Barlow Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: Yes it's stupid and callous nonsense. From Malta Today: ,147 new COVID-19 cases were registered on Tuesday, figures published by the Health Ministry show. One new death was registered in the last 24-hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 480. Active cases stand at 14,121 after 285 recoveries were registered. There are currently 124 coronavirus patients being cared for at Mater Dei Hospital, of which five are in the ITU. It's worth saying we have seen this sort of "Ignore Mr Covid and he'll go away" stuff from Malta for about 18 months now and it's not working, even in their own limited economic terms. No matter how much the Chamber of Commerce urges, people are unwilling to go out and spend more if they are feeling ill and the elderly and vulnerable are not really keen to go out and kill themselves so someone else can maintain their profit margins. Funny that. I wonder if there has been more socialising and that since they legalised cannabis Edited January 4, 2022 by Barlow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Login Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Trevor535 said: Furthermore, the virus (dominated by the Omicron variant) is becoming endemic due to two equally important factors, namely, vaccine immunity plus natural immunity. We, therefore, beat the virus thanks to both vaccine and natural immunity, and finally herd immunity is in sight. Well as the author does not appear to understand what endemic means as I don't believe is is anything to do with vaccine or herd immunity it does encourage me to read the rest of the article 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 31 minutes ago, Barlow said: I wonder if there has been more socialising and that since they legalised cannabis Less I would imagine, given that you can't smoke it in public, indeed you can't even grow the plants in public view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor535 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 8 minutes ago, Lost Login said: Well as the author does not appear to understand what endemic means as I don't believe is is anything to do with vaccine or herd immunity it does encourage me to read the rest of the article But they do seem to understand the damage caused by keeping healthy people away from work. When Barclays bank announce reduced hours until Jan 31st it just isn't sustainable. If that is the impact on them then small businesses are absolutely stuffed. Douglas and Ramsey branch: Monday 09:30 - 14:30 Tuesday 09:30 - 14:30 Wednesday 10:00 - 14:30 Thursday 09:30 - 14:30 Friday 09:30 - 14:30 Saturday - Douglas 09:30 - 12:00 Saturday - Ramsey Closed Castletown branch: Monday 09:30 - 14:30 Tuesday Closed Wednesday 10:00 - 14:00 Thursday Closed Friday 09:30 - 14:30 Weekends Closed The branch will return to normal opening hours from Monday 31 January and a reminder of our normal opening are: 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Trevor535 said: But they do seem to understand the damage caused by keeping healthy people away from work. When Barclays bank announce reduced hours until Jan 31st it just isn't sustainable. If that is the impact on them then small businesses are absolutely stuffed. Douglas and Ramsey branch: Monday 09:30 - 14:30 Tuesday 09:30 - 14:30 Wednesday 10:00 - 14:30 Thursday 09:30 - 14:30 Friday 09:30 - 14:30 Saturday - Douglas 09:30 - 12:00 Saturday - Ramsey Closed Castletown branch: Monday 09:30 - 14:30 Tuesday Closed Wednesday 10:00 - 14:00 Thursday Closed Friday 09:30 - 14:30 Weekends Closed The branch will return to normal opening hours from Monday 31 January and a reminder of our normal opening are: Just a precursor to permanent services reduction under Covid, however the staff are not healthy if infected with Covid & their elderly customers wouldn’t thank them for passing it o them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Noticed a lot of the Cafes etc are closed or only barely functional at the moment due to staff shortages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Login Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, Trevor535 said: But they do seem to understand the damage caused by keeping healthy people away from work. When Barclays bank announce reduced hours until Jan 31st it just isn't sustainable. If that is the impact on them then small businesses are absolutely stuffed. Unlike you apparently, I do not think there is a particular right or wrong answer. It is a very difficult balancing act between maintaining business and the economy and health care and one that is probably impossible to get right. Last time I looked 6 NHS trusts had declared critical incidents because of the affects of Covid. I think there 223 such trusts in the UK so not a huge number. The hospital in Swindon is reporting an increase in numbers of 81% in numbers in their hospital due to Covid since 23 December 37 to 67. Nobles has just seen the first increase in numbers from 7 to 10 but fortunately none in ICU. If you have had a heart attack and stuck in a queue of 15 ambulances waiting outside a full A&E because of the impact of Covid or worse, waiting for one of those ambulances and paramedics to respond to your 999 call I don't you will care a jot bank branches are shutting 2 hours earlier a day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 32 minutes ago, The Phantom said: Noticed a lot of the Cafes etc are closed or only barely functional at the moment due to staff shortages. Yes lots of things closed, 450 new cases today & 2750 active so not much reductions as forecast by some posters 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Those figures are likely to rise in the next week too. The exact opposite of the Ramsey Boi's arrogant prediction. Has he been banned yet ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, Shake me up Judy said: Those figures are likely to rise in the next week too. The exact opposite of the Ramsey Boi's arrogant prediction. Has he been banned yet ? Why because he has a different opinion to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 No because he has gone quiet….shhhhhhhhh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 No, you've been following these pages Thommo. Do you need to ask ? Is it because you agree with him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Shake me up Judy said: No, you've been following these pages Thommo. Do you need to ask ? Is it because you agree with him... Well eventually the numbers will come down... He has had some valid points. The real problem now is impact of the isolation, not the virus. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 8 minutes ago, Shake me up Judy said: No, you've been following these pages Thommo. Do you need to ask ? Is it because you agree with him... The numbers will come down. The numbers have probably always been there just people are now testing and logging their lft whereas up till a week or 2 ago they weren't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Login Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 19 minutes ago, Shake me up Judy said: Those figures are likely to rise in the next week too. The exact opposite of the Ramsey Boi's arrogant prediction. Has he been banned yet ? I don't think that anybody can wisely make any predictions with any level of certainty. Either for an increase or decrease in number. We just have to hope they will go down ASAP and that we do not get too many in hospital. The one comment I would make is that with the schools back it has been a lot more civilised on here today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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