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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

'Wales is the only part of the UK where the daily rate of new coronavirus infections is falling, the first minister says.

Speaking at the Welsh Government's coronavirus press briefing, Mark Drakeford said the positivity rate - the percentage of tests which are returned as positive - is very low.

"In the past seven days, over 40,300 tests had been carried out in Wales, and 141 of them were positive," he said.

"That is a positivity rate of 0.3%."

On five of the last seven days, no deaths from the virus had been reported, he added.'

Allow me to illustrate what I see every day working and living in a popular holiday town.

In North Wales I see very few people social distancing, the streets and beaches packed here like I have never seen, traffic coming in to Wales bumper to bumper, masks are not mandatory in shops here, very few are wearing them. It's almost like things are looking like they were.

Things are so busy, because people aren't going abroad, my husband's work sales are up, on average they sell about 2 or 3 holiday homes per week, in the last week they have sold 24! So more people are coming to Wales than in other years definitely from what we are observing.

Yet, with all this being said, no social distancing, packed beaches and Welsh holiday towns, very few masks being worn, the transmission rate here has fallen and is falling!

Good news why so different in England though? Even though masks are mandatory in shops there

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"'Wales is the only part of the UK where the daily rate of new coronavirus infections is falling, the first minister says.

Speaking at the Welsh Government's coronavirus press briefing, Mark Drakeford said the positivity rate - the percentage of tests which are returned as positive - is very low.

"In the past seven days, over 40,300 tests had been carried out in Wales, and 141 of them were positive," he said.

"That is a positivity rate of 0.3%."

On five of the last seven days, no deaths from the virus had been reported, he added.'

Allow me to illustrate what I see every day working and living in a popular holiday town.

In North Wales I see very few people social distancing, the streets and beaches packed here like I have never seen, traffic coming in to Wales bumper to bumper, masks are not mandatory in shops here, very few are wearing them. It's almost like things are looking like they were.

Things are so busy, because people aren't going abroad, my husband's work sales are up, on average they sell about 2 or 3 holiday homes per week, in the last week they have sold 24! So more people are coming to Wales than in other years definitely from what we are observing.

Yet, with all this being said, no social distancing, packed beaches and Welsh holiday towns, very few masks being worn, the transmission rate here has fallen and is falling!

Good news why so different in England though? Even though masks are mandatory in shops there "

Maybe just maybe there are more idiots here in England

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"'Wales is the only part of the UK where the daily rate of new coronavirus infections is falling, the first minister says.

Speaking at the Welsh Government's coronavirus press briefing, Mark Drakeford said the positivity rate - the percentage of tests which are returned as positive - is very low.

"In the past seven days, over 40,300 tests had been carried out in Wales, and 141 of them were positive," he said.

"That is a positivity rate of 0.3%."

On five of the last seven days, no deaths from the virus had been reported, he added.'

Allow me to illustrate what I see every day working and living in a popular holiday town.

In North Wales I see very few people social distancing, the streets and beaches packed here like I have never seen, traffic coming in to Wales bumper to bumper, masks are not mandatory in shops here, very few are wearing them. It's almost like things are looking like they were.

Things are so busy, because people aren't going abroad, my husband's work sales are up, on average they sell about 2 or 3 holiday homes per week, in the last week they have sold 24! So more people are coming to Wales than in other years definitely from what we are observing.

Yet, with all this being said, no social distancing, packed beaches and Welsh holiday towns, very few masks being worn, the transmission rate here has fallen and is falling!

Good news why so different in England though? Even though masks are mandatory in shops there

Maybe just maybe there are more idiots here in England "

And they all come here to Wales and still our rates are the lowest in the UK.

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

Maybe just maybe they are being very selective about where they are testing?

Wouldn’t be the first time politicians put votes above people’s health after all.

It’s also only the holiday towns that are busy, here in the middle nothing has really changed people are still social distancing & Lampeter yesterday was still quiet for a Saturday.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Maybe just maybe they are being very selective about where they are testing?

Wouldn’t be the first time politicians put votes above people’s health after all.

It’s also only the holiday towns that are busy, here in the middle nothing has really changed people are still social distancing & Lampeter yesterday was still quiet for a Saturday."

Its not just about testing though, yesterday there were only 3 people in critical care in Wales and 70 hospitalisations with coronavirus. I'm not sure if I can post the link from the Welsh Assembly government press release on this on the forum but I can send it via private message.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Maybe just maybe they are being very selective about where they are testing?

Wouldn’t be the first time politicians put votes above people’s health after all.

It’s also only the holiday towns that are busy, here in the middle nothing has really changed people are still social distancing & Lampeter yesterday was still quiet for a Saturday."

Also if that's the case about testing, then are the figures ever truly accurate then as far as you're concerned? So can we trust them or not?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wouldn’t trust Drakeford as far as I could throw him, but it’s certainly great news that our figures in God’s own country are extremely low.

I do love a BBW too, curves at their finest

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By *reenleavesCouple
over a year ago

North Wales

My theory is that holiday makers here largely just mix with each other. Mostly they stay in caravans which are self contained and they pass others outdoors to get to them.

Most of the attractions in North Wales are the outdoor spaces in which it's hard to transmit covid.

So while they might arrive here with covid, they might not spread it around easily. Anyone who does catch it is likely to be back in England by the time any symptoms show up or they get tested. There are relatively few opportunities to pass it onto a local.

Now if we could just get them to take their rubbish home in the same way.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I wouldn’t trust Drakeford as far as I could throw him, but it’s certainly great news that our figures in God’s own country are extremely low.

