Coronavirus (2021) thread

[jazzy]

They do blanket testing (twice a week PCR test for most care staff + Daily LF tests). Care home residents have been jabbed once Care home workers are being jabbed this week.
Until care home residents have the 2nd jab and 9 days have elapsed residents will still catch the virus.
The virus still gets in. The more community transmission there is the more likely the virus will get in. Dealing with community Covidiots more strictly is the only way to stop that.
The Asymptomatic nature of this disease is a nightmare
First jab will take effect after 14 days(Pfizer) the second is a booster for longer term immunity

 

[grunge]

Yes a massive spike. The cold snap has made it worse too. But they don't have mega vitamin D deficiency like we have so cases don't translate into as many hospitalised and then deaths.

The Dr Campbell videos that discussed VitD in the past pointed out that in hot countries there is actually a lot of VitD deficiency due to people hiding from the sun. A lot of the initial studies into VitD and its benefits were from Spain.

 

[somapop]

That feet pain continues and it’s getting pretty uncomfortable.
Suggests covid toe bit no patches yet....just throbbing, persistent pain.
That paracetamol box has had its work cut out of late...

 

[MillionMilesAway]

That feet pain continues and it’s getting pretty uncomfortable.
Suggests covid toe bit no patches yet....just throbbing, persistent pain.
That paracetamol box has had its work cut out of late...

Are you eating the box? Not sure that's the right way to do it.

Hope you're better soon.

 

[somapop]

Are you eating the box? Not sure that's the right way to do it.

Hope you're better soon.

Everything tastes of cardboard anyway...

 

[kaz7]

That feet pain continues and it’s getting pretty uncomfortable.
Suggests covid toe bit no patches yet....just throbbing, persistent pain.
That paracetamol box has had its work cut out of late...

Stick some frozen peas on them , wrapped in a towel

 

[robbieh]

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Numbers in Spain recently have been just as big if not bigger than the UK, in terms of infections anyway.

41 k new cases today. But my point still stands, essentially apart from a few days in early December when the tier system finished, it seems the UK has been closed whereas here since June bars have been open all the time, although admittedly restricted to 6om at the moment. Can only think the new variant has something to do with it, and also a worry when it takes hold here if it hasn't already.

 

[GornikDaze]

Stick some frozen peas on them , wrapped in a towel

Doesn't that make them harder to swallow? ;)

 

[Healdplace]

Regional Scoreboard summary:

Sadly this was not a good day for the North West.

Only 900 behind London. When 3 weeks ago London was 10,000 ahead shows the improvement there and where the worst of the rising cases have been.

Not at crisis levels but we are looking like days away from the NW officially becoming the worst area in the pandemic.

NW rose today by the most of any region - up 1269 to 5280.

London fell from 10, 020 a week ago to just 6190 after falling steadily.

South East did rise by 896 to 5484 but it too is trending down.

Hopefully this is a one day blip as daily totals do fluctuate. We will see.

 

[BlueAnorak]

This surely can't be right.

It gets confusing between the nations, but England alone hospital deaths peak by date of death was 756, on 12th January.

The peak in admissions was actually on the same day, 4134

756/4134 = 18%

Even with lags etc, there's no way it's 8% I think?

Have I made some obvious error here? Where's your number from?

Daily deaths data by date of death (England)

Statistics » COVID-19 Daily Deaths

Health and high quality care for all, <br />now and for future generations

www.england.nhs.uk

Admissions data

Official UK Coronavirus Dashboard

GOV.UK Coronavirus dashboard

coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Two studies back in October. One in the US and one in the UK.

UK study (March to June)

https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Fulltext/2021/02000/Improving_Survival_of_Critical_Care_Patients_With.5.aspx

US study (March to August)

Trends in COVID-19 Risk-Adjusted Mortality Rates

*Corresponding Author: Leora I Horwitz, MD, MHS; Email: Leora.Horwitz@nyulangone.org; Telephone: 646-501-2685; Twitter: @leorahorwitzmd.

www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com

Things may have improved more with the anti-imflamatary treatments approved since but the critical care report October- December 2020 will tell us that.

You also have to match cases to deaths (as that is the 3 week period) hospitalisation occurs somewhere in between.