(03-09-2021, 01:06 PM)baggy1 Wrote: Week 8 figures for E&W to the 26th Feb are out this morning and show that excess deaths are nearly back down to normal. 12,614 deaths for the week are nearly down to normal levels and are just over 1k more than the 5YA. This does push the excess deaths for the 49 weeks to date to just short of 113k (this doesn't include Scotland or NI btw) of which 43k have been since the start of December. Hopefully with 4 weeks to go until the 12 months since excess deaths 1st appeared we won't see too many more and if the trend continues we should be showing normal death rates for this time of year by next week.

With over 22M people now having received the 1st dose and over 1M having had their second dose I really am hopeful that we are seeing the end of this nightmare. It really is worth holding the line for a few more weeks / months to make sure the steps we take are working along with the vaccinations but evidence shows that things are looking good so far.

Still positive

(03-09-2021, 06:24 PM)richbaggie Wrote:

(03-09-2021, 01:06 PM)baggy1 Wrote: Week 8 figures for E&W to the 26th Feb are out this morning and show that excess deaths are nearly back down to normal. 12,614 deaths for the week are nearly down to normal levels and are just over 1k more than the 5YA. This does push the excess deaths for the 49 weeks to date to just short of 113k (this doesn't include Scotland or NI btw) of which 43k have been since the start of December. Hopefully with 4 weeks to go until the 12 months since excess deaths 1st appeared we won't see too many more and if the trend continues we should be showing normal death rates for this time of year by next week.

With over 22M people now having received the 1st dose and over 1M having had their second dose I really am hopeful that we are seeing the end of this nightmare. It really is worth holding the line for a few more weeks / months to make sure the steps we take are working along with the vaccinations but evidence shows that things are looking good so far.

Still positive

Incredible testing numbers today at 1.5m but the week on week positives still dropped. O.38% positive rate. 

I see Chris Whittys words today are being selectively reported on by doom mongers.

keef Wrote:

richbaggie Wrote:

baggy1 Wrote:Week 8 figures for E&W to the 26th Feb are out this morning and show that excess deaths are nearly back down to normal. 12,614 deaths for the week are nearly down to normal levels and are just over 1k more than the 5YA. This does push the excess deaths for the 49 weeks to date to just short of 113k (this doesn't include Scotland or NI btw) of which 43k have been since the start of December. Hopefully with 4 weeks to go until the 12 months since excess deaths 1st appeared we won't see too many more and if the trend continues we should be showing normal death rates for this time of year by next week.

With over 22M people now having received the 1st dose and over 1M having had their second dose I really am hopeful that we are seeing the end of this nightmare. It really is worth holding the line for a few more weeks / months to make sure the steps we take are working along with the vaccinations but evidence shows that things are looking good so far.

Still positive

Incredible testing numbers today at 1.5m but the week on week positives still dropped. O.38% positive rate. 

I see Chris Whittys words today are being selectively reported on by doom mongers.

 I thought the same mate it is though some of these scientists have had there moment of fame and some of them do not want this to end   untill we have zero deaths  that is never going to happen like flue  two thousand  and  eighteen sore 20 thousand deaths from that year it is something that we have to live with like other  diseases 
i cleand my key board the weekend and not everything works so sorry for the  mistakes

(03-09-2021, 07:26 PM)Tom Joad Wrote:

keef Wrote:

richbaggie Wrote:

baggy1 Wrote:Week 8 figures for E&W to the 26th Feb are out this morning and show that excess deaths are nearly back down to normal. 12,614 deaths for the week are nearly down to normal levels and are just over 1k more than the 5YA. This does push the excess deaths for the 49 weeks to date to just short of 113k (this doesn't include Scotland or NI btw) of which 43k have been since the start of December. Hopefully with 4 weeks to go until the 12 months since excess deaths 1st appeared we won't see too many more and if the trend continues we should be showing normal death rates for this time of year by next week.

With over 22M people now having received the 1st dose and over 1M having had their second dose I really am hopeful that we are seeing the end of this nightmare. It really is worth holding the line for a few more weeks / months to make sure the steps we take are working along with the vaccinations but evidence shows that things are looking good so far.

