Heading into winTier ..... the one we hoped it would be over before...

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Wintier here we come. Love it dancemom

(Provided I don't get covid badly at an inopportune time) I can't help but think that higher numbers now are preferable to higher numbers in the winter.

I've always felt it's weird like that too @ElephantOfRisk

You'd imagine a pandemic would be like a movie - and there is a bit of that with Covid testing signs in the streets and stuff - but mostly it's just normal life now punctuated with the donning and removing of masks.

According to local SM, our rates are due to primary school, loads of perfectly healthy kids at home and some households have now got 6 positive (healthy) people at home.

The primary school pick up does seem a lot quieter to be honest. Usually have about half a dozen + cars in the street and loads walking past but that's not been the case for the last few days.

And that totally ties in with the stats on SG public dashboard @ElephantOfRisk
The biggest group per 100,000 is age 0-14

yep, It's like the stats but the live action version

We are still not allowed to attend the office so life still doesn't feel very normal to me, I just really hope whatever was in my work drawer hasn't grown feet and walked out! 😂
Been told by work no Xmas do either incase it sends the wrong message.... 🙄 But I can go out with my work colleagues if we arrange it via WhatsApp right OK.......

It seems so variable really. Our office has never completely closed, I've been in two different offices this week, at a work event last weekend with 300+ people, and the same the week before.

And yet my friend's company isn't planning to have anyone back in the office until March and even then it'll be on a hot-desk-2-days-a-week-dont-breathe-on-anything-while-youre-there basis.

Yep I think it's how closely they follow the Scottish government guidelines/business argument to being key role or requirement for office.

We have been told we aren't getting back in til around April at the earliest. They have managed to open up the office for welfare reasons in the last month but we have to do a individual risk assessment, followed by line manager approval and sign off by the director then you can book a desk but there's only 15 available out of 130ish staff!

DH is similar he can get into the office if he completes 3 online training courses and gets senior management sign off.

So we are stuck at home! Which to some sounds great but actually means home doesn't feel relaxing anymore just feels like taking a break from more work and I work longer hours as there's no shut off!

We're really struggling at my school. I have it and I've never felt so ill in my life. I had my double vaccine not that long ago aswell.
Others have just tested positive too. One, their partner has recently finished chemo. It's really worrying.

Oh no @StarryEyeSurprise so sorry to hear that (I'm a regular name changer here)
Are you only positive one in your household? Think you've got young kids???
Take it easy and Get well soon

Thank you. Just me in my household ( so far!) .

Get well soon starry.

I'm a bit stressed because, for various reasons, I can't get my vaccine status in the app, so only have a paper record. Granted I'm unlikely to be going clubbing ever any time soon, but I can't see a nightclub bouncer being arsed with me pulling out a piece of paper. If they introduce vaccine passports for pubs and restaurants that's going to severely curtail my already very limited social life.

Get well soon Starry

Thanks @mibbelucieachwell and @titsintiers.

Hope everyone poorly feels better soon 💐

Get well soon @starryeyesuprise
Lots of rest, high vitamin soup and also take vit D and C if you can.
Don't hesitate to call 111 if you get worse they honestly were great with me and sorting out several video Dr calls.

• 3,349 new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 36,048 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
◦ 9.8% of these were positive
• 17 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 55 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 759 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 4,325,523 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,922,893 have received their second dose

I am hearing in the university, that those of us who have managed to get back to the job 2/3 days a week may well be getting sent back home next week ..sigh!!!

If this is where we are now with all the vaccines and the anti viral drugs and just 4 months short of 2 years how the hell are we ever going to live normally again.

How depressing frasersmummy

My guess is that SG will continue with restrictions until April 2022. On the basis of winter/flu/nhs capacity/the virus hasn't gone anywhere/wanting to get numbers lower than England's in a desperate effort to make their decisions appear to be more effective than the Westminster crowd and to justify their overly controlling approach.

You can ask your employer to let you work at your workplace if it's difficult at home though.

@frasersmummy I think some people would be very happy to never get back to normal and instead just say covid, it's not that hard to do x and my personal favourite selfish people are killing people 🙄

The ironic aspect is that are numbers don't come down with restrictions up here when compared with England which is still on the downturn despite barely any!

I think it's now a case of "being seen to do something" rather then nothing with the SG for popularity purposes! They can't exactly claim the measures are making a huge difference!

Yep @frasersmummy DP works for a big Scottish agency and they’ve been told to expect mew restrictions and working from home again as of next week

DC1 is a student and she said, just last week, that they were being promised more f2f classes after Christmas 🤷🏼‍♀️

@frasersmummy

I am hearing in the university, that those of us who have managed to get back to the job 2/3 days a week may well be getting sent back home next week ..sigh!!!

If this is where we are now with all the vaccines and the anti viral drugs and just 4 months short of 2 years how the hell are we ever going to live normally again.

Really? Oh no... Is that a uni decision or a govt one? Have only just got DH out of the house a few days a week so I can arrange for online deliveries to come on those days without him commenting, and browse MN or netflix with impunity work without being disturbed. And as others say, what is the benefit?! The screening programme they are doing is showing there are waaaay fewer cases in the uni than in the community as a whole (and those few they pick up are obviously asymptomatic, or otherwise they wouldn't be in the office to be screened...) So why can't they work there, meet their colleagues/students etc? He's just been given a branded fleece to keep warm as they have to keep their windows open!

It does indeed seem to be "being seen to be doing something" regardless of who suffers from that or whether the "something" is beneficial at all. I'm totally fed up with it all now.

@frasersmummy

I am hearing in the university, that those of us who have managed to get back to the job 2/3 days a week may well be getting sent back home next week ..sigh!!!

If this is where we are now with all the vaccines and the anti viral drugs and just 4 months short of 2 years how the hell are we ever going to live normally again.

I think this has more to do with the general state of the NHS, and the ensuing criticism thats been levelled at the SG. Im really angry that the SG are abusing their 'emergency' powers in this way.