Covid restrictions - are you adhering or not?

[Yambo]

It's American English so it'll be pronounced differently to the UK 'correct' way. Remember Colin Powell?

[Horse]

It's American English so it'll be pronounced differently to the UK 'correct' way. Remember Colin Powell?

Oh yes, very well.

I was trying to contact an appropriate person in a US airbase, and happened to be at an event where a group of service personnel and their families were setting up in the village hall.

"You need to speak to Koa-lyn Bear-stow"

Phoned the base, put through to the correct extension. Asked, with correct pronunciation.

A broad Oxfordshire accent replied "This is Colin Bairstow speaking".

[wheelnut]

https://www.nomoresurgeons.com/post/get-the-pubs-open

[weeksy]

I had an RTTL member turn up tonight to remove a wanted item from my garage, we stood well apart, he picked it up from the garage door wearing a mask.

I feel we just upped the game for the community.

[Wreckless Rat]

Didn’t even realise you had ‘the hat’, I thought Iccy pretty much kept it now...

[ZRX61]

Mass panic in the LA area media as the UK strain of the China virus is now spreading throughout Orange County...

& then they state there is ONE fucking case of it the entire county...

[Wreckless Rat]

Mass panic in the LA area media as the UK strain of the China virus is now spreading throughout Orange County...

& then they state there is ONE fucking case of it the entire county...

I mean 18,000 deaths.... its not overly surprising its news...

[Yorick]

Every day I check the Govt website and cases have dropped in a month from about 1,200 down to half that.
The lockdown seems to have worked and folk have been good.
It's still in place for a bit longer but we'll go with the flow

https://www.lanzarotecovid19.com/en/

[weeksy]

Essentially the same in the UK, whilst not everyone is listening, it seems a hell of a lot are and it's working.

[G.P]

Same as is happending here Yoz. Big question is how low before they re-open schools as virus distribution centres again

[Mr. Dazzle]

Official UK figures are on https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/.

Deaths are coming down very quick in the UK, but its probably worth noting that despite the huge improvement we've still only just fallen to the same level as we peaked at first time around. There's a while to go yet.

[Wreckless Rat]

As is doesn’t really justify a thread of its own, the NNUH has just been hauled over the coals for not abiding by infection controls... during the pandemic, as bad as not even washing hands between patients.

That big number of deaths.... all Boris’ fault though...

[Asian Boss]

Essentially the same in the UK...

Same here, but we haven't had a lockdown.
Compulsory masks if you leave the house, some restrictions on gatherings, bars/discos shut, but no restrictions on normal movement.

That's one advantage of an oppressive regime. They'd have got away with it too, if it wasn't for that blabbing princess....

[ogri]

Latest email received from gov.uk, no return to work until at least march 31st for me, been paid to stay at home since before xmas

[irie]

We're booked to go on holiday for 2 weeks in Brittany (Bénodet) in June/July but judging by this analysis in Le Monde it's looking increasingly unlikely even if we've been vaccinated!

(Link should translate into English).

https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/ar ... 55770.html

Covid-19: how the B.1.1.7 variant, which appeared in England, threatens to relaunch the epidemic in France

[weeksy]

We're doing remarkably well as a nation I think, but there's absolutely bigger pictures worldwide.

I'm still optimistic about summer. But maybe I'm a bit daft there. I do think UK summer will have relative normality

[Bigyin]

I am expecting our summer to be similar to last year but without the "eat out to infect more" boost to figures. I think UK travel will be allowed but still with distancing measures etc but not expecting international travel to be easy if its even possible

[irie]

@Weeksy: Agree with you about UK summer. But for continental Europe, with the likelihood of the Kent/B.1.1.7 variant letting rip combined with very low vaccination levels, the summer prospects look pretty grim.

[weeksy]

Don't say that. We all still think we're going to Portugal in 9 weeks!

[Bigyin]

Don't say that. We all still think we're going to Portugal in 9 weeks!

You got a warm up trip booked ?, the rest of us will be there in about 14 weeks