Coronavirus update - NO MORE RESTRICTIONS

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Another lockdown in winter would be unthinkable. We must get things in order now instead of accepting rises in hospitalizations & then lockdown as inevitable. The harms of lockdown are huge and we now have vaccines, testing, and isolation measures to avoid blanket restrictions.

https://twitter.com/devisridhar/stat...63071481974784

What does that mean? Earlier on I said at some point focus will switch to reaching out again to those who have not yet taken the vaccine, see tweet below, but also drumming home need for good ventilation/what that is, continuing to avoid crowded indoor spaces and probably keep up the mask wearing. Testing and tracking is far, far easier with low case numbers.

Looking at those younger groups, we see that Scotland becomes the first to top 75% in the 30-39 band. Great news! Below 30, Wales is making very slow progress, suggesting it is going to max out at around 70%.

https://twitter.com/john_actuary/sta...70581799555074

[MOZZER2]

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strong rumours this morning the government has caved into Uefa and will allow thousands of football VIP's to attend the Euro 2020 finals at wembley without quarantining

think this will raise a few eyebrows if that happens

[the other bob wilson]

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strong rumours this morning the government has caved into Uefa and will allow thousands of football VIP's to attend the Euro 2020 finals at wembley without quarantining

think this will raise a few eyebrows if that happens

On that subject:-

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/22/uefa-variant-boris-johnsons-england-self-isolation

[goats]

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strong rumours this morning the government has caved into Uefa and will allow thousands of football VIP's to attend the Euro 2020 finals at wembley without quarantining

think this will raise a few eyebrows if that happens

Corruption at its worst, while the travel industry goes under and 1000’s of jobs are going…..

[Rjk]

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so this'll be why Wales fans aren't allowed to go to Amsterdam.

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Reasons to be (cautiously) optimistic:

COVID cases in Scotland have been rising steadily for 6+ weeks, but the number of patients in hospital with COVID has barely risen over that time.

This is very different to how things looked at a similar stage in October.

https://twitter.com/VictimOfMaths/st...34809052057605

We're in new territory now and hopefully better territory too.

[Hilts]

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Hancock in trouble this morning.

https://www-thesun-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.thesun.co.uk/news/15388014/matt-hancock-secret-affair-with-aide/amp/?amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#aoh=16246067531412&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.co.uk%2Fnews%2F15388014%2Fmatt-hancock-secret-affair-with-aide%2F

[Rjk]

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Hancock in trouble this morning.

https://www-thesun-co-uk.cdn.ampproj...r-with-aide%2F

sacrificial lamb

he's had all the blame unsubtly placed at his door for weeks now, and now they have a reason to move him on and the rest of them walk away with a clean slate

[goats]

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He’s got to walk surely

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The health secretary is also facing questions about his appointment of aide Ms Coladangelo to a £15,000-a-year advisory role – since there was no public record of the appointment.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...dal/ar-AALr5Bt

Matt Hancock deserves to be looked at for what appears to be his role in the "interesting" use of contracts and public money by this government rather than this sort of workplace activity.

[the other bob wilson]

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Matt Hancock deserves to be looked at for what appears to be his role in the "interesting" use of contracts and public money by this government rather than this sort of workplace activity.

I agree, Ministers were much more willing to take responsibility for things going wrong in their department when I was younger, but I doubt it very much if there has ever been a time when a Minister caught having an affair automatically resigned.

[goats]

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I agree, Ministers were much more willing to take responsibility for things going wrong in their department when I was younger, but I doubt it very much if there has ever been a time when a Minister caught having an affair automatically resigned.

Maybe because they all do it it’s just par for the course now…..

[Hilts]

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Matt Hancock deserves to be looked at for what appears to be his role in the "interesting" use of contracts and public money by this government rather than this sort of workplace activity.

This adds to it. Dont hug your relatives, social distance blah blah blah but here he is all over his aide.

It wont matter this lots arrogance and disdain for the public will mean he carries on.

Maybe another food bank in Hartlepool to keep them happy.

[Hilts]

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I agree, Ministers were much more willing to take responsibility for things going wrong in their department when I was younger, but I doubt it very much if there has ever been a time when a Minister caught having an affair automatically resigned.

No but this is the Health Secretary after numerous feck ups all over his aide in a pandemic when thousands of others dont hug those close to them.

After all hes preached.

[Hilts]

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Hancock apologises for breaking social distancing rules😂😂😂😂

https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.theguardian.com/politics/live/2021/jun/25/uk-covid-coronavirus-live-news-travel-boris-johnson-matt-hancock?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a6&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16246241812693&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fpolitics%2Flive%2F2021%2Fjun%2F25%2Fuk-covid-coronavirus-live-news-travel-boris-johnson-matt-hancock