Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[BlueStevie35]

No hospital figures reported for today, owing to the Bank Holiday, last Monday’s total was 31 with 18 in English hospitals

All settings - for the 28 day cut off, 48 deaths were announced today, down 13 on yesterday and up 8 on last Monday. The 7 day rolling average rises to an even 115

For the 60 day cut off, 49 deaths were announced today, down 19 on yesterday and up 6 on last Monday. The 7 day rolling average rises to 132.43

 

[RAFUH]

Data from my hospital system today




Older data, but ratio still the same

 

[LinekersLegs]

Data from my hospital system today

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Older data, but ratio still the same
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I alternate between being incredibly sad and mad as hell that we have got to this sorry state.

Can only imagine what the emotions are like for healthcare workers - I really do fear that US healthcare (which already suffered from a lot of issues) is going to be hit hard by a lot of mental health issues/retirements/resignations.

 

[RAFUH]

I have no reference to cite, but my hospital's Pediatric chief physician today was discussing the difference they are seeing in pediatric illness now (delta) compared to early surges.

The kids coming in now have the lung disease (COVID pneumonia) similar to adults along with the inflammatory reaction that was seen initially in kids. So greater disease burden.

 

[RAFUH]

I alternate between being incredibly sad and mad as hell that we have got to this sorry state.

Can only imagine what the emotions are like for healthcare workers - I really do fear that US healthcare (which already suffered from a lot of issues) is going to be hit hard by a lot of mental health issues/retirements/resignations.

The critical care physician at this briefing just kept repeating "stretched thin" to describe the situation. She'd obviously been told to keep to a certain script to avoid panic, but she looked exhausted, sounded exhausted and clearly wanted to say more.

 

[LinekersLegs]

QAnon Anti-Vaxxer Called COVID a Hoax Even as His ‘Lungs Stopped Functioning’

A former CIA officer turned conspiracy theorist who claimed to be the first to call COVID-19 a hoax has died from COVID-19.

www.vice.com

“I will not take the vaccination, though I did test positive for whatever they’re calling ‘COVID’ today, but the bottom line is that my lungs are not functioning,” Steele wrote in his final blog post on August 17, accompanied by a picture of him hooked up to what appears to be a ventilator.

” We will never be the same because now we know that we’ve all been lied to about everything,” Steele added. “But, now we also know that we can trust each other. I’m alive today because I had a network that put me into a good hospital in Florida.”

Steele’s death was confirmed by his friend and fellow conspiracy theorist Mark Tassi in a video posted to Instagram on Sunday evening. In the video Tassi says he was in touch with Steele in recent days and claimed the hospital had prevented the former CIA officer from using hydroxychloroquine tablets.

 

[LinekersLegs]

I have no reference to cite, but my hospital's Pediatric chief physician today was discussing the difference they are seeing in pediatric illness now (delta) compared to early surges.

The kids coming in now have the lung disease (COVID pneumonia) similar to adults along with the inflammatory reaction that was seen initially in kids. So greater disease burden.

 

[RAFUH]

We luckily haven't lost any kids so far, but came dang close with a newborn that caught it from an unvaccinated family member. They were about to be out on ECMO when they started improving.

 

[RAFUH]

Just awful

 

[LinekersLegs]

The only surprising thing is this took so long

 

[LinekersLegs]

Sometimes you just really wish the dolphins had been the ones who got to the top of the evolutionary tree

 

[LinekersLegs]

Try to be a “look for silver linings” but this is a hell of a stretch especially given the greater disease burden being reported among kids

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LostLegend]

 

[DuuuncanHadaPigeon]

These numbers are from the latest dataset published by the government regarding the delta variant;

Total cases in those unvaccinated = 151,054
Total deaths in those unvaccinated = 253
% chance of death = 0.167%

Total cases in those having received 2 doses = 47,008
Total deaths in those having received 2 doses = 402
% chance of death = 0.855%

If we break it down into ages groups

Over 50s, total cases in those unvaccinated = 3,440
Total deaths, over 50s, unvaccinated = 205
% chance of death = 5.6%

Under 50s, total cases in those unvaccinated = 147,612
Total deaths, under 50s, unvaccinated = 48
%chance of death = 0.0325%

Over 50s, total cases in those having two doses = 21,472
Total deaths, over 50s, two doses = 389
% chance of death = 1.81%

Under 50s, total cases in those having two doses = 25,536
Total deaths, under 50s, two doses = 13
%chance of death = 0.051%

Some interesting stats there. If you are over 50, the vaccine is worth having as chance of death is about 3 times greater than if you had two doses

If you are under 50, then the vaccine is basically useless and more people are dying after two doses than those unvaccinated.

Not what I expected.

Data set here - https://assets.publishing.service.g...t_data/file/1009243/Technical_Briefing_20.pdf