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SALFORD HAS 142 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AS ANTI-VAXXERS COME UNDER FIRE
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Star date: 21st January 2021 SALFORD COUNCILLOR CALLS FOR TOUGH MEASURES AGAINST ANTI-VAXXERS Salford has 142 new coronavirus cases, up from the previous day's 97, while the seven day rate per 100,000 population now stands at 392.9, down from 404.9. There have been three new virus-related deaths at Salford Royal Hospital. Meanwhile, yesterday local politicians rounded on the anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists, with Salford councillor Jim Cammell calling for 'tougher measures' against them and GM Mayor Andy Burnham noting that the 'wise over 75s' will give them short shrift. Full details here...
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Salford has 142 new coronavirus cases, up from the previous day's 97, bringing the cumulative total to 18,410. The seven day average of cases has decreased to 1,017, down from 1,048, while the seven day rate per 100,000 population now stands at 392.9, down from 404.9. Elsewhere in Greater Manchester, the seven day average of cases in Bury is 781 (down from 788), with a seven day rate per 100,000 population of 408.9 (down from 412.6); Bolton 1,123 (up from 1,116), with a rate of 390.5 (up from 388.1); Manchester 2,470 (down from 2,488), with a rate of 446.8 (down from 450); and Oldham 722 (down from 746), with a rate of 304.5 (down from 314.6). Rochdale has a seven day average of cases of 756 (down from 757), with a seven day rate of 339.9 (down from 340.4); Stockport 1,153 (down from 1,177), with a rate of 392.9 (down from 401.1); Tameside 825 (down from 837), with a rate of 364.2 (down from 369.5); Trafford 921 (down from 988), with a rate of 388 (down from 416.3); and Wigan 1,376 (down from 1,395), with a rate of 418.7 (down from 424.4). There have been three new virus-related deaths at Salford Royal Hospital. Meanwhile, at yesterday's meeting of Salford City Council, Executive Support member, Councillor Jim Cammell, called for 'tougher measures' against anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists... "I appreciate many people have medical reasons why they cannot be vaccinated and we live in a free society where people have the right to choose whether they want to receive the vaccine" he said "However there are people and organisations that are promoting anti-vaccine propaganda and conspiracy theories which is putting people off getting vaccinated, and this is dangerous and irresponsible. "Personally I would like to see tougher measures put in place by the Government to prevent people from promoting these conspiracy theories and unproven anti-vaccination propaganda" he added "As elected representatives we all have a duty to encourage those who qualify to be vaccinated to get their vaccinations as soon as possible to protect themselves and the wider community." Cammell thanked everyone involved in the vaccination roll-out, from medical staff to community groups and volunteers, to military personnel who have been helping with the process. He also called for the Government to streamline the communication process and integrate the local and national vaccination system that has seen residents trek to the Etihad mass vaccination centre, only to be offered a jab more locally a few days later, and sporadic vaccination deliveries, meaning appointments are having to be cancelled and rearranged. Salford has already delivered over 20,000 vaccinations, and this week a further one thousand vaccines will be given to care home residents, with 5,333 further bookings, and between 5,500 and 6,500 more vaccines due to arrive this Friday. Later in the afternoon, Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, at his press conference, noted that the biggest barrier to vaccinating the population was the supply chain, although Greater Manchester was about one third of the way through vaccinating the top four priority groups with 195,771 residents having received their first dose (see graphic). He also rounded on the anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists... "We have a worry about some of the material that is being put around about the vaccine and the whole pandemic being a conspiracy" he explained "And one of our leaders today reported that there's leaflets going through people's doors even in parts of Greater Manchester using the national branding but having anti-vax and anti-lockdown messaging on it." However, he added that there was no issue at the moment with the take-up..."I think if anything it's the opposite...I think people are wanting to take up the vaccine and that's certainly been the early experience. "But it's often the older age group who are wisest on these things, who have obviously lived their earlier life without vaccines and understand how bad it is when you don't have vaccines for certain conditions" he said "The wisest people in our society are often those over 75s and I think they understand it really, really well and will probably give short shrift to the anti-vaccine lobby. Maybe those issues will creep in as we come down the age range and we would want to work with all community groups to counter that kind of messaging..." Meanwhile, there are increases in the number of COVID patients in Greater Manchester hospitals and those in intensive care (see graphic), with the peak of pressure on hospitals expected to reach a peak over the next week with no rapid downturn just a high plateau of cases. Burnham concluded that Greater Manchester was in a strong position with good progress on vaccinations, lower than average virus case rates and targeted testing underway in all boroughs. However, he added that test, trace and isolate is still not working and must be fixed to manage the exit route out of restrictions.
