When will this shit end?

[parsonjack]

29 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Backlog or the Liverpool mass tests coming through?

 

70,000.00 more tests than yesterday

The testing figure of 377,608 is for yesterday 11/11.  Testing numbers for today won't be available until tomorrow but I think this jump in cases is a backlog.....cases by specimen date show an increase on Weds this week to 27,083, which are likely being reflected in todays cases by reported date.

[Punksnotdead]

13 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

I believe Australia had a very low season due to the measures taken .... hopefully we are following them 

Heard a scientist a few weeks ago saying they're expecting a very low season here too. Let's hope so.

[Punksnotdead]

5 minutes ago, balthazarstarbuck said:

Obviously still early doors but wouldn’t surprise me if flu’s lower than most years- masks and distancing would surely put the brakes on flu too.

Also more people being vaccinated this year than ever before. I have my first ever flu jab this Saturday.

[lazyred]

Its 7 days after Bonfire night. Could that have caused a spike in infections?

[Crazyfool01]

Powys skirting round todays numbers going on the average being more important but cases are rising ...

[balthazarstarbuck]

5 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

Also more people being vaccinated this year than ever before. I have my first ever flu jab this Saturday.

I hope you’re right on that. I worry vaccine fear is getting a grip on people. Maybe I just spend too much time online.

[Ozanne]

Good question from Sam Coates. As are the facial reactions from Sam when Alok Sharma was answering. 😂 

Edited November 12, 2020 by Ozanne

[Punksnotdead]

Just now, balthazarstarbuck said:

I hope you’re right on that. I worry vaccine fear is getting a grip on people. Maybe I just spend too much time online.

I'm fairly sure I've read that there's more take up this year.

[zahidf]

Scientist behind BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine says it can end pandemic

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/12/scientist-behind-biontech-pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-says-it-can-end-pandemic

 

[Waterdeep]

Leaked emails show govt suppressed an official report on inadequacy of 1 million antibody tests they purchased. The folks at good law project seem to be doing a great job.

https://action.goodlawproject.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=813e2caf30cc768d

[parsonjack]

Ok.....so based upon the fact that Tests occur before Case results I've made the bold assumption that % Positivity would be more accurate by referencing the 2 sets of data 24 hours apart eg using a ratio of todays Cases/yesterday's Tests.  It's not perfect as Case results from a single days Tests can come in over a spread of 1-5 days but doing it this way should at least give a broad sense of the Positivity rate, and will enable a ratio of today's large Case numbers to yesterday's Tests to be shown.  As below therefore....and overall trend still appears to be (just) on the downward slope.

 

[zahidf]

 

[efcfanwirral]

Read the whole thread - lots of secrecy 

[shoptildrop]

1 hour ago, zahidf said:

 

This sounds like tricky legal ground as will be discrimination against beliefs for a start and right to chose

I'll be 1st in line for a vaccine once folks who really need it have it, but I'm not expected to be a priority as someone in their 40s, so how the heck are they gonna implement this like in the next 2 years it will be impossible???

[Leyrulion]

10 minutes ago, shoptildrop said:

This sounds like tricky legal ground as will be discrimination against beliefs for a start and right to chose

I'll be 1st in line for a vaccine once folks who really need it have it, but I'm not expected to be a priority as someone in their 40s, so how the heck are they gonna implement this like in the next 2 years it will be impossible???

It definitely wouldn't be a thing whilst it wasn't generally available.

However when it comes down to a decision between the right to health (and life) Vs the right to hold a belief, the health rights usually win out.

 

[shoptildrop]

 

Last one was my birthday in March and was the last time I went out socially  

Edited November 12, 2020 by shoptildrop

[Cherry Tree]

30 minutes ago, shoptildrop said:

 

Last one was my birthday in March and was the last time I went out socially  

Snap, I spent my birthday at an Elvis Costello concert on 13th March, little did I know it would be my last concert of 2020.

[Mr.Tease]

45 minutes ago, shoptildrop said:

 

Last one was my birthday in March and was the last time I went out socially  

I spent the last one at a picturesque camp by lake with a bunch of counsellors - it did not end well

[steviewevie]

 

[Cherry Tree]

6 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

You are just trying to wind up Neil, as someone from Scotland it is great to see them not mess it up at the end, although I am old enough to remember when we used to qualify relatively frequently.

Edited November 12, 2020 by Cherry Tree

[Fuzzy Afro]

SCOTLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😁😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😁

[steviewevie]

Nicholas Watt on Newsnight saying Cummings always planned to leave by end of this year...once brexit done.

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

4 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Nicholas Watt on Newsnight saying Cummings always planned to leave by end of this year...once brexit done.

whether he actually always planned this or events have forced him into it...who knows...

[efcfanwirral]

50 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Nicholas Watt on Newsnight saying Cummings always planned to leave by end of this year...once brexit done.

Fuck up the country and then leave so you don't have to deal with the consequences. Sounds about right