Every day the vaccine rolls out

[tHeArAb]

The goals post have been shifted massively, MASSIVELY. Every single one of us in this country took lockdown on the chin as we appreciated numbers were getting out of control. We trusted the government and their tier system which was justified when the number of cases started to come down as a result. Now however, that tier system we were all told was the way forward, is being completely disregarded despite numbers being lower than they've ever been for some of us.

We've all been totally shafted here.

[tHeArAb]

With the only thing that Westminster has got right the vaccine we are not going back into lockdown.We have been cautious as phuck in Scotland but we still stay locked down longer than England.
Why did we ever FN bother?.We should be opening up before them,FACT.I honestly thought there would be an FN prize at the end but no we get shafted,sorry but i am FN gutted tonight.

Same mate. Gutted is the word.

[ballumbie_arab]

Sorry, I disagree. Relax too soon and we go backwards again. We have to wait and see what happens when schools and universities go back. We could get new varients. Rather not have false hope. Am willing to sit it out a bit longer rather than go through this again.

Seriously? It was all about protect the vulnerable, and not overwhelm the NHS. All the vulnerable (or majority of them) have had their initial vaccine, hospitalisation has dropped dramatically over recent weeks, so based on current numbers, surely now was the time to go back to the tier levels (or as we go into March), not the end of fecking April. The economy needs restarted, people need a boost, as this is affecting many people financially and mentally. This virus will never go totally away, and we’ll be living with it, just like we do the flu, and other strains, for the forseeable future. Vaccines will continually be developed as required, to cope with different strains.
My money is on the wee sh!te looking for political gain, and hope it backfires big time!!

[GUNBOAT]

Seriously? It was all about protect the vulnerable, and not overwhelm the NHS. All the vulnerable (or majority of them) have had their initial vaccine, hospitalisation has dropped dramatically over recent weeks, so based on current numbers, surely now was the time to go back to the tier levels (or as we go into March), not the end of fecking April. The economy needs restarted, people need a boost, as this is affecting many people financially and mentally. This virus will never go totally away, and we’ll be living with it, just like we do the flu, and other strains, for the forseeable future. Vaccines will continually be developed as required, to cope with different strains.
My money is on the wee sh!te looking for political gain, and hope it backfires big time!!

I really dinnie understand the political gain narrative on this board from some posters,its an FN disaster for those who thought independence was back on the table including me.
I am seriously considering resigning from my party and bear in mind i have been a member going back to the days when the SNP were a laughing stock,Labour ruled my country and Scottish independence was as likely as the Dees winning a major,FACT.

[TerryTheTerror]

I'm sure I heard at FMQ today an MSP congratulating Tayside health board for having vaccinated a third of the total adult population of the area...

[tHeArAb]

I agree, get the majority vaccinated, even it’s just the first jab, and then begin relaxing restrictions. The Scottish Government are right to ca’ canny, let’s get this right this time! IMO it would be the Major phukk up of all time if they opened everything up, only to shut it all down again a couple of weeks later.

They don't have to open everything up though. They can put us into the relevant tiers that we were in previously. Numbers surely wouldn't rocket as they did at Christmas with so many of our population having been vaccinated. We've sacrificed so much the last year, the least we deserve is to be given a chance to get some kind of normality back as the current data suggests we should. Sturgeons new motto is DATA NOT DATES, well the data suggests we SHOULD NOT be locked up in tier 4.

[JamesMcClean]

They don't have to open everything up though. They can put us into the relevant tiers that we were in previously. Numbers surely wouldn't rocket as they did at Christmas with so many of our population having been vaccinated. We've sacrificed so much the last year, the least we deserve is to be given a chance to get some kind of normality back as the current data suggests we should. Sturgeons new motto is DATA NOT DATES, well the data suggests we SHOULD NOT be locked up in tier 4.

The rationale about going by the science got chucked oot the windae as soon as the schools were kept open for far too long, uni students were allowed to spread freely through the country and Greater Glasgow remained in Tier 2 when it should have been Tier 3 or even 4 back in the autumn. There is zero credibility when that argument now gets peddled.

[offshore_arab83]

We have out performed the other UK nations in supressing the virus and have been heavily punished for it.That's the way i feel and i'm a bigger nationalist than Sturgeon will ever be,FACT.
BTW there were 3 cases detected in Aberdeen today out of 207,000 and everything remains closed for another 2 months.

G I get we’ve out performed England and we should have, they have 50 million more people that us

[GUNBOAT]

G I get we’ve out performed England and we should have, they have 50 million more people that us

Sorry i really dinnie follow that post it makes no sense to me whatsoever.I am on about cases per 100,000 not population.In January areas of England had over 1200 per 100,000 it was FN rampant.
The same areas are opening up ahead of our densely populated areas when we had just over 400 per 100,000.Them's the FACTS.

[offshore_arab83]

I was gonna bring this in as part of my evening obsession, but seen as you asked! 17 Local Authority areas including Dundee, Angus and Perth and Kinross, all i think would qualify for Tier 1 if i am remembering the limits right per Tier.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53511877

You have to remember though that there is something like a 3-5 day lag with those figures. I have to say that Edinburgh City were im sure doing quite a bit better than us, but a week later, the roles are reversed.

Ffs 😭