Coronavirus discussion thread

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Johnny Blaze Jan 2021 5:59pm, 31 Jan 2021 24,694 posts	0 Johnny Blaze twitter.com This person on Twitter reports detailed stats every day and is doing a great job.
ThorntonRunner Jan 2021 6:09pm, 31 Jan 2021 4,543 posts	0 ThorntonRunner I posted this about the vaccine queue calculator on the politics thread after JB had posted re vaccination rate, but it's more relevant to here. Any views? I'm confused by the calculator: I'm 60, it says there are max 15.5m ahead of me, and using a rate of 2.5m per week I'll be vaccinated by 27th April - but 15.5 is just over 6 weeks at 2.5m which would be mid-March. Second jabs won't start to be due till end of March (12 weeks), so that shouldn't impact. Have I got the maths wrong or have they?
ThorntonRunner Jan 2021 6:11pm, 31 Jan 2021 4,544 posts	0 ThorntonRunner Just realised the government's daily covid stats site isn't listed on the useful links section. Can it be added please SK? coronavirus.data.gov.uk
MarkyMarkMark (3M) Jan 2021 6:16pm, 31 Jan 2021 14,160 posts	0 MarkyMarkMark (3M) My FiL finishes his 10 day quarantine tomorrow. His first appointment on release? Vaccination at 10.45am, followed by a trip to the tyre dealership to get his car legal again! No trouble getting a rearranged appt for vaccination. Hope he doesn't get stopped until after his second appointment of the day.
ChrisHB Jan 2021 6:17pm, 31 Jan 2021 20,532 posts	0 ChrisHB UK stats by country available here coronavstats.co.uk so we can see that Scotland is mostly doing half as badly as England. It's only updated weekly, though. Nice to see elsewhere that hospitalisations have been coming down for a day or three.
PenW Jan 2021 6:22pm, 31 Jan 2021 2,178 posts	0 PenW A year ago today since the hospital I work at treated the first coronavirus patients in the UK. I remember the media camped out at the gates. And I remember feeling safe because the patients were in a high consequence infectious diseases unit. Oh how things changed!
It’sBeginningToLookALotLikeFleecy Jan 2021 6:23pm, 31 Jan 2021 51,829 posts	0 It’sBeginningToLookALotLikeFleecy Thanks JB I also found this ‘coronavirus good news’ Twitter account, following! mobile.twitter.com
Johnny Blaze Jan 2021 6:29pm, 31 Jan 2021 24,695 posts	0 Johnny Blaze I've had a look, TR and I am as puzzled as you are. A week or so back it had me at 22/3 but now I am 9/4 so I dunno.
geordiegirl Jan 2021 6:34pm, 31 Jan 2021 13,284 posts	0 geordiegirl I hear Captain Sir Tom has been taken into hospital with covid. Praying he makes a full recovery. Spoke to my auntie and uncle last night, uncle sounded more like his old self and was being cheeky so suspect he’s on the mend. What a relief it’s been a long few months of worry. They’ve both decided to take early retirement so hoping they get to enjoy some quality time & return of good health in the next few months
Little Miss Happy Jan 2021 6:35pm, 31 Jan 2021 4,247 posts	0 Little Miss Happy Baz - it could be because she is housebound. There seems to be a bit of a delay in England for those that can't traval to a centre but aren't in a home. MiL had her first dose of the AZ vaccine yesterday and is feeling quite unwell. Fortunately I warned her this may happen so she had an easy meal prepared and paracetamol to hand and isn't worried by it.