Coronavirus (2021) thread

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

If we compare todays positive test numbers (27,000) to the last time they were at that level on a rising curve (17 Dec) then daily hospitalisations are 14% of what they were then and daily deaths are 6% of what we saw then. probably also worth noting that we are doing 3 times as many tests as were being done on a daily basis as then which might account for some of the difference (though many of the extras will be lateral flow tests which aren't as accurate).

Overall, therefore, still looks like the link between cases and hospitalisations/deaths remains severely weakened. However, there may still be localised pressure of certain hospitals/trust areas.

The pressure isn’t being caused by Covid patients but by Covid measures. Beds down by a quarter due to social distancing, many more patients turning up than usual as they’ve not been able to access much secondary care for 15 months, as well as more and more staff, and their children, being sent home to self isolate, and all following 10 years austerity…..

 

[roubaixtuesday]

The pressure isn’t being caused by Covid patients but by Covid measures

It's both, isn't it?

And there's plenty of complaint here about infections picked up in hospital. Presumably, without the measures, that would be worse still...

 

[Bluesince1979]

The pressure isn’t being caused by Covid patients but by Covid measures. Beds down by a quarter due to social distancing, many more patients turning up than usual as they’ve not been able to access much secondary care for 15 months, as well as more and more staff, and their children, being sent home to self isolate, and all following 10 years austerity…..

Had to take my little girl to stepping hill last night (shes fine) … mobbed!!! With kids.

in the nurses words “seeing more children than ever before with non covid virus’, we think its because there immune systems are weak because theyve not been mixing the same”.

What a total fucking mess

 

[dozzie26]

Turns out I've had one of the Indian AIDS batch jabs as my first dose. There goes our fucking holiday end of this month.

 

[splinter]

Had to take my little girl to stepping hill last night (shes fine) … mobbed!!! With kids.

in the nurses words “seeing more children than ever before with non covid virus’, we think its because there immune systems are weak because theyve not been mixing the same”.

What a total fucking mess

Fucking nuts..

 

[splinter]

Turns out I've had one of the Indian AIDS batch jabs as my first dose. There goes our fucking holiday end of this month.

Checked mine earlier..not Indian, feel for you. What an absolute cluster fuck

 

[Healdplace]

Hospital data up too. 331 admissions on Wednesday - up from 214 last week - 81 admitted from NW - also recent high.

Patients up by 51 to 1611 - last week was up 10 to 1284.

327 increase week to week which is rising again.

London, Midlands and Yorkshire all FALL in numbers from yesterday, NW up 16 to top 500 at 514 v 429 last week.


Ventilators up big too by 18 to 297,

London falls 4 to 70, Midlands up 4 to 45 NE & Yorkshire up 5 to 39 - but the NW is sadly the worst today - UP by 13 to 104 - its highest number in months v 87 last week.

Disappointing news,

The other nations :-

N Ireland 26 patients up from 21 yesterday & 16 last week / Ventilators 1 down from 2 yesterday but up from 0 last week

Scotland 285 patients up from 275 yesterday & 188 last week / Ventilators 19 up 3 on yesterday & last week

Wales 44 patients up 5 from yesterday and from 42 last week / Ventilators 3 up from 2 yesterday and 1 last week,

So These total 355 patients up from 335 yesterday and 246 last week

And 23 ventilators up from 20 yesterday and 17 last week


So UK Totals:

Patients 1966 today v 1895 yesterday & 1530 last week

Ventilators 320 today v 299 yesterday & 255 last week

 

[Tonster]

Turns out I've had one of the Indian AIDS batch jabs as my first dose. There goes our fucking holiday end of this month.

Not necessarily. It’ll be sorted by then no doubt. Some countries already accept it (including Spain)

Covid: PM confident of no problem over India jab travel

The UK regulator has shared data on the Covishield jab with its European counterpart, No 10 says.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[dozzie26]

Not necessarily. It’ll be sorted by then no doubt. Some countries already accept it (including Spain)

Covid: PM confident of no problem over India jab travel

The UK regulator has shared data on the Covishield jab with its European counterpart, No 10 says.

www.bbc.co.uk

As long as there's no health risk I'm not too arsed. Just a fucking pain that I've sorted leave and starting a new job around being able to go away and now this. Can't trust our govt to organise fuck all.

 

[paulchapo]

I think your figures nail any argument about promoting the testing stats to the public. I understand that we may still need to record testing figures but we should stop calling them "cases" and the communications messages should just stress hospitalisations, discharges, and deaths.

Almost everything is open now and most places are packed with no social distancing and mask wearing hit and miss, more miss really. We have to plough on now. Keep vaccinating and stay open. Everybody knew cases would rise once things opened and that was before the Delta varient. The worried and vulnerable if they choose to stay at home. Society has to get on with life.