Coronavirus (2021) thread

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paulchapo said:
That's baffling and makes you wonder why. As covid is transmitted basically the same way, as far as I'm aware, could flu be also showing up as covid, or somehow merged with it and covid being the dominant factor being registered as covid?

I guess some people who may have gone to a doctor's with flu probably didn't due to the difficulty of actually getting to see a doctor. Also the extra sanitary precautions must have helped to limit it's spread.
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Isn’t it the effect of social distancing and the greater transmissibility of Covid as opposed to flu?
 
kaz7 said:
The number of people suffering from the flu in England has plunged by more than 95% to levels not seen for 130 years.

Data experts at the Royal College of General Practices (RCGP) said that in the third week of January - usually a peak time for the flu - the number of flu-like illnesses reported to doctors was 0.9 per 100,000 people compared with a five-year average of 27.

news.sky.com

COVID-19: Lockdowns and new health habits help number of flu sufferers fall to 130-year low

Out of 3.9 million patients at 385 GP practices across England last week, only 35 had the flu.
news.sky.com news.sky.com

I can see us naturally reverting to social distancing every winter , that would be a good thing
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A good thing? How could that possibly be a good thing
 
Could anyone who's recently purchased an oximeter please give me their recommendation/link for theirs? The link for the one I'd bought is out of stock.
I'm looking at getting one for my grandson who has quite severe asthma of late.
The poor little fella's in hospital for a second night tonight because of it. He's ok and in good spirits. I just think mum and dad would be well served by having one.
 
kaz7 said:
To clarify i was thinking about supermarkets and not hugging strangers , washing hands a lot and maybe masks , that sort of thing , i didnt think the rest through tbf
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Fair enough. I agree with that. And I only hug strangers when City score! God I miss that!
 
Rammy Blue said:
We know exactly what he said, but he made a big deal out of it which was an unnecessary pop at worsley, and now has a sense of humour failure when there is a bit of banter.

But tbh, your post probably isn’t helping either as it’s dragging it on.

I suggest this is the end of it and we all just move on as bottom line is, as cleavers also said, that the vaccine rollout has been fantastic and it’s all good.
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yes let’s just have a punch up at the meet up and draw a line under it!
 
Healdplace said:
By the looks of it Captain Tom is in hospital because of battling pneumonia for a week or two and not as a result of the the Covid positive result. On a ward too. Not icu. Which is good.

Not sure why I am surprised (as he should be on it but isn't) yet there is a list out there of when every elderly celeb has had their vaccination!

Wonders of the internet age - sponsored by Nosey Sods inc.
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I'd also question the wisdom of his family taking him with them to spend Xmas in Barbados.......
 
Gaylord du Bois said:
Could anyone who's recently purchased an oximeter please give me their recommendation/link for theirs? The link for the one I'd bought is out of stock.
I'm looking at getting one for my grandson who has quite severe asthma of late.
The poor little fella's in hospital for a second night tonight because of it. He's ok and in good spirits. I just think mum and dad would be well served by having one.
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I got mine from amazon , plenty on there , they are all much of a muchness , they all give you the o2 level which is the main thing
 
kaz7 said:
I got mine from amazon , plenty on there , they are all much of a muchness , they all give you the o2 level which is the main thing
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That was my initial thought. I wasn't sure if maybe Boots or the like was the way to go. Just looking for a recommendation really.
 
kaz7 said:
To clarify i was thinking about supermarkets and not hugging strangers , washing hands a lot and maybe masks , that sort of thing , i didnt think the rest through tbf
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I agree, some of these things are good for us all, I know I'll be continuing with them, for my own sake. Keeping the number of things I touch to a minimum, cleaning supermarket trolley handles, sanitizing hands where necessary, can't see a problem.
 
Gaylord du Bois said:
Could anyone who's recently purchased an oximeter please give me their recommendation/link for theirs? The link for the one I'd bought is out of stock.
I'm looking at getting one for my grandson who has quite severe asthma of late.
The poor little fella's in hospital for a second night tonight because of it. He's ok and in good spirits. I just think mum and dad would be well served by having one.
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Bought a cheap one off ebay who which does seem to give the same results as expensive stuff at work (if you put your finger the right way up)
www.ebay.co.uk

Fingertip Pulse Oximeter Blood Oxygen Saturation SpO2 Finger PR Monitor Meter UK | eBay

Display mode: Digital. Due to the different monitor and light effect, the actual color of the item might be slightly different from the color showed on the pictures. Lightweight and easy to carry. If item is defective after 3 months, you can still send it back to us.
www.ebay.co.uk
 
twosips said:
Nah. Telling people to give up on christmas every year and be on their own throughout the dark months? Zero chance of society accepting that miserable existence. What I hope is that now we have the MRNA vaccines we could actually produce better flu vaccines tbh. That'd be a real win. Dunno if it's possible, but it surely is.
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Zero chance I’m ever giving up Christmas.
 
GM Scoreboard:

1212 - up 174 from 1038, 39.4% of North West Total which rose only by 103 to 3077. And was the highest of every region in England today. Including London. 0.2% rise on yesterday,

3 wks v 2 wks v last wk v Today:- 1860 v 1294 v 1076 v 1212. First increase week to week in a while.



Pop Score is cases across whole pandemic v 100,000 people - rises daily but lower the better.

Weekly Pop is same measure across last 7 days only. Can rise or fall depending on if more cases or less occur today v the same day last week.


Either way Up is bad, down is good.



Manchester 240 – up from 219. Total 45, 675. Weekly 1694. Pop score up 44 to 8262. Weekly Pop down 3 to 307.

Wigan 155 - up from 133. Total cases 24, 934. Weekly 882. Pop score up 48 to 7587. Weekly Pop up 7 to 269.

Bolton 133 - up from 112. Total cases 21, 618. Weekly 835. Pop score up 46 to 7518. Weekly Pop up 16 to 287.

Stockport 119 - up from 106. Total cases 17, 396. Weekly 779. Pop score up 41 to 5929. Stays out of the 6000 club but only for at best a couple of days more. Weekly Pop up 4 to 266.

Tameside 108– up from 85. Total cases 15, 314. Weekly 675. Pop score up 47 to 6761. Weekly Pop up 13 to 298.
Just stays in the 200s.

Salford 102 - down from 103. Total cases 19, 699. Weekly 752. Pop score up 40 to 7611. Weekly Pop down 1 to 291.

Oldham 99- up from 68. Total cases 20, 005. A fourth borough tops 20 K Covid cases in past 10 months. Weekly 589. Pop score up 42 to 8437. Weekly Pop up 10 to 258.

Trafford 79 - up from 78. Total cases 14, 346. Has quietly become the borough with the lowest cases in GM as Bury had its blip. A run of 8 days sub 100 has helped. Weekly 555. Pop score up 33 to 6044. Picks up another 8 on Stockport's overall pop score lead cutting it to 115. Weekly Pop down 3 to 234. Best weekly Pop score in GM.

Rochdale 76 - up from 71. Total cases 18,178. Weekly 579. Pop score up 34 to 8173.Weekly Pop down 7 to 260.

Bury 61- down from 63. Total cases 14, 811. Weekly 501. Lowest weekly total. Pop score up 32 to 7755. Lowest rise today. Weekly Pop up 2 to 257.


A few ups and downs today but nothing too drastic.
 
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