Main photo by Louise Garman
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at 07:04:45 on 28 January 2021 |
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| You do what you want Life is Loud, but not all people who won’t have the jab are anti-Vaxers, there are clinical reasons why some people shouldn’t have it. Scared of your own shadow by the sounds of it. |
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Life is loud wrote
at 21:29:23 on 27 January 2021 |
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| They make me laugh these anti vaxxers and daft theorists could not care less what they say I will feel safer after my jab in the knowledge I wont end up in hospital. Frightened of their own shadow these people |
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at 16:55:19 on 27 January 2021 |
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| People can do what they want, I won’t be having the jab for health reasons, and any attempt to discriminate against me will be illegal under current laws, and I’ve had that confirmed by my solicitor. I should have sent the bill for his fees to the council!
Saga tours won’t take my money, great! I wouldn’t want to be sat next to a load of old geriatrics who think they can’t pass the virus on because they have had the jab, they still can! I’m all in favour of tests before travel. PCR test 48 hours before, and then Lateral Flow Test at the airport. That is if I decide I actually want to travel abroad when it’s legal. |
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PAUL KELLY wrote
at 14:55:17 on 27 January 2021 |
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| I Heared the other day that if i do not take the jab i wont be able to whistle on a Tuesday its a bleeding liberty i ask you where will it all end bleeding do gooders string em up its the only language these people understand we should all have the right to whistle on a Tuesday they aint taking my freedom away we won 2 world wars and 1 world cup so we could have the right to whistle on a Tuesday keep smiling through no surrender i had that Margeret Thatcher in the back of the cab once she ran off with out paying and left a sack of coal on the back seat. |
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Born Bred. wrote
at 12:02:27 on 27 January 2021 |
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| It should be people's choice. I heard the other day that religious groups are not taking this jib jab vaccine. Also people with certain disabilities and people with certain illnesses will not be taking it. The rich powerful people that rule us and tell us what to do are going to bring in a new "health Identify card" that will have all your details on and it will only be given out to citizens that have had this jib jab vaccine. Citizens will not be allowed in to supermarkets, train stations and public places without scanning this"health Identify card" at the entrance. At the end of the day, citizens should not be forced into something they don't want, it should be people's choice. |
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Rossi wrote
at 15:18:54 on 24 January 2021 |
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| They might try making it mandatory, Darren, but if they do I predict a riot. You see, we're not Red China, or North Korea, or Saudi Arabia ... We believe in freedom. In a true democracy, where the citizens are free, they cannot be compelled to take several vaccinations per year, for the rest of their lives. That's just not how freedom and democracy work. I shall not be taking it. As I have said, elsewhere, I am selflessly giving my opportunities to live longer to the old and the weak. |
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Born Bred. wrote
at 16:27:20 on 23 January 2021 |
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| There has been lots of conspiracy theories worldwide. The 1969 moon landings. Area 51 and Roswell. Did Hitler flee and go and live in Argentina until he finally died in 1972. JFK assassination. David Kelly alleged suicide. The lovely Princess Diana accident in the French tunnel. Is Michael Jackson and Elvis still alive. The deadly killer virus allegedly from Wuhan. The jib jab vaccine .. Back to reality now. Salford councillor Jim cammell is now saying he will get tough with the anti vaxxers brigade. Really, seriously. It's people's choice, end off. Is he and his cronies going to hold citizens down and FORCE this jib jab into citizens arms without there permission. I do speak to a lot of the Joe public and roughly about 40%(including teachers, care home workers and council staff) are NOT getting this jib jab. It's people's choice. |
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PAUL KELLY wrote
at 00:23:26 on 23 January 2021 |
