Coronavirus (2021) thread

[BlueAnorak]

Of course. What we want is a massive spike deluging our hospitals.

From our youth? Unlikely.

 

[Healdplace]

Todays England hospital data VENTILATORS

England ventilators up 23 to 567 - last week it was up 19 to 489



REGION Rise today / Number today / V last week


EAST Up 5 to 30 V 30

LONDON Down 2 to 129 V 112 The Most in England

MIDLANDS Up 10 to 112 V 90 - Biggest weekly rise

NE & YORKSHIRE Up 6 to 105 V 85

NORTH WEST Down 2 to 120 V 121 Fallen week to week

SOUTH EAST up 2 to 32 V 32

SOUTH WEST up 6 to 34 V 19 - Biggest percentage rise

 

[BlueHammer85]

i thought the idea of the vaccine was to prevent NHS getting flooded

Yes. That’s the idea. Still no guarantee. But at the moment , vaccinations are working against a very strong variant circulating

 

[Gabriel]

I hope as many youth as possible pile in to nightclubs. The quicker the youth cohort gets to to high immunity levels the better.

‘Tearing the pants out of it’ so to speak. Sometimes wonder if that’s what the authorities actually want, but I do fear there could be many cases, particularly in London, where many remain unvaccinated. Is there also not a danger that the more of it there is floating about in concentrated areas, the more vaccinated people are likely to contract it as well? Anxious weeks ahead.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Of course. What we want is a massive spike deluging our hospitals.

? The youth deluging hospitals?

 

[Summerbuzz]

‘Tearing the pants out of it’ so to speak. Sometimes wonder if that’s what the authorities actually want, but I do fear there could be many cases, particularly in London, where many remain unvaccinated. Is there also not a danger that the more of it there is floating about in concentrated areas, the more vaccinated people are likely to contract it as well? Anxious weeks ahead.

This actually makes sense of the policy to me. Clubs are an urban thing. And it's the young urban population that is lagging behind in vaccine take-up.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

? The youth deluging hospitals?

Where do you think the vulnerable catch the virus from?

Thin air?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Where do you think the vulnerable catch the virus from?

Thin air?

Technically, they do.

 

[Gabriel]

This actually makes sense of the policy to me. Clubs are an urban thing. And it's the young urban population that is lagging behind in vaccine take-up.

The problem, however, is that while such a policy might quickly catch that population and afford them a degree of immunity, they don’t live in isolation, so after the initial spike it will impact the wider urban community.

 

[worsleyweb]

The problem, however, is that while such a policy might quickly catch that population and afford them a degree of immunity, they don’t live in isolation, so after the initial spike it will impact the wider urban community.

90 percent plus of people have a degree of immunity either through vaccine or natural antibodies. I think we will see a dramatic fall in cases over the next month and then we are there.