Coronavirus (2021) thread

[frothy]

Yep check junk mail , got a letter last time but so far nothing !

Got a letter as well this Morning, along with another one asking me to book a appointment for my first Jab which i had 4 weeks ago, sure they know what they are doing so not worried

 

[Rammy Blue]

Might daughter was in her final year, so not lost out on the uniform, but was on her way home from collecting a bloody expensive prom dress the day the lock down was announced which'll never get used!

Yep, I’ve got a £500 prom dress hanging in the spare room that my daughter will never get to wear, we picked it up about 2 weeks before original lockdown.

 

[mancity1]

Perhaps. Far too soon to tell that though.

I suspect if there was a causal link in lasting chronic illness to covid on a large scale it would have come to fruition by now.

No doubt like the cold and mores so influenza its likely to have long term effects on a small portion of the population that contract these viruses but these are largely consist of individuals with pre existing immune issues.

What I am interested in is the study and trial of antivirals in conjunction with zinc especially in early detection of covid and whether large scale treatment in countries has taken place and if its impact on infection is significant but not yet reported by the WHO due to the vaccine rollout in part.

I suspect we will hear more from the WHO on this however its credibility might remain unsure as we remember initially the WHO said covid was not a pandemic and masks were not of any significance initially in reducing transmission due in part because they were getting their information from China.

 

[splinter]

Got a letter as well this Morning, along with another one asking me to book a appointment for my first Jab which i had 4 weeks ago, sure they know what they are doing so not worried

My father exactly the same

 

[Healdplace]

England hospital deaths

By region

85 Midlands, 58 North West, 50 South East, 47 London. 46 NE & Yorkshire, 44 East, 42 South West

Midlands out in front worryingly but the rest bunched remarkably evenly now.

Leicester and Birmingham the two with most deaths 17 and 15.

North West deaths focused on Merseyside with St Helens 10 and only one in double figures and Southport the most.

Pennine acute the most in GM but less than those two.

 

[Healdplace]

My father exactly the same

As I posted at the time I got mine nearly a week after I had the jab. Though posted first class and dated before it I got it the same day as another NHS letter sent second class dated several days after the vaccine one.

So there the problem would be the post office not prioritising these letters as they do not look like anything unusual.

In Scotland they got the NHS to put them in specially marked blue envelopes so they were immediately obvious and told the PO to look out for them and treat them as urgent.

Simple but effective.

Ours look like any old thing from the NHS.

But this delay is very common and I assume its main aim is just to catch those who do not get the phone call or text which is the usual way most people are being called to speed things up.

Or, of course, those who declined at the time but may have changed their mind in the days since with the letter giving them that chance to reconsider.

 

[meltonblue]

I suspect if there was a causal link in lasting chronic illness to covid on a large scale it would have come to fruition by now.

No doubt like the cold and mores so influenza its likely to have long term effects on a small portion of the population that contract these viruses but these are largely consist of individuals with pre existing immune issues.

What I am interested in is the study and trial of antivirals in conjunction with zinc especially in early detection of covid and whether large scale treatment in countries has taken place and if its impact on infection is significant but not yet reported by the WHO due to the vaccine rollout in part.

I suspect we will hear more from the WHO on this however its credibility might remain unsure as we remember initially the WHO said covid was not a pandemic and masks were not of any significance initially in reducing transmission due in part because they were getting their information from China.

It already has to some extent, the numbers having lasting symptoms post six months are looking a lot higher than for flu, for example. There’s a few docs going around for peer review around that.

It will take a while to really understand what that means and how to properly mitigate it, it does mean caution still needs to be considered around cases and may well be needed until at least next winter too.

 

[mancity1]

I suspect if there was a causal link in lasting chronic illness to covid on a large scale it would have come to fruition by now.

No doubt like the cold and mores so influenza its likely to have long term effects on a small portion of the population that contract these viruses but these are largely consist of individuals with pre existing immune issues.

What I am interested in is the study and trial of antivirals in conjunction with zinc especially in early detection of covid and whether large scale treatment in countries has taken place and if its impact on infection is significant but not yet reported by the WHO due to the vaccine rollout in part.

I suspect we will hear more from the WHO on this however its credibility might remain unsure as we remember initially the WHO said covid was not a pandemic and masks were not of any significance initially in reducing transmission due in part because they were getting their information from China.

It already has to some extent, the numbers having lasting symptoms post six months are looking a lot higher than for flu, for example. There’s a few docs going around for peer review around that.

It will take a while to really understand what that means and how to properly mitigate it, it does mean caution still needs to be considered around cases and may well be needed until at least next winter too.

I agree but I also think albeit somewhat counter intuitive to covid's that antivirals should be explored.

Some GP's in Australia I have spoken to would recommend and prescribe it to patients it as they do for other diseases if given regulatory approval to do so.

 

[Healdplace]

England 372 hospital deaths by age

First time the over 80s not under 50% in a while. But only just. Literally.

And note the under 60 proportion is still high. It is the 60 - 79s that is low and they are now almost entirely vaccinated so we may start to see changes here too in coming days and weeks.


20 - 39 (2) 0.5%

40 - 59 (40) 10,8%

60 - 79 (144) 38.7%

80 PLUS (186) 50,0%

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Scotland data:


56 deaths - was 49 last week

655 cases - was 773 last week

4.8% positivity - was 6.0% last week

1076 patients - down 65 in day - was 1383 last week

93 ventilated - down 6 in day - was 100 last week

Just an addition - Scotland's 7 day rolling test positivity rate is now below 5% for the first time this year.