Two are in the same department as us and the third has already had Covid.
sounds hopeful then⊠but need to wait for the fine-tuning info âŠ
re your child who has already had covid⊠any after effects???
I have friends (a couple we knew from way back when). Heâs 70 and sheâs 50 .
After recovering from mild covid, theyâve both been suffering on and off for many months now⊠and will probably be doing so for the rest of their livesâŠ
Iâm confused 
. Can anyone please clarify whether the mixing of households is still forbidden from 28 November. TYIA
Everyone is supposed to be continuing with the strict rules already in place.
Itâs only certain things which have been relaxed⊠like the 1km rule⊠which is now 20km
and certain shops which were closed, now allowed to open (provided they can meet new health regs).
All the other strict stuff is still in place⊠like no mixing of householdsâŠ
Which is why we are discussing whether or not we might be able to have guests for Christmas DinnerâŠ
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Itâs a bit irritating that Castex said yesterday that they would not give precise details about the numbers that can be entertained yet⊠people are making plans now, so waiting another few weeks to say you can only have 6 or 8 or 10 people or whatever will be too late. Thousands of trains tickets have already been bought in last 48 hours!
But he made it clear⊠as did M Macron⊠that nothing could be promised until nearer the time, since we need good results from each stage of âreleasing lockdownâ in order to move, safely, onto the next⊠
and it is being plastered everywhere⊠and repeatedly stressed⊠that this yearâs Christmas will NOT be able to be like others.
Itâs all bollox though, there is no way the figures wonât be massaged to suit. Less testing is being done now than a month ago according to daily figures (which are always days behind anyway) so new case numbers are bound to fall.
Not sure what your point is Stella.
Iâm posting todayâs âfiguresâ⊠which show the slight improvementâŠ
and also the clear words⊠that the second wave is not over yet⊠!!
Why are testing numbers going backwards though, test more and you pick up âasymptomaticâ cases, isolate them and the virus spreads less rapidly and therefore less people end up in hospital and possibly die. If Slovakia can test more than half itâs population over a weekend (3.6 million tests) why canât France do more than a 1.3 million tests a week?
Not sure where you are getting the idea that tests themselves are going downâŠ
itâs the percentage of positive cases found by testing⊠which is going downâŠ
Wednesday 13% of those tested were found to be positive
Thursday 12.2% of those tested were found to be positiveâŠ
The figures on the official government site say so as does Le Parisien -
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Definitely falling, though I am not aware of the reason.
and it is explained that the drop is partly due to confinement (folk not going out and about so much) and the good news is that the lower the number of tests⊠the swifter the results⊠which are what is needed for those folk who have to go out and aboutâŠ
«Dans un contexte de confinement, en lâespace de deux semaines, la baisse constatĂ©e sâĂ©lĂšve Ă 900 000, et le nombre de tests revient au niveau observĂ© Ă la mi-octobre, ou encore Ă la fin septembre», souligne ce service dĂ©pendant du ministĂšre de la SantĂ©.
Conséquence : les résultats arrivent plus vite
Du fait de ce volume rĂ©duit, les dĂ©lais dâobtention des rĂ©sultats «se raccourcissent nettement» : «66% des tests RT-PCR validĂ©s la semaine derniĂšre ont Ă©tĂ© prĂ©levĂ©s dans les 24 heures qui prĂ©cĂšdent (contre 52% la semaine du 9 au 15 novembre), un niveau qui nâavait pas Ă©tĂ© atteint depuis la mi-juin», souligne la Drees.
La part de tests validés en moins de 48 heures augmente également : 93% contre 84% la semaine précédente.
Which is why they need to do it the other way round. Give precise details now, such as a maximum of 6 people, and say if the numbers improve that will be relaxed. Most houses/dining tables are probably spacious enough for 6 people (plus a few kids). Now itâs too late. Tickets booked, plans made, and reunions arranged. Our gĂźte was booked yesterday, and its not my business to tell them what they can and canât do.
Precise Details:
What we have ânowâ is ⊠no mixing of households⊠which means no friends/neighbours/family visitingâŠ
if improvement happens⊠things might be relaxed⊠if things donât improve⊠things will NOT be relaxed.
canât say fairer than thatâŠ
You make things sound so simple Stella and perhaps for you they are, we want to have a family Christmas should we be permitted so it would helpful if we knew how many weâre allowed around the table and I donât see why we canât be told now. I get that the government canât rule on gatherings per se until closer to the time but thatâs a different issue.
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Sorry to be brutal @tim17and it is simple my take is thisâŠ
assume nothing other than Christmas gatherings round the table are off-piste this year.
If the situation changes in time for a family gathering, then thatâs a bonus otherwise, everyone knows where they stand.
I realise this is from UK but the principles still apply