Good News - Thread 13. 40/30s and onwards to the roaring 20s.

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New thread 😊

Thanks for the video Chinesechicken. It was good to hear the voice of reason for once

Thanks for that @TeaInTheGarden

25 to 29s to be called next week according to the news this morning!
DS is 25 and a teacher and desperate to get his.

So glad I watched that Tim Spector video, thanks for posting.

Agree - thanks so much for that video plus the graph.

I think from now on if anyone starts to wobble we just need to wheel in Tim Spector

Also I just read this

Just read this on Sky News
"BREAKING: Officials are "drawing up other options" for the easing of restrictions but still expect 21 June to go ahead, according to a government figure"

That's cheered me up a bit.

Oh that seems like good news to me!
Avoiding a certain other thread where people are predicting schools re-closing as an absolute certainty. Anyone else feel like there's some sock puppetry going on?

Schools?! It’s not that bad

Well?

I engaged briefly with one thread, but anyone who doesn’t agree is generally hounded out. The predictions for a disastrous school return in March didn’t happen - I can’t imagine it would be now we are so much further along with vaccinations.

I'm sticking in this happy place! Spent a sunny Saturday gardening, crocheting and baking - middle age is definitely calling me!

40 million adults now had 1st dose - 76.2% of the adult population.

Sounds perfect @Reachersloveinterest
Gardening and swimming and a very hot run here - just in case we can go on holiday, I don’t want to wear my end of holiday shorts at the beginning.

We’ve had a lovely day! Time with friends, garden centre, pub garden. It takes a lot to make you feel down when the weather is like this

Thanks for that quote about hospitals @TheChineseChicken -just the kind of thing I need to hear!

I’m so stressed today :( my daughters party is booked for the 26th at the soft play near us. I was going to give invites out tomorrow but do I not bother now? Do I just cancel? She will be heartbroken 😩

Waitrose Send out the invitations. Include a 'subject to Covid rules' statement. Think about a fallback (eg get together in a park?) if possible.

I would be tempted to look for an outdoor alternative so it’s all sorted now

Hancock this morning saying that delta variant 40% more transmissible than alpha. That’s a lot better than the 70-100% I’ve heard bandied around and will make a big difference to projections

I was just about to post that. Hopefully that will pause some of the negative threads on here.
Although I do feel why are we stopping face masks in schools ? Plus ventilation, cleaning in work places should have been addressed consistently months ago. Although I’ve been very impressed with lots of places I’ve been recently.

Stopping masks in schools and not improving ventilation was completely daft. Counterproductive.

It isnt negative to talk about preventative measures to keep a lid on cases until everyone is vaccinated. It is positive to take those measures.

Just seen loads of news headlines stating "the Delta variant is 40% more transmissible" but not until you get to the very end of the article does it state briefly "but scientists also believe that two doses of the vaccine will give you the same protection as the last variant"

Soooooooo that's a good thing right? I'm so sick to fucking death of the media doom clickbaiting now. Everything is reported as a complete fucking disaster in the headlines but then when you get to the end (which a lot appear not to) then there is a tiny bit of balance.

I'm no longer just loitering here, this is my new home, everywhere else is mental so.....errr hello!

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Except quite a lot of people have only had one or zero doses, so it would pay to be sensible for a while longer.