The UK has a higher % of fully vaxxed people than the US, and a way higher % of people who’ve had one shot. We’re higher on both metrics than most European countries, and still climbing.
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I get the feeling a lot of people I normally agree with are really against opening things up in the UK. Surely the point of the vaccine rollout was that we can go to restaurants and bars again, go clubbing, stop wearing masks everywhere? If not now, when?
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There has been a rise in cases but (a) hospitalisations and deaths are way lower than last time (b) it’s pretty clear that our spike is higher than eg the US because we are testing more, and…
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(c) based on today’s data, and the fact that schools are on holiday I feel ~90% confident in calling it — the number of new cases has peaked and it’s going to keep declining at least until early Sep.
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The thing that gets me is that the US & UK have basically the same policy but Biden somehow gets a free pass from the same gang going after Boris
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Some people seem unable to get over the breakdown in the cases:hospitalization correlation from pre-vaccine to now or think that if we just close things for longer more people will decide to get vaccinated
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You are correct. I have the feeling that there's a hidden agenda. My hypothesis is that the government is fearful of post-Brexit macro-economic variables, and there is an interest in having an 'excuse' as to why they are bad, if they turn out bad.
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Same with travel bans - The goal is not so much to prevent people from coming. Rather, it is to prevent people from leaving [So they spend their money in Cornwall instead of in Alicante to the annoyance of
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Agreed. We can’t rob the younger generations of their youth, we have done enough damage as it is.
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I presume you’re double vaxed though, right? I only got my 2nd shot this week, and thought it was a bit early to be opening up. I don’t know how most young people feel about their risk, but thought more take up in younger groups would have been a better milestone for opening.
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I got mine on Wednesday! But anyone under 40 got Pfizer or Moderna which are like 90% effective after one shot anyway.
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