Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[LinekersLegs]

Are our government taking notice of these figures? I bet they’re not.

I’d hope they are, certainly the UK scientists/data folks I follow are paying close attention.

However there are caveats with SA weekend reporting - same as in the UK numbers are usually lower and then spike on Tuesday/Wednesday.

SA have also had some data issues that may be playing a role.


Hopefully the rapid decrease in cases will be confirmed in the next few days.

 

[Ghost Rider]

We have entered the Twilight zone at this point.

You have experts in this country saying we don't know how severe this variant will be , predicting upwards of 75 thousand deaths in 5 months and applying restrictions here there and everywhere.

Yet a country that has low vaccination rates and has seen the variant sweep through the population in entire cities keep telling us that it is much less harmful, less people are dying from it and now it's rate is decreasing much faster than any other variant before.

Sorry but all of this is no longer about protecting people from covid. We are far beyond that point now when we are applying more and more restrictions from the boogyman variant that is clearly nowhere near as harmful as anything else.

This has turned political and i bet you one day in the future , all of this will be shown up to be just that. A con with ultior motives.

You can't justify any of this with the information we keep getting told every single day now. Can't keep applying fear for a variant that is getting shown to be rather harmless in comparison.

Mild symptoms over and over, that sounds like a coronavirus but not the one that caused all of this......

 

[TommyDavo]

Ineos, who I work for, have decided to make it compulsory to wear a mask at your desk if you have not had the vaccinations you are entitled to. In fact anywhere on site.

I know of one lad who has refused and given up his £375/day job and left site. Some expensive principles people have.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Ineos, who I work for, have decided to make it compulsory to wear a mask at your desk if you have not had the vaccinations you are entitled to. In fact anywhere on site.

I know of one lad who has refused and given up his £375/day job and left site. Some expensive principles people have.

Absolute insanity.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Probably completely baseless this, thinking out loud so don't take it too serious.

But didn't the government give out millions of pounds in ppe contracts, some to companies that didn't even make them originally?

And they are telling us to wear them again based on this new variant. Without a change in data to justify the change in policy.

 

[maccavennie]

Probably completely baseless this, thinking out loud so don't take it too serious.

But didn't the government give out millions of pounds in ppe contracts, some to companies that didn't even make them originally?

And they are telling us to wear them again based on this new variant. Without a change in data to justify the change in policy.

ppe is mainly for staff who deal with Covid patients.

I can tell you now they're still short of ppe as my missus still doesn't have adequate ppe at times when she's going into a patients house with potential covid

 

[peteblue]

I still cannot see any increase in South African death rates even though cases are going through the roof…..

 

[Ghost Rider]

ppe is mainly for staff who deal with Covid patients.

I can tell you now they're still short of ppe as my missus still doesn't have adequate ppe at times when she's going into a patients house with potential covid

So millions wasted then if they still can't get the supply out?

Wonderful. Wish that was on the front of the papers questioning where the money went! I know at least one company had a turnover of 20 grand and they gave them millions to make them, then few months later they found out it wasnt worth your time quality wise.

 

[LinekersLegs]

I still cannot see any increase in South African death rates even though cases are going through the roof…..

Lag time is around ~ 20 days and Omicron only officially recognized in SA late Nov so still early to draw concrete conclusions. Since waves start in younger people and filter up to the more vulnerable they tend to start off slow.



Overall encouraging but tbh I’d be happier if that red line was much flatter on the log scale.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Doesn't COVID statistically hit BAME people worse?

Surely you have to factor that in to death rates in certain countries like India/South Africa.

 

[Billy Dean]

Got my booster booked for Jan the 12th. Shiteing it a bit lol

 

[TN Toffee]

Doesn't COVID statistically hit BAME people worse?

Surely you have to factor that in to death rates in certain countries like India/South Africa.

Not sure about that one. I think case rates were typically higher in minority populations in the US, but also seem to remember reading that it was probably less about anything genetic and down to living conditions, i.e. they were more likely to live in crowded or shared family situations as opposed to white families who are more statistically likely to live in single family homes.

 

[maccavennie]

So millions wasted then if they still can't get the supply out?

Wonderful. Wish that was on the front of the papers questioning where the money went! I know at least one company had a turnover of 20 grand and they gave them millions to make them, then few months later they found out it wasnt worth your time quality wise.

Yep they wasted million upon millions on contracts to companies that had no experience when it came to PPE so a lot of it failed quality control and wasn't usable.

It made the news and papers for a couple of days...a year ago. The initial ppe was ridiculous as well. Basically a suit made for someone about 8ft tall.

Water off a ducks back to the missus but she's gone far FAR beyond what she should do over the past 18 months with limited resources.

 

[maccavennie]

Got my booster booked for Jan the 12th. Shiteing it a bit lol

Not gonna lie Billy, I've gained a 3rd leg and grown to 7ft 5" since I had mine

 

[LinekersLegs]

Not gonna lie Billy, I've gained a 3rd leg and grown to 7ft 5" since I had mine

Pics or GTFO