Coronavirus: Please use this thread for all COVID19 talk!

Better have the boys round saturday night then for fifa and beers.

 

Doncaster racing this weekend, isn’t it?

 

To an extent, because people (and particularly those in the 20-29 age category) do need to re-engage.

It doesn’t matter what media or opinion pieces you read or watch, you just need to take a look at the stats each day and work out for yourself what is occurring. It’s blindingly obvious really, so getting people to re-engage is the right move.

 

Is it , I dont gamble

 

I don't disagree mate. I just don't think the rule itself will have much of an effect and that that's not its intention. Can't be many people having over 6 round their house.

 

Loads of people round here (Clapham) having birthday parties etc on the common with 20+ people.

 

I don’t understand how the testing situation can be so out of sync with the needs.
The dental practice my wife and I are registered with, is also a walk in centre for emergency patients.
Speaking to the dentist yesterday he said that they had been covering emergency dental care for ALL of Southampton, so if the dentists can make this sort of arrangement why can’t a similar arrangement be made for covid testing?
Is there nowhere, in every major town/city to set up a testing centre, instead of sending people halfway round the country?

Edit.
The walk in part is no longer permitted, with everything being solely by appointment.

 

Outdoors with appropriate precautions seems to be largely okay, but that's a huge caveat that many aren't following. In Canada we've had problems with 50+ person house parties, and because our overall caseload is relatively low we're at a point where you can literally see the effect of one stupid decision on the numbers for a province of several million people.

I'm pretty sure that the university students, many of whom are meant to be quarantining until they've passed three tests/14 days have passed, were observing proper procedures when they were drunkenly setting off fireworks at 3am on Sunday morning, either. If they burst our bubble here, after five months where we've kept it under control, because they couldn't wait a couple extra days to get pissed, I'm going to be mightily annoyed.

 

Yeah, the ‘appropriate precautions’ part isn’t happening.

 

Doubt 20+ people outside is causing a huge spread tbh.

Still sound to have 50 or so in a pub apparently which is why I'm saying that this isn't about preventing spread in itself but reminding people of how important social distancing still is.

 

What else would it be for? Covid can’t be eradicated at the moment, but life has to go on and businesses have to thrive...so some risks will be taken, such as reopening offices, pubs and restaurants. Those are areas where standards can be insisted on. Get togethers are harder to control, so lowering the numbers that meet in uncontrolled environments is sensible. If you say 10, people will hear 20. Set the level low and most will realise they can’t hold a party...won’t stop morons but should reduce some risky interaction.

 

Not so much when those groups of people are hugging and sharing nibbles etc.

Anyhow, as I say, it's not about opinions or news feeds, it's just looking at the statistical facts (I sound like Schad now!) Around 75% of new cases currently are in the 20-29 age bracket (granted, a lot of this age are front line workers). Positive tests are growing, and drip-drip-drip that will slowly start to spread across from these cases to the more vulnerable and elderly who will die.

Basically I agree with you pretty much, but I'm bored of people (not you) sharing opinion, rather than using their eyes and looking at the bald facts, which tell a fairly consistent and obvious narrative.

 

So I had a test about a month ago now. They sent the test pack to my house, I administered it myself and booked a slot for a courier to come and collect the swab. Got the results about three days later. I thought that was standard, but obviously not. Can’t say I’d have been keen to drive 100+ miles there and back to get tested.

 

He’s a Liverpool fan from South Wales, don’t feel guilty

 

Do you work with @luvgonzo?

 

Yeah I don't think we're really disagreeing too much. I just think that the actual action won't do much to reduce the spread rather than influence people's thoughts on it. (Which is a bit moot really as that in theory still should still reduce the spread just in an indirect way.)

I'm not sure that 2000 a day is that high really considering people are living their lives again and the scale that testing has increased. Think as a percentage of tests it's a similar level to mid June.

People have definitely seemed to relax a bit about it though as I'm sure we've all seen, and I think that's specifically what this is aimed it.

 

In Spain, a care home in Pilar de la Horadada, (Costa Blanca), is having a coronavirus crisis.
They have 120 residents, of which 67 have tested positive (2 died at the weekend), plus 15 staff have also tested positive.
No reason given for this, as yet, but really not a good situation.
I hope we are alert to this, in the UK, because with partying youths, and care homes here having relaxed some of their controls, the same thing could happen here if the virus is carried into a care home by visiting family.

 

Cull everyone under the age of 30. That will solve the problem

 

Give it 7 months or so first

 

If it stays at 2k/day. The danger is that a jump from 500/day to 2k/day can turn into 10k/day in an awful hurry unless steps are taken to limit it.