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Another lockdown being considered

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Sweetchocolatecandy · 26/08/2021 09:10

Has anyone else heard about this? Sturgeon is considering another circuit breaker if cases don’t fall in the next few weeks. My heart sank when I read this as we’re due to get married in October. Do people think it’s likely she will do this? I’m from England and totally regret booking my wedding in Scotland now Sad

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titsintiers · 26/08/2021 21:19

@Blueleah

In my opinion there will be another lockdown, and in fact I expected it from the beginning. Did anyone really think that restrictions had been lifted and that was the end of it? It was always obvious that they were “letting us out to play” over the summer while cases are lower, so we’ll be more compliant with restrictions over the winter.
Except they haven't let us out to play much
LoopyGremlin · 26/08/2021 21:30

I really don’t think people will be compliant with another lockdown. This is going to be with us forever. Another lockdown won’t make it go away. We have done really well with vaccinations. There will be real anger if all the sacrifices we have made in the last 18 months going for nothing.

rookiemere · 26/08/2021 21:38

I'll keep the October Tenerife break in the diary thanks. If it's anything like the last few times they get all crazy with local restrictions before they sort out international ones.

GoldenOmber · 26/08/2021 21:46

I have a holiday booked for the October week (not even forrin, just going to see family in England) and I’m bloody well going even if we have to dress up as sheep and sneak over the border near Gretna.

WouldBeGood · 26/08/2021 21:47

I too have booked for filthy England in October

rookiemere · 26/08/2021 22:11

Well at least your holidays are prebooked @WouldBeGood if they try that stunt again ( ours were prebooked last October all of 2 days before we went).

DrWankincense · 26/08/2021 22:19

Sorry to derail but I am a bit confused. The headlines don't make sense to me.
Schools went back 18th August. A week ago yesterday..I thought it took longer for that to translate into cases.
And then something else I read said that the greatest increase was 18-25 yo. So adults who have been socialising since beyond 0?
Not saying some of it isn't school transmission but ??

dementedpixie · 26/08/2021 22:22

My dcs school went back on the 16th so have been back 2 weeks now. Plenty of time for cases to start picking up although there has been more freedoms for older age groups too

BroccoliFloret · 26/08/2021 22:22

Schools went back here on 12th august. 2weeks ago.

WouldBeGood · 26/08/2021 22:24

It’s just a cancellable hotel @rookiemere

dementedpixie · 26/08/2021 22:25

Showd cases by age in the last week

Another lockdown being considered
DrWankincense · 26/08/2021 22:27

Thanks @dementedpixie

dementedpixie · 26/08/2021 22:28

Lots of people not fully vaccinated in the younger age groups too

Another lockdown being considered
DrWankincense · 26/08/2021 22:35

Yes, very true.

rookiemere · 26/08/2021 22:36

@DrWankincense I think they opened up a lot of other things at roughly the same time as schools - night clubs and so forth.

We drove past a beer festival as part of the Fringe - although it was outdoors there were so many people that I imagine if someone had Delta it would spread quite widely.

Also suspect that many people had covid during the summer but without being in a setting where you're forced to test if in proximity i.e. school, they've probably not bothered.

The daily figures are scary, but as long as hospitalisations and deaths are under control then there's no need to do anything. I guess the issue is if they start veering what is deemed to be put of control, only a draconian lockdown seems to reduce infection rates.

tigger1001 · 27/08/2021 06:22

@DrWankincense

Sorry to derail but I am a bit confused. The headlines don't make sense to me. Schools went back 18th August. A week ago yesterday..I thought it took longer for that to translate into cases. And then something else I read said that the greatest increase was 18-25 yo. So adults who have been socialising since beyond 0? Not saying some of it isn't school transmission but ??
Cases were rising before schools went back, although the numbers are sharply rising this week.

The cynic in me suspects it's more about getting people ready for vaccinating 12-15 year olds.

sofuckit · 27/08/2021 06:27

@DrWankincense

Sorry to derail but I am a bit confused. The headlines don't make sense to me. Schools went back 18th August. A week ago yesterday..I thought it took longer for that to translate into cases. And then something else I read said that the greatest increase was 18-25 yo. So adults who have been socialising since beyond 0? Not saying some of it isn't school transmission but ??
Some schools have been back for 2 whole weeks.
Kinneddar · 27/08/2021 06:37

A huge number of cases were linked to the Boardmasters Festival and the Latitude festival, also to Transmt in Glasgow

As Transmt doesn't actually take place for another fortnight I don't think you can blame it for the current rise Confused

Beepbeeprichie · 27/08/2021 09:30

@dementedma as I recall there’s a whole wad of cash that has been sent by Westminster yet to be used. There was a lot of chat (not in the mainstream press obviously) about it a few months ago. I suspect this will be used and it will be promoted as evidence that Scotland could survive on its own and pay its own furlough after the UK scheme finishes (hoping nobody reads that it did come from WM).

Sausagema · 27/08/2021 10:22

She’s coming back to lecture us at 1215. I’m going to ignore her but I’m still in a panic. We can’t keep doing this.

RaraRachael · 27/08/2021 10:48

Sausagema I'm with you on this. Sick of this bloody mask wearing. If masks are the best way to stop transmission (which she is always banging on about), then why are the rates rocketing when we still have to wear them.

SO, SO fed up of all this now. It's not going away - we have to live with it.

GoldenOmber · 27/08/2021 10:54

If masks are the best way to stop transmission (which she is always banging on about), then why are the rates rocketing when we still have to wear them.

Ah but masks are now a ‘baseline measure’, and everything in the ‘baseline measures’ category is essential no matter what cases do it seems.

Cases go down - “that proves this works, so we have to keep doing it.”
Cases stay flat - “this is a very fragile time and we can’t risk changes, so we have to keep doing this.”
Cases go up - “this recent rise shows that it is more important now than ever that we keep doing this.”

latissimusdorsi · 27/08/2021 11:05

Well there was a guy from one of secondary school teaching unions on radio this morn and they want masks kept beyond 6 weeks because cases are so high 🤷🏼‍♀️
I'd like to see a proper study comparing case nos in 2 schools in same area, one with masks one without

SylviasMotherSaid · 27/08/2021 11:08

I am not a a fan of Boris Johnston but if he had came out and enforced masks and went on about them the way Nicola does I think she would have taken a totally different approach to them !

tigger1001 · 27/08/2021 11:10

@GoldenOmber

If masks are the best way to stop transmission (which she is always banging on about), then why are the rates rocketing when we still have to wear them.

Ah but masks are now a ‘baseline measure’, and everything in the ‘baseline measures’ category is essential no matter what cases do it seems.

Cases go down - “that proves this works, so we have to keep doing it.”
Cases stay flat - “this is a very fragile time and we can’t risk changes, so we have to keep doing this.”
Cases go up - “this recent rise shows that it is more important now than ever that we keep doing this.”

Yep! That all sounds about right.