Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (8 Viewers)
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Sky_Blue_Daz
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Personally I’d shut the schools and universities too , particularly a school environment this time of year colds, flus and bugs get passed around anyway
stay_up_skyblues
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This is the key thing for me. Can’t really be arsed to go into detail but it is a difficult situation to deal with and balancing the spread versus damage to the economy and everything that comes with it is not an enviable position to be in.
BUT... with a further lockdown inevitable, doing a week after half term is beyond a joke and unforgivable. Smacks of having no plan and winging it almost day to day. I mean, Wales actually demonstrated how to do it in real time.
Also, the slides blatantly knocked together 20 minutes before the briefing looked like something my lad came up with in his year 8 IT lesson.
Grendel
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I think you guys should form your own political party
The cost to the the economy from these measures is £20B a week according to Marr .
Wonder what it was in the tiered approach?
Not him or Hancock when asked on Marr .
Still think I heard Kuenssberg suggest Rishi was for Circuit break,not tiers yesterday afternoon.
Brighton Sky Blue
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You do realise it’s possible to support a party without agreeing with everything the leader says all of the time
chiefdave
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Potentially a scenario where we come out of lockdown on December 2nd as planned with the numbers having dropped back down leading to people thinking its fine to go back out again right when its Christmas party season.
Followed by sending uni students home for a few days and then back to uni to make sure its spread around the country and to the older generations. Could easily see the numbers shoot back up and we'll be back in the same position we are now looking at an imminent lockdown 3.
Don't think it's a particularly far fetched scenario. Certainly something the government will have to put some thought towards avoiding.
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Brighton Sky Blue
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Interested to see more data from NI once the prolonged school closure kicks in.
chiefdave
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LastGarrison
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What the fuck is going on in Wales? That’s concerning.
Sky Blue Pete
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Takes a week or two
Brighton Sky Blue
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Guess what actually following the evidence does
clint van damme
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LastGarrison
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But in comparison to the NI figures and their circuit break.......
chiefdave
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Some good news. Victoria seems to have got a grip on the outbreak they had after issues with returning traveller quarantine.
Australia records zero Covid-19 cases for first time in five months
Locally-transmitted cases have dropped to zero and one state is hopeful for a "normal Christmas".
www.bbc.co.uk
jimmyhillsfanclub
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Clearly not all about the schools tho....and NI stats are heavily skewed due to big uni outbreaks in derry and Belfast.
Liverpool cases also show a drop off in cases that matches the tier 3 intro. In the region around middle of the month.....and schools didn't shut for HT until the last week of Oct.
Welsh schools have been shut for a fortnight and look at that curve....
Again, Its not all about the schools....
Brighton Sky Blue
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If it’s not then let me out of a box and to do my job
clint van damme
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please be true FFS
Brighton Sky Blue
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stay_up_skyblues
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Same. Well, we were supposed to be getting married three weeks today but postponed.
Not yet they haven't and only a couple of senior school yr groups ar out for the duration .
I think NI May have gone for an extended complete LD inc schoolkids.
Grendel
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Why then show a graph suggesting it isn’t!
And yes it does look like Tier 3 has had some effect
Edit :- returned the rate to the level/trajectory it was on at the point of implementation
Not forgetting there was a lag of close to of around 4-5 weeks between scientific advice,then delivery and squabbles over this .
Frankly fucking awful dither and delay in as per , including Burnham whatever his reasoning.
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Grendel
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Ireland closed for two weeks and England closed for 1 of those weeks and there’s a transmission lag?
Grendel
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Only two year groups are allowed in senior schools in Wales until Nov 9
Brighton Sky Blue
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Have friends getting married at the end of May and it’s crazy to think that may not happen.
Brighton Sky Blue
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I’d even take that
Grendel
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Sorry said it wrong only years 7 and 8 are not allowed
Brighton Sky Blue
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Less agreeable but still better than all of them
Grendel
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Its actually confusing as one article said older years are allowed but I assume that’s wrong. I assume the BBC article is correct which say primary and early years are allowed - I guess the real issue is some children are excluded and it makes no difference as infections have risen
Brighton Sky Blue
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Maybe ask yourself why it is that most teachers and the largest union think it should be remote for 3 weeks
Grendel
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But the Wales and Ireland examples from Dave’s charts suggest it’s not going to make any real difference?
They're finishing same date as us but took the extra week earlier.