Still positive

Incredible testing numbers today at 1.5m but the week on week positives still dropped. O.38% positive rate. 

I see Chris Whittys words today are being selectively reported on by doom mongers.

 I thought the same mate it is though some of these scientists have had there moment of fame and some of them do not want this to end   untill we have zero deaths  that is never going to happen like flue  two thousand  and  eighteen sore 20 thousand deaths from that year it is something that we have to live with like other  diseases 
i cleand my key board the weekend and not everything works so sorry for the  mistakes

Those bloody pressure washers eh?

(03-09-2021, 06:24 PM)richbaggie Wrote:

(03-09-2021, 01:06 PM)baggy1 Wrote: Week 8 figures for E&W to the 26th Feb are out this morning and show that excess deaths are nearly back down to normal. 12,614 deaths for the week are nearly down to normal levels and are just over 1k more than the 5YA. This does push the excess deaths for the 49 weeks to date to just short of 113k (this doesn't include Scotland or NI btw) of which 43k have been since the start of December. Hopefully with 4 weeks to go until the 12 months since excess deaths 1st appeared we won't see too many more and if the trend continues we should be showing normal death rates for this time of year by next week.

With over 22M people now having received the 1st dose and over 1M having had their second dose I really am hopeful that we are seeing the end of this nightmare. It really is worth holding the line for a few more weeks / months to make sure the steps we take are working along with the vaccinations but evidence shows that things are looking good so far.

Still positive

Incredible testing numbers today at 1.5m but the week on week positives still dropped. O.38% positive rate. 

I see Chris Whittys words today are being selectively reported on by doom mongers.

(03-09-2021, 07:55 PM)Baggie_Nick Wrote:

(03-09-2021, 06:24 PM)richbaggie Wrote:

(03-09-2021, 01:06 PM)baggy1 Wrote: Week 8 figures for E&W to the 26th Feb are out this morning and show that excess deaths are nearly back down to normal. 12,614 deaths for the week are nearly down to normal levels and are just over 1k more than the 5YA. This does push the excess deaths for the 49 weeks to date to just short of 113k (this doesn't include Scotland or NI btw) of which 43k have been since the start of December. Hopefully with 4 weeks to go until the 12 months since excess deaths 1st appeared we won't see too many more and if the trend continues we should be showing normal death rates for this time of year by next week.

With over 22M people now having received the 1st dose and over 1M having had their second dose I really am hopeful that we are seeing the end of this nightmare. It really is worth holding the line for a few more weeks / months to make sure the steps we take are working along with the vaccinations but evidence shows that things are looking good so far.

Still positive

Incredible testing numbers today at 1.5m but the week on week positives still dropped. O.38% positive rate. 

I see Chris Whittys words today are being selectively reported on by doom mongers.

Whitty is right.

Not doom mongering at all. He's reporting on the basis of opening up. Anyone thinking that June the 21st is open day is deluded.

We'll be in another lockdown within a year, I'll have a tenner with anyone.

(03-09-2021, 09:01 PM)richbaggie Wrote:

(03-09-2021, 07:55 PM)Baggie_Nick Wrote:

(03-09-2021, 06:24 PM)richbaggie Wrote:

(03-09-2021, 01:06 PM)baggy1 Wrote: Week 8 figures for E&W to the 26th Feb are out this morning and show that excess deaths are nearly back down to normal. 12,614 deaths for the week are nearly down to normal levels and are just over 1k more than the 5YA. This does push the excess deaths for the 49 weeks to date to just short of 113k (this doesn't include Scotland or NI btw) of which 43k have been since the start of December. Hopefully with 4 weeks to go until the 12 months since excess deaths 1st appeared we won't see too many more and if the trend continues we should be showing normal death rates for this time of year by next week.

With over 22M people now having received the 1st dose and over 1M having had their second dose I really am hopeful that we are seeing the end of this nightmare. It really is worth holding the line for a few more weeks / months to make sure the steps we take are working along with the vaccinations but evidence shows that things are looking good so far.

Still positive

Incredible testing numbers today at 1.5m but the week on week positives still dropped. O.38% positive rate. 

I see Chris Whittys words today are being selectively reported on by doom mongers.

