14-06-2021, 05:28 PM
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https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/A further 7,742 confirmed cases in the UK were announced by the government on Monday.
That figure keeps us on 25th February .....
Currently, that equates to 250,000 new cases per month .....
14-06-2021, 06:34 PM
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Lifting of restrictions to be delayed by four weeks until 19 July - PMhttps://news.sky.com/story/covid-new...riant-12332073
The new date is now expected to be 19 July, with a review period after two weeks.
He says the link between cases and hospitalisations has been "weakened" but not completely severed, so more time must be given to get more people jabs.
Delaying the date will allow more time for people to be given jabs given the dangers of the Delta variant, the PM says.
Over-40s will only have to wait eight weeks rather than 12 weeks for their second jab, he says, while 23 and 24-year-olds will start to be offered a vaccine from tomorrow.
And he has brought forward the commitment to offer every adult a jab from the end of July to 19 July.
14-06-2021, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Donkeyman
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Yes well,l allthough Delta cases are rising, deaths are very low andstable still !!
And don't forget that with normal flu, that older and more sickly
people always used to die of it in the winters anyway !! usually of
respiratory ailments ?? And we used to cope with that then ??
So what's different now?
The only thing different l can see is the more "efficient" NHS we
have now ??
Donkeyman !🤔🤔
I don't believe the NHS is 'More efficient' Donkeyman, if you look at the number of postponed operations and delayed cancer treatments. In fact, there will probably be lots of deaths as a result of covid, but not covid associated. Not to mention the amount of suicides and mental disability born out of the covid crisis. So are we actually saving lives at all....
14-06-2021, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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A more sensible approach in my opinion would be to allow the younger people to go back to work and their businesses, because they don't suffer the same debilitating and life threatening symptoms In fact, there will probably be lots of deaths as a result of covid, but not covid associated. Not to mention the amount of suicides and mental disability born out of the covid crisis. So are we actually saving lives at all....
14-06-2021, 10:56 PM
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I'm a bit lost as to what the restrictions are at the moment. No nightclubs and weddings limited to 30? People can go to the pub and have meals of six friends at a table. You can go to gyms and the hairdresser. It just doesn't feel like any kind of lockdown. Some people are very happy with the wedding rules because they are saving heaps of money getting married now.15-06-2021, 02:05 AM
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Originally Posted by AnnieS
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I'm a bit lost as to what the restrictions are at the moment. No nightclubs and weddings limited to 30? People can go to the pub and have meals of six friends at a table. You can go to gyms and the hairdresser. It just doesn't feel like any kind of lockdown. Some people are very happy with the wedding rules because they are saving heaps of money getting married now.
A quick trip to the local church and a barbie in the back garden .....
15-06-2021, 10:18 AM
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The prime minister says he is determined the remaining coronavirus restrictions in England will be lifted on 19 July, despite concern that a rise in deaths could force a change of plan.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57478760
However, some Conservative MPs are concerned they could remain for longer.
It comes as a scientific adviser warned there could be a return to hundreds of deaths a day.
Prof Graham Medley, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that numbers of deaths are low at present, but "everyone expects that they will rise".
"The question is really as to what level they will rise," he said. It is possible we could end up with a situation whereby the numbers of people going to hospital, really mean that the government have to take some kind of action that they don't want to."
Infections are currently climbing sharply and modellers believe this could realistically top 1,000 hospital admissions a day later in the summer. That is equivalent to what the NHS would face for all types of respiratory illness in the middle of a bad winter.
The hope is that in a couple of weeks infection levels will have started to flatten, and maybe even fall, as the virus hits the wall of immunity built up by the vaccination programme. But there are no guarantees of that.
15-06-2021, 05:25 PM
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https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/A further 7,673 confirmed cases in the UK were announced by the government on Tuesday.
That figure keeps us on 25th February .....
Currently, that equates to 250,000 new cases per month .....
16-06-2021, 05:05 PM
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https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/A further 9,055 confirmed cases in the UK were announced by the government on Wednesday.
That figure takes us back to 22nd February .....
Hospitalisations are increasing.
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