Covid restrictions - are you adhering or not?

[derek badger]

Have we all finished wanking each other off now?

[Nidge]

Have we all finished wanking each other off now?

Somebody’s feeling left out- pass the Ambre Solaire

[Noggin]

Probably a daft question and maybe I'd find it on Google (but there is so much misinformation/news twists that I'm wary) -

Can someone tell me exactly what the new information re lockdown UK is?

Schools aren't back but nursery and junior are?

Travel abroad is banned till after Feb half term

I haven't actually seen anything else except lots of 'comment' on FB and a bit here but no substance?


I guess it doesn't exactly affect me but I'm interested to know as we are waiting for Thursday to hear our latest confinement update!

[MingtheMerciless]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-52530518

[Horse]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-52530518

England is going into lockdown to try to prevent the NHS from becoming overwhelmed by a surge in coronavirus cases.

Primary and secondary schools will close to almost all pupils, and people will be instructed to stay at home.

Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are also under lockdown, with schools in Scotland closed until at least the end of January.

What are England's new rules?
People in England will have to stay at home and only go out for essential reasons. Primary and secondary schools will move to online learning for all pupils apart from vulnerable and keyworker children.

Reasons to leave home include:

Work or volunteering where it is "unreasonable" to work from home. This includes work in someone else's home, such as that carried out by social workers, nannies, cleaners and tradespeople
Education, training, childcare and medical appointments and emergencies
Exercise outdoors (limited to once a day). This includes meeting one other person from another household in an open public space to exercise
Shopping for essentials such as food and medicine
Communal religious worship
Meeting your support or childcare bubble. Children can also move between separated parents
Activities related to moving house
Those who are clinically extremely vulnerable will be advised to limit the time they spend outside the home. They should only go out for medical appointments, for exercise, or if it is otherwise essential, the government says, and not for work or education purposes.

International travel, or travel around the UK is only permitted for essential reasons.

Hospitality businesses such as pubs and restaurants and non-essential shops must close, as must indoor and outdoor sports facilities including gyms and tennis courts.

Essential businesses and services can stay open to the public. These include:

Supermarkets, food shops, pharmacies and garden centres
Places of worship
Petrol stations and MOT services
Laundrettes
Banks and post offices
Doctors and dentists' surgeries and vets
Car parks, public toilets and playgrounds
Read the government guidance here https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... idance.pdf

[moth]

Probably a daft question and maybe I'd find it on Google (but there is so much misinformation/news twists that I'm wary) -

Can someone tell me exactly what the new information re lockdown UK is?

Schools aren't back but nursery and junior are?

Travel abroad is banned till after Feb half term

I haven't actually seen anything else except lots of 'comment' on FB and a bit here but no substance?


I guess it doesn't exactly affect me but I'm interested to know as we are waiting for Thursday to hear our latest confinement update!

Don't bother Noggs, it'll change again by Friday.

[Noggin]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-52530518

England is going into lockdown to try to prevent the NHS from becoming overwhelmed by a surge in coronavirus cases.

*******

Thank you

Glad I changed my nephews flights to March, but it's really looking like I'll have to change them to December at this rate!!!

Don't bother Noggs, it'll change again by Friday.

Ain't that the truth

Will be interesting to see what the French do

[gremlin]

Will be interesting to see what the French do

Light a Gitane, sit down and shrug nonchalantly..?

[Noggin]

Will be interesting to see what the French do

Light a Gitane, sit down and shrug nonchalantly..?

Going on what happened locally in November, I suspect it's more like - take up arms and defend their right to have a ski season!!!

[Horse]

Light a Gitane

Second most honest bit of advertising I've seen was 'Disque Bleu - the other French cigarettes'

(The first was 'Drink Woodpecker cider, get out of your tree'. That was banned!)

[irie]

because not replying implicitly means that you accept or agree with what has been said.

And?

What's the worst that is gonna happen in that case?

I've made a conscious effort to not worry about it on RTTL and I enjoy the forum much more for it.

In the final analysis nothing matters, of course.

[Skub]

Well now.

It took me a page and a half to figure wtf Potter is....

I is well slow today.

Iccy is fine by me,and as Tricky says, I can't really see what the fuss is all about.

Like noggin said,scroll on by baby,scroll on by.

[Dodgy69]

This...

Kind of, I'm being sensible and reducing contact with people.

If the whole population of the UK had followed this, im sure we would be in a much better position.

[cheb]

I can do duck filled platitudes: If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck then it is probably a duck.

Two ducks siting on a pond, one says 'Quack' the second one replies 'I was going to say that.'

[gremlin]

Just had a wander out with the dog and Mrs. Gremlin as she needed to pick up a prescription. There's a sign in the window urging people to book an appointment there for a flu jab. I asked Mrs. G to enquire, purely out of curiosity, as to whether they would be doing the CV19 jabs. She was in there bloody ages as I waited outside with the dog, but eventually came out having had a chat with the irate pharmacist who said they would do it without hesitation, but for reasons he couldn't fathom, pharmacists haven't been asked, which, if true, seems bloody odd as they'd presumably be ideally set up to also do the CV19 vaccine.
No idea how accurate the facts are, but interesting.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Mrs D - being registered as Asthmatic - got a call from the NHS today urging her to go for a flu jab so that it won't 'overlap' with the C19 they anticipate giving her at some point soon ish.

On the one hand I'm impressed with their foresight.

Somewhat let down by the fact the person ringing up to actively encourage her to get jabbed is not able to make an appointment!

[Scotsrich]

We were on holiday when our practice was doing flu jabs so we got them done by the local chemist.

The NHS had asked them to take up the slack but they were struggling to get enough vaccine.

In the end we paid 12 quid apiece and had it done privately so that was a couple of NHS ones that someone else could have.

I can't see why chemists can't do the Covid ones but the big drawback is they aren't connected up to the NHS database. When we had the flu ones done we were ages while they asked us a whole raft of info that would have already been available in our surgery.

The flu jab at the doctors is normally walk in..give your name...roll your sleeve up...jab then walk out.

Possibly the reason why.

[Horse]

I can't see why chemists can't do the Covid ones...

Possibly the reason why.

Might change with the AZ version not requiring more than fridging.

[irie]

Sobering data this evening for the UK*

~ 61,000 new infections.

~ 830 deaths, the overwhelming majority of which are 80 years old or over.

~ 2% of the population currently infected which means that ~ 1.36m people are currently infected.

Staggering numbers.

* UK population ~ 68m

Edit: correct UK population.

[weeksy]

~ 830 deaths, the overwhelming majority of which are 80 years old or over.

Out of interest, do we have figures for the lower age groups, overall or recent/current, i don't mind.