Coronavirus

[Paddingtonwolf]

Shit. There have been a total of 2,710 cases in Wolverhampton since this started. 275 cases, so over ten per cent of that total have come in the last week.

 

[Sniffer]

Shit. There have been a total of 2,710 cases in Wolverhampton since this started. 275 cases, so over ten per cent of that total have come in the last week.

118 cases in my area in the last week which is 20% of all confirmed cases (114 per 100k). Tier one for now although I have a feeling that most of the population will be in Tier 2 within a fortnight.

 

[AndyWolves]

Shit. There have been a total of 2,710 cases in Wolverhampton since this started. 275 cases, so over ten per cent of that total have come in the last week.

Remember that they're testing way more people now than they were at the start of all this.

You had to be poorly enough to need hospital to get tested at the start

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Oh of course. The problem is the number is going up so I guess we are unlikely to come out of tier 2 any time soon. That’s rather depressing.

 

[leedswolf]

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[SSB]

This is still confusing me. Which is right? Can I go and see my folks in their garden?

BBC Website

You must not meet people you don't live with in any indoor setting - whether at home or in a public place - unless they are part of your support or childcare bubble. You must not socialise in a group of more than six outside, including in a garden or other spaces like beaches or parks, and you must follow social distancing rules.

Express & Star Website

People in Wolverhampton, Walsall, Sandwell, Solihull and Birmingham will also be barred from allowing others they do not live with or who are not in their support bubble into their homes or gardens - as is already the case under local restrictions in parts of the region.

 

[Sniffer]

143 deaths announced today and nearly 1500 more people in hospital compared to a week ago.

 

[Freddeno]

Virus is raising everywhere, even here in sweden in certain clusters, mostly through student partys

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Starmer calling for a circuit breaker lockdown

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

The choices are this at the moment:

1) We don't have a huge amount of control over spread at the moment. But deaths are still pretty low, and continue to be overwhelmingly in the sphere of very old, already ill patients. Sad of course but look, we can't close the lot, life has to go on for the rest of us. So leave it where we are now, where social distancing, sanitising, controlled numbers etc are in place and go with it.

2) Take measures that won't really improve matters (as Whitty flat out admitted last night, and all the evidence suggests) but do piss more people off, and impact hugely on business (esp hospitality) because they're now Schrödinger's venues - simultaneously open and unable to operate.

3) Short, defined lockdown (they will never row back on schools now, but largely everything else other than food shops, pharmacies etc). Rubbish to live through but at least there's a finite point to it, and you can financially support business given they literally aren't allowed to operate.

2) is the worst option of the three by an absolute mile and yet which one has Boris gone with...

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

By the way, want one of these culture grants?

You can't have one unless you praise the Great Leader and alert the press.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

The hits keep on coming...

Whoever told this fat prick that he was funny a few decades ago should feel extremely ashamed.

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

By the way, want one of these culture grants?

You can't have one unless you praise the Great Leader and alert the press.

Wow. Even trump doesn't try that.

 

[AndyWolves]

Nadine Dorries doesn't think herd immunity is a thing for any disease

https://twitter.com/NadineDorries/status/1316086032908070926?s=19

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Nadine Dorries hasn't worked out which end of a pencil to use yet.

 

[Donegal Wolf]

Schools in Norhtern Ireland to close for two weeks, pubs and resturants takeaway only for next 4 weeks

Has the highest 7 day average in Europe at the moment, in Derry & Strabane rate is running at 950/100000

 

[Tredman]

Was on a video call to a client in Derry this morning - he genuinely isn't leaving the house and joked he is planning his own British Army style turret.

 

[Tony Towner]

Got call from the school last night. Son has been exposed to a positive case so has to self isolate. Strange thing is the 14 days is backdated to last Monday which is when they say he was with the person, so he's already 9 days in and can go back next Monday

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Got call from the school last night. Son has been exposed to a positive case so has to self isolate. Strange thing is the 14 days is backdated to last Monday which is when they say he was with the person, so he's already 9 days in and can go back next Monday

Seems logical to me, 14 days is supposed to cover off the incubation period so measure it from the time he last had contact with the carrier and if he's not shown any symptoms himself by then he should be in the clear.

 

[Sniffer]

Seems logical to me, 14 days is supposed to cover off the incubation period so measure it from the time he last had contact with the carrier and if he's not shown any symptoms himself by then he should be in the clear.

It is logical and I agree but the problem for me is that he has had 9 days to potentially pass it on elsewhere.

I hope that he'll be OK Tony and that it won't come to anything more.