When will this shit end?

[Ozanne]

It looks like every metric is on the rise sadly. 

[Crazyfool01]

1 hour ago, Quark said:

Reckon this'll be of interest to you then, you're ASDA if I remember correctly?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54261861

oh my bloody god ... I need to lie down thats far too much for me in the space of 2 days ....  now they can actually enforce properly now the staff have been made to wear them .... I nearly handed out some today to one of the customers I know was ignoring .... shame I cant issue the fines that might make people reconsider very quickly ..... but yes great news for my safety .... now should I apply for one of those jobs ?  

[ace56blaa]

Um correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this the largest recorded amount of cases in the UK so far.?

[ace56blaa]

[Ozanne]

1 minute ago, ace56blaa said:

Um correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this the largest recorded amount of cases in the UK so far.?

Since 1st May.

[Crazyfool01]

38 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

@crazyfool1 I assume you’ve seen this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54261861

I have now from 3 sources ... id been for a quiet swim and bang they drop it .... just like often happens with lineup announcements   

[ace56blaa]

1 minute ago, Ozanne said:

Since 1st May.

On the UK Gov website it says there was 4,740 cases on the first of may?

[Jcatley]

Unfortunately it is going to be at least a couple of weeks until we even start to see any effect on the case numbers. Even if we went into a March style lockdown tomorrow the numbers would be rising.
 

I just hope we don’t make the same mistakes as last time and leave things too late

[Ozanne]

3 minutes ago, ace56blaa said:

On the UK Gov website it says there was 4,740 cases on the first of may?

I got that from Sky News, not sure what they are playing at. 

EDIT - They are going by reported date.

Edited September 23, 2020 by Ozanne

[stuie]

14 minutes ago, Gilb said:

Super Dishi Rishi (as my Indian neighbour calls him) to the rescue !?

I mean, as politicians go, he’s not bad I suppose! But super dishi is pushing it a bit! 

[stuartbert two hats]

15 minutes ago, ace56blaa said:

Um correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this the largest recorded amount of cases in the UK so far.?

It probably will be next week - although with a lower test positivity rate than the last peak.

[FestivalJamie]

12 minutes ago, Jcatley said:

Unfortunately it is going to be at least a couple of weeks until we even start to see any effect on the case numbers. Even if we went into a March style lockdown tomorrow the numbers would be rising.
 

I just hope we don’t make the same mistakes as last time and leave things too late

Personal opinion but I think stricter action is required right now. The new measures announced yesterday are just stalling the bigger problem and I think we will act too late again. I imagine we will see a full lockdown in 2-4 weeks time, as sad as it is.

[FestivalJamie]

3 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

It probably will be next week - although with a lower test positivity rate than the last peak.

Positivity today is 2.5%.

[Chapple12345]

There is no chance of a full lockdown again, it isn't viable and people wouldn't comply. It's more likely they will do a 2 week circuit break in October within the school holidays so it doesn't effect that to carry cases down, I bet the government will also carry the mantra that it isnt as bad as we're testing the whole country as opposed to only the worst example of cases in hospitals

[ace56blaa]

18 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

I got that from Sky News, not sure what they are playing at. 

Im confused, so the figure reported today are the highest reported figures of a single day in the lockdown. Is the Uk gov website wrong, why are these other figures?

[stuartbert two hats]

5 minutes ago, FestivalJamie said:

Positivity today is 2.5%.

What was it in April?

[Ozanne]

1 minute ago, ace56blaa said:

Im confused, so the figure reported today are the highest reported figures of a single day in the lockdown. Is the Uk gov website wrong, why are these other figures?

Sorry mate I edited my post. The figures that Sky are going from are the reported date figures whereas I think the one you are going from is the specimen date.

[ace56blaa]

Just now, Ozanne said:

Sorry mate I edited my post. The figures that Sky are going from are the reported date figures whereas I think the one you are going from is the specimen date.

Ah okay. No worries. I'm just wondering how high cases have to spike, before they have to take stricter measures, or will it only rely on hospitalizations going up

[zahidf]

9 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

What was it in April?

Around 5% in May

[Chapple12345]

5 minutes ago, ace56blaa said:

Ah okay. No worries. I'm just wondering how high cases have to spike, before they have to take stricter measures, or will it only rely on hospitalizations going up

Itll be hospitalizations easily, if there were for example 1000 cases and only 50 needed assistance they wouldn't act as radically as if there were 500, I think they also have seen generally in europe the cases haven't increased hospitalizations as harshly as the first time round

Edited September 23, 2020 by Chapple12345

[parsonjack]

12 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Sorry mate I edited my post. The figures that Sky are going from are the reported date figures whereas I think the one you are going from is the specimen date.

Bear in mind that todays figures are 6,178 from 218,360 tests.  The 6,201 on 1st May was from just 83,143 tests, and it's possible that those tests were still mainly only in hospital environments.

It's clearly on the up, but we're still way under the volumes of the spring peak.

Edited September 23, 2020 by parsonjack

[parsonjack]

Just now, parsonjack said:

Bear in mind that todays figures are 6,178 from 218,360 tests.  The 6,201 on 1st May was from just 83,143 tests, and it's possible that those tests were still mainly only in hospital environments.

It's clearly on the up, but we're still way under the volumes of the spring peak.

 

[Chapple12345]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-54261779?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5f6b6b9fb3b2c202d3619099%26Analysis%3A UK entering crucial point in fight against virus%262020-09-23T15%3A44%3A02.024Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:06245bda-07fb-4b42-b5d5-31e61379ae33&pinned_post_asset_id=5f6b6b9fb3b2c202d3619099&pinned_post_type=share

Good analysis from the BBC trying to place things under a relative perspective of being wary but don't panic too much 

[zahidf]

8 minutes ago, Chapple12345 said:

Itll be hospitalizations easily, if there were for example 1000 cases and only 50 needed assistance they wouldn't act as radically as if there were 500, I think they also have seen generally in europe the cases haven't increased hospitalizations as harshly as the first time round

Hospitalizations have gone up. Tbh though I think they'll wait to see how the local lockdowns and new measures do first. I think they'll ban household mixing first

Edited September 23, 2020 by zahidf

[Mr.Tease]

5 minutes ago, parsonjack said:

 

Yes, though I can't remember what the estimates were back in March regarding actual number of cases? Was it 4 or 5 times the tested figure or as much as 10?