Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Naw, shame.

 

[Gabriel]

Sorry mate but it’s pronounced Gauteng.

It’s not difficult, I confess, but you’ve lost me. :-)

 

[Gabriel]

Interesting that the South African government will wait until next week to decide whether to tighten restrictions in the country. It’s currently still at Level 1, the lowest of its five levels.

https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/n...eek-to-re-evaluate-sas-lockdown-restrictions/

 

[Grumpyman]

If Omicron is less severe than the Delta variant then the current rules are just ridiculous.
If a person lives with someone who's had a positive test then they have the following options.

Delta - no isolation needed but daily testing

Omicron - isolate for ten days regardless

So you can get on with your life from the deadlier variant but Omicron you have to live like a hermit again.

 

[SWP's back]

It’s not difficult, I confess, but you’ve lost me. :-)

I could tell you pronounced it wrong in your head when you wrote Gauteng. It’s not Gauteng, it’s Gauteng.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I could tell you pronounced it wrong in your head when you wrote Gauteng. It’s not Gauteng, it’s Gauteng.

South Africans pronounce everything ridiculously, so say it as crazily as you can and you’re probably close to the native pronounciation.

 

[grunge]

If Omicron is less severe than the Delta variant then the current rules are just ridiculous.
If a person lives with someone who's had a positive test then they have the following options.

Delta - no isolation needed but daily testing

Omicron - isolate for ten days regardless

So you can get on with your life from the deadlier variant but Omicron you have to live like a hermit again.

the point is we dont know yet if its more mild, and if it is to what extent. so they are trying to limit the spread of Omicron as much as possible.

If it turns out to be ultra mild then yeah let it rip.

 

[Gremlin]

If Omicron is less severe than the Delta variant then the current rules are just ridiculous.
If a person lives with someone who's had a positive test then they have the following options.

Delta - no isolation needed but daily testing

Omicron - isolate for ten days regardless

So you can get on with your life from the deadlier variant but Omicron you have to live like a hermit again.

You can't just look at severity - if it causes half as many hospitalisations per infection but is 3 times as transmissable then the absolute number of hospitalisations is going to go up. And they don't yet know for sure what the actual factors are yet so are being cautious (for once).

 

[Grumpyman]

the point is we dont know yet if its more mild, and if it is to what extent. so they are trying to limit the spread of Omicron as much as possible.

If it turns out to be ultra mild then yeah let it rip.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not an anti vaxxer, I'm fully vaccinated but its just getting silly now

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not an anti vaxxer, I'm fully vaccinated but its just getting silly now

Grunge is right though. The data isn’t complete yet and so we need to be more cautious whilst the data is configured.

If it is milder, full steam ahead.