Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[grandjoeblue]

Possibly, what you think peaks gonna be? Half a million?

It's hard to say, based on about 1.3m tests per day I think the positive percentage might peak at about 30-35%. That would be just below 500,000 cases per day.

 

[LinekersLegs]

After nearly 2 years - finally had my first brush with Covid

The missus' son had cold symptoms so we all went up for PCR tests the day before yesterday - His test was 'inconclusive', mine was negative and hers was positive!

Not even sure how that's possible with this hugely infectious virus but there you go

Wishing her a swift recovery and that you and her son avoid it x

 

[COYBL25]

Not sure about the current narrative that if you go to pubs or restaurants you're essentially causing the spread. Very clever work by the Tory government. Their scapegoat has been identified.

Pubs and restaurants have always been their first targets :

Go and have a pint > Murderer

Go and have a meal > Murderer

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Pubs and restaurants have always been their first targets :

Go and have a pint > Murderer

Go and have a meal > Murderer

good old @davek

 

[Daytripper]

So Omnicon is going to be a bigger threat to the 90% vaccinated in the UK than the 25% vaccinated in South Africa?

How can this be?

No idea. It’s getting me down all this crap.

 

[Amw79]

Only anecdotal, but starting to hear about quite a few people testing positive now.

Missus went to Xmas party on Friday and over half of them (about 15 or so) all now positive. She’s under the weather, but testing negative for lateral flow, and has just gone for PCR.

I get daily numbers in my work for people off with Covid, and it’s been a steadily increasing flow all this week.

 

[grandjoeblue]

Only anecdotal, but starting to hear about quite a few people testing positive now.

Missus went to Xmas party on Friday and over half of them (about 15 or so) all now positive. She’s under the weather, but testing negative for lateral flow, and has just gone for PCR.

I get daily numbers in my work for people off with Covid, and it’s been a steadily increasing flow all this week.

The amount of people who will have had it by next week will be very high.

 

[Amw79]

The amount of people who will have had it by next week will be very high.

Yeah, looks that way. All being well, the vaccines and boosters will do the job they’ve been designed for.

 

[grandjoeblue]

Yeah, looks that way. All being well, the vaccines and boosters will do the job they’ve been designed for.

This might be a daft comment but I'm wondering whether we might end up peaking in places like London by the time they bring in additional measures?

 

[Amw79]

This might be a daft comment but I'm wondering whether we might end up peaking in places like London by the time they bring in additional measures?

Possibly. London certainly ahead of everywhere else at the moment, and coupled with their low vax rate, could be problematic for them.

 

[COYBL25]

Possibly. London certainly ahead of everywhere else at the moment, and coupled with their low vax rate, could be problematic for them.

They`ll be a good barometer for how the rest of the country will go in the next few weeks.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Good news as T cells are the ones that do a lot of the heavy lifting re protection from severe illness.

First laboratory data on the T cell response to #Omicron show, as expected, a largely preserved T cell reactivity.
This means that while the antibody neutralization is significantly weaker with Omicron, T cells also recognize the mutated spike of Omicron

 

[Ghost Rider]

Is there any hard evidence on the severity of omicron yet? It does make me wonder that a lot of the press here are referring to a Doctor in South Africa who states that the disease produces light symptoms and the press taking that as gospel . As I understand it the Doctor in question is a GP. Now I am no expert but not sure that qualifies them as an expert in virology etc. On the other hand the WHO organisation seem to think that this could be the worst period of the pandemic

Depends on how you want to look at it.

A gp isn't the best qualified for virology but will have the most experience with people with the virus.

A virologist may know everything there is to know about the make up of a virus but has no experience with anyone with it.

 

[RAFUH]

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.

Yes, it's more social determinants of health which adversely impact minorities more in the US.

 

[grandjoeblue]

Depends on how you want to look at it.

A gp isn't the best qualified for virology but will have the most experience with people with the virus.

A virologist may know everything there is to know about the make up of a virus but has no experience with anyone with it.

The problem with a virus like this though is you could easily see 100+ patients with relatively minor symptoms.

The only person I know who has died was in their late 80s and already very ill but obviously a lot more people do die. Everyone else I know has been pretty much fine, one or two with fatigue and reduced fitness for a month or two.