Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Elbow beards]

Had my booster today ,currently on my 4th pint. Pray for me.

Currently drinking southern comfort and feel like shite, far worst than the first two :(

 

[Gabriel]

I can't imagine any of those figures have any connection to reality. A low vaccination level, minimal testing (3220 cases) & hardly any deaths is a huge under-representation of the actual situation.

Quite what that implies for the UK beats me.

Only reporting the figures as presented. South Africa reported only 890 new cases last Saturday.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

Only reporting the figures as presented. South Africa reported only 890 new cases last Saturday.

It wasn't a criticism of you but those figures mean nothing.

It's like Ukraine and Russia. Cases less than the UK, official deaths far higher (Ukraine around 700-800, Russia over a 1000 daily) but they are far lower than the actual numbers. Russian excess deaths were way over 400k months ago, for instance.

Other than Western European countries, the US & certain Asia Pacific countries you can discount most other statistics.

 

[bavarian blue]

Currently drinking southern comfort and feel like shite, far worst than the first two :(

I wish you a speedy recovery, the worst maybe yet to come for me.

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

Like I said common decency I always wonder why wankers need to try and defend their actions. Why not just say hey I'm a wanker so I don't give a fuck. Its like a little part of them know what they are but can't change so they have to delude themselves.

is that a scientific response ?

doesn’t bother me wearing a mask but if we are going to wear one let’s all wear medical masks eh ?

and Whitty do a press conference with some scientific facts as to the effectiveness and why he was initially wrong with his advice .

couldn’t give a shit about wearing a mask .

 

[BobKowalski]

Typical. The very day me and the wife are traipsing around Brentwood, we find it’s ground zero for the new variant.

 

[hilts]

is that a scientific response ?

doesn’t bother me wearing a mask but if we are going to wear one let’s all wear medical masks eh ?

and Whitty do a press conference with some scientific facts as to the effectiveness and why he was initially wrong with his advice .

couldn’t give a shit about wearing a mask .

I know you don't give a shit

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

I know you don't give a shit

instead of being insulting maybe start thinking.

 

[hilts]

instead of being insulting maybe start thinking.

How am I insulting you ?

 

[Gabriel]

It wasn't a criticism of you but those figures mean nothing.

It's like Ukraine and Russia. Cases less than the UK, official deaths far higher (Ukraine around 700-800, Russia over a 1000 daily) but they are far lower than the actual numbers. Russian excess deaths were way over 400k months ago, for instance.

Other than Western European countries, the US & certain Asia Pacific countries you can discount most other statistics.

Oh I agree they are only a snapshot. I suppose, however, that they show that Omicron is spreading quickly in one concentrated area, though it’s still too early to say what that might mean in terms of deaths. However, I posted an interview earlier with Professor Mathivha, head of the ICU in Soweto, and she cautions that increasing numbers of younger people 20-35 are already presenting, almost all of whom are unvaccinated.