Covid-19 discussion thread

[Catkins]

That would be good. It's just that it's a very touristy area here and with limited foreign holidays a lot of people will head up here.

[MyNameIsTerry]

Scotland have got the right approach.

Unfortunately only until 9th Aug which I still think is too soon. Months or at least until after Delta would be safest to me. But yes, any delay is a good thing.

[MyNameIsTerry]

We're at 244 per 100000 at the mo, although I expect that to rise once the schools break up.

272 in my ward but the city is at 426.

[pulisa]

Unfortunately only until 9th Aug which I still think is too soon. Months or at least until after Delta would be safest to me. But yes, any delay is a good thing.

I expect NS will assess how things go in England and then make her decision for 9th August based on our data.

[MyNameIsTerry]

I expect NS will assess how things go in England and then make her decision for 9th August based on our data.

Yep.

She might get lucky with the 9th since Scotland is passing it's peak. The same is happening in the worst hit areas of England when it started. It's running out if steam..

[AntsyVee]

Mississippi is the new hot spot here. No one is surprised though...they are in the bottom 5 states for vaccinations. They usually run in the bottom 5 for everything anyway...health care, education, quality of life... It's just sad.

[Pamplemousse]

Yep.

She might get lucky with the 9th since Scotland is passing it's peak. The same is happening in the worst hit areas of England when it started. It's running out if steam..

But not everywhere, Terry:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57836137

The NE of England is now taking over from the NW as a "hotspot" and the number of purple areas on the map at https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/deta...tive-map/cases is growing quickly.

Also, first day with over 40,000 cases in a while.

[Pamplemousse]

Mississippi is the new hot spot here. No one is surprised though...they are in the bottom 5 states for vaccinations. They usually run in the bottom 5 for everything anyway...health care, education, quality of life... It's just sad.

NY Times seems to be reporting an increase in NY, especially Staten Island.

I've been having a horrendous day today with anxiety, I think I'll just go to bed.

[Catkins]

I know I shouldn't be on my phone on the night but I sometimes read on it. Anyway I've just been pinged and I have to self isolate for 6 days. Bugger!

[MyNameIsTerry]

But not everywhere, Terry:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57836137

The NE of England is now taking over from the NW as a "hotspot" and the number of purple areas on the map at https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/deta...tive-map/cases is growing quickly.

Also, first day with over 40,000 cases in a while.

Yes, it's the NE heading for it's peak. We are much the same around here (thankfully much lower than the NE though) but some close areas to me are seeing it start to slow down.

If the staff in that hospital have looked at Bolton they would see it is much worse. It's similiar here. They must be bracing themselves given how high their infection rates are.

Scotland was very high last week but many areas have passed their peak now. So are showing sharp decreases. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Fife and more.

The same can be said for some of the earlier hit areas of England. Bolton and Blackburn with Darwin were noted but are now dropping. Manchester is dropping. But some are experiencing later, lesser, peaks to so that could still happen to those I'm mentioning for all I know.

I'm wondering how it will hit low 2nd jab rate places now it's hitting London? Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, Tower Hamlets, etc. Their peaks aren't steep yet but you would expect it giving 2nd jab rates are near 30% lower than the national average. Scotland has high jab rates in the areas that still got hammered.

Combined with the American sounding 'Freedom Day' * and the football it could be about to go badly.

* I suppose a more British sounding 'VP' day is considered too old fashioned. Mogg would like it. We could go variant specific with 'VD' day but it may be confused with the old joke about the sailors coming home...