Covid restrictions - are you adhering or not?

[Yorick]

The locals here are all wearing masks and the tourists are following suit.

[Felix]

I’m in a small town in SE Scotland and the compliance is almost 100% in shops and cafe’s.

Of course it doesn’t help that everyone knows everyone else so the gossip circuit would go into overdrive if you were seen without a mask.

I was at your local ASDA during the first lockdown. They had an in and out barrier to the front door yet let folk cross paths in the two door foyer

[Horse]

https://europepmc.org/article/ppr/ppr310889

Face masks have been widely used as a protective measure against COVID-19. However, pre-pandemic empirical studies have produced mixed statistical results on the effectiveness of masks against respiratory viruses.

The implications of the studies' recognized limitations have not been quantitatively and statistically analyzed, leading to confusion regarding the effectiveness of masks. Such confusion may have contributed to organizations such as the WHO and CDC initially not recommending that the general public wear masks.

Here we show that when the adherence to mask-usage guidelines is taken into account, the empirical evidence indicates that masks prevent disease transmission: all studies we analyzed that did not find surgical masks to be effective were under-powered to such an extent that even if masks were 100% effective, the studies in question would still have been unlikely to find a statistically significant effect.

We also provide a framework for understanding the effect of masks on the probability of infection for single and repeated exposures. The framework demonstrates that more frequently wearing a mask provides super-linearly compounding protection, as does both the susceptible and infected individual wearing a mask.

This work shows
(1) that both theoretical and empirical evidence is consistent with masks protecting against respiratory infections and
(2) that nonlinear effects and statistical considerations regarding the percentage of exposures for which masks are worn must be taken into account when designing empirical studies and interpreting their results.

[Mussels]

If I was to do a study on mask wearing I'd expect them to work, therefore I'm biased and I may well pick the first set of results that confirms my bias. This is why peer reviews are so important.
Their explanation of statistical relevance and poor control being the reason for previous failures is plausible but doesn't mean this one is right. Where control is poor you need enormous numbers to produce reliable results but even that may not be enough, you could compare the populations of two countries but if one uses masks and the other doesn't then masks are probably not the only big difference.
I'm not convinced they have this right but I can't be bothered to review the whole study so I'll sit on the fence.

[slowsider]

[millemille]

Supposed to be going to Cornwall over the bank holiday weekend to stay in a friend's caravan on a site near Redruth but....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-58318695

[wheelnut]

Supposed to be going to Cornwall over the bank holiday weekend to stay in a friend's caravan on a site near Redruth but....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-58318695

But what? Granted, Cornwall on this particular BH would put me off - it will be heaving.

We normally do the top of Scotland on the bike on aug bh but we’ve given it a miss this year. Will go in sept once the kids are back to school.

[Jody]

I’m in a small town in SE Scotland and the compliance is almost 100% in shops and cafe’s.

Of course it Helps that everyone knows everyone else so the gossip circuit would go into overdrive if you were seen without a mask.

FTFY !

[Horse]

Supposed to be going to Cornwall over the bank holiday weekend to stay in a friend's caravan on a site near Redruth but....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-58318695

But what? Granted, Cornwall on this particular BH would put me off - it will be heaving.

A lot of the cases are being linked to a festival near Newquay.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-58309660



Lots of people, packed together at the festival and nearby venues. Alcohol. What could possibly go wrong?

We were near there last week. We wore masks in shops, etc, and kept distance where possible.

[gremlin]

Think of all those people who now have natural resistance.


Gotta Ak-Sen-shu-ate that positive.

[wheelnut]

Think of all those people who now have natural resistance.


Gotta Ak-Sen-shu-ate that positive.

It's going to rumble on, we're going to get infected, build up a bit more immunity, get inefected again, build up more immunity until it becomes an irrelevence.

There were predictions that there would be less in the way of spikes and it would become more endemic.

There's going to be a raise in cases when the little darlings go back though.

They seem to be relucant to vacinate kids wholesale as well. Probably a good thing in my worthless opinion.

[Supermofo]

Most of us have had our vaccinations now so I presume the next stage is we catch it and hope the vaccine stops us getting too ill but its almost certain we'll catch it at somepoint. And as Wheelnut says hopefully each time our body gets better defenses. If you don't get deaded.

Torquay was fairly busy although less so than I expected. We wore masks when moving about shops/pubs/restaurants but I didn't over worry on the basis that whilst I'll try not to catch it the odds are I will at somepoint and I want to carry on with life as much as possible.

[DefTrap]

Well I've been in the UK all week, various places, it's open-season really innit?

[wheelnut]

Well I've been in the UK all week, various places, it's open-season really innit?

Same everywhere, apart from Oz and NZ isn't it?

[Skub]

Well I've been in the UK all week, various places, it's open-season really innit?

Yeah,there are a lot of folk who no longer give a shit.

My Da's care home rang today to say another member of staff has tested positive,so visiting is again cancelled for 10-14 days,by which time some of the other fuckers will have tested positive too.

[DefTrap]

I'm finding it very weird. You can wander into a lot of pubs, restaurants and supermarkets and it's back to normal - go in Waitrose, bang!, pandemic.

[irie]

Not unexpected:

Which places will be on the amber list from 30 August?

Some of the main tourist destinations are: The Bahamas, Belgium, British Virgin Islands, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Greece (including islands), Italy, Portugal (Madeira is on the green watchlist and The Azores will move to the green list), Saudi Arabia, Spain (including the Canary and Balearic Islands), the United States and Vietnam.

[Noggin]

Not unexpected:

Which places will be on the amber list from 30 August?

Some of the main tourist destinations are: The Bahamas, Belgium, British Virgin Islands, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Greece (including islands), Italy, Portugal (Madeira is on the green watchlist and The Azores will move to the green list), Saudi Arabia, Spain (including the Canary and Balearic Islands), the United States and Vietnam.

Oh FFS. Glad my brother hasn't helped me get the ferry ticket yet

[DefTrap]

Oh FFS. Glad my brother hasn't helped me get the ferry ticket yet

You were hoping France was going green?
I'm sort of surprised it hasn't moved amber+, again.

[Noggin]

Oh FFS. Glad my brother hasn't helped me get the ferry ticket yet

You were hoping France was going green?
I'm sort of surprised it hasn't moved amber+, again.

I was just hoping there wouldn't be any more updates!! Although, for being in the uk for 57 hours, I'd kinda like not to have to buy a day 2 test!!!

Still, gonna tell him to wait till nearer the time!!!