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13-08-2021 11:56 AM #50101
United we stand here....
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13-08-2021 11:57 AM #50102This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I've never witnessed that rule being enforced in there and I've been known to venture in once or twice.
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13-08-2021 12:09 PM #50103This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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13-08-2021 12:42 PM #50104
NHS Lothian has halted non-urgent elective operations amid staff shortages and rising patient demand.
The health board has also postponed non-urgent outpatient appointments.
The move comes two days after NHS Borders cancelled all scheduled routine operations until the end of next week due to pressure on services.
NHS Lothian said increased levels of staff sickness, combined with holidays and those having to self isolate, led to a “significant reduction” in nurses and midwives in the previous two months.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...mand-staffing/
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13-08-2021 01:06 PM #50105
Daily Scottish update;
1,542 new cases since yesterday - 6.6% positivity rate
Decrease of 3 in the confirmed cases in hospital since yesterday
Decrease of 1 in the confirmed cases in intensive care since yesterday
4,044,950 people have now received their first dose of the vaccine - 5,724 people since yesterday
3,412,051 people have now received their second dose of the vaccine - 18,151 people since yesterday
8 deaths registered since yesterday
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13-08-2021 01:14 PM #50106
https://twitter.com/natalie_allison/...202548224?s=21
The end of a school board meeting in Franklin, parents threatening the medical experts because they dared to suggest masks in schools was a good idea.
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13-08-2021 01:40 PM #50107This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
However I'm reaching a point where I think we have to stop inconveniencing a majority to protect a minority. This isn't comparable to when we locked down everyone to protect vulnerable groups, there was good reason for that as we all played our part in seeding and spreading the virus (or not doing so if we followed the rules)
We are now approaching a point in the UK and much of the developed world at which everyone who wants a significant level of protection against serious illness has it. As and when booster vaccines become available then those who rolled up their sleeve first time around will do so again and early data, linked in a post earlier in the thread, suggests that could be a gamechanger in terms of transmission. If people choose not to accept that protection then fine. They will get ill (there's no maybe about it) and some will die. Let the rest of us continue on a path back to normality, inconvenience those who won't do the selfless thing by banning them from certain arenas and focus our efforts on vaccinating the world and those in developing nations who want protection but can't access it yet.
If some ignorant ******** chooses to listen to an equally ignorant twat on YouTube over mountains of peer reviewed science then let them deal with the consequences. Be that exclusion from things they want to do or illness. I'm beyond pandering to mobs like those filmed above now.
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13-08-2021 02:04 PM #50108This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Agree with every single word of this.
I hope we bring in vaccine passports for near enough everything. Pubs, restaurants, large events, travel. Make it virtually impossible for unvaccinated people to enjoy life if they’re not going to take the vaccine, by far the most effective weapon we have against this virus.
I’ve seen numerous people sharing a post on my Instagram from Josh Taylor comparing masks to a fart getting out of your arse cheeks. And these people actually allow posts like this to help them decide whether they want to get vaccinated etc.
You want to decide not to get vaccinated because someone who gets punched in the head for a living says so rather than listen to the thousands of scientists who say to do it? Crack on. But **** off and don’t leave your house because you can’t get in anywhere in that case.Last edited by calumhibee1; 13-08-2021 at 04:13 PM.
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13-08-2021 03:37 PM #50110This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Even my 17 yr old son who didn’t really think he needed it has thought about the wider issues this week so went off to a drop in centre and got vaccinated today while I was working.
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13-08-2021 05:05 PM #50111
I agree that folk who've positively chosen not to take the vaccine should be left to show the courage of their convictions, but what about those who can't take the vaccine?
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13-08-2021 05:19 PM #50112This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
People who genuinely can’t take it are few and far between so chances are you’d rarely if ever encounter someone in that situation.
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13-08-2021 05:23 PM #50113
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https://amp.theguardian.com/commenti...mpression=true
More and more people saying we shouldn't be giving booster jags in the west when most of the world don't have 1 dose. 2 doses makes covid less harmful to death than the flu. Jcvi think its unethical, government aren't budging
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Sajid Javid and other ministers are very much expecting that booster doses will be administered to 30m+ people over the autumn and are working on putting the infrastructure in place.
