Bristol...zero cases in 24 hours

[naughtycat]

Okay, I live in Bristol. I wish everyone in the whole of the UK and Ireland well, and I really want us all to combat this shitty virus as soon as possible.

Today, on the local news, they said that for the first time in (I can't remember exactly how long), that there had been literally zero new diagnosis of covid19 in our city!!! I have to admit I felt so happy 😁 like the lockdown has worked! People have followed the rules!

I feel I must emphasis that I don't take away from the pain and suffering, particularly in London and the East Midlands/Birmingham.....but is this not a sign of hope that lockdown has worked/is working ??

Also, I understand that many people are getting infected without needing hospital treatment.....but this must mean that for 24 hours not one person turned up at hospital needing treatment? We must be in/have passed the peak?!)

(Disclaimer: I am an extremely naive and optimistic person. On waiting list for assessment from ASD team. So please don't be mean).

But this is good isn't it??!

[EmpressMcSchnozzle]

We live just down the road and in general there's a bit more space in the West Country, even in Bristol, than in many other parts of the UK which might have helped; it's also a relatively green part of the country in terms of woods, beach access etc. Also, the public transport is pretty rubbish in lots of Bristol and out to many other towns so many people do cycle, or walk, or drive places.

I do wonder if we'll get hit in the next waves a bit harder though. And as a major city for the West Country, parts of Wales/the borders and even parts of the Cotswolds, the Nightingale, if it comes into use, won't only be for Bristol, but for other areas too, as others have pointed out. Many smaller towns (including where I live) have relatively few ITU beds - and the people to staff them, something the government appears to have forgotten, and the media seems to be ignoring. You can't just grow an intensive care specialist overnight even if you have the kit...

Laughing a lot too at the Bristol is only wealthy white folk and descendants of black slaves assertions though, it's one of the overall most welcoming and diverse cities I can think of, certainly in the West Country! And there are people from all classes and backgrounds, it's part of what makes it such an interesting and pleasant city, overall.

[naughtycat]

@SophieGiroux

Sorry...pressed send to soon...!

Close to closing the supermarkets I'm using tend to be really quiet and definitely no queues to get in! So might be worth a try.

(It was the rest of my post that I needed deleted due to tmi )

[naughtycat]

@SophieGiroux

Sorry Sophie....I asked for my post to be deleted for other reasons......but the bit I included for you was just to say that I hate supermarkets right now to. I try to go to the supermarket as close as possible to closing time,

[SophieGiroux]

Why was I tagged them deleted @naughtycat ?

[Derbygerbil]

The number of cases seems really random. One day there are 40 cases, then zero, then 15.

It’s probably down to how they are reported rather than the actual number of cases. Clearly there aren’t going to be 40 cases one day, but miraculously zero the next.

[GreenTulips]

The test result take anywhere between 48/72 hours to come back so on a small sample there’s going to be variations

[oldbagface]

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[PicsInRed]

www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/latest-coronavirus-deaths-update-covid-4050615

"It is likely the real figure [of COVID cases] is in the thousands because the Government is only testing certain patients and someNHSworkers."

[Keepdistance]

How are we looking now?

[naughtycat]

Quarantino....yes sadly I did see that reported today. Looks like the day with zero cases was just some kind of blip in the statistics, rather than something to get excited about 😒

[Quarantino]

Digging deeper I see there was an article about 0 new cases on Tuesday
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-coronavirus-cases-latest-figures-4032314

Was 21 on Thu. (Obv real numbers will be higher).

[Quarantino]

Not trying to be a dick but this news article on Bristol Live says there's been 24 more cases in the last 24 hours.
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/cases-coronavirus-bristol-rise-again-4039164

Where did you get the zero number, OP?

[SophieGiroux]

@EasterIssland I'm just avoiding supermarkets now, I think they are the biggest risk. People just don't care about the distancing and now there's been a study that shows the cough droplets remain in the air a lot longer than they thought so you can just be breathing it in when someone has already left the aisle. Avon Valley has a drive thru farm shop, I will try that when I next run out of things. You can see the animals at the same time too.

[exexpat]

I have been on the Downs every two or three days for the last couple of weeks (dog walking). There are people around (walking, running, cycling, the occasional family with small children and a football), but the Downs has literally acres of space, and no one has to get anywhere near within breathing distance of each other. I have once or twice seen police vans in the area, but never seen any groups that looked like non-family gatherings. I really don't think the Downs is a problem.

You are really much more likely to find it hard to avoid getting close to people on the pavements of Whiteladies Road because of the queues outside the supermarkets (I now walk to the Downs via backstreets).

DD has also walked the dog separately around Clifton Village and Brandon Hill, and has seen more police activity round there.

[Figgygal]

I wonder why the police aren’t patrolling the downs it seems an obvious hotspot for congregating masses

[EasterIssland]

@SophieGiroux I keep thinking whether I should risk bris Tesco. Last time I went 3 weeks ago was overcrowded. I’ve started buying in Arthur David foods so I think I’m going to avoid Tesco as much as possible

[LuckyMarmiteLover]

Apparently the downs was very busy yesterday.

[Frownette]

Why don't they want hotels? I just texted friend in Bristol to ask if he'd been there

[Rosieposy4]

Not the case about zero cases, relative is front line NHS in Bristol, at home with Covid 19 confirmed yesterday.

[PicsInRed]

There are some undesirables (mainly the intractably homeless and those with apparent mental health issues - nothing too alarming or threatening), but it's mostly just locals.

[PicsInRed]

what's open in Broadmead - other than Boots, Tesco and Sainsburys?

Not a lot.
Hasn't stopped cyclists, skaters, sun bathers and general socialisers. Lot of people doing not much.