Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Deleted member 48881]

I'm not convinced about the temporary nature of this to be honest. I think vaccine passports and mandates have only just begun. We're probably the only country not to be touched by it here in England.

I personally think grown up conversations around the fact maybe vaccinated people should also need to be tested should happen- it astounds me that we're on about boosters and waning immunity and likely all need at least one, yet apparently being vaccinated means you're safe to go into a crowded gig or football without testing. Helps the NHS yes as less likely to need hospital care but doesn't do a huge amount to stop spread.

well said...

 

[LinekersLegs]

even if literally 0 people die of covid? you cannot ask for a vaccine proof from your employee if no one dies from the very disease that vaccine is made to combat. no one will ask for a vaccine proof if you are not flying to Africa, come 2024 at the latest.

But sadly I don’t expect us to get to the state of zero people dying of Covid even with widespread vaccine uptake (which is unlikely in the US) .

The most likely course is that it eventually becomes like seasonal flu which still kills lots per year and in the next couple of years Covid will likely still be more fatal than flu. I’d be very happy to be wrong mind you.

 

[efcfanwirral]

But sadly I don’t expect us to get to the state of zero people dying of Covid even with widespread vaccine uptake (which is unlikely in the US) .

The most likely course is that it eventually becomes like seasonal flu which still kills lots per year and in the next couple of years Covid will likely still be more fatal than flu. I’d be very happy to be wrong mind you.

I think the one unknown around this is...could a lot of the people most susceptible to dying with covid heavily cross over with those susceptible to the same happening with flu? So come April we could be looking back at the data and actually find deaths aren't that different combined than with just flu? There'll always be outliers who ate younger but the data has generally stood up throughout as an overall proportion when you look by age crass as it sounds there will be people looking at that data, and to be honest that could be the difference between winter restrictions each year and not

 

[LinekersLegs]

I think the one unknown around this is...could a lot of the people most susceptible to dying with covid heavily cross over with those susceptible to the same happening with flu? So come April we could be looking back at the data and actually find deaths aren't that different combined than with just flu? There'll always be outliers who ate younger but the data has generally stood up throughout as an overall proportion when you look by age crass as it sounds there will be people looking at that data, and to be honest that could be the difference between winter restrictions each year and not

Perhaps in a high vaccination country (ie not US unfortunately) but could also imagine situations where someone who might have survived with one or the other gets both at the same time and that is too much.

Until we get some data on what it like with both circulating at the same time very difficult to know.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[grandjoeblue]

Won't drop for a while, cases only started dropping 7 days ago.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Study reveals ‘drastic changes’ to daily routines during UK lockdowns

Some spent an extra hour a day on chores and childcare during lockdowns, while others got an added daily hour of solo leisure time – and most of us reduced

www.cam.ac.uk

 

[Billy Dean]

Germany's vaccination rate has been absolutely abysmal IMO. Only 66% double-jabbed.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

NHS staff won't have to be jabbed this winter

 

[tsubaki]

NHS staff won't have to be jabbed this winter

good old Torygraph, that front page is so full of lies I wouldn’t be at all surprised to find Dalgliesh is on BBC2

 

[efcfanwirral]

NHS staff won't have to be jabbed this winter

"Get boosters not just to save lives but keep your freedoms too". It still sounds extremely sinister but it's so normal now. I expect it'll be "take a booster to get your freedoms back" for younger people in the spring after the inevitable Christmas spike

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Germany's vaccination rate has been absolutely abysmal IMO. Only 66% double-jabbed.

Surprised at that. What’s causing that?

 

[Ghost Rider]

NHS staff won't have to be jabbed this winter

Id imagine as they are already rolled out that they will already all be getting theirs if they had done so previously.

For the most part anyway.

 

[Billy Dean]

Surprised at that. What’s causing that?

I think there’s quite a high proportion of conspiracy tin foil hat types here. And the government hasn’t made enough effort to either win them over or force their hand a little bit. Also I think generally they don’t seem to organise it well either.