[Denver]

The BBC are saying that on Monday Boris will announce a stricter tier 3 system and also detail how families can spend Xmas together

[arista]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55029401






Also Skynews


https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-...-ends-12138733

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Denver

also detail how families can spend Xmas together

"I must say there's trhis fabulous... I say it's absolutely fabulous... wonderful, wonderful thing... I don't know if you've heard of it... 'Zoom', it's called... and you just..."

[LaLaLand]

Can’t actually believe they’re basically saying “have a day off” from the pandemic for Christmas...

Absolute disaster waiting to happen. Expect a huge spike mid-Jan.

[Denver]

Originally Posted by LaLaLand

Can’t actually believe they’re basically saying “have a day off” from the pandemic for Christmas...

Absolute disaster waiting to happen. Expect a huge spike mid-Jan.

But with a vaccination out in weeks a big spike shouldn't matter if all the people at risk are vaccinated and kept out of hospitals and from dying, the chance of a young healthy person dying from it are very very slim so aslong as they have protection for the at risk people then spikes don't matter, also we should get used to massive spikes every winter because its here to stay like the flu

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Denver

But with a vaccination out in weeks a big spike shouldn't matter if all the people at risk are vaccinated and kept out of hospitals and from dying, the chance of a young healthy person dying from it are very very slim so aslong as they have protection for the at risk people then spikes don't matter, also we should get used to massive spikes every winter because its here to stay like the flu

The vaccine still has to be manufactured on a worldwide scale, which could take a while.

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Scarlett.

The vaccine still has to be manufactured on a worldwide scale, which could take a while.

Its being predicted that everyone who needs it will have it by spring then they can roll it out for people who are not high risk

[LaLaLand]

Originally Posted by Denver

Its being predicted that everyone who needs it will have it by spring then they can roll it out for people who are not high risk

“Everyone who needs it” is every single person. Everyone.

You can be severely ill/die from this at any age, regardless of risk or “underlying conditions”, as we have seen.

[Toy Soldier]

Anyone who knows anything of the absolute ****ing shambles the seasonal flu vaccine rollout has been cannot possibly be optimistic about a fast widescale rollout of a Covid vaccine. The vulnerable elderly people who NORMALLY get a flu vaccine every year have been struggling to get one this year. The mass vaccination centres are a mess, the appointment system is a shambles, people have been getting their letters telling them the day/time they're booked for several days after they were supposed to have it...

And that's for a fraction of the number who will be getting the Covid vaccine.

I honestly think 6 months is the timeframe we're looking at to get over-60's and the vulnerable vaccinated. Getting everyone (who wants it) actually vaccinated is going to be a year or more, no matter what they say or what targets they set.