CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Debate!

Do we need a coronavirus thread?

(5710 posts)

No tags yet.


1…155156157…191

  1. crowriver
    Member

    So opened up in time for the Glesca Trades? Taps Aff indeed!

    ---

    Opening up of Scotland not 'significantly behind England'

    "I don't expect us in our opening up to be significantly behind England." She points out Scotland is roughly two weeks behind, the same as last summer, which led Scotland to stay open for longer. On the 21 June date posited by Boris Johnson, she says she would "literally be making it up" if she gave a date. She's happy for it to be an aspirational date but she can't say it with certainty.

    ---

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-scotland-56170926

    Posted 3 years ago #

  2. chdot
    Admin

    “

    Rishi Sunak has ruled out a rise in fuel duty after concluding that reliance on cars as a transport safety measure during the pandemic is still too great, Treasury sources have said.

    “

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/feb/24/rishi-sunak-freezes-fuel-duty-over-reliance-on-cars-in-pandemic

    Posted 3 years ago #

  3. crowriver
    Member

    Giulio Mattioli @giulio_mattioli
    One-slide summary of our political economy of car dependence paper (for a presentation)

    https://twitter.com/giulio_mattioli/status/1362858956004220933

    Posted 3 years ago #

  4. crowriver
    Member

    Giulio Mattioli @giulio_mattioli

    We classify the arguments used to justify road building (keep an eye on 1b in the #COVID crisis!). They’re inconsistent, but they appeal to all persuasions –all bases are covered. So road building is seen as ‘apolitical’, almost as a proof of political competence.

    https://twitter.com/giulio_mattioli/status/1252338410037133315

    Posted 3 years ago #

  5. crowriver
    Member

    Covid will become 'disease of the poor' if roadmap isn't changed, warns Independent SAGE member

    https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/eddie-mair/covid-will-become-disease-of-the-poor-if-roadmap-isnt-changed-warns-independent/

    (P.S.:- Always thought Eddie Mair was an insightful broadcaster. Pity he didn't stay with Beebly).

    Posted 3 years ago #

  6. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/25/acceptance-problem-as-most-oxford-covid-jabs-delivered-to-eu-not-yet-used

    Posted 3 years ago #

  7. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/25/moderna-forecasts-18bn-in-sales-of-covid-vaccine-this-year

    Posted 3 years ago #

  8. crowriver
    Member

    Is Covid at risk of becoming a disease of the poor?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56162075

    Posted 3 years ago #

  9. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.scotsman.com/health/stretched-to-the-limit-doctors-quitting-as-covid-19-increases-burnout-union-warns-3147378

    Posted 3 years ago #

  10. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/health/coronavirus/keeping-windows-open-in-primary-schools-will-stop-covid-spread-better-than-wearing-masks-3147928

    Posted 3 years ago #

  11. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/feb/26/experts-criticise-boris-johnson-putting-dates-covid-roadmap

    Posted 3 years ago #

  12. crowriver
    Member

    From the above link:

    ---

    Proof that people were already using the dates to plan was seen in the huge surge in holidaybookings and the announcement of events such as the Reading and Leeds festival, he said. Using dates created psychological, economic and political “counter-pressures” that would make changing dates increasingly difficult, he said.

    Once expectation had been established it was damaging to remove it, he said. “It gives hope if you can stick to those dates; if you don’t it brings despair. And it’s a dangerous strategy.”

    ---

    Posted 3 years ago #

  13. chdot
    Admin

    “

    Once expectation had been established it was damaging to remove it, he said. “It gives hope if you can stick to those dates; if you don’t it brings despair. And it’s a dangerous strategy.”

    “

    Bit like Christmas then.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  14. crowriver
    Member

    @chdot, alas all too similar...

    Posted 3 years ago #

  15. acsimpson
    Member

    Another real risk is that people see the date is approaching and let down their guard.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  16. gembo
    Member

    Yes, as the prisoner neared release he Began to act in skittish ways jeopardizing his release (o.1 % of prisoners are not men) the kindly warders would recognise these symptoms as the condition known as Gate Fever. The cure was to bung the con in solitary for the last six months of his sentence t9 ensure he could get out the gate at the right time.

    Tomorrow in the sunshine in the Pentlands you will see many examples of Gate Fever.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  17. chdot
    Admin

    “Another real risk is that people see the date is approaching and let down their guard.”

    Already have.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  18. SRD
    Moderator

    @gembo aka Demob happy ?

    Much used in the civil service...

    Posted 3 years ago #

  19. gembo
    Member

    @srd. Yes a military term Demob Happy equivalent to the gate fever

    Porty beach tomorrow teaming with the Demob Happy

    Posted 3 years ago #

  20. crowriver
    Member

    Coronavirus levels 'burning quite hot' in some of UK

    Although coronavirus levels are still decreasing across much of the UK, there are hotspots that buck the trend. These are in the Midlands and east and west coast of England and some parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56210665

    Posted 3 years ago #

  21. steveo
    Member

    Did someone say there was a free spot in the solitary confinement wing?

    Posted 3 years ago #

  22. gembo
    Member

    Sun is up let the revels begin

    Posted 3 years ago #

  23. Morningsider
    Member

    @steveo - hey, can't you see there's a queue here!

    Posted 3 years ago #

  24. steveo
    Member

    A nice social queue! Excellent.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  25. crowriver
    Member

    @gembo, shurely the masses are all indoors watching with due reverence the State Funeral Of Capt Sir Tom on the Beebly channel? Possibly proudly clutching the union flag to calm their beating hearts? (Ed.)

    Posted 3 years ago #

  26. gembo
    Member

    @crowriver not what I found at Carnwath

    Carnwath is so far west that yes the SPTE orange buses used to have a route and tragically there is a Rangers half and a second half

    Posted 3 years ago #

  27. crowriver
    Member

    @gembo, gable end murals? Red, white and blue kerb stones?

    Roads in eastern Edina were very busy today. Either:

    - Lots of key workers travailler le Samedi
    - Toutes les familles are getting their messages from les supermarchés
    - Many folks are taking day trips elsewhere

    Did notice lots of cars parked up outside various takeaways on the way back this evening, this phenomenon neither corroborates nor disproves any of the above possibilities.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  28. gembo
    Member

    @crowriver, you have to go to stoneyburn and fauldhouse for that, but basically yes.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  29. crowriver
    Member

    Covid in Scotland: Post-lockdown tourism to Highlands 'unprecedented'

    The £1.5m visitor visitor investment strategy includes £300,000 to cover the cost of 10 new seasonal rangers, £200,000 for motorhome facilities and £60,000 to improve and increase public toilets.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-56209550

    Posted 3 years ago #

  30. crowriver
    Member

    Police urge Britons to follow lockdown rules as warm weather pulls crowds

    Public spaces such as beaches and parks busy as temperatures reach up to 15C in parts of the UK

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/27/police-urge-britons-to-follow-lockdown-rules-as-warm-weather-pulls-crowds

    Posted 3 years ago #

RSS feed for this topic

1…155156157…191

Reply »

You must log in to post.


Video embedded using Easy Video Embed plugin