Scotland is set to follow in England’s footsteps in delaying the easing of its lockdown. Nicola Sturgeon says that restrictions will “likely” be maintained for three more weeks from June 28th to “buy ourselves sufficient time” to fully vaccinate more Scots. The Independent has the story.
Speaking in Holyrood, the First Minister did not rule out the further relaxation of rules – moving to Level Zero – on June 28th but said the Scottish Government wanted to “buy ourselves sufficient time” to allow the vaccination programme to continue its work.
She suggested that Scotland would not return to “much greater normality” until later in July at the earliest.
“Given the current situation – and the need to get more people fully vaccinated before we ease up further – it is reasonable to indicate now that I think it unlikely that any part of the country will move down a level from June 28th,” Ms Sturgeon said.
“Instead, it is likely that we will opt to maintain restrictions for a further three weeks from June 28th and use that time to [vaccinate] – with both doses – as many more people as possible.
“Doing that will give us the best chance, later in July, of getting back on track and restoring the much greater normality that we all crave.”
Ms Sturgeon said it was a “difficult and frustrating” development but “while this setback is not easy, it is worth remembering that we are living under far fewer restrictions now than was the case a few weeks ago”.
She added: “The current situation is not what any of us want – but equally it is not lockdown. And vaccination is – with every day that – helping us change the game.”
Level Zero is described as “near normal” but a number of restrictions still exist, including limits on the number of people individuals can meet socially in groups, and people are still advised to work from home where possible.
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More evidence suggests COVID-19 was in US by Christmas 2019
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-06-evidence-covid-christmas.html
A new analysis of blood samples from 24,000 Americans taken early last year is the latest and largest study to suggest that the new coronavirus popped up in the U.S. in December 2019—weeks before cases were first recognized by health officials.
The analysis is not definitive, and some experts remain skeptical, but federal health officials are increasingly accepting a timeline in which small numbers of COVID-19 infections may have occurred in the U.S. before the world ever became aware of a dangerous new virus erupting in China.
Wasn’t it found in water/sewage in Spain/Italy in September 2019?
Can’t find the reference but have found one for December 2019.
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish virologists have found traces of the novel coronavirus in a sample of Barcelona waste water collected in March 2019, nine months before the COVID-19 disease was identified in China, the University of Barcelona said on Friday.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-science-idUSKBN23X2HQ
From my research I am of the opinion that it was present in the U.K. in October/November 2019. Personally I had a cough for 4-6 weeks in late October 2019 with a change in taste towards the end.
If this is correct and SARS-CoV-2 was around in autumn 2019, then that begs the question, where did it originate? The Chinese reported a pneumonia of unknown aetiology in December 2019 which started the whole thing. However, our hospitals would treat a pneumonia, in fact we’re treating pneumonia in autumn 2019,and not be over concerned about the precipitating pathogen.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-06-common-cold-combats-covid-.html
Common cold combats COVID-19
Exposure to the rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, can protect against infection by the virus which causes COVID-19, Yale researchers have found.
In a new study, the researchers found that the common respiratory virus jump-starts the activity of interferon-stimulated genes, early-response molecules in the immune system which can halt replication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus within airway tissues infected with the cold.
So Lockdown made our cold exposure negligible making COVID much worse for the vulnerable.
That would be the case, whatever the mechanism – the whole process will have fucked millions of immune systems.
Especially in Aus and NZ.
They are in trouble when the first Europeans land there when lockdown is lifted.
Glorious to see a proper crowd at the football in Hungary, don’t know if it involved any vaxpass atrocity?
Update, unfortunately it did
You’d hope Hungarians would be wiser to those inflicting internal passports and extra social credit for party members type schemes
Yes – especially when you consider that this is worse even than the predations they suffered then.
So much for “Avanti Ragazzi di Buda.”
So Wee SNP Krankie is on the same page as Fat Tory Controller Mr Toad and Slimy ‘Big Hair’ Labour Starmer.
Bye-bye politics. Hello totalitarianism.
Where are those kids that used to rail against ‘The Filth’ and the Establishment etc. in their teens, and now roll over without a masked murmur for the jab in their 30s? It’s beyond normal the normal political retreat of age, and makes me sad beyond belief.
Please call the Scottish First Minister by her proper name of Nicola Ceausescu.
Two cheeks of the same arse
It’s not a lockdown, it’s a liberty intermission.
Good
In what way is this good?
A suitable punishment for voting for her
I didn’t vote for her; neither did the majority of people who actually voted…..so why is my “punishment suitable”.
How would you feel reading that a random stranger on the the internet thought that for some unjust reason you were worthy of “punishment”?
I didn’t vote for her, you prick.
Do you think lockdown extension in England is is good?
An insane minority put the First Authoritarian Turdgeon in power.
Not much different from England where the choices were Jeremy Corbyn and Jeremy Johnson, otherwise known as Boris Corbyn.
“We are likely to have beards”, said ZZ Top and Brian Blessed.
In what way is it news that Mary Whitehouse-in-a-kilt is going to be more illiberal than Kim Jong Johnson?
In some ways this covid/lockdown episode has been a blessing in disguise – its revealed just how broken democracy is in this country and how fragile our freedoms and rights have always been but were cleverly concealed by a political establishment hungry for power – we never knew just how prone we were to what amounts to a take-over by an authoritarian dictatorship and it has taken an event such as covid to reveal what a bad state of affairs we are all in as a so-called free country. Perhaps this nightmare chapter in our countrys history could be turned around and used as a chance to build back better … build back better our freedoms, our rights and finally a golden opportunity to fix a political system that has become corrupt and broken.
This maybe the just the kick in the pants we have needed for a very long time.
So if level zero is only “near normal”, with some restrictions in place, what level is “normal” (aka “old normal”)? Minus 1? Minus 5? At what point do they turn round and say, this is the closest to normal we are ever going to let you get, so THIS is normal now (aka the new “new normal”)? Are they hoping it’s been so long that we’ve forgotten about the old normal, or that people are so brainwashed and fearful that they don’t even want the old normal back, even if it was offered to them? Devi must be rubbing her hands with glee, busy redefining what it is to be human.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-protection-levels/pages/protection-level-0/
That is level 0 and the idiots all believe that’s normal.
Scotland no longer a democracy. Not many Scots have bothered to look at these levels because they’re ignoring them anyway, so they don’t see a need to protest because they can get to the pub and primark is open.
lol they orchestrated it this time so she followed him…
Why has no one pi ged that even at the lowest level there are still restrictions. Thus will always be restrictions.
Marxist commies in disguise. Scotland is poorly educated so we will just vote them in again.
“See? We’re not doing what London says. They’re extending 21st June by 4 weeks. We’re extending 28th June by 3 weeks. FREEDOM!”
Well, I’m glad to see it’s out in the open that “Level Zero” will be the New Normal. No commuting, no parties. Toil in your pod, alone.
According to Nicola Ceausescu, independence is when your neighbour gets a shitey idea and you put a kilt on it.
Sturgeon isn’t running a country…she is engineering a single focus campaign for Indie. That’s all…..Hence why everything has gone to wrack and ruin….including what used to be considered a fine education system…now just about indoctrinating kids.
She’s such a gimp