Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Rammy Blue]

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab says 250 people are currently in hospital with Omicron variant in the UK

For more on this and other news visit https://t.co/8OWd2TvLrt

Cheery news.

Must say though that once again, without a breakdown of the specifics of those 250 then it’s not very helpful - are they in hospital with other issues and caught it in there, numbers vaccinated and boostered etc etc

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Sky news just announced it.

thats a massive increase. Wonder how many are in ICU?

 

[Rammy Blue]

On a personal level, I’m glad I’m triple jabbed and already had covid a few months ago. Going to be a weird couple of weeks coming up.

 

[waspish]

Cheery news.

Must say though that once again, without a breakdown of the specifics of those 250 then it’s not very helpful - are they in hospital with other issues and caught it in there, numbers vaccinated and boostered etc etc

To balance it up on the bbc he just said there are 9 (Nine) probably be more clarification about the numbers in the next few hours!

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab says 250 people are currently in hospital with Omicron variant in the UK

For more on this and other news visit https://t.co/8OWd2TvLrt

Blimey. Hard to believe if the 10 yesterday was accurate.

Suspect something being confused here.

 

[andyhinch]

Cheery news.

Must say though that once again, without a breakdown of the specifics of those 250 then it’s not very helpful - are they in hospital with other issues and caught it in there, numbers vaccinated and boostered etc etc

Good point, we need more numbers :-)

 

[Rammy Blue]

To balance it up on the bbc he just said there are 9 (Nine) probably be more clarification about the numbers in the next few hours!

Raab is due up on GMB shortly, assume he will have got his ducks in a row by then if he’s got his figures wrong on Sky.

 

[BlueAnorak]

With the UK calling it 200k cases per day and with it doubling every 2/3 days, am I correct in saying we could have herd immunity while we've still got turkey and pickles in the fridge?

UK omicron cases running at 200,000 a day, Sajid Javid says

It comes as the NHS’ Covid alert level was raised to four, the highest possible level

www.independent.co.uk

Omicron Covid cases ‘doubling every two to three days’ in UK, says scientist

Prof Neil Ferguson says coronavirus variant likely to be dominant strain in the UK before Christmas

www.theguardian.com

You know the answer to that.
Omicron has a doubling rate of 3.5 days - bad but nowhere near as bad as he pudding that has been well over egged again.

 

[Del_Bosque]

Blimey. Hard to believe if the 10 yesterday was accurate.

Suspect something being confused here.

Presuming it’s sequencing of nosocomial affects or something like that.

if it had jumped like that through people getting infected in the general public then getting admitted to hospital, they’d have taken measures already

 

[grunge]

The guy posting it has 400 followers, take it with a pinch of salt. One thing for sure if it was positive news he wouldn’t have been sharing it here.

the data he links too is the real data from the Denmark government.

Having taken a look I’m not convinced it’s as bad as being described tho as it’s taking a lot about people being positive witching 48h of being in hospital. it’s unclear to me if that means “they know they have covid but the omicron test took 48 hours” or incidental cases.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Omicron has a doubling rate of 3.5 days

Source?

Here a tutorial showing figures, how to calculate them and current doubling time <2 days.



This isn't controversial - here the official UKHSA assessment.

https://t.co/gdQHerM5y3

 

[splinter]

20 hrs on from the moderna booster..arm slightly tender..same with my 2 AZ..so all good..

 

[SPIDERBOY]

Says 9 people in here?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-59646151

 

[Del_Bosque]

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab says 250 people are currently in hospital with Omicron variant in the UK

For more on this and other news visit https://t.co/8OWd2TvLrt

They are saying it's 9 now

 

[grunge]

Cheery news.

Must say though that once again, without a breakdown of the specifics of those 250 then it’s not very helpful - are they in hospital with other issues and caught it in there, numbers vaccinated and boostered etc etc

they have clarified he “misspoke” when he said 250.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

They are saying it's 9 now

Yeah,I just posted that,big difference 250 and now 9.

 

[waspish]

Says 9 people in here?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-59646151

Yes I posted above that he was in the bbc saying Nine!

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Yeah,I just posted that,big difference 250 and now 9.

I wish they would just get their bloody act together and post the correct facts. They are such a bunch of armatures this lot when it comes to providing accurate consistent information. Making it up as they go along just leads people to disbelieve them.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

they have clarified he “misspoke” when he said 250.

How can you misspeak over such important information. The blokes an idiot.

 

[Rammy Blue]

they have clarified he “misspoke” when he said 250.

Now there’s a surprise, fucking useless.