mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Is infections merely levelling off good news? It's better than rising, I guess, but it seems a long way from reducing.
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newfhouse
Resolutely on topic
Good news is always welcome. Why would you think otherwise?
So the trend has only flattened, even with the current restrictions and precautions. People presently working safely and productively at home are being encouraged - and in some cases shamed - into returning to the workplace. What do you think will happen to the trend when public transport and offices get busier?
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
I see that since I first replied to you, our FM has clarified that (in Scotland) a shield is not enough and will have to be augmented with a face covering.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53697673
Thanks for that. We'll see if the same rules head south of the border!
Masks? The interminable debate about their efficacity really is total obfuscation and a denial of the bigger picture. Who's actually wearing surgical masks now? After a couple of weeks kids wouldn't be seen dead with them (me neither) so we have the majority wearing "bits of cloth" in their favouritre colour or other "bits of cloth" with their favourite band or their football club on them. It is La- La land.
Bradford has extra measures in place, I am sure the good folk of Ilkley are happy about that.................So you open up a test centre in a place (BD9) where it's impossible for multi-generational households to social distance, then you go door to door encouraging people to test. Whaddayaknow? With highly spurious testing procedure, you get the results you want. But what does this translate into, these + tests? Poorly people? Nope. Increased hospital admissions? Nope. Deaths? Nope. Increased calls to the hospital? Nope.
I'll tell it as it is, I brought up care homes & long term patients risks well before they were accepted and then news, as long as I don't get veiled threats about my employment.
Bradford has extra measures in place, I am sure the good folk of Ilkley are happy about that.................So you open up a test centre in a place (BD9) where it's impossible for multi-generational households to social distance, then you go door to door encouraging people to test. Whaddayaknow? With highly spurious testing procedure, you get the results you want. But what does this translate into, these + tests? Poorly people? Nope. Increased hospital admissions? Nope. Deaths? Nope. Increased calls to the hospital? Nope.
I'll tell it as it is, I brought up care homes & long term patients risks well before they were accepted and then news, as long as I don't get veiled threats about my employment.
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classic33
Leg End Member
Part of those measures is not travelling outside the lockdowned area.
Ilkley is a Leeds postcode, not Bradford.
IIkley is a Bradford council ward, the Bradford metro area is surprisingly massive, right up into the Dales is Bradford.
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/new...angry-town-included-bradford-lockdown-2934271
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classic33
Leg End Member
Not all Bradford postcodes are represented on Bradford Council though. Keighley is Worth Ward, Craven District Council.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
I came home yesterdy to find I'd been invited to take part in an ONS/Oxford University Infection Survey. Somebody will call on me and carry out a bit of daylight swabbery on me. Once I've registered, that is.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Me - I bought a large box of them in January when one of my Chinese colleagues warned everyone about this.
Oh, and given that locally most are wearing it, but then having parties/large groups round it'll continue even at a lower level. My area's been identified as a large increase but that's down to one care home with 25 cases.
Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
Is there still a shortage in health care?
If you can buy them in regular outlets such as Boots or Amazon, then they must be ok to wear.
Hover Fly
Lazy so and so
- Location
- Besides the lake, beneath the trees
Me too, in addition to the ICL ONS study on antibodies and a follow up. Beginning to think my name is in big gold leaf letters on a list somewhere.
classic33
Leg End Member
If what I'm seeing locally is mirrored elsewhere, there'll be a few red faces after this is all over.
Workers being able to sell on masks they've been supplied with for working in the local hospitals. It seems to be a case of just request the number you want, and you get them. With no records being kept of how many were given to who.
