Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[COYBL25]

Going for my booster in a weeks time. I’m getting a bit fed up with this constant variant publication Tbh….

I`m just going out on the ale constantly from now on, in anticipation of pubs being the first to shut down again.

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

Johnson presser thing at 5.00 apparently. ffs.

New series of Peppa Pig announced.

 

[COYBL25]

New series of Peppa Pig announced.

Complete with giveaway Peppa Pig balloons for all the attending journos lol

 

[Dymak]

Going for my booster in a weeks time. I’m getting a bit fed up with this constant variant publication Tbh….

It’s like the FIFA computer game franchise. A few slight tweaks and now the entire worldwide population needs to get the brand new vaccine… or face DAS SANCTIONS.

 

[BlueToff]

It’s like the FIFA computer game franchise. A few slight tweaks and now the entire worldwide population needs to get the brand new vaccine… or face DAS SANCTIONS.

Get new kits though...

 

[Tubey]

Omicron ffs

I can't be the only person who reads that and immediately screams PERSEI 8 in their heads after it.

 

[Tubey]

The mutations on the spike protein are concerning so, although initial hospital data from South Africa is encouraging, they are gearing up. Even if it all proves a false alarm it won’t be entirely wasted work as would be good to know how quickly vaccines can be adapted from initial sequencing to production if need arises.

Yeah it's not actually the variant itself that is concerning; it's the fact it's been able to achieve such mutations and still be relatively dangerous, meaning that the next iteration might be a vaccine evader.

For me it again comes down to discerning between cases and hospitalisations. If OMICRON PERSEI 8 spreads more easily, infects more but is less dangerous and still gets largely neutralised by vaccines, then it really should be a case of who gives a toss. It's to be expected as COVID is going to be around in one form or another forever now.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Yeah it's not actually the variant itself that is concerning; it's the fact it's been able to achieve such mutations and still be relatively dangerous, meaning that the next iteration might be a vaccine evader.

For me it again comes down to discerning between cases and hospitalisations. If OMICRON PERSEI 8 spreads more easily, infects more but is less dangerous and still gets largely neutralised by vaccines, then it really should be a case of who gives a toss. It's to be expected as COVID is going to be around in one form or another forever now.

Whilst I agree with the rest of your post I’d contest that this variant, at least at the theoretical level, is concerning as it looks similar to a human engineered one that was pretty nasty in the lab.


But lab tests are not real world hence the scramble to put some metrics around cases/hospitalizations/infectiousness/vaccine effectiveness.

 

[Tubey]

Whilst I agree with the rest of your post I’d contest that this variant, at least at the theoretical level, is concerning as it looks similar to a human engineered one that was pretty nasty in the lab.


But lab tests are not real world hence the scramble to put some metrics around cases/hospitalizations/infectiousness/vaccine effectiveness.

That's actually what I meant - that the real world reported impact from this one seems relatively mild thus far, so it's looking like this isn't going to be 'the one' but does have all the hallmarks of it.

 

[LinekersLegs]

That's actually what I meant - that the real world reported impact from this one seems relatively mild thus far, so it's looking like this isn't going to be 'the one' but does have all the hallmarks of it.

I clearly need more caffeine! lol

 

[TommyDavo]

Omicron ffs

I can't be the only person who reads that and immediately screams PERSEI 8 in their heads after it.

Looks like you can be

 

[coollino]

So are face masks now mandatory? I thought he kind of skipped over saying that but some journos are saying they are

 

[COYBL25]

So are face masks now mandatory? I thought he kind of skipped over saying that but some journos are saying they are

Shops and public transport until they know what the new Death Star variant can do or can’t do.

 

[BlueToff]

Whisper it quietly but, that PCR test after 2 days is actually quite a sensible approach

 

[BlueToff]

Shops and public transport until they know what the new Death Star variant can do or can’t do.

Baffled by that statement. How can they 'tighten up rules' when the rule isn't in existence?

Just say masks are mandatory or not.