It's not a stretch to say the government should have cancelled flights from India much earlier than it did at the very least. And whilst Delta outbreaks have happened in other European countries, none have been as severe as the UK.
Good to see UK up and running again.I know... I`m in our core team.
We have a massive wide start and then it narrows onto park paths, not much we can do about the finish funnel, and we can`t hit the framework "target" number of scanners even using the quickies because "serious runners" don`t seem to carry their phones.
331 today..... 46 PB`s...... 17.36 was first home.
It's mixed here. NSW certainly look like they have failed to control it - currently on a knife-edge, but the other states seem to have got it controlled by locking down and getting cases down to zero. (Victoria might lose control yet, but it's looking like their lockdown is working).
That's not to do with the number of appointments available. It's to do with the way the vaccines work - you need to allow a certain time after the first one in order to make the second one more effective (It was a 12 week wait, but they now reckon 8 is OK). Otherwise they could just give you a double shot first time round.
It's tricky. From my non-scientific view and in all of our experience, lockdowns do work. Less contact, less infections. But then relax the lockdown and they will rise again because even if infections are apparently zero there is very very likely to be a pool of non-symptomatic people just ready to re-infect their contacts, or someone coming into an area from elsewhere who will re-import it.
It's taken them a hell of a lot of work to turn that club around, they have worked wonders since almost going to the wall a few years back.
Lockdowns work when you can get it down to zero. We’ve done it here twice with delta (instant and total lockdowns for just a few days). Victoria have done it previously and look like they’re winning again. South Australia look to have done it too. NSW look like they waited too long and it is now rolling round the community.
But hasn't what you've said just proved the opposite? There will always be a slightly different variation or a reintroduction of an existing strain just around the corner - if places have had lockdowns and then have had to do it again, how is that ever going to end? I think all of the scientists I have heard speak on the matter have said that we (worldwide) are going to have to learn to live with this disease for many many years. Can you have places having to yoyo in and out of lockdowns indefinitely? Or let's say that Australia manages to get the number of infections down to zero. No cases at all, either symptomatic or non-symptomatic. What then? Will no foreigner ever be allowed into Australia without tests and no Aussie resident be allowed to travel abroad without being quarantined when they get back?
I do think you make a good point. We needed lockdowns to stop half the country getting ill and swamping the NHS but there has to be an end game, which is an effective and ongoing vaccination programme. That doesn’t mean you don’t carry on with simple precautions like masks and avoiding crowds
We definitely need everyone vaccinated (apart from those who can’t), no question. What I was trying to say is that you can get things down to zero with short lockdowns (eg 5 days), but that does require proper quarantining for entrants from infected places. If we want to operate without any quarantining, and letting people in from (almost?) anywhere then I don’t think lockdowns will be able to get things to zero.
If there are less appointments available because there's less demand due to there being less people to jab. And in terms of waiting for the second dose, many places recommend a 3-4 week wait, however the NHS is only offering an 8 week one. That's why it seems like the vaccination process is slowing down, because they can't open up any available slots to younger ages groups like they had previously done. Apart from that you've completely ripped by argument to shreds.
Your first sentence makes no logical sense to me at all, sorry. You can walk in to places all over the country to have a jab or make an appointment online. My brother is working as a volunteer 'jabber' and seems to be busier than ever.
Erm are you an escapee from Swindon?
It might be your opinion and feel free to hold it, but it's ill-informed rubbish.
Building a new stand soon as well. All financed and planning accepted.
Dean, my wife had the same, but had no reaction to the second. Get the 2nd jab!
But daily vaccinations are going down though? You can check it here for yourself: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/vaccinations
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