Coronavirus (2021) thread

[SWP's back]

They are doing the right thing by delaying these by a month or so. Getting immunity boosted for Omicron was vital without virulence data.
(Except Covid passports which are a total waste of time with Omicron being so infectious.)
The virulence data still isn't confirmed though it now looks fantastically good.

The only purpose of vaccine passports vis a vis Omicron is to make it a pain in the arse to not be triple jabbed. Which I tend to agree with.

 

[SWP's back]

‘ Sir John Bell urged people to look out for a sore throat, aching muscles particularly around the back, a stuffy nose, some stomach upset and loose stools as signs of having Omicron.
“One of the things we do know is the syndrome is rather different,” he said.

Sir Bell, a Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University, said myalgia, which is muscle pain, was a “distinguishing feature” of Omicron and that public health experts did not know why that was.
He said data from South Africa and the Zoe App showed that other unusual symptoms of Omicron include a “bit of gut upset, loose stools and that sort of thing”.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/...t-previous-strains-sir-john-bell-b971904.html

Not sure I’d bother with a LFT after a heavy night out that ends in a curry…

Sore muscle and runny arse!?

turns out I’ve had Omicron for about a decade now.

 

[Octavian]

They won't because vaccines and previous infections give a lot-of protection against serious illness.
People with the equivalent of a bad cold for the most part aren't going to get tested.

I’ve got it and mine now feels like a head cold. In a normal year I’d have gone to city last night and would have been out Christmas shopping with this, it’s just a sniffle now.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

Looks like I’ve tested positive. Most posters would have known this already.
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Was that photographed at Carrington?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Was that photographed at Carrington?

Think it was their evidence that they sent to the FA to get their game called off.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

I think the pass isn’t only about reducing transmission. It’s about inconveniencing those who won’t have the jab to encourage larger take up

It’s a failure of communication then.
Imagine if that becomes the norm? You can only go to the pub/football/cinema if you’ve got X or had Y? I just think it’s a very slippery slope towards authoritarianism and it makes me somewhat uncomfortable.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

They won't because vaccines and previous infections give a lot-of protection against serious illness.
People with the equivalent of a bad cold for the most part aren't going to get tested.

If only that were true.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Johnson press conference tonight at 5.
Here we go, more failed policies to be foisted on the public by this clueless arse.

 

[grunge]

Johnson press conference tonight at 5.
Here we go, more failed policies to be foisted on the public by this clueless arse.

COVID: Highest-ever number of children admitted to hospital in a single day

According to figures, 65 under 18s were admitted to hospital with COVID on 12 December.

uk.yahoo.com

I assume it will be related to this, news out of SA did say it was infecting more younger people.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Johnson press conference tonight at 5.
Here we go, more failed policies to be foisted on the public by this clueless arse.

But but “we’re not living under any restrictions” according to some idiots on here.