Leicester lockdown tightened as coronavirus cases rise.
It's official.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-53229371
New Does it matter what age and race they are @ringi?
I have also ordered some very cheap ones from Amazon. I had intended to make some from empty 2 litre pop bottles, but paused to look for something to make the headband with. Then saw some on Amazon cheap.I got a couple of dirt cheap visors off Amazon not the best maybe but I think they will suffice.
I’ve just read an NYT article on Covid in the US and looking at what’s happened in Florida, I think we have to take very gentle baby steps when lifting lockdown.
Interestingly, the journalist equated the higher incidence of cases in the US and the lax attitude of the government, specifically Trump, with the contrast between the U.K. and Europe.
Baby steps seems like a good description of government action assuming that it means staggering about aimlessly before falling over.Too late for baby steps I think, just wait until 4 July! x
If there’s anything you feel you can pass on to us about what’s going on @DCUKMod, please let us know? The papers today seem to be concentrating on the reluctance of some to try to lock down, the vagueness of the advice and the difficulty imposing travel restrictions.
Just questionning, as many are doing, the logic of mask wearing e.g. a risk/benefit analysis in a discussion which is very biased towards to mainstream view that masks work and that children are vectors of infection.A pity there is no emoticon for I think you are talking nonsense.
Leicester has an actual infection rate of 135 per 100,000. Does this mean that lockdown part 2 is justified? It assumes that lockdown works versus other options that don't involve putting the healthy under house arrest e.g. protecting the very vulnerable old/ill people and social distancing, hand washing.I suggest you look at the local hotspots that are emerging. It’s possible that Leicester, where some schools have also had to be closed because of positive tests, is probably facing another lockdown.
Surely, for the sake of everyone else, we should do our best to reduce transmission, and this includes wearing the best masks we can get our hands on.
My reaction’s the same as most on twitter: no info about travelling in and out of the lockdown area (except a ‘recommendation‘), and in more stringent countries, that dealt with Covid better than we have, there were people checking need to travel!I'm on a meeting, so forgive no additional text: https://mobile.twitter.com/Danjamesmartin/status/1277885546648436736/photo/1
Just questionning, as many are doing, the logic of mask wearing e.g. a risk/benefit analysis in a discussion which is very biased towards to mainstream view that masks work and that children are vectors of infection.
I doubt herd immunity would work. It’d take too long to achieve. Moreover, it’s a question of trying to save lives before a vaccine’s developed, if a vaccine’s developed.Leicester has an actual infection rate of 135 per 100,000. Does this mean that lockdown part 2 is justified? It assumes that lockdown works versus other options that don't involve putting the healthy under house arrest e.g. protecting the very vulnerable old/ill people and social distancing, hand washing.
Fair point and we should all be asking questions and listening to all sides.Just questionning, as many are doing, the logic of mask wearing e.g. a risk/benefit analysis in a discussion which is very biased towards to mainstream view that masks work and that children are vectors of infection.
I've included both studies for the sake of balance. Covid is still there of courseNearly a 1000 new cases a day, people still dying in 100+ level on many days and a government level 3 of in general circulation doesn’t suggest the risk is gone. In fact the fall in cases appears to have stalled this week, not so coincidentally in the prime week for symptoms appearing after shops reopened!
Considering kids haven’t been at school since March in any significant numbers and probably those that have returned are less likely to include children with vulnerable family members what evidence would you expect to have seen? To prove what?
The lack of evidence argument works both ways. Risky or safe. And in both directions it has some truth.
The last article is only looking for evidence to support their cases so likely to only quote those studies. Others in favour of masks are citing opposing studies as is the way of these things when there is little consensus.
Ditto flu. I am well aware that being 49 and type 1 I may be at risk of suffering from it myself. It is just that I still would not shut down the country and advocate for mandatory masking.Coronavirus: Young, fit and recovering https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53169736
@ NicoleC1971, the young and healthy can catch Covid too. Read the article. Yes, she’s recovering, but she’s been ill with it for a very long time, and she’s not recovered yet.
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