I’d be surprised if they remove the mask wearing on transport and in public buildings.Johnson sounding quite confident that the 19th really will be the date that things ‘return to how they were before Covid as much as possible’. Another 3 deaths today with 22,000 new infections including some lag from yesterday.
I’d be surprised if they remove the mask wearing on transport and in public buildings.
Personally I think the number of cases will mean they keep them mandatory until the end of summer.I think all the messaging has been that these will become voluntary, perhaps advisory, but not mandated. And with the proportion of people fully vaccinated I am inclined to agree.
Personally I think the number of cases will mean they keep them mandatory until the end of summer.
Yeah who’s testing positive and why are people being tested without symptoms or are they all school or people taking tests to do certain thingsWhat’s up with the increases in cases there? What’s going on?
Yeah who’s testing positive and why are people being tested without symptoms or are they all school or people taking tests to do certain things
Various drinks I hear too.It has emerged that you can fake a positive result by just adding vinegar to the test kit funnily enough
Being abused for sick days ?It has emerged that you can fake a positive result by just adding vinegar to the test kit funnily enough
Being abused for sick days ?
Quite often from what I’ve heard at certain schools
And these go on the statistics that determine wether we can relax restrictions?
Thunder cunts
I’m not convinced it’ll be happening on the scale of thousands of tests to be fair
Monday is usually quiet, the catch up from a lag is on TuesdayJohnson sounding quite confident that the 19th really will be the date that things ‘return to how they were before Covid as much as possible’. Another 3 deaths today with 22,000 new infections including some lag from yesterday.
Monday is usually quiet, the catch up from a lag is on Tuesday
No as in some cases from Sunday weren’t included in yesterday’s figures
Yeah, comparing number of tests taken to positive cases is probably better than days at the moment (test numbers have been all over the shop, anywhere between 600k and 1.2m daily). 22k cases is still high though. Increase in PHE Covid inpatients as well however there’s usually a bit of a jump on Monday as lag in recording over weekend. Let’s hope both settle down in coming days
An incompetent GovernmentWhat’s up with the increases in cases there? What’s going on?
Is there data on length of stay or discharge rates?
We are going back to mandatory masks in communal areas from tomorrow. 6 cases across 4 days in 2 years. 150 kids self-isolating.Primary schools can and should stay open, they aren’t the main drivers of infection and the children are less able to handle remote learning.
Teaching remotely is harder and a bigger ball ache so it’s not like I’m suggesting it lightly. My wider point is we should be fully unrestricting schools so none of it is needed and we don’t have half in half out
We are going back to mandatory masks in communal areas from tomorrow. 6 cases across 4 days in 2 years. 150 kids self-isolating.
Good to see he’s taking the job of health Secretary seriously
Guidance is if you are in close contact you must self isolate if they have a positive PCR test even if you test negative.Why so many isolating? Surely they can just have a test and stop isolating?
An incompetent Government
It's pretty astonishing that someone can come in after over a year out the cabinet, with no involvement in the Covid response, go straight into the job as Health Secretary and make such claims on his first day in the job.
It's pretty astonishing that someone can come in after over a year out the cabinet, with no involvement in the Covid response, go straight into the job as Health Secretary and make such claims on his first day in the job.
It's very Boris Johnson language tbf... and we know what happens whenever he makes a claim about this situation!Yeah, bit overly bold for first working day in office !
He should’ve seen some data (cases leading to hospitalisations) before making that statement...well, I hope so anyway !!!
It's very Boris Johnson language tbf... and we know what happens whenever he makes a claim about this situation!
It's asserting himself in a new post, and before an election. On the plus side, there's three(?) more weeks for more data to become available, to see if that's right or not. BBC say he said they see no reason to go beyond 19th July, which is a subtly different phrasing that still allows an out if needed.Yeah, I did shake my head when I heard the comment. As I say I hope he’s based it on concrete data !
It's asserting himself in a new post, and before an election. On the plus side, there's three(?) more weeks for more data to become available, to see if that's right or not. BBC say he said they see no reason to go beyond 19th July, which is a subtly different phrasing that still allows an out if needed.
I'd have certainly thought a 'cautiously optimistic' tone would have been more sensible, though, and the irreversible comment is naive at best... although they seem adept at pointing out things are beyond their control whenever they do reverse an irreversible decision!
It's asserting himself in a new post, and before an election. On the plus side, there's three(?) more weeks for more data to become available, to see if that's right or not. BBC say he said they see no reason to go beyond 19th July, which is a subtly different phrasing that still allows an out if needed.
I'd have certainly thought a 'cautiously optimistic' tone would have been more sensible, though, and the irreversible comment is naive at best... although they seem adept at pointing out things are beyond their control whenever they do reverse an irreversible decision!
But that's the stupidity of making an 'irreversible' comment. It's never the case, and certainly not in a situation like this, so why even make it other than for a soundbite to get the people that want restrictions lifted regardless (many of whom seem to have the ear of the Tory power base) onside.
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