[News] The Coronavirus Good News thread

[LamieRobertson]

https://twitter.com/timspector/status/1371087423422222337?s=21

Only 4500 cases per day now and the rates in London and the South of England are very low at 40-60 cases per million and still dropping. Too early to tell if any effects of schools yet. Thx for logging

 

[dazzer6666]

Some notable numbers again today :

Infections - 4,618, rolling 7 day down 4.9% (but another 1.6m tests - 73.5% UP in 7 days)
Deaths - 52, rolling 7 day down 31.4%
Admissions - 563, rolling 7 day down 26.9%
Vaccs - 512k 1st and 52k 2nd - cumulative 24.2m and 1.59m
People in hospital - 8,029

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Had my AZ jab yesterday evening so was prepared for feeling somewhat crap today. So far, apart from a slightly heavy feeling arm where the jab was given, no other side effects.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Some notable numbers again today :

Infections - 4,618, rolling 7 day down 4.9% (but another 1.6m tests - 73.5% UP in 7 days)
Deaths - 52, rolling 7 day down 31.4%
Admissions - 563, rolling 7 day down 26.9%
Vaccs - 512k 1st and 52k 2nd - cumulative 24.2m and 1.59m
People in hospital - 8,029

Just to add

Today’s figure of 52 reported deaths is 36.6% down on last week’s equivalent (82) and the lowest number we’ve seen on any day since 12 October (50).

https://twitter.com/fact_covid/status/1371132181075128326?s=21

 

[Diablo]

Indeed whilst any deaths are bad news, 52 in a day compared with a peak of 1820 on 20th jan is brilliant !!

 

[Weststander]

Probably a mixture of anti-van nutters and possibly extreme left wingers that don’t want to admit that anything can go well under any government that isn’t Jeremy Corbyn.

 

[Weststander]

The US and UK programmes continue their incredible success, a virtuous circle.

Also great to see one or two continental nations now making strides. Hungary did this by side stepping the mandatory centralised EU process and sourcing directly from China and Russia.

 

[middletoenail]

The UK is doing so well, for so long a laughing stock when the pandemic began. We haven't really had a true lockdown where I live, some restrictions sure, mandatory mask wearing everywhere, sure. We have the harshest Quarantine restrictions in the world (3 weeks in a hotel), vaccinations are floundering (largely because of lack of public confidence in Chinese vaccines). We don't really have an exit strategy.

The UK has a defined way out of this mess, I'm so happy for my family, friends and all of you lot.

 

[dazzer6666]

The UK is doing so well, for so long a laughing stock when the pandemic began. We haven't really had a true lockdown where I live, some restrictions sure, mandatory mask wearing everywhere, sure. We have the harshest Quarantine restrictions in the world (3 weeks in a hotel), vaccinations are floundering (largely because of lack of public confidence in Chinese vaccines). We don't really have an exit strategy.

The UK has a defined way out of this mess, I'm so happy for my family, friends and all of you lot.

Got loads of friends and ex-colleagues in HK and spent many weeks there, not a happy place currently. Such a shame.....stay safe

 

[Mellotron]

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#motoring

 

[middletoenail]

Got loads of friends and ex-colleagues in HK and spent many weeks there, not a happy place currently. Such a shame.....stay safe

Thank you, and just like that, I can book my vaccine appointment tomorrow (Fosun Biontech aka Phizer or Sinovac)

 

[LamieRobertson]

Appointment for jab booked for Saturday..I had no idea they were doing young people this early

 

[blue-shifted]

Appointment for jab booked for Saturday..I had no idea they were doing young people this early

They're not

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

The Wife with no underlying conditions got both her appointments today - she’s only 35 - a mistake surely?

 

[Bakero]

The Wife with no underlying conditions got both her appointments today - she’s only 35 - a mistake surely?

Some of my late-30s mates have also been contacted.

 

[Mellotron]

My brother has been contacted for his jab - 39 years old, no known underlying conditions (possibly something minor and liver-related from years ago).

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Some of my late-30s mates have also been contacted.

Where abouts if you don’t mind me asking?

 

[nwgull]

Where abouts if you don’t mind me asking?

On their phones.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

On their phones.

Waaaaay

 

[Weststander]

The Wife with no underlying conditions got both her appointments today - she’s only 35 - a mistake surely?

Has she ever had asthma, even if a very long time ago?

My daughter has mild asthma, rarely needing inhalers, but they asked that she got vaccinated. Done last Saturday at the Brighton Racecourse vax centre.