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| Glastonbury Festival at Pilton, Somerset |
UPDATE (14/7/22)
Official figures from the Office for National Statistics have shown that the number of deaths nationally has now exceeded 200,000, reports SomersetLive.
The number of deaths in Somerset is now over 1,200.
The ONS figures show the number of deaths, via the below graph. You can see that while they have increased, they are not at the huge levels of the peaks of 2020 and 2021.
The ONS said:
"Deaths involving COVID-19 increased in the UK
13 July 2022
In the UK, there were 412 deaths involving COVID-19 registered in the week ending 1 July 2022, an increase from 347 in the previous week. This accounted for 3.5% of all deaths in the latest week; an increase from 2.8% in the previous week. There were 11,828 total deaths registered in the UK in the latest week, which is 12.1% above the five-year average."
However, without any restrictions or safeguards from Government, including on Super Spreader events, the number of infections is also continuing to rise, as shown in the following figures from the ONS.
Leader of Somerset Independents Andrew Pope says: "Now there have been 200,000 deaths, with 1,200 deaths in Somerset. At the beginning of the Pandemic I publicly stated on national radio that the Government's actions were not good enough. This proves it. Boris Johnson has gone. His legacy is total failure."
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UPDATE (2/7/22):
ITV News is reporting that "Covid-19 infections in the UK have jumped by more than half a million in a week".
Hospital numbers and intensive care admissions are continuing to rise.
Leader of Somerset Independents Andrew Pope says:
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| Andrew Pope, Leader of Somerset Independents |
"These increases are no surprise to Somerset Independents. We've been listening to the experts, some of whom are local in our region. Meanwhile, the Johnson Tory Government seems to be preoccupied with surviving itself, suffering scandal after scandal.
The Government should be protecting the citizens of the UK, but as we've seen and as Somerset Independents has shown - Somerset residents were let down by the Tory Government and the Tory County Council that is responsible for Public Health and infection control.
When I directly challenged the former Tory Leader of the County Council, David Fothergill, and the Director of Public Health in public, their answers were not convincing. There was more buck-passing and excuses.
Somerset Independents campaigned against festivals going ahead during the Pandemic. Glastonbury and Nass were stopped. But now super spreader events are allowed to go ahead unchecked, and it is no surprise therefore that infections have shot up. The Pandemic is not over.
When are the Government and the Lib Dems - who now control the County Council - going to get a grip and take the continuing Pandemic seriously?
Or is it going to be another case of Lib Dem or Tory, same old story."
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UPDATE (24/6/22)
As we have reported on this website and via our Twitter and Facebook, the train strikes have had an effect. We have published the views of local RMT and local TUC. In contrast, Somerset Labour, Somerset Lib Dems and Somerset's Tory MPs have refused to answer our questions on the strikes.
We did not campaign against Glastonbury Festival going ahead this year or the NASS Festival at Bath and West, because residents did not contact us with their concerns.
But there is worrying news - Covid-19 has not gone away, although Boris Johnson's Government seems to wish it had. Covid has been missing from the headlines of the mainstream media.
And as we have covered via our website and social media, Covid infections were about to enter a new wave. Local mathematical biologists have predicted it and warned against it. Were you aware?
So, novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Sitrep: we're in a wave, but most people don't seem that bothered. It seems hard to tell where and when it will peak, but I'm increasingly feeling like the top end of the envelope of possibilities is starting to include unpleasant numbers. 🧵
— Oliver Johnson (@BristOliver) June 25, 2022
So with 200,000 people entering Somerset, and even more predicted to go to NASS Festival, what will be the effect of the rising Covid infections on Somerset?
It will not be long before we find out.
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Somerset Independents puts residents first. Because we stand up for Somerset residents, we listened to them and did not work with residents to get the Festival cancelled this year.
Over 2020, 2021 and now in 2022, we did some research and we published some hopefully useful information that does not often get reported by the local "journalists" or what passes for journalism from the media outlets that prefer clickbait to actual news.
We took action, because the local councils, local councillors and other authorities were not reassuring residents sufficiently that they would be kept safe from these "Super Spreader" events - whether at Pilton or at Bath and West Showground - during the Global Covid-19 Pandemic.
We listened to residents. We acted for residents. We acted with residents.
Here are some links to articles that we published on our research and on our action for Somerset residents and protect Somerset and its people.
4th August 2020 - Think Piece: Glastonbury Festival - Myths and Legends
14th August 2020 - Timeline of Lockdown and 2020 Glastonbury Festival Cancellation
14th August 2020 - Glastonbury Festival: What the Authorities Told Us
14th August 2020 - Is Glastonbury Festival 2021 Going Ahead?
25th March 2021 - Avon and Somerset Police - What Does Current Commissioner Sue Mountstevens Think?
13th May 2021 - Resident Concerns on New September Concert At Pilton By Glastonbury Festival Organisers
15th May 2021 - Mendip Council In "Rush to Please" Glastonbury Organisers On New September Concert
19th May 2021 - UPDATED (21/5/21): Residents "Very Angry" As "Supine" Mendip Council "Bent Over Backwards" To Glastonbury Organisers On Pilton Event
23rd May 2021 - UPDATE (4/6/21): EVERYONE Should Get A Refund! For The Global Rip-Off Streamed from Worthy Farm by Glastonbury - while Mendip Council Stood By!
5th June 2021 - UPDATE (31/7/21): NASS Festival STILL GOING AHEAD Despite Cancellation of Glastonbury September 'Equinox' Concert
11th June 2021 - VICTORY: CANCELLED - "Super Spreader" September Equinox Concert at Pilton Confirmed Cancelled by Organiser Emily Eavis
21st June 2021 - Train Strikes: Tory Government Versus RMT Union - What Do The Local Unions Say and What Is The Impact on Somerset Residents?
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