No More Tiers (Enough is Enough)

[WaxOnFeckOff]

Here it is - thread 365 - was getting too twitchy....

Local change.

Barra.

Western Isles.

Barra and Vattersay now Level 4.

Schools.

Population of Barra?

1,078.

So the big thing about 10% of them self-isolating, that's 100.

Earliest was 1st Feb.

Priority.

Stressful

Distressing

Damaging

However.......

Schools remain closed until mid February.

No firm timetable for return.

Ok, here we go...

Update on cabinet's review which took place earlier today and will report on some cautious grounds of optimism...but stick for a further period.

11.1% positive yesterday. 284k vaccines done so far (will come back to this)

1989 in hospital - up 30. 150 in ICU, up 4. 71 deaths in past 24 hours

Case #s still high - more than 200/100k, pressure on NHS very sever, still in very precarious position. Some signs for optimism- lockdown seems to be working, case numbers stabilising/falling, 18% reduction in cases on previous week. Margarine covid is now the main one, but proportion appears to have stabilised at about 2/3 of new cases.

Need to be cautious...and realistic - any improvement is because we're at home. Any relaxation while case numbers high could put in to reverse. Incubation period and infectious path means NHS pressure increases even after cases fall, pressure already acute.

Just over 2k covid patients in hospital, 30% more than last april and 80% of surge capacity used. But ITU usage is below peak but has increased 90% since turn of year

Can't afford to see rate of infections rise again....so we're maintaining restrictions. Remain in place until at least mid february - next review 2nd Feb

specific local change - significant outbreak in Barra and battersey (sp) so into lockdown they go.

SCHOOLS - it is a priority to get children back to normal schooling - I know how stressful it is, difficult/damaging etc etc. Reluctant judgement is community transmission too high to allow return on 1st Feb. School and nursery stay closed til Mid Feb - hope then to set out timetable. Hopes a phased return possible in mid feb but too early to say whetehr and to what extent this is possible.

So, no school until 15th February at the earliest.

Fuckety Fuck.

I miss my pupils.

Oh, ffs. Any kind of timetable would be handy

Eh, are we still in levels? Because if so, we should be a 2, heading down to 1 if we’re going on level criteria, ffs...this is just blanket lockdown isn’t it?

@anon444877 😂😂 I wake up drink coffee sit at laptop, homeschool , uni and just eat shite whilst doing so 😂

It's the understanding part that irritates me so much. They do not have a single clue what most people are going through just now.

And no Nicola, you have NO IDEA how hard it is for those of us with kids. Because you don't have any. Not a fucking clue.

Restrictions on travel likely to remain.

20k vaccinations delivered in the last 24 hours yesterday though

More testing....
(Have we heard this before?)

Vaccination picking up pace.

100k per week now.
400k by end February

80% care home residents, 70%+ care home and frontline NHS staff.

@Bytheloch

Eh, are we still in levels? Because if so, we should be a 2, heading down to 1 if we’re going on level criteria, ffs...this is just blanket lockdown isn’t it?

Think islands were on levels as long as they were not connected by a bridge.

@Cismyfatarse a walk in test centre just opened in my area yesterday. Heard nothing of it then loads of social media publicity. It's a symptom test centre though

90% of care home residents done

70% care staff.

had to tune out for a call so if there's anything else in the questions can someone update please?

Not as good as England which is translated as we are doing it our way and our way is better so there!

I’m reckoning no real life school this academic year 🤷🏻‍♀️

I am English and had not heard dose pronounced doze until recently.

Is it regional? I have lived her 20+ years but the word is everywhere now.

And thanks so much to those keeping us informed with the updates 😊