Covid - news and views

Just in case any of you did not receive your badge here's one I made earlier .

Yes, I do realise that.

Speaking to my Optician yesterday he told me he was a volunteer jabber at our local surgery which only does them on Sundays, so yes, I do realise that the jobs are not easily transferrable but the gist was that the hospital staff could do with a break, somehow, sometime and soon. Which is why people who are behaving themselves get "Nowty" with the   ones that don't.

I agree that the entire NHS needs a break they have had a very tough time and it's still not over; there is also years of work to catch up.  I don't understand your last sentence though nor to what it refers.

Little restriction lifting in Wales for next three weeks. Stats are good and we may see "self serviced accommodation" opening at Easter. Will that mean self contained M/H and Caravans not mentioned.

I would expect campsites to open up in first phase of relaxing holiday restrictions. A lot safer than hotels and B&Bs, similar to cottages. About as safe an option as you can get really, other than a second home. Sites and cottages will have to follow Covid Secure guidance again. 

Interestingly the correspondent on local BBC Wales news stated "self catering" not "self contained". Wonder if it was a freudian slip of the tongue?

Anyway I should imagine they'll let Easter pass before any opening.

Very interesting article In  todays paper  about covid death rates? ,a Journalist, who's father has recently died  was querying why it showed covid on his death certificate. when he had tested negative just recently, the registrar advised it was not the first time that this had been queried 

One thing that was also mentioned by the registrar was that not one death this winter had been put down, as would be normal at this time being flu related?

A few days ago ; one of dog walkers mentioned that his brother works  in a funeral directors, and although busy, as expected at this time of year ,, they had not been any busier than last winter? 

Who is not giving correct information?

It will be interesting to see how the number of this year's deaths stack up against the trend from previous years, excluding last year's numbers of course.

That will be Bel Mooney then and interestingly she says

"Ted Mooney passed three Covid tests, and died of a chronic illness...yet he's officially one of Britains 120,000 victims"

interesting to say the least, recently we heard of a person locally who just died in her sleep, old age , but because she had been tested 3 days before for covid but proved negative, her death was listed as covid-19. Bet the official enquiry when it comes will not get to the bottom of this one.

Some great news today on the effectiveness of the vaccine.

Taken from BBC

Research led by Public Health Scotland found at four weeks after the first dose, hospital admissions were reduced by 85% and 94% for the Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs respectively.