Coronavirus

[Grays_1890]

Continue to access NHS services as you would normally.....ok the Boris

 

[Glenda's Legs]

They simply had to do this

Agree. Can't force businesses to shut without giving people support.

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

From that heat map, does that show teenagers and young adults are the worst infected? aka Universities.

Yes to start with but as you go left to right (time axis) it starts spreading up to older people.

 

[Grays_1890]

Furlough scheme extended to 2 December.

The original one or the new crap one?

 

[markysimmo]

Continue to access NHS services as you would normally.....ok the Boris

I've not been able to get my B12 injections which I need every 3 months for 8 months now
Go and buy tablets they said, what if I couldn't afford them

 

[Glenda's Legs]

The original one or the new crap one?

He didn't really say but I assume it's the new crap one, as he said the furlough won't end.

 

[Grays_1890]

He didn't really say but I assume it's the new crap one, as he said the furlough won't end.

Ahhh ok I thought the furlough scheme had ended and they renamed it, my bad

 

[Grays_1890]

I've not been able to get my B12 injections which I need every 3 months for 8 months now
Go and buy tablets they said, what if I couldn't afford them

My sister has been told proactively not to access services, she got a diagnosis on the phone which was wrong and spent three rounds of antibiotics with no results

 

[Glenda's Legs]

Ahhh ok I thought the furlough scheme had ended and they renamed it, my bad

I think it literally ended today, but yes, not the new job support scheme or whatever.
That's just my interpretation of what he said btw.

 

[Glenda's Legs]

Seems like it's the full furlough :

https://twitter.com/x/status/1322616989337223169

 

[StephenH]

Until track and trace is Working, it is largely a waste of time!
We will be here again in a couple of months.

 

[Mikey10]

So, unless you are going to school; taking your kids to or from school; university; work; the supermarket; to look after elderly relatives; to exercise outside; to the doctor; or to a hospital then you MUST stay at home.

That’ll work well.

 

[markysimmo]

So, unless you are going to school; taking your kids to or from school; university; work; the supermarket; to look after elderly relatives; to exercise outside; to the doctor; or to a hospital then you MUST stay at home.

That’ll work well.

Can I do my exercise on the golf course ??

 

[Legohamster]

They simply had to do this

not enough.

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

My sister has been told proactively not to access services, she got a diagnosis on the phone which was wrong and spent three rounds of antibiotics with no results

I think that's normal whichever way you access the service

 

[elyid]

Can I do my exercise on the golf course ??

Atm I genuinely think you can.

Outdoor recreation surely means any activity that is done outside.

 

[scaramanga]

Atm I genuinely think you can.

Outdoor recreation surely means any activity that is done outside.

That's handy, my local has a beer garden

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

So, unless you are going to school; taking your kids to or from school; university; work; the supermarket; to look after elderly relatives; to exercise outside; to the doctor; or to a hospital then you MUST stay at home.

That’ll work well.

In the last lockdown, you felt conscious and almost bad about being out and what you were up to. Don't think they'll be much of that this time round.

 

[Grays_1890]

I think that's normal whichever way you access the service

Not after the first time, she had had severe days from it. She would have gone in by now, She will live its just frustrating. Point is those when he said access the service as you would....you can't

 

[SpurMeUp]

Could we see some local lockdowns happening soon? Probably.

Might have gone unnoticed, but there were 200 a day hospital admissions due to covid in the northwest. That is back towards April/May figures. London is far more under control. The government must act decisively and quickly. Because we don't want the NHS to be the national covid service. Which is what happened when this virus hit. That impacts excess deaths etc.

What is the likely solution? We need to lock down affected cities. Close everything. Test people door to door. It's the only way I can see of gaining some effective control.

Maybe the 200 a day was a blip. But if there is another day or two of hospitalizations at similar rates, that is not a good sign and this government has to act fast.

This post was from the 6th of October. If we knew it on here, why did the government take a month to act?

Its frustrating because we, the government and science knew in early October that we were in trouble again with rising case numbers. The local lockdowns were not done fast enough or with any effectiveness. A month later we shut the country for a month when the cat is out the bag. I don't get why in a time of national crisis they are unable to act decisively and effectively. If they did, people would be onside. No wonder people don't download the app or observe rules, we don't have faith in this government's response, which undermines the national response.