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Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (191 Viewers)
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Nick
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People need to stop obsessing over cases and shitting their pants.
Im not bothered, i was just posting it, although they have super high icu rates atm due to delta.
Sky Blue Pete
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Let’s not be the people that forget the numbers reflect real people of flesh and blood
Sick Boy
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Yeah some of the trivialisation to make themselves feel better on here is crass to say the least.
clint van damme
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what does that mean? Higher cases means more hospitalisations and more deaths, why would people not be concerned about that?
fernandopartridge
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If SARS-CoV-2 came near Nick he'd two foot it to let him know he's there
Brighton Sky Blue
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‘How’s that for a close contact you prick’
Nick
Administrator
The major stat should really be serious illness from Omicron / covid.
Yes. It's going to make some people really really poorly, the majority now will have no symptoms and after a bit of rest will be fine.
Brighton Sky Blue
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David O'Day
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But the more cases there are the more serious cases they are. It's basic maths
Nick
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So how many people are currently on life support due to Omicron?
It's ok saying there X cases and X hospitalisations but if a huge chunk are going into hospital for other reasons but have tested positive on going in or before it doesn't show the current severity.
clint van damme
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so hospitalisations is an issue? And as they're going up that's a cause for concern isn't it?
The majority of people who've contracted the virus have always been fine, if they weren't we'd really be in trouble.
Nick
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Of course it will go up as people will be going into hospital and because it's symptomless for even more people than before they won't know they have it.
The issue will be people sat at home unable to work when there's nothing really wrong with them.
If there's over 100k people positive per day then there is probably over 1M per day in reality. If someone goes into hospital with a broken leg and tests positive for Covid while in are they counted on the figures of hospitalizations? For all the injuries and illnesses in the world a 1 in 50 chance of having Omicron is not really that low. Starting to think hospitalizations is also not a good barometer of the severity
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Another record daily rise in UK Covid cases, but Omicron ‘appears less severe’ When the Guardian soften their tone, it points that things are heading in the right direction 
Incidentally (and I'm sure there must be a website/blog that's covered this...), I'd love to know how many different scientists that have been quoted (both for and against restrictions) during this. Prob near 100. If a newspaper/website wanted to find an expert to reflect their view, I suspect they wouldn't have to look too far...
Incidentally (and I'm sure there must be a website/blog that's covered this...), I'd love to know how many different scientists that have been quoted (both for and against restrictions) during this. Prob near 100. If a newspaper/website wanted to find an expert to reflect their view, I suspect they wouldn't have to look too far...
Sky Blue Pete
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Yep that needs a sensible safe solution
Sky Blue Pete
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Yep need a separate figure for those hospitalised because of the virus to be useful
100% Pete. This data isn’t as readily available. ONS might have it in their weekly report which is then out of date by a week but it should be shown daily. I’d imagine as time goes on the figure of ‘with’ will increase but hopefully ‘because’ will stay stable(ish).
Also, they’ve then got to consider vaccination rates. I’d imagine londons hospitalisations/ICUs will be a lot higher than say Cornwall, because their vaccination rates are so low. The anti vaxers are just looking more selfish by the day
Skybluefaz
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Seems like a lot of the increasing covid hospitalisations are just people who were in hospital already and subsequently caught Covid. Overall numbers I don't think are massively increasing. I'll try and find the source of that.
Skybluefaz
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Good feed. I only look at same figures on PHE stats for Covid inpatients and ICUS which are a far better representation especially if those in hospital because of Covid are remaining in for a lot less time
Noise in the media today about cutting self isolation to 5 days. I think USA did this for key workers a while back and now rolled it out for whole country. We should do the same for the NHS especially as it’s pretty clear omicron is far less dangerous for the vaccinated than other variants (and almost impossible to stop the spread). Id imagine staff shortages will be more dangerous for patients than risk of spread (extra precautions for those working around high risk and vulnerable though)
Brighton Sky Blue
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We should be ending isolation for schoolchildren altogether. Education taking too much disruption with the current rules.
Can’t disagree with that unless a new, more dangerous variant appears
Brighton Sky Blue
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Particularly those in the exam classes it’s causing even more anxiety than already exists over whether or not the exams are even happening, which we won’t know for a while yet.
Let’s stop ruining things for this group of people
Sky Blue Pete
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Absolutely their choice but it’s clear our vaccine rates are saving lives
clint van damme
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massive drop in deaths yesterday, don't know if that's some sort of lag given bank holidays etc?
Skybluefaz
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Must be. The data seems all over the place at the minute.
Sky Blue Pete
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It’s a Sunday figure isn’t it? But they are very low
Yeah, it will be during Xmas break in particular and just the quantities. 7 day averages are probably a better steer on all figures
Flying Fokker
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France 208k New cases.
www.france24.com
Anti Vaxer. Self-Proclaimed ‘Plague Spreader’ Dies of COVID After Boasting About Maskless Grocery Store Stunt
Covid-19: France breaks European daily record again with 208,000 new cases
Global Covid-19 infections have hit a record high over the past seven-day period, Reuters data showed on Wednesday, with France, the United States and Australia all reporting they had broken their previous…
www.france24.com
Anti Vaxer. Self-Proclaimed ‘Plague Spreader’ Dies of COVID After Boasting About Maskless Grocery Store Stunt
Flying Fokker
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Warwick Hospital lockdown? My mum is on a recovery unit. No visitors for 2weeks minimum. could be due to staff absences.
Saddlebrains
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Tested negative this morning.
And again just now
Other than tiredness I've been ok
And again just now
Other than tiredness I've been ok
clint van damme
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up the match for you then son!