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Swedish deaths are weird, yesterday it was just 1, today it's 36.
Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!
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davek
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The Indian variant in the UK:
Ravi Gupta at the University of Cambridge said at the briefing today that research suggests that B.1.617.1 does have a greater ability to bypass defences triggered by vaccination or an earlier coronavirus infection. He said there are signs it is better at spreading among vaccinated people, even though vaccination still appears to protect against severe disease. “In terms of controlling transmission, there may be a degree of compromise,” he said.
There is a possibility the version in the UK, B.1.617.2, becomes the country’s dominant form of the coronavirus, said Gupta. “It all depends on the dynamics of transmission and how quickly we can detect [variants] and close them off.”
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/articl...seems-to-be-more-transmissible/#ixzz6uZTchNIn
If we go ahead with the May 17th reopening this will spread like wildfire.
Ravi Gupta at the University of Cambridge said at the briefing today that research suggests that B.1.617.1 does have a greater ability to bypass defences triggered by vaccination or an earlier coronavirus infection. He said there are signs it is better at spreading among vaccinated people, even though vaccination still appears to protect against severe disease. “In terms of controlling transmission, there may be a degree of compromise,” he said.
There is a possibility the version in the UK, B.1.617.2, becomes the country’s dominant form of the coronavirus, said Gupta. “It all depends on the dynamics of transmission and how quickly we can detect [variants] and close them off.”
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/articl...seems-to-be-more-transmissible/#ixzz6uZTchNIn
If we go ahead with the May 17th reopening this will spread like wildfire.
They have a different reporting approach than many other countries
Why do COVID-19 deaths in Sweden's official data always appear to decrease?
There are two ways that COVID-19 deaths can be presented over time: by the date of death, or the date on which the death is reported. The data for Sweden is shown by date of death – this means the most recent points should be treated as incomplete.
ourworldindata.org
grandjoeblue
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Your comments actually look like you have your fingers crossed and you want things to take a turn for the worst.
A lot of the current cases appear to be related to schools - seems an odd time to reduce mask use in education , especially in regions where the variant is prevalent.
davek
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Stop talking tripe and deal with the issue.
peteblue
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davek
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That comes in from 17th May.
It's ok though, the GOT Independent SAGE group says there'll be no infections from schools.
More seriously for me is that Sefton is one of those places with masses of restaurants and bars from Southport through Ainsdale through Formby and onto Crosby.
They will be accelerators for any variant which is highly infectious.
The borough council and Liverpool City Region need to demand surge testing in these communities and keep everything locked down, otherwise Liverpool and other boroughs in Merseyside will be rampant with it.
Before any form of “ unlocking “ he always ramps up his doom mongering.
It’s become quite predictable.
Barnfred 55
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FFS will you give it a 'kin rest. You are doing my 'kin head in.
The Indian Variant is his new plaything isn’t it lol
He’s kept it in reserve in case of an emergency.
Not seen anything re an increase in kids but anecdotally from India younger adults might be more vulnerable to this variant than wild type. However that could be due to lots of others reasons for this apparent effect so really need more data - the UK surge testing will hopefully provide that.
India’s Covid wards are like scenes from Dante’s ‘Inferno’
Black market oxygen, rows of patients struggling to breathe — the pandemic has cruelly exposed systemic issues
grandjoeblue
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'Masses of restaurants and bars', sefton is very similar to most other regions. Its not exactly a popular holiday destination.
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