Covid-19 lockdown check-in

[Maladict]

I stopped buying any kinds of snacks outside the weekend. Working from home, it always ends in tears.

[alfred russel]

Just got an email from my gym that they are dropping a mask requirement.

They earlier opened up a bunch of the blocked cardio equipment (they were blocking every other machine).

[mongers]

Just got an email from my gym that they are dropping a mask requirement.

They earlier opened up a bunch of the blocked cardio equipment (they were blocking every other machine).

Do they also have an indoor climbing wall?

[alfred russel]

Just got an email from my gym that they are dropping a mask requirement.

They earlier opened up a bunch of the blocked cardio equipment (they were blocking every other machine).

Do they also have an indoor climbing wall?

No, my climbing gym still has a mask requirement.

[The Larch]

Yesterday I went to the cinema for the 1st time since this all began. 

[jimmy olsen]

May 5th was Children's Day, so I really went out for the first time in over year. It's Korea, so everyone was wearing their mask correctly, and most of that time was spent outdoors at the park/zoo. But still kind of worried.

Vaccination is going very slowly here.

[Legbiter]

May 5th was Children's Day, so I really went out for the first time in over year.

[11B4V]

May 5th was Children's Day, so I really went out for the first time in over year. It's Korea, so everyone was wearing their mask correctly, and most of that time was spent outdoors at the park/zoo. But still kind of worried.

Vaccination is going very slowly here.

Its Cinco De Mayo

S. Korea doesn't matter.

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/childrens-day-second-sunday-in-june/

[mongers]

I think AR is on to something with his criticism of people being too risk averse; there's a lot of people out there having difficulty reconnecting with society and overcoming covid induced reluctance to accept even 'tiny' risks.

[Grey Fox]

Tyranny of Choice.

[Duque de Bragança]

Since last Wednesday (May 19th), lockdown has been alleviated with cafes, cinemas (35 % gauge), museums, theatres etc. reopening. Also, the curfew starts at 2100, instead of 1900.
Next phases, if the situation keeps improving: June 9th and June 30th.

[Syt]

Austria opened bars, restaurants etc. this week. You need to provide proof that you've been tested, have had an infection and been healthy in the last 6 months or have a first vaccination at least 3 weeks old.

With numbers further dropping, the government is thinking aloud about lowering distancing requirements, mask rules etc. in summer if enough people get vaccinated and numbers stay down.

[Barrister]

I've posted this graph a few times for Alberta.  Daily cases since the pandemic started (stats released by Alberta Health Services, graph prepared by a CBC reporter):



Holy Crap can you just see the vaccine coming in and kicking ass the last couple of weeks.  We're up around 50% now (first dose).  You can see the decline over December-February (under fairly strict lockdown) - noticeable decline week over week, but still took time (you can even see the wobble in mid-January - almost certainly a result of some people breaking the rules over Christmas).

But now the daily numbers are dropping like a fucking stone.  And the red line is the 7-day rolling average - you can see from the dots below it's almost certainly going to continue to drop.

[mongers]

Since last Wednesday (May 19th), lockdown has been alleviated with cafes, cinemas (35 % gauge), museums, theatres etc. reopening. Also, the curfew starts at 2100, instead of 1900.
Next phases, if the situation keeps improving: June 9th and June 30th.

Nice, good to have more positive news coming out of France.   

[mongers]

Vaccination programme here still seems to be going at a fair pace, the centre I went to was doing well and plenty of people were turning up after work on a Friday.

Same is true of the family, I had my 2nd jab today, just got a text from my younger brother to say he also had his today and apparently my sister is booked for her 2nd jab tomorrow. We're each in a different covid age group from 50 to 60+   

I think vaccine hesitancy in the UK has been firmly kicked into touch, other than the medically disadvantaged, I think the few 'holdouts' are probably ring-fenced within quite formidable social media bubbles.