Coronavirus (2022) thread

[Healdplace]

Covid was never named in that 2015 ALICE exercise. it was an exercise to see what would happen if there was a MERS outbreak / pandemic.

just For reference. Naming wise.

Naming the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it

An explanation of the official names for the corona virus disease (COVID-2019) and the virus that causes it.

www.who.int

SARS-CoV-2 is the virus. Its a Novel Coronavirus, as in the virus is in the Coronavirusfamily but is new to humans so it was calssed as Novel as no human immunity was expected.

COVID-19 is the disease the virus causes.

They didn't want to call it SARS-19 due to the 2003 SARS outbreak so they named it COVID.


Edit: Sorry I just noticed there had been comments on this alreayd.

No problem, that was a very helpful reply. Thank you for clarifying.

 

[mcfc_ms]

When is the next covid briefing from the Government on rule changes, returning to work etc?

 

[Manc in London]

Cheers. Part of me thinks "sod it, let's just mingle in our household and all get it".

That's the approach we took in our household. My reasoning being it will catch up with all of us and we received a booster about 10 days after the first case at home. May as well it be (micron than another variant :) Part of my consideration was that one period of isolation is better than three of them (three of us in the household).

It was frustrating as the little in and missus caught Covid but I tested negative (via LFT). I did have the same symptoms as the missus who did test positive. I can only think it is superior genes.

 

[kaz7]

Dare we criticise some of the NHS Staff? All the absenteeism after New Year and all they had to do was say they’d been in contact with someone who had Covid and that’s a nice little holiday on full pay. Obviously not just NHS but looking at the numbers definitely some of them, banging pots and pans was never for me, they stepped up to the plate when required but after all it’s their job, just like a Soldier who goes into battle, don’t expect it but that’s what the training is for.

Lol

 

[BlueHammer85]

When is the next covid briefing from the Government on rule changes, returning to work etc?

A review of "Plan B" restrictions in England could go ahead this week, a senior government source has said.

The measures are currently set in place until at least 26 January after they were introduced in December to try to curb the spread of the Omicron variant.

 

[M18CTID]

Covid was never named in that 2015 ALICE exercise. it was an exercise to see what would happen if there was a MERS outbreak / pandemic.

just For reference. Naming wise.

Naming the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it

An explanation of the official names for the corona virus disease (COVID-2019) and the virus that causes it.

www.who.int

SARS-CoV-2 is the virus. Its a Novel Coronavirus, as in the virus is in the Coronavirusfamily but is new to humans so it was calssed as Novel as no human immunity was expected.

COVID-19 is the disease the virus causes.

They didn't want to call it SARS-19 due to the 2003 SARS outbreak so they named it COVID.


Edit: Sorry I just noticed there had been comments on this alreayd.

One question I would like the conspiracy theorists to answer but they never seem able to is why weren't they all spouting their hoax virus shite during that 2003 SARS outbreak in the Far East? I think we all know the reason but not a chance that any of them are ever going to admit to it.

 

[Healdplace]

85 deaths - up from 77 last Monday

England only 63 - was 55 last Monday

84.429 cases - first rise in 5 days.

Up 9398 on yesterday - but down from 142,224 last week by 57,795

England only 74,249 - up 7976 on yesterday - but down from 115.998 last week by 41,749

 

[Octavian]

When is the next covid briefing from the Government on rule changes, returning to work etc?

I’ve just read imminently. Current restrictions are for next 10 days and that will be the end of it.
Hopefully for good!

 

[Healdplace]

England hospital numbers today

Good and bad news. On the whole good.When you look behind the headline numbers.

Every region rose today. But most modestly and less than last Monday

Monday is always the biggest rise pretty well every week for obvious reasons.

Up 249 on yesterday to 16,621. Last Monday the rise was 721 to 17,120 - so down 499 week to week.

Hopefully it will do what happened last week and most weeks when things are more 'normal' fall Tuesday to Friday.

Every region rose today - London rose by 73 to 3537, Midlands the most by 80 to 3122 and North West rose by 49 to 3092.

Ventilators also rose by 4 to 623 - last Monday they rose by 3 to 707.

London still by far the most on 219 (up 8) - nearly a third of them all

South West has fallen to a third of where it was 2 weeks ago to just 23.

North West is also falling and down another 9 today to 65.

THAT is the lowest number on ventilators in the North West since 14 JUNE.

Just 65 out of 3092 on venilator beds is the lowest patient to ventilator ratio I can recall seeing. It means around 98% of patients in hospital with Covid in the NW are NOT on ventilators. And likely will not be there for more than a few days.

For comparison this day in 2021 NW had 383 on ventilators from 4151 patients - a VERY different picture.

 

[Healdplace]

All the other data will be on the other thread as usual but these numbers above are the key day to day now.