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Death rate risen sharply UK reports 36,660 new cases in last 24 hours - largest rise since January Another 50 deaths within 28 days of a positive test have also been recorded, the highest day-on-day increase since 9 April this year.

Remember working in a textile warehouse when I was younger. The place used to shut down for 2 weeks. Some bright spark thought it would be a good idea to get some students in. It was an absolute nightmare trying to show them what needed doing. They were either falling asleep or nursing hangovers. Quite a few buggered off at dinner time never to be seen again. Eventually they had to bring in staggered holidays

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9781745/Freedom-enjoy-lasts-PM-says-restrictions-end-Monday-reviewed.html Looks like we'll get 11 weeks of "freedom" before we're back in Lockdown. This happened last year when cases were fairly low in the summer. 500+ last July v 34,000+ this July. By the time the schools reopened in September last year we were seeing roughly 1,500 cases a day. Come this September we could see anywhere between 50/100,000+ cases a day. Enjoy your holidays guys stay safe. Then strap yourselves in, because there's a massive shit storm on the way.

Probably hit 40+k this week COVID-19: UK reports 34,471 new cases and six more deaths

Apparently if Richarlson joins Ancelotti Everton will come in for Maxi https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9777675/Evertons-new-boss-Rafa-Benitez-target-Allan-Saint-Maximin-Newcastle-50m-move.html

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/eveton-transfer-news-benitez-newcastle-24507532.amp

COVID-19: UK records 32,367 new coronavirus cases and 34 more deaths COVID-19 cases have risen by 30.7% in the past week while deaths have increased by 43.1% and hospital admissions by 55.9% ahead of the government deciding whether to lift most restrictions on 19 July.

Serious question I know most of us are double jabbed here. But how comfortable are you going to be when July 19th comes & we're having anywhere between 50 & 100k new infections a day. Obviously its about being sensible, but there's going to be an awful lot of people that once Boris opens the floodgates they're going to think that's covid done.

Public Health Scotland said two thirds of the 1,991 cases were people who travelled to London for Scotland's game with England on 18 June. This included 397 fans who were inside Wembley for the match.

Hope everyone's ok Renton mate. Here's a picture from Wembley last night no social distancing or masks

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9764875/Covid-cases-hit-100-000-day-July-19-surveillance-study-suggests.html https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-ending-restrictions-on-19-july-is-a-dangerous-and-unethical-experiment-scientists-warn-12351079 Doesn't sound very promising does it ?

WHO warns against lifting restrictions too early

The UK has recorded another 32,548 COVID cases and 33 deaths, according to the latest government figures.

This is my story I'd like to think I had a hand getting Thomas McRocklin in the right place at the right time. In 1988 I was at a gig at the City Hall I was looking through the Chronicle during the interval & an advert intrigued me "Junior Jimi Hendrix at the Percy Arms" I went along this was on the Thursday night before Donington which was on the Saturday. I went along & was amazed to see this little kid he was 10 playing a 7 string Ibanez Gem Floral. The only one I'd seen was in the Kerrang & Steve Vai played it. I got talking to Thomas's dad John & said I was going to Donington & it was a shame he wasnt going as Steve Vai was playing in David Lee Roth's band. I was that impressed I gave Thomas my Van Halen t shirt I was wearing saying if your going to be a rock star you'll need a good t shirt. I shook hands with his dad & wished them both well. So that was it or so I thought. A few months later I was watching a programme on heavy metal on tv & right at the end was some footage of Thomas playing at the Moira Arms in Donington village. A few weeks later will reading the Kerrang there was a picture of Steve Vai & Thomas. It turned out his dad took my advice & they drove to Donington on the Friday managed to get Thomas set up in the pub & while was playing a couple of Steve Vais roadies were watching. They arranged for John & Thomas to meet Vai backstage at Vai's caravan Thomas plug his guitar in & Vai was blown away. Eventually Thomas was taken over to America were he featured in the video for The audience is Listening which was played loads on MTV. Eventually Vai got some other talented kids together & formed a band Bad 4 Good. Vai made sure Thomas was looked after he got a deal with Ibanez. I've since spoken with Thomas and when I told him the story he was amazed because he said that's exactly how things happened. He told me Vai was very generous with his time & gifts. He sent Thomas a gold disc for the album Passion & Warfare. He gave him the actual guitar on the album cover. He also gave him the flame guitar that was featured in David Lee Roths " Going Crazy" video. I'd like to think I played a small part in pointing him in the right direction 😁

