01-03-2021, 02:34 PM
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Re: Brazilian variant
Originally Posted by Omah
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-56236905Where did the home testing kit come from?
Who was it addressed to?
Simple questions require simple answers.
Way back when we were allowed to test ourselves out of interest , mine came from Scotland via Amazon .
01-03-2021, 02:38 PM
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Re: Brazilian variant
I think is is very worrying particular as the low figure of infected people quoted is the result of the regular practice of sequencing a proportion of randomly selected tests, there could be more infected people out there.I have no intentions of dropping my guard any time soon even when I have had the second dose of vaccine.
01-03-2021, 03:00 PM
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Re: Brazilian variant
Originally Posted by Zuleika
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Omah I’ve only read Sky Breaking online this morning .
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-new...dates-12232389
Speaking to BBC Breakfast this morning, the vaccines minister said: "They could have had a home test kit or a test kit provided to them by their local authority. But they didn't fill in the contact details."
01-03-2021, 03:12 PM
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Re: Brazilian variant
Originally Posted by Zuleika
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Monday morning and just as you think it won’t be long until the end of March and the Stay At Home rule lifted you read this . One more thing to worry about ! Plus people are still going out without masks standing close to each other , I saw pics of groups in London and elsewhere yesterday , a hotel in Liverpool hosting a party over the weekend , Lancashire police have reported people drove to a beach in Formby ,100 cars turned away ! What’s all this about really ?
I feel despondent .
Stay safe people in and near those new areas of concern Gloucester and Scotland .
I feel more angry than despondent.
It is selfish, ignorant people deliberately flouting safety rules who make this situation bad for everyone else, including the innocent ones who do their best to keep safe.
I know it's only words, but try not to get too despondent, it will only make you feel down, but won't change a darn thing.
01-03-2021, 03:16 PM
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Re: Brazilian variant
The Scottish cases are people who work in Brazil who returned home. That’s not uncommon in the oil & gas world.They did nothing wrong - they came back and SI at their employer’s expense and were tested, which picked up the variant. They apparently returned to the UK on 29th January and to my knowledge, there have been no community transmission of the Brazilian variant here in the NE of Scotland so hopefully, it’s been contained.
I don’t think borders will ever be Covid-proof. Both Australia and NZ have had the Kent variant in their countries even with the belt & braces system they have.
01-03-2021, 03:20 PM
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Re: Brazilian variant
Originally Posted by Suedonim
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The Scottish cases are people who work in Brazil who returned home. That’s not uncommon in the oil & gas world. They did nothing wrong - they came back and SI at their employer’s expense and were tested, which picked up the variant. They apparently returned to the UK on 29th January and to my knowledge, there have been no community transmission of the Brazilian variant here in the NE of Scotland so hopefully, it’s been contained.
I don’t think borders will ever be Covid-proof. Both Australia and NZ have had the Kent variant in their countries even with the belt & braces system they have.
Did I misunderstand the hi-lighted part?
Why aren't people tested before they leave wherever they are to travel back, and again when they arrive here?
Bit late doing it once they're here, surely?
01-03-2021, 03:38 PM
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Re: Brazilian variant
Originally Posted by Mups
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I feel more angry than despondent. It is selfish, ignorant people deliberately flouting safety rules who make this situation bad for everyone else, including the innocent ones who do their best to keep safe.
I know it's only words, but try not to get too despondent, it will only make you feel down, but won't change a darn thing.
There’s no sense in that so far as an intelligent people can see .
Across from my home yesterday two women ,not wearing masks , were in and out of it all afternoon purring decorative garden things up outside for a new tenant which added up to three in there ?
I thought support bubbles were one to one ?Maybe I’m wrong ?
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