Coronavirus outbreak

[deptfordmarmoset]

Lost my faculties ages ago.

What's the status of marbles this lockdown?

Your marble mustn't come within 2 metres of any other.

 

[fossyant]

Your marble mustn't come within 2 metres of any other.

His marble must stay at home.

 

[mjr]

Teachers livid about yet another night-before change. Why did Peston and others know hours before it was announced? I do hope this is not what was going on:

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/Trump_ton/status/1346115257484398592

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Your marble mustn't come within 2 metres of any other.

Shìt! I'll never find them that far away

 

[mjr]

Don't mention the stupid Christmas bubble idea. Blame it all on the new variants. No one could have predicted the post-Christmas surge...

The current plan seems to be a four week lockdown to 'save Christmas '. If Christmas involves the whole family including students and older people sitting inside for the whole day, is this likely to cause a third peak of cases in mid January?

Without vaccines making a massive dent the second wave will likely go into spring/summer.

 

[Julia9054]

Teachers livid

And parents too. Many primary schools went back today. One day in school to pass on everything from all those Christmas bubbles and then off for 6 weeks. What the hell was the point?

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Teachers livid about yet another night-before change. Why did Peston and others know hours before it was announced? I do hope this is not what was going on:

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/Trump_ton/status/1346115257484398592

I thought he said in the announcement that the four CMO's only advised today that we should enter full lockdown.

 

[Unkraut]

Many primary schools went back today.

Enormous controversy over schools going back here. The lockdown will almost certainly be extended by two weeks or to the end of the month, but there is wrangling in different parts of the country as to whether schools should go back, and whether this should be age related, and whether classroom teaching should be split with one half in the morning and one half in the afternoon. Parents are unhappy too.

Psychologists are reporting too many pupils are getting used to not being at school, and having difficulty coping when they do go back.

Will become clear later today (Tuesday) after central and regional governments have had their latest conference to review the situation. I will be surprised if they can still maintain a one size fits all policy.

 

[Accy cyclist]

 

[midlife]

I thought he said in the announcement that the four CMO's only advised today that we should enter full lockdown.

I think that was about the Covid alert level and not lockdown?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It looks like I'm 15,000,000th in the queue.

 

[Mo1959]

A Facebook update from my practice says they vaccinated their first batch of over 80’s yesterday. It’s a start.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I think that was about the Covid alert level and not lockdown?

Yes, you are correct. My mistake. Apologies.

Same outcome though - once the CMO's advised to shift the threat level to the highest level then the decision was made to lockdown and the schools closed down as part of that process.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55540679

 

[SpokeyDokey]

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It looks like I'm 15,000,000th in the queue.

Have you got a link to that please?

I'd like to share it with someone who is not on this forum.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Have you got a link to that please?

I'd like to share it with someone who is not on this forum.

It appeared on the Guardian's live coronavirus feed earlier. EDIT: at 10:02. It linked to here:
View: https://twitter.com/john_actuary/status/1338422079096500226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1338422079096500226%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fpolitics%2Flive%2F2021%2Fjan%2F05%2Fcovid-uk-coronavirus-live-news-updates-lockdown-boris-johnson