Coronavirus.

Lucy

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Yes, the uptake % is being quoted completely incorrectly. I guess it's harder now because getting a number of the people eligible for reasons other than age is really hard.
 

Noah

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The figures quoted are for age 16+ but most under 55s haven't been offered it yet so figures would seem pretty meaningless. The uptake figures in those age groups who have been offered it seem to be much higher
 

Cue

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Yeah they've used "uptake" in the headline which is absolutely not the right wording to use and just aids to scare people into thinking there must be a reason only half of people are taking up the jab.

All it does is aid the antivax headline reading movement, it's dangerous. These people latch on to anything so you cannot give them even an inch.
 

Chillybean

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There is also the possibility that out of borough frontline staff will have already received the Jab, my wife was called today for her first jab when she had it back in Jan under a different local authority.
 

Withnail

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Yeah they've used "uptake" in the headline which is absolutely not the right wording to use ...

None of the vaccines approved for emergency use in the UK have been so for anyone under 18. There is so far no plan to vaccinate anyone under the age of 18 in the UK.

Why include the couple or so million 16-18 yr olds in the total of the ^above figures?

Why is this basic lack of mathematic 'literacy' being spaffed out as if it is real reportage?

Take the bloody shot.
 
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staffordjas

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Apologies if this has been posted already, but apparently the testing drive showed up no further cases of the variant.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news.../south-african-variant-vanishes-amid-testing/
In Worcester where they had the mass testing after cases of South African variant were found.. their paper reported a few weeks after of an error which meant some positive samples were mistakenly not tested for the variant . But those with positive results and their contacts should have been isolating anyway.......
 

SketchyMagpie

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How are people feeling about the prospect of things going as the government have set out with their roadmap, just out curiosity?

I'm generally the over-cautious and pessimistic type but even I can see the vaccine drive is going very well and uptake has been high. But I have friends announcing that they've booked gigs and festivals and stuff for around July/August and I find myself thinking "... does that sound likely?!". I can't tell if that's a reasonable viewpoint or if I've just become so used to the "new normal" that coming out of it seems as alien to me now as going into did one year ago.
 

littleme

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How are people feeling about the prospect of things going as the government have set out with their roadmap, just out curiosity?

I'm generally the over-cautious and pessimistic type but even I can see the vaccine drive is going very well and uptake has been high. But I have friends announcing that they've booked gigs and festivals and stuff for around July/August and I find myself thinking "... does that sound likely?!". I can't tell if that's a reasonable viewpoint or if I've just become so used to the "new normal" that coming out of it seems as alien to me now as going into did one year ago.
We've moved our UK April holiday to August, but I still can't see it happening.

I work in a supermarket, viewing people's general day to day behaviour doesn't give me much hope. This lockdown is nothing like the first lockdown, people really don't give a feck.
 

Cirrus

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It's good that the vaccine rollout is going well, and i will look forward to having it. Even after i've had it i don't think i will change my habits much, so will be avoiding any crowds until i feel its safe to do so.
 

SketchyMagpie

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Yeah I mean I can't see myself going to any kind of highly-populated event until next year at least (assuming there will be another seasonal wave at the end of this one).
 

FooFighter

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We've moved our UK April holiday to August, but I still can't see it happening.

I work in a supermarket, viewing people's general day to day behaviour doesn't give me much hope. This lockdown is nothing like the first lockdown, people really don't give a feck.
Agreed

Do you have a weekly test?
 

Withnail

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From early on i tuned in, turned on, and got with, people that really put everything into perspective.

There has been a lot of noise in the meantime, but one thing that i took on board from the start was that this would not calm down until Q2 '22.

There may be intermittent periods of qualified normalcy, but don't bet anything serious before then.
 

The Hawk

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From early on i tuned in, turned on, and got with, people that really put everything into perspective.

There has been a lot of noise in the meantime, but one thing that i took on board from the start was that this would not calm down until Q2 '22.

There may be intermittent periods of qualified normalcy, but don't bet anything serious before then.
Based on all the data and information I have digested, I would say that your assessment is not unreasonable. We may yet see some semblance of normality later this year, but winter 2021/22 brings a lot of uncertainty and it may well be that it will take until spring/summer 2022 before we finally emerge into our new normal.

I am hoping that the vaccine roll out gets us out of this mess this year, but I think we will probably need another 12 months of progress before we are finally able to put this pandemic behind us.
 

Lucy

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I agree, I think things will get better but there's no way 21st June brings normal as it was, and actually as it never should be again. It's likely a lot of us will get really bad colds/flu next winter too as who's had one this year?!
 

Cue

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If 75%+ of the adult population have been jabbed... how exactly would the virus thrive? The vaccine massively reduced hospitalisation, severe symptoms, transmission, etc and every variant has ended up being squashed by it too so far has it not? And of course we’ll be rolling out jabs for those who turn 18 and probably doing some child/teen trials to see if they can just be jabbed anyway.

I struggle to see why we need to wait till 2022 to return to “normal”, though frankly there’s some things I’d be okay with seeing us keep such as wearing a mask (and working from home) if you’re ill. And of course unnecessary offices can be done away with too.

Of course the rest of the world is still somewhat boned due to royally screwing up the vaccination rollout. And we’ll have a lot of recovery to do, but socially it seems bonkers to keep waiting once everyone who can have a jab has had one. Those who refuse will soon change their tune when they face losing their job because their employer is having none of their “5G microchips” bollocks (medical exemptions of course would be taken into account)
 
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cj1

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I will be having the jab but don't believe it should be forced on others. If you are going to force the jab on others why should there be exemptions on medical or any other grounds. How are you the vaccinated one being put at risk by the unvaccinated. If unvaccinated put the vaccinated at risk why should there be exceptions?
 
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