Coronavirus (2021) thread

[mackenzie]

My test came back negative but I still can’t stand up without been off balance! Have no idea what’s up so just lay in bed all day even lifting my head off the pillow makes the room spin

Might be vertigo?

 

[roubaixtuesday]

That's interesting and it wasn't spelt out in the article I read even though it had quotes from the Oxford team.

I think that in the interests of speeding up vaccinations even more then the 15 minute rule is overkill as around 4 million doses have been administered in the UK already with seemingly no issues.

I don't know enough to say anything definitive, but my instincts are also that it's overkill.

However, given
(1) rollout is limited by supply atm and
(2) anything done to reassure vaccine hesitant people is good

It might well be the right thing to do.

 

[inchy14]

We placed too much emphasis on trying to keep the elements of the economy linked to overseas going, whereas in reality if we’d done as you said above we’d have been able to open up our internal economy much quicker which would have had far less an impact. Hindsight.

Yep, and hotels and the rest of the hospitality sector within the U.K. would have been booming with millions taking holidays at home.

 

[inchy14]

Might be vertigo?

Hope not!! He’s a fireman!!

 

[mackenzie]

Hope not!! He’s a fireman!!

Lol!! Seriously though, dizziness ain't good at the top of a ladder! :-(

 

[Healdplace]

England hospital deaths are up but not exceptionally. Though a little more than I had hoped.

And NW as usual very low. Weekend data often not well reported in this region. But even lower this week.

631 up from 508 last week.

42 today from the NW

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

I don't know enough to say anything definitive, but my instincts are also that it's overkill.

However, given
(1) rollout is limited by supply atm and
(2) anything done to reassure vaccine hesitant people is good

It might well be the right thing to do.

Your second point is valid but even if supply is limited currently it is still more beneficial to administer doses as quickly as possible even if we had to pause for a short period if we ran out.

 

[Healdplace]

Scotland data:

0 deaths. Was 3 last week. Rarely any at weekends registered.

1341 cases. Was 1877 last week

At 9,5% positive. A little higher.

Patients up 55 in day to 1918. Easily the most ever in Scottish hospitals with Covid

Icu ventilators up 2 to 147.

The cases as with Wales coming down a bit but are yet to feed into hospital numbers or death, which will always come afterwards, of course.

To see how drastically the post Christmas rise has been:

On Christmas Eve there were 1008 in hospital - now 24 days later there are 1918. Almost double.

And there were 55 on ventilator beds - now 147 - almost triple in 24 days.

Suggesting more going in are ending up in icu. A bit concerning as it mirrors what has occurred in London.

 

[Healdplace]

Northern Ireland data:

25 deaths. Was 17 last Sunday.

822 cases. Was 1112 last Sunday.

At 27.2% positivity. Which is about what it has been here. Always fewer tests so higher percentage. It was 31,2% with those 1112 cases for comparison,

 

[Blue Maverick]

Might be vertigo?

Could be but I’ve never had it before don’t know why it would suddenly start