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having been in durham for a bit, it has been interesting to see a mass testing facility in front of the cathedral with a queue the times i've passed and also overhearing all the young'uns talking about their testing and avoiding people who have tested positive and lateral testing at parties drunkenly and in one instance a girl was positive which ended the party.
it was interesting just to hear how conscious these kids have been and how aware of it they are at least, and by most things ive heard, they are being rather active in avoiding situations of possible exposure. sure its a small sample, but just an interesting insight and fairly different from what i see and hear around london. but then again, whenever ive gone beyond london, ive found people to be by and large much more respectful during the pandemic. |
Originally Posted by VSLover
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having been in durham for a bit, it has been interesting to see a mass testing facility in front of the cathedral with a queue the times i've passed and also overhearing all the young'uns talking about their testing and avoiding people who have tested positive and lateral testing at parties drunkenly and in one instance a girl was positive which ended the party.
it was interesting just to hear how conscious these kids have been and how aware of it they are at least, and by most things ive heard, they are being rather active in avoiding situations of possible exposure. sure its a small sample, but just an interesting insight and fairly different from what i see and hear around london. but then again, whenever ive gone beyond london, ive found people to be by and large much more respectful during the pandemic. People are also very keen to get vaccinated, which is great to see. |
Last week I did quite a few Durham students. The general reason why was that they had tried to get the first available slot, and they could either take the train the Newcastle on 20 June, or wait for a slot in the Durham centre on 27 June. The ones I did were willing to dip into their limited funds to come to Newcastle rather than wait a week. In some cases there were end of term travel plans involved, but mostly it was a desire to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
We've been asked to run walk in centres for youngsters, since they may not have a GP or NHS number available to them. So in Newcastle there will be walk-ins at St James' Park on Sunday and Eldon Square on Monday. |
I do feel that our rather enthusiastic youth (which I am classifying as 18-30) will really cement the UK’s position as one of the top performers in terms of vaccination rate. From what I understand, the USA has had vaccinations open to pretty much anybody aged 12 or over for quite a while now and their percentage of fully vaccinated adults is lower than that of the UK. Now that the youth in the UK have access to the vaccinations, I think we really will be in a very strong position with a very high percentage of the population fully vaccinated within just a few months of now. I haven’t met a single person in the youth cohort - myself and my friends etc all included - who aren’t doing anything to get their vaccine ASAP.
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I just hope the enthusiasm of the uni youth I know is rewarded with a return to near normalcy in the fall. Currently the only firm thing daughter has heard is that September course selection advising will be remote..
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Originally Posted by Schwann
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https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1...930761219?s=20
Rt Hon Grant is on the defence this afternoon. Wonder how he got this one past Priti and Matt.... |
i mean this is rich!
a govt minister saying that german requirements for UK arrivals to isolate doesnt make much sense and is not justified. doesnt make much sense unless you are a UK resident returning home, that makes sense! completely justified! especially if fully vaccinated! https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...072f9fbb78.png |
British exceptionalism, distilled.
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Originally Posted by VickiSoCal
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I just hope the enthusiasm of the uni youth I know is rewarded with a return to near normalcy in the fall. Currently the only firm thing daughter has heard is that September course selection advising will be remote..
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Originally Posted by VickiSoCal
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I just hope the enthusiasm of the uni youth I know is rewarded with a return to near normalcy in the fall. Currently the only firm thing daughter has heard is that September course selection advising will be remote..
Originally Posted by dnajockey
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My university is preparing to continue a "blended learning" model because of the concern that many students will not make it to the UK because of travel restrictions. Also, our campus has no plans to be fully re-open (despite potential unlocking in the near future) till September , same as other London universities I know of.
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Correct, most students should be able to get to UK for fall. St Andrews has said they are working with local NHS to be sure that any foreign students (or domestic) who arrive unvaxxed or partially vaxed are brought up to full vax as soon as possible. But there has been very little communication about exactly what that means. Contrasted with my younger daughter who is at Berkeley where every lecture, lab or discussion section was marked as in person or remote prior to registration a few weeks ago. (All lectures over 200 students are remote, most everything else is in person)
My own St A student will be a fifth year MChem student primarily attending small lectures (I believe there are only about 30 students in her program) and doing dissertation research in her advisor's lab, so in person is very likely, but I feel for the underclassmen who are facing a great deal of uncertainty regarding the fall. |
Daily data:
Cases 16,135 (11,007 last Thursday) Deaths 21 (19) Patients admitted 204 (222 on the 13th) Patients in hospital 1,508 (1,227 on the 15th) Patients in ventilation beds 246 (208 on the 16th) People vaccinated up to and including 23 June 2021: First dose: 43,656,327 Second dose: 31,908,103 The rolling seven day daily average for cases is now up 44.8% on the previous week and the same measure for deaths is up 32.1%. The rolling 7 day daily average for deaths is 14.7 today. Data may be delayed tomorrow as I should be in the air at this time after failing today. |
Originally Posted by DaveS
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Data may be delayed tomorrow as I should be in the air at this time after failing today.
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Northern Ireland have updated their Green travel list, presumably the English one will be similar/identical
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England list now published
Hi,
Breaking from the bbc, the english list now published ( and scotland too) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-57592006 Still to be updated on govt uk site but bbc quoting tweet from Grant Shapps Regards TBS PS Also reported that later in the summer fully vaccinated people coming from amber countries will not have to quarantine, More details next month. Some countries ( Israel ) are apparently on green watchlist |
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