Nightmare for Cornwall

Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly - 70 (up from 19)
Plymouth - 98 (up from 66)
Exeter - 88 (up from 33)
Mid Devon - 21 (up from 15)
East Devon - 27 (up from 12)
Torbay - 25 (up from 12)
Teignbridge - 41 (up from 14)
South Hams - 19 (up from 10)
West Devon - 13 (up from 6)
North Devon - 26 (up from 10)
Torridge - 21 (up from 3)

But what is the answer?
If visitors stayed away then even more businesses in the south west would fold.
It’s been stated so many times that Cornwall is one of the poorest counties in the country, relying heavily on the tourist industry for its survival.

A rise in cases in itself is not necessarily worrying as it is younger people who generally don’t need to be hospitalised.

I read that the Public Health Consultant in Cornwall, Dr Goldstein said that this current outbreak initially started as a cluster at the Penryn Campus. Of course because it is more contagious than last year’s variants, it is more readily spread in hospitality venues, unlike last year when the influx of tourists didn’t have a great impact.

I have just read this so we must be careful about making assumptions.
www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/19385019.cornwall-covid-spike-not-caused-g7-says-health-councillor/

That should have been be careful and do not make assumptions.

dragonfly is correct, too many assumptions. Though I can understand MawBe's concern as certainly at the time she started the thread the G7 was getting blamed for pretty much anything and everything!

Although holidaymakers would be responsible for some of these new cases, it's interesting to note where the spikes in case nos. have occurred:-

Cases per one hundred thousand as of yesterday morning:
Falmouth 600
St Ives 733.2
Newquay 227.6

Other popular tourist destinations:
Padstow below 3
Bude below 3
Looe below 3
Perranporth below 3
Penzance below 3
The Lizard (all) 31.2

If it were predominantly tourism causing the increase, rather than the G7, wouldn't you expect tourist areas that hadn't been involved in the G7 to show similar numbers to those that were?

Whatever the reason for the increased number of cases, this is bad news for the tourist industry there as some businesses in the hospitality field have had to cancel bookings due to staff shortages, caused by people being ill or self isolating. Many in those posts were in the (at the time) unvaccinated age groups.

Poor Cornwall.

Maybe Ashcombe because the towns like Newquay, Falmouth, St.Ives have more than double the population of the likes of Padstow in the first place? And have far more tourist accommodation. It's the sheer quantity that spreads the virus

These aren’t just totals but the number per 100,000.

Surely with thousands of additional police being housed on a cruise ship for three G7 cases were bound to increase,especially as the younger staff weren’t vaccinated

A “ring of steel” has been thrown around Cornwall for the G7 summit, with the Royal Navy watching for threats from the air, including drones, as 11,000 police officers and 150 sniffer dogs attempt to protect world leaders.

Who organised this "ring of steel"? Was it Matt Hancock?

News
Covid rates in Cornwall have risen above the England average for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.

I think rates will rise pretty much everywhere. People are moving around now obviously. the government tell us it is the younger generation now being infected. But we must also remember that even though a person is vaccinated they can still catch covid and pass it on. So in reality we could all be guilty. We have to live with it like so many other diseases.