Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Cheesy]

I’ve had covid. It was like having flu. Just like every other year.

I don't believe you've had flu every other year.

Frankly, I don't believe you've really had flu if you're that flippant about it.

 

[lancs blue]

How can you tell if you catch the new strain if you have tested positive for Covid in the last 3 months?
My understanding is you are unable to take a PCR test for 3 moths after testing positive so how can you possibly know?

I am concerned that I have a vulnerable mother and son, if Omricon can evade the current vaccine then I could catch it again but have no way to confirm it by a test.

I had covid at the start of last month, I was told by NHS Test and Trace not to have an LFT for 3 months but if I developed symptoms again within that period to go straight for a PCR.

 

[SWP's back]

It would be highly unusual and extremely lucky to find ourselves with a highly infectious variant which causes large drops in vaccine efficacy yet which also results in little or no illness whatsoever.

That wouldn’t be highly unusual. That’s generally what happens and did in 1920 to effectively end that pandemic.

 

[Marvin]

Linear increase or beginning to peak? it's not clear from this. Perhaps signs it's flattening off?

Data from NICD, SA

 

[SWP's back]

Hospitalisations in London surge 26% in a week​

More updates from the capital, where the latest data shows hospitalisations have risen 26% in the last seven days.

The government dashboard showed 1,460 patients with COVID were in hospital in the capital on 16 December, an increase of 297 people from 1,163 a week earlier.
And there were 199 hospital admissions with COVID in London on 14 December, up 34% from 148 a week earlier.

Unsurprising given 40% of London isn’t even double jabbed, let alone triple.

 

[i kne albert davy]

I’ve had covid. It was like having flu. Just like every other year.

It was fuck all like flu when I had it.

 

[HolisticJim]

Aren't a lot of these non vxed people youngsters?

So your advocating letting kids die?
Or is there an amount if NI you think they should have paid before they get treated... That's a dark path to walk down.

I think everyone should be vaccinated and maybe removing things like the ability to get into sporting events or go into pubs will help but I'm not a fan of withholding medical treatment.

 

[Octavian]

Just don’t get why these people beg for the vaccine but don’t take care of them selves in all aspects of there life

Beg for the vaccine?

In what world is following official advice by experts and protecting yourselves begging for the vaccine?

Being overweight put him at a higher risk, the vaccine made sure he didn’t fucking croak it as a result of that higher risk.

Getting the entire population to get fit isn’t realistic in stopping serious illness over a short space of time, a mass vaccine rollout is realistic.

 

[Marvin]

Thing is I only had a bit of a sore arm and a day of grogginess after my first, and absolutely nothing after my second.

Both were Pfizer but I thought Moderna was basically the same thing…

You've probably got more immunity now, when I say that I mean immunity (to the antigen that you've had injected into you) than you did the first and second time. I had Moderna too and got small temperature and headache for 36 hours. It's gone now.

 

[hammocity]

I don't believe you've had flu every other year.

Frankly, I don't believe you've really had flu if you're that flippant about it.

It was fuck all like flu when I had it.

From memory I think you were one of those that survived whilst being very ill from this virus, different perspective, anti vaxers be warned, great you are here to tell the story.