Let the Public know the Origins of new daily infections
Since Public Health must be able to identify the most likely source of infection for many people who have tested positive (eg when with friends in a pub, playing tennis with a friend, chatting to someone outside when neither of you is wearing a mask) it would be very helpful to publish this information eg When Mr A tested positive his symptoms indicated that he had contracted the virus a few days previously; when he was asked about any close contact that he had had since then he advised that that he had met four friends in a Pub two days ago. If the friends were then contacted and also tested positive making this info public would make people realise that meeting in this fashion, ie probably not adhering strictly to physical distancing etc, represented a very high risk. If the 'infected person's' contact had however been someone he simply had a chat with on the street with neither wearing masks the Public would realise that the range of risks could be much less obvious and much nearer home.
Why the contribution is important
At present the Scottish Govt. blithely instruct the Public to follow all of their recommendations without providing any proof of the risks ie every activity is high risk. Visiting, going to pubs, travelling etc etc are all said to be huge risks . Very few people will however follow all recommendations as evidenced for example by the fact that physical distancing on pavements is much more lax than in the Spring. If people were aware however that a particular activity dramatically heightened the risk to them (eg if most of the daily new infections originated from meeting a number of friends in a Pub) they would in my view avoid that risk.
It would also be most important that Public Health Scotland made these 'meaningful guidance' statements with Sturgeon etc keeping well out of the way.
It would also be most important that Public Health Scotland made these 'meaningful guidance' statements with Sturgeon etc keeping well out of the way.
by BillH on October 05, 2020 at 03:37PM
Posted by Cheryl October 05, 2020 at 16:27
500 cases
150 from hospitality
75 house gathering
32 care homes
20 acquired in hospital
20 workplace
5 school
and so on
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Posted by Branski October 05, 2020 at 17:29
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Posted by adam2092 October 05, 2020 at 17:37
Fully communicating that having people over to your house is a large risk, rather than the discussion focusing purely on pubs, will build a much more robust and self-policing compliance as people understand where transmissions are occurring. Especially if it can be combined with anonymous app data to build a picture of common flash points.
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Posted by Willyjot October 05, 2020 at 18:04
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Posted by TSmith64 October 05, 2020 at 18:54
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Posted by Kayrob October 05, 2020 at 19:51
That way if you know its in your area, I would be more inclined to do less shopping or not go out for food or coffee for a couple of weeks.
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Posted by Fionafrgsn October 05, 2020 at 19:56
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Posted by Catlady October 05, 2020 at 20:32
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