I do love a BBW too, curves at their finest "

I think those hospital figures speak for themselves, if we can't trust testing figures for what ever reasons then atleast covid-19 hospital admissions and death rates are extremely low. Positive news. Like I said baffling when we are more relaxed here in Wales about masks than in England and also in our busy season, increasingly so because people aren't going abroad as much and coming here.

Glad to hear you appreciate a BBW

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales


"Maybe just maybe they are being very selective about where they are testing?

Wouldn’t be the first time politicians put votes above people’s health after all.

It’s also only the holiday towns that are busy, here in the middle nothing has really changed people are still social distancing & Lampeter yesterday was still quiet for a Saturday.

Also if that's the case about testing, then are the figures ever truly accurate then as far as you're concerned? So can we trust them or not? "

None of the figures have been accurate from day one, not the infections, not the deaths as no one was using the same system of measurement, They’ve been adding & removing thousands as they go along.

How can they say the rate is xyz when a lot of the population are not eligible for free testing.? Isn’t it still mostly healthcare workers being tested, a group of people one would hope that have a stricter hygiene regime running even when not at work. So the % May be correct but is it based on a limited/selective sample of people.

The best thing Wales did was shut the holiday parks and at least attempt to turn people coming from England away imo. Not good for holiday parks etc I know but it worked as far as the virus is concerned.

Add to that the fact that away from the north coast & M4 corridor no one actually lives here & only a complete failure would get high figures.

Population per sqkm

London 1500

Essex 450 (Where we moved from)

Ceredigion 73

Where we actually live about 15!

It can’t help but go up though as the movement of people starts to get busier but I don’t think it’ll spike until the kids go back to school freeing up many to return to work.

S

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

It’s still very quiet really, although not as quiet as during lockdown. The rare occasions recently where I have left home to pop into nearby towns I’ve been surprised at how quiet it was both pedestrian wise and vehicular wise.

I think when furlough ends and the Schools go back then we will see what happens.

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By *ittlemisssassypantsCouple
over a year ago

South East Wales

We’re South Wales and I work in quite a touristy town and even though it’s quieter than usual, we are still getting quite a lot of tourists about.

The gwent hasn’t had a covid death since June and their ITU is back to normal capacity with 0 covid patients which is absolutely amazing news!

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By *yn drwgMan
over a year ago

Camarthen


"Maybe just maybe they are being very selective about where they are testing?

Wouldn’t be the first time politicians put votes above people’s health after all.

It’s also only the holiday towns that are busy, here in the middle nothing has really changed people are still social distancing & Lampeter yesterday was still quiet for a Saturday."

Lampeter can be a bit of a ghost town at the best of times which was well before covid, go 20-30 minutes along to the coast and places like Aberaeron and New quay are packed, very little social distance and from all various parts of the country. The rate of sold signs popping up on properties around here is alarming though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Maybe just maybe they are being very selective about where they are testing?

Wouldn’t be the first time politicians put votes above people’s health after all.

It’s also only the holiday towns that are busy, here in the middle nothing has really changed people are still social distancing & Lampeter yesterday was still quiet for a Saturday.

Also if that's the case about testing, then are the figures ever truly accurate then as far as you're concerned? So can we trust them or not? "

I just take everything any politician ever says ever with a huge dose of skepticism

Double dose if they're Tory

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By *herryblossom_BJWoman
over a year ago

Oxfordshire/Hampshire

Were you not on a stricter longer lockdown? less population helps as I was in Wales and was surprised noone wore facemasks where it's really strict in Oxford

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Were you not on a stricter longer lockdown? less population helps as I was in Wales and was surprised noone wore facemasks where it's really strict in Oxford "

We were initially in a local lockdown. But they lifted it gradually over time, the last month or so since Wales opened, it seems all have headed to North Wales, especially to where I live and neighbouring towns. Every car park full on hot days. Still very low transmission rates even though we aren't strict here and not enforcing face masks like England, only on public transport.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Were you not on a stricter longer lockdown? less population helps as I was in Wales and was surprised noone wore facemasks where it's really strict in Oxford

We were initially in a local lockdown. But they lifted it gradually over time, the last month or so since Wales opened, it seems all have headed to North Wales, especially to where I live and neighbouring towns. Every car park full on hot days. Still very low transmission rates even though we aren't strict here and not enforcing face masks like England, only on public transport. "

Is Maureen ok these days..??

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By *ackietv1TV/TS
over a year ago

caerphilly

In UK terms Wales has done well. Death rates of those in hospitals was under 10% rather than 20% elsewhere. Trace and track is 90% successful, probably because it is council based , but we must not be complacent.

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By *eeleyWoman
over a year ago

Dudley

Probably because the people going on holiday stay in touristy spots, then come home and if they caught covid they will be counted on the English results rather than the Welsh. Plus, people are being tested and if they get positive result are mostly self isolating so are unlikely to be going on holiday.

It could be alot of things, Wales also has a much smaller population.

It's great news for Wales though, it's a beautiful country, I just hope the selfish twats from over here don't give you any spikes in cases.

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By *elshsunsWoman
over a year ago

Flintshire

I live in a village with 2 roads and just 200 of us ... bliss ... but then I worked all through in a town working with drug and alcohol and mental health clients and never wore any PPE . Never caught a thing

And Social distancing didn’t exsist !! Wonder the explanation on that one ????

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By *elshsunsWoman
over a year ago

Flintshire

And I’m in the 60+ bracket ???

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They must be doing a lot more testing then because their positive cases for the last two days have been at their highest since the 2nd August.

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By * and R cple4Couple
over a year ago

swansea


"We’re South Wales and I work in quite a touristy town and even though it’s quieter than usual, we are still getting quite a lot of tourists about.

The gwent hasn’t had a covid death since June and their ITU is back to normal capacity with 0 covid patients which is absolutely amazing news!"

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