@Moonie posted:It’s looking like Solihull and Sandwell will soon too
They are covered by it Moonie ....they are going into lockdown with Brum 
@velvet donkey Lockdown in Lanarkshire from midnight tonight. (Friday 11th September)
I pretty sure that the app along with contact tracing WILL NOT WORK AS EXPECTED.
Imagine if you worked for an organisation which issued an email explaining all of the information you can give to contact tracers, except one crucial element, you are specifically told not to tell contact tracers who you are working with.
A total of 205 positive cases of Covid-19 have been identified by Test and Protect in Lanarkshire in the past week.
Woman arrested over Bishop's Stortford illegal silent disco
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But what about all the people that attended it, they were breaking the rules too?
Thr Scotish party organiser that who was fined........
They have written a letter of apology to the neighbours and citing an error of judgement.
One neighbour - one neighbour told the BBC the £10,000 fine was "absolutely ridiculous... fine the guys, but we were all students once".
So they're suggesting the amount of the fine should be tailored to the financial status of the offender, rather than the offence!
Airight, one may reckon that the fine amount is to much IN GENERAL, but it shouldn't matter WHO the offender is.
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Thr Scotish party organiser that who was fined........
They have written a letter of apology to the neighbours and citing an error of judgement.
One neighbour - one neighbour told the BBC the £10,000 fine was "absolutely ridiculous... fine the guys, but we were all students once".
So they're suggesting the amount of the fine should be tailored to the financial status of the offender, rather than the offence!
Airight, one may reckon that the fine amount is to much IN GENERAL, but it shouldn't matter WHO the offender is.
I truly don’t know what we have to do to get through to these morons 
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Thr Scotish party organiser that who was fined........
They have written a letter of apology to the neighbours and citing an error of judgement.
One neighbour - one neighbour told the BBC the £10,000 fine was "absolutely ridiculous... fine the guys, but we were all students once".
So they're suggesting the amount of the fine should be tailored to the financial status of the offender, rather than the offence!
Airight, one may reckon that the fine amount is to much IN GENERAL, but it shouldn't matter WHO the offender is.
What universe is that person living in?
Currently listening to the news - some people just don't care about the health state of the nation! 
I'm just disappointed the British public seem to be reluctant to co-operate and are thinking of their own needs before anything else
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Currently listening to the news - some people just don't care about the health state of the nation!
@Saint posted:I'm just disappointed the British public seem to be reluctant to co-operate and are thinking of their own needs before anything else
Exactly ! I bet they will be the first ones to moan when the country goes back into total lockdown 
@Baz posted:Looks like the NE will be under new lockdown measures from Friday
A little something that might be of interest...
I recently received a letter from Ipsos Mori asking me to take part in a COVID-19 in-home antibody testing research study.
The home-test kit arrived Monday, and I took the test Wednesday. Disappointingly - though perhaps unsurprisingly - I tested negative for antibodies. After taking the test, I had to fill in a long questionaire covering subjects such as my behaviour during lockdown.
[Proviso: The literature that came with the test repeatedly points out that the test is not reliable at an individual level. The purpose of the study is to estimate how many people have been infected with COVID-19.]
North East on major restriction as from midnight tonight
From Southern most parts of Durham to northern most pats of Northumberland - west towards the Penines but not Cumbria or Yorkshire.
Worrying
@machel posted:Can you imagine? These rule breakers are not listening to the government ( who would?) , scientists or the law, why should they listen to Joe Bloggs?
Apart from what you have posted, would anyone in their right mind want to confront people who are breaking the law? Not me ...
I've read many times that this virus (man made in a laboratory and deliberately released to destroy capitalism) is highly contagious.
So why aren't people wearing masks in the high street? This will be the next advice - mark my words
The UK government is considering taking further England-wide measures including a short period of restrictions across the country to try to slow a second surge of coronavirus cases.
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg has been told that a few weeks of national rules - or a "circuit break" - could be announced in the next week.
Schools and workplaces would be kept open during those weeks.
But no final decisions have yet been reached on the next course of action.
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I'm sure a lot of people were saying the 'opening up' was too soon and too quick!
@Saint posted:
Omg! 
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:The UK government is considering taking further England-wide measures including a short period of restrictions across the country to try to slow a second surge of coronavirus cases.
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg has been told that a few weeks of national rules - or a "circuit break" - could be announced in the next week.
Schools and workplaces would be kept open during those weeks.
