Coronavirus (2021) thread

[lee_wsm]

Very scary figures today

 

[BlueAnorak]

Fucking hell

Sorry to say but 8% or so of those hospitalised die. It was 26% back in the 1st wave so thats an improvement.
Of todays 3,887 admitted to hospital, 311 will die in the coming weeks.

 

[BlueAnorak]

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2 massive spikes exactly 4 days after xMas day and New years eve. It clearly spread it as predicted.

but thankfully, so far, doesn't seem to have translated directly into hospitalisations, or at least no noticable spikes 2 weeks after those.

The one 4 days after Christmas matches a corresponding dip on Christmas - so statistically it is purely a case tssting/reporting lag.

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

Especially as every day passes has more people having jabs and their immunity kicking in, it’s just not going to happen overnight, but I’m sure in 2 weeks time we should be looking better.

totally agree.

the other inconvenient truth is lots of transmission is in hospitals. A lot of people go into hospital for something else and end up catching Covid. My aunt did.

now that health care workers have been vaccinated this will really help with the spread of Covid in hospitals which is going to be a big help With the numbers.

the vaccination numbers are also high again today after a dip in recent days .347k.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Sorry to say but 8% or so of those hospitalised die. It was 26% back in the 1st wave so thats an improvement.

Need to be really careful with those sorts of claims - In the first wave they were only really admitting critical patients at the peak, as I understand it. This time around people are getting admitted earlier in the course of the disease. I'm not saying things haven't improved, just that need to take care interpreting raw figures

 

[grunge]

The one 4 days after Christmas matches a corresponding dip on Christmas- so it is purely a case tssting/reporting lag.

Its by sample date. so its the date the person took a test. its only the "reported date" ones that suffer that lag and catch up.

 

[kaz7]

Sorry to say but 8% or so of those hospitalised die. It was 26% back in the 1st wave so thats an improvement.

It is the front line staff i feel really sorry for ,this has taken a heavy toll on their mental health

 

[cleavers]

Political debate is in the political forum, thanks.

 

[twosips]

Political debate is in the political forum, thanks.

Still not seen one good reason why this isn't an overtly political discussion.

 

[cleavers]

2 massive spikes exactly 4 days after xMas day and New years eve. It clearly spread it as predicted.

Cases by specimen update for several days after the day as data catches up, it's happened every Tuesday and Wednesday since April, so the +4 days is misleading, as it's just catch ups.