New areas going into Tier 2 - what's the threshold?

[Threeweirdsisters]

Just announced Slough, Stoke and Coventry going into Tier 2...

My area now has a fairly high rate AFAIK (over 100 per 100,000) - I'm wondering what the threshold is when areas get moved into tier 2? Is there anything clear on this?

Well this is clear as mud!

I wondered about Bristol too, bath is also getting high but mainly students?

I noticed Oxford was refused, something about students..

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-54648049

They have less than 100 though, far more than that in the former cities..

Well this is clear as mud! confused
By design maybe?

There is no metric. It’s all random. How could you believe it to be otherwise?

@StarCat2020

I’m not advocating letting the virus rip at all. I do think we need to have some restrictions and I think tier 1 is a good balance. I would also reintroduce shielding on a voluntary and funded basis.

However, I do not agree with minimising deaths from COVID at all costs. Lockdown has huge negative effects including on poverty and health.

We do not try to remove all risk of death from life as normal so I don’t see why COVID should be any different.

They might as well throw darts at a map

We were on about 55 per 100,000 when our council asked to be put up to tier 2!!! Apparently they get funding per person 😡

Essex seemed to go in as they asked but not that high cases

Apparently they get funding per person
I am not sure about Tier 2 but Tier 3 is about £8 per person

I’m not advocating letting the virus rip at all
I know you aren't

They might as well throw darts at a map
I thought they were keeping the secret to the scheme secret and now you have revealed it on MN

I've just seen in our local paper that we currently have 16 people in hospital with covid across the whole Trust, 1 of which is sadly on a ventilator. We were refused T2 restrictions today