I agree with Theresa May. Especially beginning at about the 1:20 mark in this video.I hope their call is heeded:
June 21: Delay lockdown lifting, urge local health leaders
The government is warned that unlocking in England on 21 June risks the country "going backwards".www.bbc.co.uk
Yes, watch out. I'm always watching.
People here go from follow the science to follow specific politicians (and back) based on the narratives that most make sense to them.
But to be fair, you can't just "debunk" everything else she brought up. It's good to hear all sides and angles of this issue. And scientists can be political too.
www.cnn.com
Color me surprised.Not off to a good start....
2 passengers on Celebrity Millennium cruise test positive for coronavirus
Two guests aboard the first major sea cruise hosting Americans since the pandemic halted the industry have tested positive for coronavirus in required end-of-cruise testing, the cruise line said Thursday.
I don’t think anyone expected that we wouldn’t see any cases. The more interesting and informative development will be seeing if it was confined to just these two.
Not off to a good start....
2 passengers on Celebrity Millennium cruise test positive for coronavirus
Two guests aboard the first major sea cruise hosting Americans since the pandemic halted the industry have tested positive for coronavirus in required end-of-cruise testing, the cruise line said Thursday.
Scientists in the UK are calling for a delay in the lifting of restrictions based on the fact—and it is a fact—that the Delta variant is causing a rise in cases and hospitalisations. The delay need not be long; all that’s required is for more people to be vaccinated, which shouldn’t be difficult given the success of the UK vaccine rollout.
The biggest deal, for most families, would be being stuck out of the country. Getting enough viral load to test positive and not being able to board a flight. Like others have said, if it ends up being just these two (or some other small number), and they remain asymptomatic, the concept of vaccinated cruises doesn't fail from this one story.
You sure about the rise in hospitalizations? I posed this same delta variant spike matter a few days back and was informed by someone here that it's certainly causing cases to go up, but not so much deaths and hospitalizations. Numbers I'm seeing in the past two weeks show the UK daily new admissions going from 127 to 133, not much of a spike. England is rising slightly while Scotland and Wales are dropping slightly. Norther Ireland is flat.
Sure. Will this cruise now be an extended until medical clearance at the home port?
OK, I get that. Though it's certainly a risk any of these early cruise ship passengers ought to be prepared to deal with, and I'm sure they were.
Come on. You are big on choice. These folks chose to take an adventurous risk on a floating Petri dish and deal with any potential illness, should it arise, if it arises, when it arises. I say more power to them, Bon Voyage.
And the test came out POSITIVE! Reality is cruise ships do not enjoy a great health record pre-COVID so this is not earth shaking.
Wasn't that a requirement prior to sailing that they needed to have a defined port that would allow them to return with infected people?