But no final decisions have yet been reached on the next course of action.
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I'm sure a lot of people were saying the 'opening up' was too soon and too quick!
Exactly EFFT ....anyone with an ounce of common sense could see the dangers . 
Begins to look like we're going to end up with 'herd immunity' whether we want it or not!!!!
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Begins to look like we're going to end up with 'herd immunity' whether we want it or not!!!!
I see a full lockdown on the horizon 
@Moonie posted:I see a full lockdown on the horizon
Yeah, if Boris says it'll be a disaster and they'll do EVERYTHING to avoid it, you can bet it's already on it's way! 
Just like they 'avoided' several thing that eventually came to pass.
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Yeah, if Boris says it'll be a disaster and they'll do EVERYTHING to avoid it, you can bet it's already on it's way!
My feelings exactly EFFT
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Begins to look like we're going to end up with 'herd immunity' whether we want it or not!!!!
We're not gonna end up with it. We have it already
*whispers* I bought a few extra (non-perishable) things in this week's grocery order. 
@machel posted:Make that three, although I didn’t panic buy but I am a little now because I think lockdown is inevitable and I don’t want to be so reliant on family again
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:*whispers* I bought a few extra (non-perishable) things in this week's grocery order.
Shush......me too 
I had to nick this because it's exactly how I feel
At the planet's most crucial and dangerous moment, we are governed by the absolute worst people the earth ever shat out.
Next door neighbour (84yrs old) found a dead pigeon in her garden yesterday
This morning she asked her next door neighbour (79yrs old and diabetic) to have a look and move it
Thus breaking the news Gov ruling
Now - do i dob them in and gain them a £10,000 fine?
@Saint posted:Next door neighbour (84yrs old) found a dead pigeon in her garden yesterday
This morning she asked her next door neighbour (79yrs old and diabetic) to have a look and move it
Thus breaking the news Gov ruling
Now - do i dob them in and gain them a £10,000 fine?
No, cos it’s outside 
@Saint posted:Next door neighbour (84yrs old) found a dead pigeon in her garden yesterday
This morning she asked her next door neighbour (79yrs old and diabetic) to have a look and move it
Thus breaking the news Gov ruling
Now - do i dob them in and gain them a £10,000 fine?
A honest opinion in this case...no...
Blackpool crowds ignore Covid 'last blast' warning
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As soon as there were warnings about NOT having a 'last fling', you knew it was going to happen SOMEWHERE, if not necessarily EVERYWHERE!
Jeez what is wrong with people?
Round them all up and corral them somewhere, let them all infect each other and they can moan to each other about how awful it is. Don't let them out until we have a vaccine and/or efficient drugs. Younger children can be exempt, because they have to go where their parents tell them, they have little choice!
@Baz posted:No, cos it’s outside
Isn't Saint in an area with extra restrictions? Those extra restrictions say 'no meetings between households either indoors OR outdoors.
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Isn't Saint in an area with extra restrictions? Those extra restrictions say 'no meetings between households either indoors OR outdoors.
Very good point
@Saint posted:Next door neighbour (84yrs old) found a dead pigeon in her garden yesterday
This morning she asked her next door neighbour (79yrs old and diabetic) to have a look and move it
Thus breaking the news Gov ruling
Now - do i dob them in and gain them a £10,000 fine?
Apart from the question of reporting them.........as far as I understand the fines start at £1,000 and rise to £10,000 for repeat offences.
EFFT - I'm glad at least some people are taking this seriously (not that Moongate or Buz aren't)
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Blackpool crowds ignore Covid 'last blast' warning
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As soon as there were warnings about NOT having a 'last fling', you knew it was going to happen SOMEWHERE, if not necessarily EVERYWHERE!
Jeez what is wrong with people?
Round them all up and corral them somewhere, let them all infect each other and they can moan to each other about how awful it is. Don't let them out until we have a vaccine and/or efficient drugs. Younger children can be exempt, because they have to go where their parents tell them, they have little choice!
My feelings exactly EFFT
Not going to suggest that we don't have our fair share of idiots up here in Scotland. but I get the impression that the messages are being better delivered here!
@Moonie posted:I shall confine my comments to other threads in future
Get off that HIGH HORSE, you might fall and hurt yourself!
It should have been RULES right from the start, not guidence. Over the years we have seen plenty of instances where a large proportion of the public don't care or can't be bothered, about a lot of things!