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| We Should be a little more circumspect in attributing and apportioning blame on any nation state or person with out firm evidence for the Covid 19 virus infections origin remember the skirpal poisoinings in salisbury near Porton down the man was a triple agent who knows who had it in for him now i am not a conspiracy theorist but it gave a good boost to the anti Russian narrative did it not and with NATO forces prowling around Russias borders getting up to who knows what where one mistake could lead to a war which would end the covid pandemic in less than 1 hour we need to question propaganda statements given out by our so called leaders. What we need to ask is whats going on at Porton Down where the budget is a kept erm secret germ warfare factory i mean what experiments are going on there we already know the scientists were releasing nerve agents and toxins on the london underground and god knows what else they have been up to using nerve agents on British servicemen telling them they were searching for the cure for the common cold and the disgusting crime of allowing British sailors at bikini atol working class lads to be irradiated by fallout from a nuclear bomb and i wonder if the truth will ever come out about dr david kelly which leads to the deadly dodgy Iraq dossier which helped to secure a vote for the war criminal Blairs attack on iraq never did find them weapons of mass destruction did we. Spying disinformation was made an art form in Elizabethan times by frances Walsingham and the British ruling class are the experts i would not trust HM government to tell the truth about any thing in my experience they are proven liars.China have been robust in dealing with the out break of covid they have perhaps shown more urgency in combating the virus and in the UK the government of this country have not.I cant wait to get my jab and i am pretty sure that even the deniers will get them and we should remember to thank our NHS staff and key workers for the sterling work they are doing on our behalf. |
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at 18:27:13 on 22 January 2021 |
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| @ Rossi: Bastard is still a swear word. Though I don’t begrudge anyone saying what they want. Not that any of that matters as it’s a deflection from what I said. You’re not selfless, you walked around infected, spreading it. And now you refuse to get a jab which is more helpful than not getting it. This is assuming, again, you’re actually an empty-head moron and not a Troll. |
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Nigel wrote
at 18:23:16 on 22 January 2021 |
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| To Fletcher and Bobs Fan Club.
Thanks, now been booked. |
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Tiff wrote
at 18:10:21 on 22 January 2021 |
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| Rossi. Captain Oates never went anywhere near the North Pole. You are an idiot. |
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Rossi wrote
at 13:52:17 on 22 January 2021 |
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| Bastard's not a profanity, Wrote. But the word that you used is. And you used it because you are profane. A foul mouthed little tittle tattle. And one who will undoubtedly have spent the majority of his life boring the poor bastards in his local, with his chip shop anecdotes about life. And yes Wrote, I am selfless, so selfless that I will not be taking the vaccine as I have no desire whatsoever to deprive another poor Salfordian of this miracle covid killing elixir. They are doling out the vaccines at Clarendon near where I live, so as a result of my heroic selflessness, someone else, probably someone old and weak, will have a chance to carry on living, while I resolutely go about my business, steadfast and with fortitude, like Captain Oates at the North Pole. If that isn't selflessness personified, then I don't know what is ... |
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bob wrote
at 12:53:50 on 22 January 2021 |
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| Well, us over 65s will give the anti vaxers short shrift as well. I think I had this virus last march but I am taking no chances.Sooner I get the jab the better,and I don't like needles. This is not to say that I don't believe in conspiracies, because I do. Isn't it a bit of a coincidence that the epi-centre of this whole virus was 400 metres away from where the Chineese have a bio warfare research unit? Is it not strange that so few people died in China, when it actually hit them cold and they didn't know it was coming? Was it not a bit odd, a couple of months ago, the queen paid a visit to Porton Down Bio and chemical warfare research unit, when she had not been out of the house for months. She knows she can get the truth out of the military people there, she knows