Covid - news and views

Hope this is not a indication of things to come but I've just phoned Mrs C at work (and after saying I was sitting in the garden with a coffee and getting the usual abusive reply to that) she told me things have manic with just over 20% of the teaching staff and three full class bubbles off. Only four are confirmed cases but the rest have been tracked and traced from other contacts and have to isolate for 10 days. Apparently supply agencies have run out of staff. They must be desperate as I got a call. 

Most of those staff have been double vaccinated, I suppose the good thing is that track and trace appears to be working?

Anyway she finishes for ever three weeks on Friday so I told her to enjoy it while she could, which also seemed to generate more abuse...

Not just the TdF - I was watching the Netherlands v Czech Republic match in Budapest yesterday afternoon - a packed stadium, few, if any face coverings apparent - not sure if attendees had to show a negative test result before being allowed in, but it seemed the height of madness to me!

This is the advice for the Puskás stadium :

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Budapest: 61,000 fans.
Stadium:

Puskás Aréna
Projected attendance:

61,000 fans (100%)
Proof required upon entry:

For Hungarian fans: Hungarian immunity card; a negative PCR test is not sufficient for Hungarian fans.
For international fans: negative PCR test result (within 72 hours prior to match day), proof of previous COVID-19 infection or proof of vaccination (a list of accepted vaccination certificates is given by the Hungarian government here)

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The rules are different for each ground. Amazingly, the game in Glasgow had no restrictions whatsoever for fans from wherever. 
And I agree, complete, unnecessary madness 😱

Lovely to see Wimbledon back - but the crowds!!!  Are they all being tested and had vaccinations?  Will be interested to see what happens in a week or two. 

So will the scientists that are using the event as a controlled experiment.  It's been on the news .

Yes, all the spectators have to have been fully vaccinated or produce proof of a negative Covid test. 🙂

https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/visit_and_tickets/covid19_entry_requirements.html

Given that today's case rate is nearly 23,000, any further experimentation seems a little foolhardy.

And yet the plan is still to allow 140,000 spectators into Silverstone next month. Crazy.

But only 3 deaths, we have to find a way to move on , experiment, if ok accept it, if not close it down, as deaths and hospitalisations are low, we do have some slack to play with.

Most of the people testing positive now are of the younger generation who, thankfully, don’t become seriously ill.
Another fortnight on current trends and there could be as many people becoming immune through infection as vaccination.