The P1 is the Brazilian variant. Maybe he is referring to the wrong one. Below that tweet there was this reply so it seems there aren’t that many cases of it currently. I don’t know how trustworthy these sources are...
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it’s the new Industrial Revolution … or taking a step back to how people worked in the main before the old one.
If you wait long enough, most things come back round again as a new idea.
The industry I'm hoping to go into (currently at uni) does this a lot from talking to current peeps already in industry. Its very shocking because its exploitation and greed fuelled.My company outsourced a lot to India and to be honest it's been a disaster. However, they save 20k per employee compared to hiring in the UK so they're ploughing on and don't seem to care so I can see this continuing to happen
Oh yes we will probably have to be vaccinated for the rest of our lives because rich people making billions in industries like pharma won't want to give it up.
After an higher than normal total last week due to a few days catching up from the bank holiday weekend, we are back to our lowest total based on the previous weeks
Hence my remark about how it looks with numbers across the UK rather than something local.
Also he is talking only about a report from 2 weeks ago so it seems not to be by mistake, just a couple of weeks* out of date and looks not to be referncing Lambeth/Wandsworth at all.
Our mistake was to think he was referring to the present.
* 'just a couple of weeks', 'only a flesh wound', 'just a waffair thiiin miiint' etc.
I don’t know how he came to the conclusion that the Brazilian P1 variant is the fastest surging variant in the UK.
Went down for surge testing this morning, test site opens 8am so I turned up at 7:50 after my flatmate was queuing for 2 hrs at another surge site yesterday. Had at least 100 people ahead of me even then, felt bad for the many more people who joined the queue after me as it doubled pretty soon. The queue wasn't really moving as, same as my flatmate's experience yesterday, the "test site" was literally two guys and a van 
Thankfully I lucked out, as after 40 minutes in the same place in the queue some sort of manager decided to start also doing surge PCR tests in the hall, where normally they just do pre-booked lateral flow tests. Me, the person in front of me, and a few others got directed there first so tbh the other 100 people ahead of me could still be waiting for the van, by the pace it was going. In this hall they had about 10 manned testing stations, so don't know how they thought they could handle the surge demand with the 2 person van alone.
In the end I was 5 minutes late for work after a speed walk home, but not too bad.
I feel bad for everyone who ran to the site though, saw so many people freezing cold after the unexpected 45 min+ wait in just leggings & a top
Thankfully I lucked out, as after 40 minutes in the same place in the queue some sort of manager decided to start also doing surge PCR tests in the hall, where normally they just do pre-booked lateral flow tests. Me, the person in front of me, and a few others got directed there first so tbh the other 100 people ahead of me could still be waiting for the van, by the pace it was going. In this hall they had about 10 manned testing stations, so don't know how they thought they could handle the surge demand with the 2 person van alone.
In the end I was 5 minutes late for work after a speed walk home, but not too bad.
I feel bad for everyone who ran to the site though, saw so many people freezing cold after the unexpected 45 min+ wait in just leggings & a topWhat’s the plan for this PCR then? Are you all meant to isolate until you get results?Went down for surge testing this morning, test site opens 8am so I turned up at 7:50 after my flatmate was queuing for 2 hrs at another surge site yesterday. Had at least 100 people ahead of me even then, felt bad for the many more people who joined the queue after me as it doubled pretty soon. The queue wasn't really moving as, same as my flatmate's experience yesterday, the "test site" was literally two guys and a van
Thankfully I lucked out, as after 40 minutes in the same place in the queue some sort of manager decided to start also doing surge PCR tests in the hall, where normally they just do pre-booked lateral flow tests. Me, the person in front of me, and a few others got directed there first so tbh the other 100 people ahead of me could still be waiting for the van, by the pace it was going. In this hall they had about 10 manned testing stations, so don't know how they thought they could handle the surge demand with the 2 person van alone.
In the end I was 5 minutes late for work after a speed walk home, but not too bad.
Those two graphs, looked at in a particular timeframe, give numbers that technically mean that for that period its frequency of appearance in samples was the fasest growing.
(TBH I didn't check all the numbers but that's basically it)
As for his 'P1 surging' claim that's just definitely overdramatic and I would be silly to disagree with the factcheckers anyway.
The situation is like someone getting pulled up for saying OMG numbers doubled when something went from 1 to 2.
You would think they would have to isolate until the results were known I thought the whole point was to keep it contained ? it was an outbreak in a care home that prompted it in the first place the person that originally brought it into the country did isolate but it was their family carried it into the care home.
I didn’t even bother to have a proper look as it felt a bit dramatic and no need really for it. I tend not to pay too much attention to things that are not fact checked or from trustworthy sources.
Just done my first ever lateral flow test, now the nervous wait for a result!
No, you isolate if you get a positive result as it's for the entire asymptomatic population.
Cases and deaths down further and showing no sign of a spike from Easter
At long last they’re to ease the restrictions
More surge testing
More surge testing
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100% agree with this. As I’ve mentioned before, my papa recently died. I haven’t seen him in a year because of COVID, and now he’s not here. I won’t be so strict anymore - like if my mum asks me to her house for dinner I will go. I’m not living my life like this anymore. Grieving alone has been really difficult too (fully understand I’m not the only person in this position)
I’m sorry to hear this - it’s terrible isn’t it. Sadly my husbands Nan had passed now - he missed her by 10 minutes
. He is with his dad now and in his house etc which I’m sorry but Covid or not you need family at times like this don’t you.Sorry to your husband too. It’s really difficult, hope he’s okay. Yes definitely, there’s a real human cost to all of this. I think we are all adults, and able to make our own decisions which balance the risk and our own mental health. I won’t be doing anything silly like going to parties or anything, but if I want to go to my mums house, or my best friends house for dinner or a cuppa then I’ll be going!I’m sorry to hear this - it’s terrible isn’t it. Sadly my husbands Nan had passed now - he missed her by 10 minutes
That’s it - it comes to a point when we should be able to risk assess ourselves in certain situations - as adults. My husband doesn’t live near his family so it’s not like the can do it often anyway, and needs this time!
Covid-status certificate scheme could be unlawful discrimination, says EHRC
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Government take note. Have your passport for people going in and out of the UK as I think people expect that. But anything domestically drop the idea. June 21st should be packed venues everywhere without having to show status. We aren't that sort of country.
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