Coronavirus discussion thread

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Ultracat Jan 2021 4:58pm, 22 Jan 2021 13,413 posts	0 Ultracat Regarding the wedding just seen on the news that the school was using a third party to handle its bookings.
Non-runner Jan 2021 5:25pm, 22 Jan 2021 903 posts	0 Non-runner So the new variant is 30% more deadly than the original as well as being more transmissible. We are never getting out of this are we. Time to hunker down again.
Tim of Fife Jan 2021 5:36pm, 22 Jan 2021 3,225 posts	0 Tim of Fife We can't hunker down for ever.
Non-runner Jan 2021 5:45pm, 22 Jan 2021 904 posts	0 Non-runner Agree Tim. I meant, hunker down from the news. I had a break recently and it did me some good.
Dvorak Jan 2021 5:46pm, 22 Jan 2021 21,835 posts	0 Dvorak Y'know Tim, I don't think anyone is suggesting we hunker down forever. But all through this, the UK especially has been plagued by short term thinking. It's not about this week, this month, this three months. ALL THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR LESS THAN A YEAR HERE. And how many changes, how many ups and downs have we seen through that time? So while I do take larkim's point about the relativity of time, we could do with some strategic thinking over a longer timescale. There is an alternative, of course there is. Is that what you want, Tim? Through this, I have wondered. Maybe it could be all over in six months. If we don't mind shovelling the bodies into pits.
Tim of Fife Jan 2021 6:16pm, 22 Jan 2021 3,226 posts	0 Tim of Fife Sorry, but I won't be the fall guy on this thread. ScotGov legislates. I obey the law.
DocM Jan 2021 6:19pm, 22 Jan 2021 39,399 posts	0 DocM ive applied for a job at an undertakers
larkim Jan 2021 6:21pm, 22 Jan 2021 13,316 posts	0 larkim 30% figure looks like it needs treating with some scepticism at the moment based on the way it was collected, but no harm with warning about it in advance of that's what the data suggest.
DocM Jan 2021 6:22pm, 22 Jan 2021 39,402 posts	0 DocM they are saying between 10-50% so yeah, not very sure
geordiegirl Jan 2021 6:23pm, 22 Jan 2021 13,224 posts	0 geordiegirl Surprised it’s taken this long to say it’s more deadly it’s been obvious!