Can only speak for myself (obviously) but I live in Oldham and for my first 2 jabs it was Etihad that was the nearest, so I went there.It happened to me a couple of weeks ago,they stopped boosters in Timperley so I had to go to the Etihad.
Its partly to do with the cold temperatures needed to store Pfizer. I had to travel miles to get to my booster last month - a one hour bus trip and 20 minute walk home after - for that reason. Whereas I had my AZ jab at the health centre a 5 minute walk away - that was expensively refitted during the pandemic but NOT to the point of having a cold enough freezer to do the jabs other than ones such as AZ that do not need a deep freeze.Can only speak for myself (obviously) but I live in Oldham and for my first 2 jabs it was Etihad that was the nearest, so I went there.
Just booked my booster today and it's a pharmacy round the corner from me.
Each earlier "wave" started there too, didn't it?Todays big rise in cases in England is focused on the south.
A few weeks ago these large regions were evenly scoring around 4000 cases a day. Or if anything the southern ones even lower.
Today North West has 3707, East 4441, South West 5284, London 5668 & South East 9478
A big shift in the focus of the pandemic.
And SE is triple the numbers in the NW.
The Omicron wave has to start somewhere. These numbers at the moment won’t be that relevant once it kicks in.Todays big rise in cases in England is focused on the south.
A few weeks ago these large regions were evenly scoring around 4000 cases a day. Or if anything the southern ones even lower.
Today North West has 3707, East 4441, South West 5284, London 5668 & South East 9478
A big shift in the focus of the pandemic.
And SE is triple the numbers in the NW.
The Omicron wave has to start somewhere. These numbers at the moment won’t be that relevant once it kicks in.
Yeah, it’s all Delta barring 25ish cases of omicron.As I think you're saying, these aren't omicron. It would have already shown up in genomic testing. This is just delta doing its thing.
These would appear to be the recent figures for South Africa, with the overwhelming majority of cases in Gauteng.Yeah, it’s all Delta barring 25ish cases of omicron.
If omicron is more infectious, the numbers will skyrocket soon.
The final 3 days are concerning.These would appear to be the recent figures for South Africa, with the overwhelming majority of cases in Gauteng.
Date. Cases. Positivity
24/11 1,275 3.6%
25/11 2,465 6.5%
26/11 2,828 9.1%
27/11 3,220 9.2%
28/11 2,858 9.8%
29/11 2,273 10.7%
30/11 4,373 10.2%
1 /12 8,561 16.5%
I think I read that the first case so far has been dated to November 8th.
The Omicron wave has to start somewhere. These numbers at the moment won’t be that relevant once it kicks in.
Hope so, I didn’t mention hospitalisations as none of us know how it will pan out.I think its unlikley we will get a big Omicron wave which will result in high hospitalisation numbers and deaths. I suspect we already have a very high level of natural imunity across the UK through opening up sooner than most and having a good vaccination rate which is why we havent experienced the rapid rise of delta like across the continent. Plus if the vaccines work against Omincron then the natural imunity will work aswell.
“If you don’t test, you can’t test positive” genuine quote at our placeI wonder how many people don’t bother getting tested if feeling a bit ropey. 10 day isolation for some people in Dec would be crippling financially if no wages. Are the government still paying out for people in this position?
Every PCR test would show the S Gene drop-out in test sample analytics. You don't even have to do the full genome sampling that they do on 5% of +ve PCR tests.As I think you're saying, these aren't omicron. It would have already shown up in genomic testing. This is just delta doing its thing.
I read on Sky that hospital admissions are just starting to increase there too so a bit of a concern. Be interesting to see how those figures look in a week or so. They have a much younger population than us too apparently so while some medical people are saying it’s mild, it may be down to that more than the virus itself not being too harmful. It’s too early to tell I think. Fingers crossed it is mild.These would appear to be the recent figures for South Africa, with the overwhelming majority of cases in Gauteng.
Date. Cases. Positivity
24/11 1,275 3.6%
25/11 2,465 6.5%
26/11 2,828 9.1%
27/11 3,220 9.2%
28/11 2,858 9.8%
29/11 2,273 10.7%
30/11 4,373 10.2%
1 /12 8,561 16.5%
I think I read that the first case so far has been dated to November 8th.
Here’s hoping. There were 135 on December 1st so we’ll soon know.I read on Sky that hospital admissions are just starting to increase there too so a bit of a concern. Be interesting to see how those figures look in a week or so. They have a much younger population than us too apparently so while some medical people are saying it’s mild, it may be down to that more than the virus itself not being too harmful. It’s too early to tell I think. Fingers crossed it is mild.