Whitty is right.

Not doom mongering at all. He's reporting on the basis of opening up. Anyone thinking that June the 21st is open day is deluded.

We'll be in another lockdown within a year, I'll have a tenner with anyone.

Make it a 100 and you're on.

He wasn't suggesting a lockdown would be needed. That's where the misreporting is happening. He is suggesting that we will get a surge of infections but we should be in a better position to handle it with vaccines in place for hospitalisations to be less of an issue. Covid isn't going away.

(03-09-2021, 09:14 PM)Baggie_Nick Wrote:

(03-09-2021, 09:01 PM)richbaggie Wrote:

(03-09-2021, 07:55 PM)Baggie_Nick Wrote:

(03-09-2021, 06:24 PM)richbaggie Wrote:

(03-09-2021, 01:06 PM)baggy1 Wrote: Week 8 figures for E&W to the 26th Feb are out this morning and show that excess deaths are nearly back down to normal. 12,614 deaths for the week are nearly down to normal levels and are just over 1k more than the 5YA. This does push the excess deaths for the 49 weeks to date to just short of 113k (this doesn't include Scotland or NI btw) of which 43k have been since the start of December. Hopefully with 4 weeks to go until the 12 months since excess deaths 1st appeared we won't see too many more and if the trend continues we should be showing normal death rates for this time of year by next week.

With over 22M people now having received the 1st dose and over 1M having had their second dose I really am hopeful that we are seeing the end of this nightmare. It really is worth holding the line for a few more weeks / months to make sure the steps we take are working along with the vaccinations but evidence shows that things are looking good so far.

Still positive

Incredible testing numbers today at 1.5m but the week on week positives still dropped. O.38% positive rate. 

I see Chris Whittys words today are being selectively reported on by doom mongers.

Whitty is right.

Not doom mongering at all. He's reporting on the basis of opening up. Anyone thinking that June the 21st is open day is deluded.

We'll be in another lockdown within a year, I'll have a tenner with anyone.

Make it a 100 and you're on.

He wasn't suggesting a lockdown would be needed. That's where the misreporting is happening. He is suggesting that we will get a surge of infections but we should be in a better position to handle it with vaccines in place for hospitalisations to be less of an issue. Covid isn't going away.

Vaccines aren't perfect. And they're only resistant to know strains. Plus we're all basing our freedom on near perfect uptakes which we won't get. How about immunity and how long it lasts? No one knows for sure.

I think we'll have a similar summer this year to last year and when it gets colder again Covid, being a respiratory condition that will thrive will put us into another lockdown. I don't think it will be of the magnitude of this one but it'll still be another lockdown. It may not even be national but Sandwell will be locked down again before March 2022. Guaranteed.

(03-09-2021, 09:30 PM)richbaggie Wrote:

(03-09-2021, 09:14 PM)Baggie_Nick Wrote:

(03-09-2021, 09:01 PM)richbaggie Wrote:

(03-09-2021, 07:55 PM)Baggie_Nick Wrote:

(03-09-2021, 06:24 PM)richbaggie Wrote: Incredible testing numbers today at 1.5m but the week on week positives still dropped. O.38% positive rate. 

I see Chris Whittys words today are being selectively reported on by doom mongers.

Whitty is right.

Not doom mongering at all. He's reporting on the basis of opening up. Anyone thinking that June the 21st is open day is deluded.

We'll be in another lockdown within a year, I'll have a tenner with anyone.

Make it a 100 and you're on.

He wasn't suggesting a lockdown would be needed. That's where the misreporting is happening. He is suggesting that we will get a surge of infections but we should be in a better position to handle it with vaccines in place for hospitalisations to be less of an issue. Covid isn't going away.

Vaccines aren't perfect. And they're only resistant to know strains. Plus we're all basing our freedom on near perfect uptakes which we won't get. How about immunity and how long it lasts? No one knows for sure.

I think we'll have a similar summer this year to last year and when it gets colder again Covid, being a respiratory condition that will thrive will put us into another lockdown. I don't think it will be of the magnitude of this one but it'll still be another lockdown. It may not even be national but Sandwell will be locked down again before March 2022. Guaranteed.

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