Coronavirus update - NO MORE RESTRICTIONS

[The Lone Gunman]

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I've only been to a pub a couple of times since lockdown, sat outside both times. I must admit, the table service is pretty delightful. A 2hr time limit isn't the end of the world these days either (wouldn't have felt like that 10 years ago though)

Both times I've been we were sitting outside - on the first occasion because it was the only option at that stage, on the second because it was a warm evening. To be honest, the second time it felt little different to a normal midweek trip to my local. Nobody was inside except a few people having meals, there was plenty of room outside, we could sit where we wanted and we went to the bar ourselves. However, I was reading the most recent guidance this morning and have seen a couple of Facebook posts this weekend from the landlords of my locals and it sounds much less relaxed than it was in August and September when I last went out.

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Both times I've been we were sitting outside - on the first occasion because it was the only option at that stage, on the second because it was a warm evening. To be honest, the second time it felt little different to a normal midweek trip to my local. Nobody was inside except a few people having meals, there was plenty of room outside, we could sit where we wanted and we went to the bar ourselves. However, I was reading the most recent guidance this morning and have seen a couple of Facebook posts this weekend from the landlords of my locals and it sounds much less relaxed than it was in August and September when I last went out.

Last time we went was a week or so before lockdown 2, when the mixing households rules were in place. Looking at some of the groups that were inside I'm going to take a punt that they weren't being adhered to

[Rjk]

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RCT covid cases last 4 days

240
216
185
137.

So still high but reducing.

down to 102 today. I'm not sure if those numbers are usually lower in the weekend like some others though.

[the other bob wilson]

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down to 102 today. I'm not sure if those numbers are usually lower in the weekend like some others though.

That's definitely the case with the deaths figure, but I don't think it does so much for new cases. I noticed that there was quite a high number of tests in Wales for today's figures, but there were 744 new cases which is less than half of some of the figures during the firebreak - all pretty encouraging.

[Rjk]

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That's definitely the case with the deaths figure, but I don't think it does so much for new cases. I noticed that there was quite a high number of tests in Wales for today's figures, but there were 744 new cases which is less than half of some of the figures during the firebreak - all pretty encouraging.

I guess we should still continue to see a drop for a week or two after the lockdown ends due to the incubation period

[the other bob wilson]

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I guess we should still continue to see a drop for a week or two after the lockdown ends due to the incubation period

Yes, I would have thought so.

[BLUETIT]

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RCT covid cases last 4 days

240
216
185
137.

So still high but reducing.

down to 102 today. I'm not sure if those numbers are usually lower in the weekend like some others though.

So that's practically everyone in the area that's got it then.

[Rjk]

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So that's practically everyone in the area that's got it then.

population of RCT is 240,000.
since the start of the pandemic there have been 7911 cases in RCT.
so something like 3% of people have had it (that we know about)
asymptomatic people who haven't had tests obviously won't show up on those numbers

[BLUETIT]

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population of RCT is 240,000.
since the start of the pandemic there have been 7911 cases in RCT.
so something like 3% of people have had it (that we know about)
asymptomatic people who haven't had tests obviously won't show up on those numbers

Maybe I was being a bit flippant, but my point is, all these people have covid, so as you are testing them, the numbers will go down as the ones who already have it, would have been counted.

[Rjk]

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Maybe I was being a bit flippant, but my point is, all these people have covid, so as you are testing them, the numbers will go down as the ones who already have it, would have been counted.

then why were the numbers going up only a week or so ago

[BLUETIT]

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then why were the numbers going up only a week or so ago

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, let me think !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Perhaps, only perhaps, maybe more people were being tested

[Croesy Blue]

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Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, let me think !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Perhaps, only perhaps, maybe more people were being tested

Is that how is works? I thought the test number were extrapolated so although more testing means more accurate it doesn’t mean higher numbers.

[Hilts]

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Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, let me think !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Perhaps, only perhaps, maybe more people were being tested

Perhaps only perhaps less people being tested as less have symptoms.

[the other bob wilson]

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Some good and easy to understand videos and charts regarding what's happening in Wales here;-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54855015