Coronavirus (2021) thread

[M18CTID]

Not really because that would be to address a different subject than I did.

Sorry but you’ve lost me

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Interesting piece in the Times this morning about the number of unvaccinated taking up hospital beds and the impact that has on medical staff who cannot treat others requiring immediate care.

Must be a huge challenge on remaining non-judgemental.

This was covered on Radio 5 this morning too. I think they reported that between 20 - 30% of intensive care beds were being taken up Covid sufferers who were mostly unvaccinated. It’s having a big knock on impact on other health care and operations like you said

 

[hammocity]

Certainly sounds promising that Omicron won’t be that bad.

With 6.5 billion Rag fans around the world and the sacking of Noddy the Paperboy they should have named the latest variant as “Oli’s Gone” not “Omicron”.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Latest from John Burn-Murdoch

- continued very rapid exponential case growth
- too early to say much on severity vs delta; confounding of age profile and prior immunity makes it impossible.

 

[Tommy_Catons_Perm]

Maybe If these antiviral pills work it could mean that in a few years only the vulnerable and elderly will have to have the vaccine like with the flu jab and all the rest of the population who get Covid you have this Antiviral pill that stops them getting really ill and ending up in hospital!?

Except for the anti anti viral pillers.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

And a rather technical thread on relative growth vs delta. Using various different methodologies:

Rt ~4 in South Africa quite consistently.
Rt ~3 in the UK.

The UK estimate is very, very uncertain.

These are extremely high numbers corresponding to doubling times well below a week. We need to hope the UK doesn't pan out that way.

 

[SWP's back]

Very early but interesting perspective from the ground.

Very promising and goes some way to negating the usefulness of the graphs that show admissions through the roof.

 

[SWP's back]

But if you're hesitant because one of them as proven to cause blood clots

That’s not very accurate is it.

 

[hgblue]

Interesting piece in the Times this morning about the number of unvaccinated taking up hospital beds and the impact that has on medical staff who cannot treat others requiring immediate care.

Must be a huge challenge on remaining non-judgemental.

Latest ONS stats show the majority of covid hospitalisations and deaths are now vaccinated.

 

[SWP's back]

Latest ONS stats show the majority of covid hospitalisations and deaths are now vaccinated.

1) Do you have a link for that because the latest I can find is this:

Most people admitted to hospital with Covid-19 are vaccinated - Full Fact

The vaccines are not perfect, and the vast majority of vulnerable people have been vaccinated, so the small proportion who get seriously ill still amount to a lot of people.

fullfact.org

2) It’s also only to be expected given the % of those at risk that vaccinated.

Why most people who now die with Covid in England have had a vaccination | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters

Don’t think of this as a bad sign, it’s exactly what’s expected from an effective but imperfect jab

www.theguardian.com