[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

face masks mandatory again

Yes about Time
in shops and transport.

[Measures are 'temporary and precautionary' - PM
They will be reviewed in three weeks]

[arista]

The PM began his news conference by warning:
"This variant is spreading around the world."

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[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by arista

The PM began his news conference by warning:
"This variant is spreading around the world."

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all viruses are spreading around the world

its what they do

[arista]

All UK Arrivals
must take a PCR test.

[bots]

the big pharms reckon they can have a new vaccine if its needed in 3 months

[arista]

They have now concluded.

[MTVN]

The impact of face masks is so tiny that its just an optics measure, the testing on arrival seems sensible enough I guess

[bots]

i think they need to be seen to be taking action. Hospitality must be in squeaky bum mode though in the run up to christmas

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the big pharms reckon they can have a new vaccine if its needed in 3 months

There’s a company who intend to have a vaccine ready in the next few weeks , they claimed that a few days ago


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[Zizu]

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[MTVN]

Covid cases actually fell today from last week as well

[joeysteele]

They should never have been relaxed in my view.

[bots]

masks and passports have made no difference in scotland.

[Crimson Dynamo]

we have never taken our masks off in Scotland (indoors)

I think people understand that is a positive move an individual can take

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

masks and passports have made no difference in scotland.

what evidence suggests that?

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02801-8
Face masks: what the data say
The science supports that face coverings are saving lives during the coronavirus pandemic,
and yet the debate trundles on. How much evidence is enough?

[bots]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

what evidence suggests that?

the daily figures coming out of Scotland, what more evidence do you need?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the daily figures coming out of Scotland, what more evidence do you need?

The UK today had 39500 new infections.

Scotland by proportion of the UK is 8% of the population.

Thus, today, proportionately if there was no difference Scotland should have had 3160 of those new infections.

Scotland had 2287 new infections today. A full 1/3 less than would be expected if going by the numbers.

This is standard most days (fewer new infections per capita, proportionately).

This was not the case before there was a significant divergence in things like mask wearing.

[bots]

that's an invalid interpretation as the population density is lower in scotland than england

The infection rate has stayed predominantly flat across both england and scotland since the mask mandate was removed in england.

Masks may afford a slightly improved chance of protection in edge cases, but if you are in a poorly ventilated room for an hour with someone with covid, wearing a mask, it aint going to make any difference

[Alf]

Face masks mandatory?

Yeah right

What's the plan here? Is it to destroy our high streets once an for all? Attack them at their busiest time of the year.

[Alf]

The Show must go on

[Alf]

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Alf

Face masks mandatory?

Yeah right

What's the plan here? Is it to destroy our high streets once an for all? Attack them at their busiest time of the year.

Masks are mandatory in corridors at our our high school.. the majority complied for a day or so but about 90% of students don’t bother now .. just us staff wearing masks ... to protect others..


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[arista]

Originally Posted by Alf

Face masks mandatory?

Yeah right

What's the plan here? Is it to destroy our high streets once an for all? Attack them at their busiest time of the year.

Alf Not on the streets

Only in Shops and Public Transport

That Fine

After 3 weeks it gets reviewed


Its not a Problem

[Alf]

The vaccines don't protect you from catching and transmitting, but a bit of cloth on the face does. Is that what you're trying to sell me?