Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[navidson]

Covid: New UK cases record as Whitty warns worse to come

Prof Chris Whitty says Omicron is moving at a phenomenal pace, after 78,610 people test positive in a day.

www.bbc.co.uk

Not true

There were 81,475 on the 29th December

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good scaremongering story though

The record will be broken tomorrow

 

[coollino]

long winter

 

[Harryflashman]

It'll be like a bad cold to most people I'd imagine. Trouble is it'll be deadly to the elderly. We have significantly more 60+ people than SA. We just need to wait and see how this turns out. Best to be overly cautious imo.

It’s not like Logan’s run in SA they do have old people there like , there might be less of them but they’re there and they majority live in poverty.

 

[navidson]

We might have to initiate project 'Logan's Run' just to stop the unending cycle of lockdowns

 

[BlueToff]

Amazing this - she's a journalist based in Germany, moaning that the UK isn't closing down, and that because the UK isn't closing down, she won't be able to come back for Christmas?

 

[BlueToff]

Omicron is much more infectious, they're stepping up testing even more. Why is anyone surprised?

The important thing is hospitalisations. We won't see what happens with that for a week or so.

 

[BlueToff]

South Africa recorded it's highest number of daily cases this year on the 12th December with 37,875 cases

The result of these cases? 21 deaths

Compare that the figures on January 19th - When 9,839 cases apparently resulted in 839 deaths

Either this thing is basically the flu - or something doesn't smell right

This variant is a lot milder, yes. But it's a lot more infectious.

 

[MikeH72]

Amazing this - she's a journalist based in Germany, moaning that the UK isn't closing down, and that because the UK isn't closing down, she won't be able to come back for Christmas?

Cesspit is Twitter.

 

[BlueToff]

It'll be like a bad cold to most people I'd imagine. Trouble is it'll be deadly to the elderly. We have significantly more 60+ people than SA. We just need to wait and see how this turns out. Best to be overly cautious imo.

The initial evidence is that the boosters (or having a dose of vaccine in your system very recently) mean that Omicron is asymptomatic in up to 75% of people, regardless of age. Luckily, vast amounts of the elderly here are already boosted.

 

[BlueToff]

Cesspit is Twitter.

I have to be on it for work but do log out on days off

 

[Deckard2049]

We all know where this is going. There’s a sense of inevitability about the whole thing.

 

[roydo]

This variant is a lot milder, yes. But it's a lot more infectious.

For reasons many will know why, I have kinda dialed out of this recently.

But tip toeing back in, am I being daft recalling that when the Kent variant pitched up, it seemed that they pretty quickly worked out its properties, re infectious, and seriousness. But this Omni thing seems to be more of a mystery, or, well, draw your own conclusions.

 

[grandjoeblue]

Omicron is much more infectious, they're stepping up testing even more. Why is anyone surprised?

The important thing is hospitalisations. We won't see what happens with that for a week or so.

Would a lockdown even work now? It's here and it's exploded already. The lockdown required to get this down to below 1 is almost impossible.

 

[navidson]

What date are we all going for in Lockdown Bingo?

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

What date are we all going for in Lockdown Bingo?

25th December. Pass the flavoured vodka, I'll see you all when we're allowed out again. Cherry Mistmas!





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