Agree - it's all been far too wishy-washy. When the advice in Scotland is different I tend to mistrust our own advice.
Rules apply to homes but not to restaurants and pubs ... because of ££££
Some people are bound to 'bend' the advice when the Gov is blatantly doing it
@Saint posted:Agree - it's all been far too wishy-washy. When the advice in Scotland is different I tend to mistrust our own advice.
Rules apply to homes but not to restaurants and pubs ... because of ££££
Some people are bound to 'bend' the advice when the Gov is blatantly doing it
You can't see your mum in the garden, but say you'll meet her down the pub and you aren't breaking the rules....bonkers
@Kaytee posted:You can't see your mum in the garden, but say you'll meet her down the pub and you aren't breaking the rules....bonkers
Not sure about that! If you're in an area where households can't meet in the garden, then I think they can't meet in the pub either. You can SEE her at the pub but you would have to be at socially distant tables. 
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Blackpool crowds ignore Covid 'last blast' warning
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As soon as there were warnings about NOT having a 'last fling', you knew it was going to happen SOMEWHERE, if not necessarily EVERYWHERE!
Jeez what is wrong with people?
Round them all up and corral them somewhere, let them all infect each other and they can moan to each other about how awful it is. Don't let them out until we have a vaccine and/or efficient drugs. Younger children can be exempt, because they have to go where their parents tell them, they have little choice!
Very random decision that - Lancs. is massive yet let's keep Blackpool mostly open. Add that up.
@machel posted:Definitely a panic, had a sore throat, sniffles, sneezing and feeling hot, out came thermometer at hourly intervals, went from 36.5 to 37.2 ( usually around 33/4 )
Taste and smell?
@velvet donkey posted:Taste and smell?
Bit of a blocked nose, cannot sleep, took temperature again and now 37.6
We're being warned we are on a brink of a new epidemic surge
The answer?
Pubs to close at 10pm
Risking deaths so some can socialise or get drunk
@Saint posted:We're being warned we are on a brink of a new epidemic surge
The answer?
Pubs to close at 10pm
Risking deaths so some can socialise or get drunk
Couldn’t agree more Renton....I think all pubs should be closed....cos let’s face it , if people are desperate for a drink they can have one at home!
The TV guide for tonight on BBC 1
8.05 Coronavirus: BBC News Special...Boris Johnson's update.
8.30 Would I lie to you?
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:The TV guide for tonight on BBC 1
8.05 Coronavirus: BBC News Special...Boris Johnson's update.
8.30 Would I lie to you?
9.55 Get Some In!
Should have been "One born every minute"
@velvet donkey posted:
Not good , eh Velvet ....but not as bad as England
But then, part of what's happening in Scotland is cotrolled by Westminster. So who can tell how much better (or worse!) it might be if we had full control of everything.
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:But then, part of what's happening in Scotland is cotrolled by Westminster. So who can tell how much better (or worse!) it might be if we had full control of everything.
But my understanding is NHS Scotland totally devolved .....and lockdown etc is definitely under Scottish control .....
Was meaning more than just the Covid response.
People in Cardiff, Swansea and Llanelli (where my family live) are on lockdown
They're not allowed to travel outside their area!!
No one allowed in each others homes either
Wow
@Saint posted:People in Cardiff, Swansea and Llanelli (where my family live) are on lockdown
They're not allowed to travel outside their area!!
No one allowed in each others homes either
Wow
YesI truly don’t know why they don’t do a blanket lockdown for a few weeks .....cos half the country is in one anyway , and they are already talking about uni students may not being allowed home for xmas ! What the heck did they expect to happen....anyone with half a brain could see all this coming
Tesco and Morrison have introduced limits on how many you can buy at a time. This is to ensure that there are no shortages as seen in the panic buying early this year - thus ensuring said panic buying!
@Saint posted:People in Cardiff, Swansea and Llanelli (where my family live) are on lockdown
They're not allowed to travel outside their area!!
No one allowed in each others homes either
Wow
That's what we've got up here!
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Tesco and Morrison have introduced limits on how many you can buy at a time. This is to ensure that there are no shortages as seen in the panic buying early this year - thus ensuring said panic buying!
That’s what I thought too EFFT ....and I have to admit I’ve added a few things to my shopping deliveries
@Baz posted:That’s what I thought too EFFT
Me too. Just small things like two packs instead of one . Or maybe buying some things every week instead of only two or three times a month.