Quote Originally Posted by Chick A Saw View Post
Have to be careful here as someone will say im just looking for an argument, but i get more hope from what Nic said today than the buffoon yesterday!

I may seem to be a Nic sympathizer, and yes the SNP is where my allegiance is and always will be, but the data that i look at without having any expert knowledge whatsoever in this field, or the list of advisors behind me that Nic has access to, really makes sense that the way we are heading is mostly correct.

You have to consider that the Kent strain, the one that pushed us into this lockdown, in 2 weeks set off the alarm bells doon sooth, then once it got a hold up here, more than doubled new infection figures in 2 weeks. It was soon the dominant strain of this virus at 67% of new cases, and now exceeds 80% of all new infections. Another thing to be cautious about is we were seeing case 7 day averages dropping by around 300 Monday to Monday at the beginning of Feb, slowing to 150 and 100, then up again yesterday. I do expect that is a blip because of mass community testing and hope figures do come down again this week.

I go back to what i said at the start of this post and say that i think Boris gave everyone big headline dates that we will do this, that and the next thing at this point, only to go on and role back dates once they realise that infections are still too widespread, current 7 day average at 10,885!

Seen as i am convinced that schools and hospitals were the transmission driver before Christmas, i think schools should not be back to the levels they are just now, but testing is now part of that return so at least there are mitigations.

What gives me hope is in 3 weeks i might get up to see my maw n paw, just in time for Easter, a route to normality appears at my work and i might manage to escape my local area to see more of my beautiful country. I hopefully will then get my first dose and be able to get out for a meal. Back that up with the growing evidence that vaccines are stopping transmission means there is enough to look forward to if you can be patient enough! Just dinnae book a holiday this year!
100% mate. The really funny thing is that people on here have constantly said that the FM does these things for political gain and to get one up on Boris. Yesterday certainly blows that nonsense out of the water. She is being cautious and rightly so. Every time in the past the blonde buffoon has over promised and under delivered so why should this be any different. The FM has put public safety and the NHS above politics just before a crucial election.