Coronavirus (COVID-19): Scotland's Strategic Framework update - February 2022
This update of the Strategic Framework assesses where we are in the pandemic and sets out Scotland’s approach to managing COVID-19 and its associated harms effectively for the long term as we prepare for a calmer phase of the pandemic.
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Footnotes
1. *12 January 2022 Risk assessment for SARS-CoV-2 variant: Omicron VOC-21NOV-01 (B.1.1.529)
2. Omicron in Scotland - Evidence Paper (www.gov.scot)
3. Data available at COVID-19 Daily Dashboard | Tableau Public
4. SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and variants under investigation- Technical briefing 34
5. SAGE 102 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 7 January 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
6. SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and variants under investigation (publishing.service.gov.uk)
7. Data available at Coronavirus (COVID-19): trends in daily data - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
8. High prevalence reduces the chances of a positive LFD (lateral flow device) being a false result, so there is less need to do a confirmatory PCR.
9. Seven-day moving averages of cases by specimen (left-hand axis) and deaths and hospitalisation (right-hand axis). Source: Source: Weekly COVID-19 Statistical Data in Scotland - Datasets - Scottish Health and Social Care Open Data
10. Data available at Public Health Scotland COVID-19 dashboard
11. Vaccinations in the UK | Coronavirus in the UK (data.gov.uk)
12. Coronavirus (COVID-19): modelling the epidemic (issue no.90) - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
13. ONS Covid Infection Survey
14. Figures are taken from Covid-19 Community Mobility Reports published by Google and represent 7-day moving averages to control for daily volatility.
16. Source:Public attitudes to coronavirus: tracker - data tables - gov.scot (www.gov.scot),
ONS, Personal well-being in the UK: April 2019 to March 2020
17. YouGov survey 18-19 January 2022, data unpublished
18. Data available at Public attitudes to coronavirus: tracker - data tables - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
19. Data available at, Public Health Scotland Covid-19 dashboard
20. From 11 November 2021, 'booster & dose 3' are combined under one number. Until then, the numbers reported were for booster vaccine.
21. Dashboard - COVID-19 statistical report - 16 February 2022 Public Health Scotland
22. The harmfulness of a variant is defined here as a combination of its transmissibility and severity.
23. Opinion polling carried out by YouGov for Scottish Government. Fieldwork is carried out online with a sample of c.1000 adults 18+ each wave – representative of the online population across Scotland. Public attitudes to coronavirus: tracker - data tables - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
24. Scored themselves 6 or 7 out of 7 (where 7 represents complete compliance).
25. Opinion polling carried out by YouGov for Scottish Government. Fieldwork is carried out online with a sample of c.1000 adults 18+ each wave – representative of the online population across Scotland.
26. Source: YouGov polling in Scotland conducted on 1-2 Feb.
27. Kitagawa, R., Kuroda, S., Okudaira, H., & Owan, H. (2021). Working from Home: Its Effects on Productivity and Mental Health. Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
28. Scottish Contact Survey (SCS) is a longitudinal behavioural study which models contact patterns for the entire Scottish population. It asks questions to two alternating panels of people (panels A and B) who have been recruited to be broadly representative of the Scottish population.
29. Coronavirus (COVID-19): modelling the epidemic in Scotland (Issue No. 80) (www.gov.scot)
30. Opinion polling carried out by YouGov for Scottish Government. Fieldwork is carried out online with a sample of c.1000 adults 18+ each wave – representative of the online population across Scotland.
31. Qualitative research was undertaken with a small-scale sample of people across Scotland (6 online group discussions and 4 in-depth interviews, by JRS, an independent research agency), ranging from 18 to 75 years old, weighted towards 18 to 34 year olds. All scored themselves between 6 and 9 out of 10 on a scale of compliance with the guidance in place (10 representing total compliance).
32. Opinion polling carried out by YouGov for Scottish Government. Fieldwork is carried out online with a sample of c.1000 adults 18+ each wave – representative of the online population across Scotland.
34. To learn more, read Which occupations have the highest potential exposure to the coronavirus (COVID-19)? - Office for National Statistics
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