

 

Are the residency requirements for Germany really more arduous than Australia?

Perhaps not on residency, but if you're under 30 it's now harder to get paperwork for a 1 year job in Germany than in Australia.

[Simsy]

2 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

Where I live as of today has had 0 cases in the last 7 days.

Say no more.

Presumably "data not dates" means data for the whole of England. There don't seem to be any plans to go back to local restrictions.

[Guest]

It looks like the roadmap is working with no big uptick in cases from schools reopening yet so that goes to show what we are doing is working and we should be on course to open more on the upcoming steps.

[Crazyfool01]

3 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

Where I live as of today has had 0 cases in the last 7 days.

Say no more.

Your house ? Street ? Local authority ? Was just looking at the data for bath and NE Somerset is that you ? 

[Matt42]

3 hours ago, Zacko said:

I'm similar to you, Matt. It's just grim to think about the next election and how the Tories will probably walk it. 

Australia was an option for me, but as I'm 30 in a few months I'd have to apply for the Visa very soon and move there before next July (as I think you get a year to enter the country). Not sure I'm quite at the stage where I want to definitely move, so it's tricky.

Somewhere in Europe like Berlin would have been fantastic but unfortunately a large part of the country voted to rip that away from us for no reason. 

I am by no means saying it’s a better place - in fact it has some problems that are worse than the U.K - but with my job, moving to America (at least for a year) is an option. 
 

America has its own problems but I really feel like the future of the U.K. just seems so restricted, bleak, and funnelled. It really feels like there are some senior members in politics that really miss when the poor were in workhouses and social mobility didn’t exist.

America, whilst still being pay to win, is more socially mobile than the U.K. the U.K is regressing back to that awful state where everyone should know their place. What’s worse is the British people are voting it in.

What is our obsession with Etonian accents and licking their boots. Why is it that we’d literally empty our wallets for someone with a posh accent. I really can’t stand it. People are so subservient to the tories here it hurts.

Imo I think I need to escape off to a very liberal, highly educated state, for a year to get this Tory mess out my head. I’m thinking Massachusetts.

Edited March 16, 2021 by Matt42