When will this shit end?

[SheffJeff]

2 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

thanks ... I will hold off using mine whilst I find that out ..... social distancing might just about allow 2 people in it ...  and theres no way people will know without holding the door open ... so unless its bookable in time slots ill avoid 

To me it seems like they've reopened due to economic reasons rather than there being any evidence that they're safe.

[Mr.Tease]

15 minutes ago, SheffJeff said:

This is the article:

In new government guidelines, saunas and steam rooms have been given the go-ahead to reopen after more than six months closed. On average such facilities account for 40 percent of revenue for spas, although according to the UK Spa Association, this figure can be up to 75 percent.   
The UK has over 900 spa and wellness businesses, which together generate £2.1 billion and employ 45,000 people. Although popular, massages and facials are classed as ‘add-ons’ in spa settings. With many customers booking in for spa days without treatments, until now many businesses have had to weigh up the financial viability of opening up for treatments alone.  
Helena Grzesk, the general manager of the UK Spa Association said, “ We have waited several months to reopen saunas and steam rooms, and the prolonged closure has been detrimental and frustrating for the industry.   
“We wrote to the Prime Minister, Chancellor, Secretary of State for BEIS, Secretary of State for DCMS, and Chief Medical Officer on several occasions to request a reopening date and to further emphasise the evidence around the safety of saunas and steam rooms.”  
An integral part of any spa, saunas and steam rooms positively affects muscles, joints and bones. Heat can help to remove lactic acid, salt and urea from the body and facilitates the absorption of nutritional substances and oxygen. The heat also stimulates the immune system whilst steam opens and clears the respiratory system, unblocking sinuses and helping the client to breathe more freely.

No mention of why they are safe.

They are safe because they account for 40% to 75% of revenue for spas

[Mr.Tease]

I think you sauna people missed a trick this summer- you could have just put up your Glastonbury tents in the back garden on one of the many sunny days and had a lie down in it, you humidity-seeking gluttons for punishment! 

[Crazyfool01]

4 minutes ago, Mr.Tease said:

I think you sauna people missed a trick this summer- you could have just put up your Glastonbury tents in the back garden on one of the many sunny days and had a lie down in it, you humidity-seeking gluttons for punishment! 

its no good with fresh and black  

[Mr.Tease]

4 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

its no good with fresh and black  

I was always jealous of you fresh and black tent people! I'd just bought a new tent before the thread recommendations for them! 

[steviewevie]

 

[Leyrulion]

Number of people being admitted with covid in GM hospitals is actually going DOWN. 

But the numbers being diagnosed with it in hospitals are going up. 

Anyone know why that is? Poor infection control in hospitals? Already vulnerable people admitted with something else but already had it?

[Fuzzy Afro]

2 minutes ago, Leyrulion said:

Number of people being admitted with covid in GM hospitals is actually going DOWN. 

But the numbers being diagnosed with it in hospitals are going up. 

Anyone know why that is? Poor infection control in hospitals? Already vulnerable people admitted with something else but already had it?

The sudden jump in covid patients in hospital the other day was apparently due to an outbreak inside the non-COVID ward of a hospital 

[Leyrulion]

1 minute ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

The sudden jump in covid patients in hospital the other day was apparently due to an outbreak inside the non-COVID ward of a hospital 

Interesting to know what that says about community transmission. If it's restricted to students in halls and a ward outbreak is the case as dire as being made out in the press? 

Although I think I'm being naively optimistic.

[Tartan_Glasto]

1,054 new cases just in Scotland. New restrictions being announced this afternoon rumored to be pubs/bars to close and restaurants not allowed to sell alcohol for a two week period.

[st dan]

8 minutes ago, Leyrulion said:

Anyone know why that is? Poor infection control in hospitals? Already vulnerable people admitted with something else but already had it?

My wife works on a respiratory ward in a NW hospital and it’s certainly the latter in her experience. They have a regular uptick in respiratory related patients around this time of year anyway, and as they are now routinely testing all in patients, they are finding more positive cases in people without the classic ‘cough/temperature’ symptoms. They now have 3 designated COVID wards, but only 4 patients currently in ICU - with two COVID deaths recorded last week. 

Edited October 7, 2020 by st dan

[Fuzzy Afro]

Scottish government data suggests that if the current trajectory of infection numbers holds, they’ll have March/April level infection numbers by the end of October 

[Crazyfool01]

sorry central  scotland its no drinking from friday for 2 weeks , in pubs restaraunts and cafes .... as expected ....

Edited October 7, 2020 by crazyfool1

[zahidf]

Oh god

[Fuzzy Afro]

6 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

sorry scotland its no drinking from friday for 2 weeks , in pubs restaraunts and cafes .... as expected ....

Telling the Scots they can’t have their alcohol is a sure fire way to cause riots in the streets

[Paul ™]

7 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

sorry scotland its no drinking from friday for 2 weeks , in pubs restaraunts and cafes .... as expected ....

Not accurate, not all of Scotland

[Fuzzy Afro]

1 minute ago, Paul ™ said:

Not accurate, not all of Scotland

I thought hospitality was closing completely in the central belt, whereas alcohol was being banned in other areas? 

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, Paul ™ said:

Not accurate, not all of Scotland

apologies will edit ... central typing too quick 

[Lizzim]

1 minute ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

I thought hospitality was closing completely in the central belt, whereas alcohol was being banned in other areas? 

It's still not entirely clear.  I think drinking outdoor is still ok outside the central belt, but it's October so that's not much fun. 

I haven't been inside a pub for months,  tonight looks like a good opportunity.

[squirrelarmy]

1 minute ago, Lizzim said:

It's still not entirely clear.  I think drinking outdoor is still ok outside the central belt, but it's October so that's not much fun. 

I haven't been inside a pub for months,  tonight looks like a good opportunity.

Do you think any weather above 0 degrees will stop a Scotsman drinking outdoors? 

[Tartan_Glasto]

Just booked a table for tomorrow evening for my fave pub/restaurant in Glasgow. 

[Fuzzy Afro]

Just now, squirrelarmy said:

Do you think any weather above 0 degrees will stop a Scotsman drinking outdoors? 

I am Scottish and there is a 0% chance that cold weather would put us off. It’s always cold there, might as well put on a beer coat.

[Ozanne]

Its nationwide crackdown on indoor drinking with a full shutdown for all licensed premises across the central belt. 

[Crazyfool01]

7 minutes ago, Lizzim said:

It's still not entirely clear.  I think drinking outdoor is still ok outside the central belt, but it's October so that's not much fun. 

I haven't been inside a pub for months,  tonight looks like a good opportunity.

I would imagine everyone else might think the same  

[Lizzim]

2 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Its nationwide crackdown on indoor drinking with a full shutdown for all licensed premises across the central belt. 

But is it the larger or smaller definition of the central belt 🤔