Coronavirus (COVID-19) General Chat

[Soffie]

It will be interesting to see what happens when Nicola Sturgeon introduces the tier system. Also, with the announcement today by the Chancellor I'd fully expect more areas to be fully locked down in the coming weeks.

 

[Sad Professor]

Also, with the announcement today by the Chancellor I'd fully expect more areas to be fully locked down in the coming weeks.

The announcement that more money will be forthcoming for places in high tiered restrictions is basically giving Greater Manchester everything they asked for. It is also probably going to lead to more places being placed under the highest restrictions.

 

[Tom]

It will be interesting to see what happens when Nicola Sturgeon introduces the tier system. Also, with the announcement today by the Chancellor I'd fully expect more areas to be fully locked down in the coming weeks.

The announcement that more money will be forthcoming for places in high tiered restrictions is basically giving Greater Manchester everything they asked for. It is also probably going to lead to more places being placed under the highest restrictions.

From what I read last night the new financial package for tiered areas is only going to be for down in England - there will be no extra money for Scottish businesses?

 

[Jess]

A new tiered system introduced in Scotland today. Tiers 1-3 will have broadly similar restrictions to the same tiers in England (Tier 0 is no restrictions, Tier 4 is full lockdown) so I imagine it's been designed to try and avoid confusion.

I assume areas will be placed into tiers and restrictions will commence on Nov 2.

 

[Dylan]

A new tiered system introduced in Scotland today.

The new five-tier system, which only applies to Scotland, is defined as follows:

• Level Zero: The "closest to normality without more successful treatment of a vaccine", broadly comparable to the situation in August. Scots can meet indoors with a maximum of eight people from three households, most businesses stay open
• Level One: Indoor household meetings reduce to six people from two households, but a reasonable degree of normality overall
• Level Two: Limitations on hospitality and no gatherings in people's homes
• Level Three: Much of hospitality closed completely but some restaurants stay open, as in the central belt of Scotland over the past few weeks
• Level Four: Not "unless absolutely necessary", but reserved for if cases become "very high" and the NHS is at "risk of being overwhelmed". This is "closer to a full lockdown", with non-essential shops shut. But six people can meet outdoors, there is no limit on outdoor exercise and the Scottish Government would seek to keep manufacturing open.

Probably see most of the country in Tier 2 from next week with possibly Glasgow and the Central belt in T3

 

[Ray Gin]

Probably see most of the country in Tier 2 from next week with possibly Glasgow and the Central belt in T3

Essentially if you aren't from Glasgow and the West and Lanarkshire you'll be pretty sound to get back to Tier 1 or 2 at some point soon. I can not imagine seeing Lanarkshire and Glasgow being anywhere near Tier 1 unless there is a circuit breaker lockdown. There has been very little change here in Lanarkshire since the tough enforcements. In fact, the cases are going up and up. It's almost as if...it isn't the hospitality industry and events with social distancing causing this spike?

 

[Snoops]

Essentially if you aren't from Glasgow and the West and Lanarkshire you'll be pretty sound to get back to Tier 1 or 2 at some point soon. I can not imagine seeing Lanarkshire and Glasgow being anywhere near Tier 1 unless there is a circuit breaker lockdown. There has been very little change here in Lanarkshire since the tough enforcements. In fact, the cases are going up and up. It's almost as if...it isn't the hospitality industry and events with social distancing causing this spike?

So, what do we think, Glasgow and Lanarkshire in tier 3, Edinburgh in tier 2, most of the rest of Central belt in tier 1, Highlands and Islands in 0?

 

[hannah]

Statistics for infections/deaths in Scotland today

202 people aged 65+
Including 39 aged 85+

86 children under 15
Including 26 under 5

203 people aged 15-24

940 aged 25-64

Deaths

4 aged 85+
3 aged 75-84
2 aged 65-74
2 aged 45-64

 

[Fraser]

So, what do we think, Glasgow and Lanarkshire in tier 3, Edinburgh in tier 2, most of the rest of Central belt in tier 1, Highlands and Islands in 0?

I think Tayside might be in 2

 

[Deleted member 63]

Ontario broke 1000 new cases for the first time, sad to say. Mostly concentrated in the big urban and suburban centres, but still not welcome. And this falls two weeks exactly after Canadian Thanksgiving and more than a few are suggesting the two are related. This is the weekend when we would expect to see a surge in positives if there was a lot of transmission activity that weekend.