she won't get it from our politicians.All this money our government and others are borrowing to pay for all this, where do we think thats all coming from. The only countries with sizable reserves are China And Japan. and these are in dollars. Wouldn't it be a good idea for the Chineese to get rid of these dollar holdings ,especially as they go down in value each year? How come the only country out of the top twenty with any ecconomic growth last year was China? Just look at it,it all stinks. The Russians have already proved on a couple of occasions how they like to use chemical weapons. I am not suggesting for one minute that the Chineese government want to kill us all, this would not be true, why would they want to kill their best customers, us ? I am just merely suggesting that this virus thing could be some sort of engineered bio -ecconomic weapon. Do not dismiss me as a crackpot, a lot of knowledgeable people think that as well. And I don't mean people like Trunp. Although he for one believes it,there is no way any one could say he was knowledgeable. |
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at 11:13:18 on 22 January 2021 |
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| @ Rossi: “Selfless” you say? Didn’t you say you had the virus? So while you had it in the early days of the infection, when you were at your most infectious and didn’t know you had it, you weren’t wearing your mask? Where was your “selflessness” for your fellow Salfordians then? This is assuming you’re an actual moronic tit and not troll lying. Also, on foul language, didn’t you call someone a “soft bastard” on here the other day? |
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at 10:47:31 on 22 January 2021 |
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| What happened to Rossi NOT POSTING in the site? He said he wou;dnt but he is back. Maybe the thought of not being able to ran and rave and trying to comvince people he is some kind of prophet just got to him.
Surely all that vast intellect would be better employed errrrrr being employed? |
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Rossi wrote
at 09:04:23 on 22 January 2021 |
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| There's no need for profanity Wrote, you foul mouthed Wretch. And yes, I won't be taking it. That's because I'm selfless. I'll let others have mine. That's because I'm a true Salfordian, with the heart and soul of Salford coursing through my veins. |
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at 21:37:33 on 21 January 2021 |
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| @ Born and bred: They already have us divided. Along social, economic, political and religious lines to name a few. The status quo is maintained and people carry on as normal. Your idea that it’s being done to divide us, is again, laughable. Yes, it is individual choice, don’t get it then. However the majority of the people in the UK will. So you, Rossi and the other empty-headed conspiracy nuts, who think they’re so right with their Facebook stats and memes, can fuck right off. |
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fletcher wrote
at 17:53:18 on 21 January 2021 |
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| Nigel:
Try www.nhs.ul/covid-vaccination
I have already an appointment [over 75] but then this letter arrrived in case I hadn't already sorted it.
It gives that web address to book, or phone 119 free of charge. |
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Bobs Fan Club wrote
at 17:44:14 on 21 January 2021 |
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| @Nigel - your Mum is precious -ignore the advice -- contact your GP first thing in the morning and don't take no for an answer |
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Nigel wrote
at 16:21:41 on 21 January 2021 |
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| Salford NHS website says over 80s have all been contacted for their jab, my mother hasnt. Told not to contact GP but anyone know what to do? Letter could have been lost in the post. |
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Born Bred. wrote
at 10:25:09 on 21 January 2021 |
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| This will divide people even more. There will be the anti vaccine brigade and the vaccinated people. Divide and conquer, that's what it is. It's people's choice. |
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Em3 wrote
at 09:21:31 on 21 January 2021 |
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| Yes silly anti vaxxers and conspiracies are partly to blame - but so is this incompetent government who, aside from underfunding our NHS, have not secured enough vaccines quickly enough. Let's not be too quick to turn against each other. It's hard to trust these clowns. |
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