| Heading into lockdown aren't we 17:11 - Oct 6 with 8400 views | chrismakin |
Very quiet from the government on things, but behind the scenes they all know Covid is out of control again around the UK.
I See it being a Jan lockdown
Why? the company i work for, government contract have cancelled all January recruitment events. |  |
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| Heading into lockdown aren't we on 23:44 - Oct 7 with 563 views | Ryorry |
| Heading into lockdown aren't we on 22:47 - Oct 7 by GlasgowBlue |
Really? Yet according to the latest data England had 49.7 cases per 100,000 today and Wales had 70.63 cases per 100,000.
Wales has a devolved government which removed restrictions later than the Westminster Government. Wales also has mask wearing as mandatory. How do you square that with your conclusion?
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/uk-daily-covid-cases-7day-average
Up until 2/10, just 5 days ago, Scotland had be ahead of England in cases per 100,000. Getting as high as 117.4 cases per 100,000 in early September compared with England at 45.84.
Scotland removed all restrictions a full month later than England and agin mask wearing is compulsory. Scotland has a devolved government and has a completely different Covid policy to the Westminster government. Again, can you square that circle?
Wales (devolved) and Northern Ireland (devolved) continue to have higher cases per 100,000 than England.
If you actually dig a little deeper into the data one of the reasons that the UK has a higher rate of cases is that whilst we were very successful in vaccinating the majority of older people, other European countries have been more successful at encouraging take up among younger age groups. To that end, the Government should have made vaccine passports compulsory. They bowed to pressure for the right of the Tory party and dropped the idea.
In some European countries you cant even get into a restaurant or supermarket without a vaccine passport. Do we want to go down that route? That's a real ten pager there.
Scotland was due to introduce a passport last Friday but has given people 18 days grace due to a fcuk up with the launch of the app. [Post edited 7 Oct 2021 22:55]
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Yes I should also have mentioned vaccination of 12-17s widely in Europe as also a factor, but the points re masking/distancing still hold true.
Re "In some European countries you cant even get into a restaurant or supermarket without a vaccine passport."
- well good, I'd be delighted if we had that. The reason immunocompromised people in UK are still prisoners in their own homes 18 months on, despite being dble vacc'd, is that we don't have them OR masking OR distancing any more in the UK.
Not that I'm an expert - not sure why you asked me actually, plenty of ppl far more qualified on here than I am. |  |
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| Heading into lockdown aren't we on 17:51 - Oct 8 with 396 views | blueconscience |
Will be funny to see the previous furlough receivers view on any future lockdowns when they are stuck at home not getting their rent/mortgage and bills paid for them. |  |
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