Looking like an increasingly public clash between ministers and their advisers is on the way...
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13-08-2021 05:27 PM #50114This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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13-08-2021 05:35 PM #50115This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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13-08-2021 05:36 PM #50116This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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13-08-2021 05:37 PM #50117This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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13-08-2021 05:39 PM #50118This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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13-08-2021 05:51 PM #50119This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
However, I would like to hear more noise from Holyrood about it. Stupidly, or not, I trust them not to set up an abusive system. Are aspects of it reserved? Not that that would justify it as we all know Nicola loves a wee wander into the Forbidden Land (with my full support, natch! :-)). Where is she? Why not?
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13-08-2021 06:48 PM #50120This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Last edited by calumhibee1; 13-08-2021 at 08:18 PM.
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13-08-2021 07:51 PM #50121
Breakdown of today's cases by council area;
Glasgow - 190
North Lanarkshire - 134
Edinburgh - 123
South Lanarkshire - 111
Fife - 104
North Ayrshire - 67
Dumfries and Galloway - 66
West Lothian - 65
Highland - 56
Falkirk - 48
East Ayrshire - 46
Aberdeen - 44
Renfrewshire - 43
East Dunbartonshire - 40
Dundee - 39
Argyll and Bute - 39
Aberdeenshire - 35
East Renfrewshire - 33
East Lothian - 33
Perth and Kinross - 31
Stirling - 28
Midlothian - 24
South Ayrshire - 21
Clackmannanshire - 21
West Dunbartonshire - 20
Scottish Borders - 20
Inverclyde - 17
Angus - 16
Moray - 12
Na-h Eileanan Siar - 9
Orkney - 3
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13-08-2021 08:27 PM #50122This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
UK - 47,215,352 (90.1% of adult population)
Wales - 2,310,898 (92.4% of adult population)
England - 39,612,597 (90% of adult population)
Scotland - 4,044,950 (89.9% of adult population)
Northern Ireland - 1,246,907 (86% of adult population)
Second dose;
UK - 40,206,029 (76.7% of adult population)
Wales - 2,132,116 (85.3% of adult population)
Northern Ireland - 1,109,693 (76.5% of adult population)
England - 33,552,169 (76.3% of adult population)
Scotland - 3,412,051 (75.8% of adult population)
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13-08-2021 10:07 PM #50123
Four Scottish health boards have now halted non-urgent procedures amid rising pressure on the NHS.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-58204236
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13-08-2021 11:10 PM #50124
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80,000 in the US now in hospital with covid, that number is doubling every 13 days. It should be their biggest hospital wave in around 10 days. Also of note 81% of cases are in trump states.
Although uptake is better than alot of countries, older groups and those with morbidities are much lower uptake than most in the west. So whilst our big spike in cases last month meant little hospitalisations, we had almost 100% uptake in over 60s.
Most states are fairly open even with huge cases sadly too. Stories like this is even more depressing when they have plenty vaccines
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-b1900318.html
Florida mother dies from Covid-19 days after giving birth
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13-08-2021 11:15 PM #50125
The cost of NHS coronavirus tests for international arrivals to the UK have been reduced, the government has said.
Test and Trace tests have been cut from £88 to £68 for people arriving from green-listed countries and for those coming from amber-listed countries who are fully vaccinated.
Meanwhile, the price of two tests for amber arrivals who have not had both jabs has been cut from £170 to £136.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58206517
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13-08-2021 11:18 PM #50126
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14-08-2021 05:08 AM #50127This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-08-2021 05:14 AM #50128This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-08-2021 07:57 AM #50129This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
When I replied to Calum's post yesterday about requirements for travelling to Spain, I linked to a page on the Scottish Government website which said the test you had to do on your return from an amber country cost £88.
That same page now says the cost is £68.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/co...ist-countries/
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14-08-2021 08:09 AM #50130This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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