Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Naw, shame.

 

[Gabriel]

Sorry mate but it’s pronounced Gauteng.

It’s not difficult, I confess, but you’ve lost me. :-)

 

[Gabriel]

Interesting that the South African government will wait until next week to decide whether to tighten restrictions in the country. It’s currently still at Level 1, the lowest of its five levels.

https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/n...eek-to-re-evaluate-sas-lockdown-restrictions/

 

[Grumpyman]

If Omicron is less severe than the Delta variant then the current rules are just ridiculous.
If a person lives with someone who's had a positive test then they have the following options.

Delta - no isolation needed but daily testing

Omicron - isolate for ten days regardless

So you can get on with your life from the deadlier variant but Omicron you have to live like a hermit again.

 

[SWP's back]

It’s not difficult, I confess, but you’ve lost me. :-)

I could tell you pronounced it wrong in your head when you wrote Gauteng. It’s not Gauteng, it’s Gauteng.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I could tell you pronounced it wrong in your head when you wrote Gauteng. It’s not Gauteng, it’s Gauteng.

South Africans pronounce everything ridiculously, so say it as crazily as you can and you’re probably close to the native pronounciation.

 

[grunge]

If Omicron is less severe than the Delta variant then the current rules are just ridiculous.
If a person lives with someone who's had a positive test then they have the following options.

Delta - no isolation needed but daily testing

Omicron - isolate for ten days regardless

So you can get on with your life from the deadlier variant but Omicron you have to live like a hermit again.

the point is we dont know yet if its more mild, and if it is to what extent. so they are trying to limit the spread of Omicron as much as possible.

If it turns out to be ultra mild then yeah let it rip.

 

[Gremlin]

If Omicron is less severe than the Delta variant then the current rules are just ridiculous.
If a person lives with someone who's had a positive test then they have the following options.

Delta - no isolation needed but daily testing

Omicron - isolate for ten days regardless

So you can get on with your life from the deadlier variant but Omicron you have to live like a hermit again.

You can't just look at severity - if it causes half as many hospitalisations per infection but is 3 times as transmissable then the absolute number of hospitalisations is going to go up. And they don't yet know for sure what the actual factors are yet so are being cautious (for once).

 

[Grumpyman]

the point is we dont know yet if its more mild, and if it is to what extent. so they are trying to limit the spread of Omicron as much as possible.

If it turns out to be ultra mild then yeah let it rip.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not an anti vaxxer, I'm fully vaccinated but its just getting silly now

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not an anti vaxxer, I'm fully vaccinated but its just getting silly now

Grunge is right though. The data isn’t complete yet and so we need to be more cautious whilst the data is configured.

If it is milder, full steam ahead.

 

[Manchester33]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not an anti vaxxer, I'm fully vaccinated but its just getting silly now

It's crazy that there will be thousands of people who aren't isolating, that have a positive case within their household.

 

[Grumpyman]

It's crazy that there will be thousands of people who aren't isolating, that have a positive case within their household.

Who'll think they have nothing more that the winter flu. Even the CDC in the USA have said that Omicron is mild

 

[Grumpyman]

It's crazy that there will be thousands of people who aren't isolating, that have a positive case within their household.

So why can't people who don't have any symptoms not just carry on their lives and just take daily tests?

 

[AlgarveBlu]

My mate who lives around Astley caught covid again last weekend boozing around town and he has just had a further NHS text notification saying that he may have the Omicron variant with a list of instructions what to do. He's 40 and in good shape, first time round when he got covid last October he had an ambulance called out for him and said it was the worse thing he had experienced, this time round he says it's just like a mild cold (he's double vaxxed no booster yet)

 

[splinter]

My mate who lives around Astley caught covid again last weekend boozing around town and he has just had a further NHS text notification saying that he may have the Omicron variant with a list of instructions what to do. He's 40 and in good shape, first time round when he got covid last October he had an ambulance called out for him and said it was the worse thing he had experienced, this time round he says it's just like a mild cold (he's double vaxxed no booster yet)

Great news

 

[Manchester33]

So why can't people who don't have any symptoms not just carry on their lives and just take daily tests?

You can still spread it to others even if you don't have symptoms. The tests aren't great either. My brother had COVID and 4 of his 5 LFT's were negative even after testing positive on the PCR.

It comes down to whether we're bothered about protecting the vulnerable or not. If we are, then it makes sense to isolate if someone in your house has covid. If we're not, then everyone should crack on.

 

[Brightwell’s left peg]

Or Merseyside.

Imagine a Scouse variant, that spread exclusively through spitting and touching car stereos.

If it was scouse Variant, it would be the fault of Chelsea.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

If it was scouse Variant, it would be the fault of Chelsea.

That guy pissing in the fountain was patient zero.

 

[grunge]

Who'll think they have nothing more that the winter flu. Even the CDC in the USA have said that Omicron is mild

Sorry but no they aren't saying it any official capacity, some of our headlines are making it seem that they are saying that tho.

the head of the CDC said data is very limited ( 40 cases they looked at ) but what they have seen is mostly mild. the Caveat being limited data.

Dont get me wrong, there are lots of reports of positives here and long may they continue ( the Norway outbreak looks very positive ), Data out of South Aftica but 40 cases isn't enough to make a judgement call on so caution is the better option for now.

we'll know one way or another soon enough. For me hotspitalisations in South Africa this week are going to be the best signal as we are 1 week after the big spike started. So far looking good but there are a lot of data bias's over there ( average age being 27 being a big one ).

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

My mate who lives around Astley caught covid again last weekend boozing around town and he has just had a further NHS text notification saying that he may have the Omicron variant with a list of instructions what to do. He's 40 and in good shape, first time round when he got covid last October he had an ambulance called out for him and said it was the worse thing he had experienced, this time round he says it's just like a mild cold (he's double vaxxed no booster yet)

Glad your mate feels okay.

Even with reduced 'antibody escape' the fact he's had it before will surely help at least a bit.