Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Bruce Wayne]

Well I've had bad pain in my arm/nerves 5 months after my 2nd jab (started 2 days after).

If young lads and lasses (who have more chance of getting struck by a bus than of dying of covid particularly this new variant) are happy taking booster after booster every 3 months based on the media telling them too then more fool them imo if they suffer any adverse albeit rare reactions.

I have no problem with my ma/arl fella and nan taking it as its keeping them safe but those under 30 for example?

Needs to be more science and less scaremongering when these decisions are being made.

Maybe you should hush up then?

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[DuuuncanHadaPigeon]

We are.

Have they suspended the tube to Birkenhead?

 

[CharliePotato]

Have they suspended the tube to Birkenhead?

They must have after they seen you bunking on, punter on the rails.

 

[Neiler]

Yea I thought that when I went for a test in Portlaois 3 weeks ago, in a que with people who for whatever reason feel they need a test be it symptoms or close contact and we are all inside in a que. I had a cough and sore throat was negative though.

@dublinbluenose

Seems the growing positivity rate/% may by be down to the new policy antigen testing in schools the Government brought in a couple of weeks ago lads. These are positive cases a couple of weeks ago we may not have known about:

 

[Walken]

I see para handy has had a bevy and downloaded the new Steven crowder podcast

 

[Kev The Rat]

Mature. But yes, since you can't answer, there are no restrictions on you.

you are about 72 hours away from them

 

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

Sometimes a short bullet point post is really good and powerful. Just a thought.

@roydo - you’re a mod, can’t you make these stop? ? I admire the man’s stamina, but we’re not all made of the same stern stuff… ?

 

[Nymzee]

you are about 72 hours away from them

Well possibly but as things stand currently, in the present, there aren't any.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[dublinbluenose]

@dublinbluenose

Seems the growing positivity rate/% may by be down to the new policy antigen testing in schools the Government brought in a couple of weeks ago lads. These are positive cases a couple of weeks ago we may not have known about:

1,800 PCR's wouldn't make much of a difference to the positivity rate. The data on those school antigen tests is junk data really imo. They tried to claim only around 3% positivity rate on them when they only counted positive cases that were reported using the qr code on the antigen test kit.

So if a child gets a positive result on one and it gets confirmed via PCR it will be recorded as a "community infection" case unless the parent chose to report it via the qr code on the test kit. Its almost designed to keep school cases artificially low.

The positivity rate had been dropping until about 4 or 5 days ago. Antigen tests are absolutely picking up cases though - begs the question why we didnt roll them out months ago.

 

[Tipp blue]

@dublinbluenose

Seems the growing positivity rate/% may by be down to the new policy antigen testing in schools the Government brought in a couple of weeks ago lads. These are positive cases a couple of weeks ago we may not have known about:

Does that mean that 1500 ish got a positive on an antigen test and never went for a pcr or naybe that many were false positives on the antigen or a bit of both.

 

[Kev The Rat]

Well possibly but as things stand currently, in the present, there aren't any.

well if you want to be be pedantic mask wearing in shops and on transport. I would say that is off putting to some people.

But anyway if even you dont see that as a restriction, the current policy of world governments should worry you - there are no countries in Europe without restrictions of some sort, apart from us. That, I am afraid, is simply unsustainable, from our standpoint as outliers.

 

[LinekersLegs]

NHS staff absences due to Covid soar by 38% in England

Health service leaders warn of danger as rising number of patients coincides with surge in rates of frontline staff sickness

www.theguardian.com

The number of NHS staff off sick because of Covid is rising sharply, figures show, prompting fresh fears about how hospitals will be able to respond to any Omicron-driven surge in patients needing care.
One health service leader said the NHS was now facing “a double emergency” of growing numbers of people hospitalised with Covid alongside increasing sickness absence on the frontline.

The number of staff days lost to Covid across the NHS in England hit 124,855 last week, a 38% jump from the 90,277 of the week before, according to the latest “winter sitreps” data published by NHS England.
The total number of staff absences for any medical reason – such as a cold, flu or mental health problem – also increased, though less steeply, from 416,995 to 457,135, a rise of 10%.
Chris Hopson, the chief executive of NHS Providers, said: “These figures show how Omicron is having a tangible real-time impact on a service that was already operating beyond full stretch. This is a big worry for trust leaders. Absences due to Covid-19 are up nearly 40% and with community infections surging ahead, that figure may well get worse before it gets better.

 

[Nymzee]

well if you want to be be pedantic mask wearing in shops and on transport. I would say that is off putting to some people.

But anyway if even you dont see that as a restriction, the current policy of world governments should worry you - there are no countries in Europe without restrictions of some sort, apart from us. That, I am afraid, is simply unsustainable, from our standpoint as outliers.

Well then we discuss that in the future if things change but the conversation I was having is that right now there's no restrictions stopping people doing what they want right now.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

This is the most significant crisis of our generation. It needs thoughtful analysis and detail. Short soundbites have been more of a problem than a solution in attempts to understand what is going on.

You're right. Perhaps you could provide some?