Nearly 2,000 Covid cases in Scotland have been linked to people watching Euro 2020 football matches. Public Health Scotland said two thirds of the 1,991 cases were people who travelled to London for Scotland's game with England on 18 June.

Remember the police being called to Bournemouth beach last summer due to overcrowding.

UK cases could hit 100,000 a day this summer, Sajid Javid admits. Another bit of reassurance from this clown

"Is he Hancock in disguise"

With potentially 50k new daily infections, 7 weeks school holidays, predicted red hot weather beaches & parks rammed full. What could possibly go wrong.

Sage warns freedoms may only last for WEEKS amid surging Delta cases as Boris Johnson tells Britons NOT to get 'demob happy' when he relaxes (almost) all the rules in 'Big Bang' July 19 reopening. 7 weeks of the school holidays spend like buggery boost the economy. Because there's a good chance we'll be in Lockdown by September. Boris wasn't shy in stating we will probably be seeing 50k new infections a day by July 19th. Its not unrealistic to think we could be close to 150/200k new infections a day by the beginning of September. At the minute people seem to think the low hospitalisations & death rate from the virus are ok. But as we know there's a 3 week lag. What we are seeing at the moment is when new infections were roughly 6k a day. If Boris's prediction of 50k a day new infections is right. Then by early August we will be seeing hospitalisations & death rates increase by 8 times what we are seeing now. If the trend continues by the end of September beginning of October we could well be seeing those figure overrunning the NHS. Obviously that's the worst case scenario but entirely realistic. We just have to hope the vaccines work & people are sensible when everything opens back up. Just as an aside, it wouldn't surprise me if the UK new daily infections are higher than the rest of Europe put together at the minute. Stay safe everyone.

This from BBC News website... Ten-week Covid decline over in Europe, warns WHO Covid infections are rising in Europe and a decline in cases over the past 10 weeks has come to an end, the World Health Organization says. WHO Europe head Hans Kluge has warned of a "new wave in the WHO European region unless we remain disciplined", citing the spread of the Delta variant and an increase in mixing, travel and easing of restrictions. Portugal recorded its highest number of daily infections since February yesterday and Spain has seen a steep rise in its incidence rate among people in their twenties. Russia is struggling to cope with record numbers of Covid deaths: today it reported 672 deaths in the past 24 hours, with infections surging partly because of a poor take-up of Russian vaccines. A majority of the latest infections in Finland have been blamed on supporters returning home from St Petersburg, where cases of the Delta variant are surging. But infection rates in Germany are still very low: another 892 cases were reported in the past 24 hours, and the incidence rate in the past week is down to 5.1 cases per 100,000 people. In the UK on Wednesday, 26,068 new cases were reported - the highest figure since 29 January.

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I guess we will know better in a few weeks. Yes livelihoods are at risk but a lot of peoples lives may be at risk as well. It now seems to be tearing through kids & young adults at the minute. Obviously they will in turn be passing it on to adults wether vaccinated or not. We may not see large numbers of deaths/hospitalisations we don't know. But itscnot a very good scenario for fully unlocking just yet. I obviously have no idea what the solution is but these high infection numbers are concerning

There's a 3 week lag in hospitalisations. 30th May we had just over 3,000 new daily infections today there was just over 26,000. We are on track to be seeing 50/60,000 new daily infections by July 19th. Infact if we reach 60k that will be almost were the highest daily rates were in early January. Is that really a good number to be on, & unlock everything.

Signed contract with Everton until 2024 apparently