One of the concerns I’ve raised over the past week or two is that we now seem to be on a trajectory towards even stricter COVID19 restrictions in England and presumably then across the United Kingdom. My concern is two-fold. The first is that such measures might become urgently necessary because I’m not convinced that… Continue reading COVID19 update – will we need plan c?
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COVID-19 update 10/12/2021
Here’s the latest COVID-19 UK data. Earlier this week, I said that I thought the data might be pointing to a peak in the current Delta spike and so encouragingly we saw a fall in cases yesterday. Cases This is probably good news in the short term because one of my concerns following the recent… Continue reading COVID-19 update 10/12/2021
Update on COVID Church Risk Management (09/12/2021)
Yesterday Boris Johnson gave an update and brought in new measures for England in response to the Omicron variant. Those measures essentially bring England into line with the rest of the United Kingdom and include the following: The NHS COVID pass (vaccine passport) will be required for unseated venues (over 500 indoors and 4000 outdoors)… Continue reading Update on COVID Church Risk Management (09/12/2021)
COVID19 and Omicron – what next?
I’ve been sharing regular updates about COVID-19 primarily to help church leaders plan. Occasionally I share my thoughts and opinions about what we should be doing, nationally and internationally. All of this comes with the qualifying caveat that I’m just a bloke sat on his sofa with his laptop -I’m no expert in Epidemiology or… Continue reading COVID19 and Omicron – what next?
Omicron – what should and shouldn’t we be looking out for?
We’re holding our breath a little at the moment to see what the level of threat from the Omicron variant is. It seems that on an hourly basis we are hearing news and commentary that either encourages confidence that all will be well or panic that we are about to head back into a nightmare.… Continue reading Omicron – what should and shouldn’t we be looking out for?
How might Omicron affect your church over Christmas
One thing we have to be aware of when planning things for our churches in response to COVID19 is not just the objective impact of the virus in terms of its actual threat to health but also how news and perceptions affect the decisions of members and potential attendees. With that in mind, I’ve conducted… Continue reading How might Omicron affect your church over Christmas
Not again?
Reaction to news of the new Omicron COVID variant seems to be united by one phrase “Not again.” However, exactly how that phrase is being used seems strongly polarised. Whilst there is auniting theme of “Oh no, not again -just when we thought we were through the worst!” For some people “Not again?” carries the… Continue reading Not again?
Update on Omicron and Church Risk Management
This is an update on my article yesterday regarding the recently discovered COVID Variant of concern. Two cases of Omicron have now been discovered in the UK. This has to be accounted for in in decision making as when I wrote yesterday we were working on the assumption that the variant was not yet present… Continue reading Update on Omicron and Church Risk Management
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