Coronavirus (2022) thread

[Gaylord du Bois]

Data is emerging from Gauteng, where the Omicron COVID strain first surfaced, which is giving experts cause for concern.

According to figures from the South African province, the BA.2 form of the variant has replaced the original BA.1 strain at a fairly rapid pace.

Epidemiologist and senior fellow with the American Federation of Scientists Eric Feigl-Ding says the data is "not a good signal".

While there is no evidence that this subvariant causes more severe illness that BA.1, there are growing indications that it is significantly more transmissible.

He points to a new study from Denmark that indicates BA.2 is one and a half times more contagious than BA.1.

But perhaps the biggest source of experts' fears is that its potential to cause reinfection relatively quickly could prolong the pandemic.

Go to work.

 

[splinter]

Data is emerging from Gauteng, where the Omicron COVID strain first surfaced, which is giving experts cause for concern.

According to figures from the South African province, the BA.2 form of the variant has replaced the original BA.1 strain at a fairly rapid pace.

Epidemiologist and senior fellow with the American Federation of Scientists Eric Feigl-Ding says the data is "not a good signal".

While there is no evidence that this subvariant causes more severe illness that BA.1, there are growing indications that it is significantly more transmissible.

He points to a new study from Denmark that indicates BA.2 is one and a half times more contagious than BA.1.

But perhaps the biggest source of experts' fears is that its potential to cause reinfection relatively quickly could prolong the pandemic.

Fanfuckingtastic..roll on BA.2

 

[SWP's back]

Data is emerging from Gauteng, where the Omicron COVID strain first surfaced, which is giving experts cause for concern.

According to figures from the South African province, the BA.2 form of the variant has replaced the original BA.1 strain at a fairly rapid pace.

Epidemiologist and senior fellow with the American Federation of Scientists Eric Feigl-Ding says the data is "not a good signal".

While there is no evidence that this subvariant causes more severe illness that BA.1, there are growing indications that it is significantly more transmissible.

He points to a new study from Denmark that indicates BA.2 is one and a half times more contagious than BA.1.

But perhaps the biggest source of experts' fears is that its potential to cause reinfection relatively quickly could prolong the pandemic.

Can you please not quote anything that fucking troll says. Eric Fuck-Dong is a broken record. He was wanting everyone locked up in November and December and telling us we’d be seeing thousands dying everyday.

 

[twosips]

Data is emerging from Gauteng, where the Omicron COVID strain first surfaced, which is giving experts cause for concern.

According to figures from the South African province, the BA.2 form of the variant has replaced the original BA.1 strain at a fairly rapid pace.

Epidemiologist and senior fellow with the American Federation of Scientists Eric Feigl-Ding says the data is "not a good signal".

While there is no evidence that this subvariant causes more severe illness that BA.1, there are growing indications that it is significantly more transmissible.

He points to a new study from Denmark that indicates BA.2 is one and a half times more contagious than BA.1.

But perhaps the biggest source of experts' fears is that its potential to cause reinfection relatively quickly could prolong the pandemic.

Here's a thread to counter any Denmark concerns.

 

[inbetween]

Virtue signaling by Tesco and other shops again. They haven't enforced mask wearing to a level that actually works since summer 2020.
BBC News - Tesco encourages shoppers and staff to keep wearing masks

Tesco encourages shoppers and staff to keep wearing masks

UK's largest retailer will encourage people in England to wear masks after rules are relaxed.

www.bbc.co.uk

They don't even make their own staff wear them let alone customers, it's probably because the staff will come out with a list of stupid excuses and exceptions.

Back when I worked in a supermarket (10+ years ago) you were told off if you didn't tuck your work shirt in.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Go to work.

In the office today, well.. till 12 - then Pub all day

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Here's a thread to counter any Denmark concerns.

Denmark's case v rate is 5x ours (!) so you'd expect their incidental rate to be much higher too.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

I’ve basically avoided a lot of the covid malarkey since Christmas, for my own mental health. Being glued to the second by second updates is good for nobody unless you’re a government scientist.

Only just figured out that today is the day masks have officially been sacked off.

Not in Manchester, mate.

Manchester will maintain some measures when Plan B ends, council says

Public health bosses say there is a 'disconnect' in messaging

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

 

[Deleted member 77198]

as far as I have seen infections are growing fastest amongst unvaccinated kids - is that advice based on the fact Javid thinks that staff in staff rooms and staff in corridors are at risk of infection but stood in a room of kids that are unvaccinated of whom one or more may be infected is somehow safer? Have they delivered the what was is 70,000 air purifiers they needed now?

The ventilation of open windows make a huge difference with Covid lingering in the air.

Classrooms usually have windows with openings, corridors often don’t and are more confined for space with much more traffic (and a lot of kids do still wear masks in classrooms n’all).

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Data is emerging from Gauteng, where the Omicron COVID strain first surfaced, which is giving experts cause for concern.

According to figures from the South African province, the BA.2 form of the variant has replaced the original BA.1 strain at a fairly rapid pace.

Epidemiologist and senior fellow with the American Federation of Scientists Eric Feigl-Ding says the data is "not a good signal".

While there is no evidence that this subvariant causes more severe illness that BA.1, there are growing indications that it is significantly more transmissible.

He points to a new study from Denmark that indicates BA.2 is one and a half times more contagious than BA.1.

But perhaps the biggest source of experts' fears is that its potential to cause reinfection relatively quickly could prolong the pandemic.

Bloody hell, more transmissible than this current strain?

If it’s as mild though (although I currently have Covid and I’m rough as fuck and have been for 7 days now… although, is there a possibility I could have caught Delta still despite Omicron being dominant? because this is not mild!), that’ll be a good sign.