Coronavirus (2022) thread

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Got the NHS letter through about getting our kids vaccinated. Can anybody point me to some meaningful information on vaccination in under 12s if it is out there? Would be appreciated.

For us a vaccine was a no brainer, but for the kids I'm wondering if it's needed, for them or for the greater good. Eldest has had the virus twice, very minor symptoms and isolated, youngest like me hasn't had it once but she's terrified of needles and I'd only do that to her if the information suggests it's a really good move for the majority.

On a side note, went to the toy shop with the kids this morning as they wanted to spend some vouchers they'd got, but as the mother in law is again undergoing cancer treatment we decided to mask up as positive cases could delay treatment, which could be significant. Within 4 mins of being in the store some guy comes past us and coughs at us all, and quite obviously. I mean, even if you don't agree with masks now or a year ago, why do that at a family with two small kids?

I was restrained as he nearly got a paw patrol scooter across his head until my wife squeezed my hand in protest. Daft thing is, we could have all tested positive but decided to go to the shops anyway and worn a mask as a 'courtesy' as it was us who were infectious. How's he to know? Ah well, the world spins, bears still crap in the woods and some people remain cretins.
 
UK cases today - covering three days over the weekend and today.

91,304 cases - was 143, 382 last Monday & 215,001 two Mondays ago.

England only - 75,194 - was 122,027 last Monday & 183,459 two Mondays ago.


Testing , of course, is now way down as no longer free.

UK just under 340K V 484K last week V 617K week before

(These test numbers are only for one of the three days - the Monday - but the other two days over the weekend are down much the same).

Deaths today 348 - also covers the same three days

V last week 210 & the week before 217

As you can see and as we knew was coming deaths are well up and hopefully at a peak now as these are from the cases and patient numbers from a week or two ago.

Cases seem to have peaked around 7 days ago even allowing for the fall in testing.

If true then the next few days should see the death numbers start to turn around as well.
 
England hospital data over the weekend:

Admissions (48 hours behind as always - so THU / FRI / SAT)

1999 / 1751 / 1702 V 2124 / 1846 / 1826

So down every day on last week as you can see.

Midlands still the most admitted.

Patients - FRI / SAT / SUN / TODAY


16,366 / 15, 876 / 16.039 / 16,442 V Last Weekend 15,966 / 15, 739 / 15.989 / 16.466

So UP 76 over the weekend V UP 500 over last weekend

North West over the weekend was DOWN 56 to 2473


So patients DOWN 24 Monday to Monday V last Monday when numbers were UP then week to week 1296




Ventilators sadly are rising a little as the cases / patients / ventilator / deaths sequence runs through.

But hopefull this like deaths is reaching the point they will fall again soon.



315 / 323 / 329 / 337 this weekend V 311 / 308 / 306 / 306 last weekend

So a consistant rise over the weekend and up 31 week to week.

Last Monday it was down 13 to 306

Biggest rise over the weekend was in the Midlands from 36 to 47

North West is up second most 32 to 39
 
m7mcfc said:
Is there a bad cold or flu going about as I must have it. Fully expected the tests I have done for Covid to be positive but all have been negative.
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I've been exactly the same, aching, headache runny nose and cough but all tests negative. Missus says man flu and to stop sniffing. Always full of sympathy
 
Nellies left peg said:
I've been exactly the same, aching, headache runny nose and cough but all tests negative. Missus says man flu and to stop sniffing. Always full of sympathy
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Exactly the same symptoms with sneezing episodes too.
I even went out and bought different lateral flow tests as I thought the box in the house was telling lies. Still negative.
 
Just for those in Greater Manchester here is the current state of the ten boroughs by Pop Score (cases evened out V POPulation) Not done this for a few weeks so worth a catch up now cases are falling.

Higher the more Covid there is locally - Lower the better

Borough Today V Last Monday



MANCHESTER 237 V 480

OLDHAM 247 V 399

BOLTON 262 V 457

ROCHDALE 274 V 441

TAMESIDE 301 V 579

SALFORD 308 V 544

BURY 322 V 527

WIGAN 333 V 532

STOCKPORT 360 V 639

TRAFFORD 398 V 627
 
Last post for a few days unless anything big changes.

Here s today's Zoe App Graph. As you can see it is falling but quite slowly and not as fast as it rose.

In fact the rate of fall is actually slower than a few days ago. Preducted cases today on 286,794 down just 3051 - the third day running the fall has been less than the day before.

North West though is now falling more and was top five days ago but is now fifth with all the other North and Midlands regions ahead of it.In order Yorkshire, North East, West MIdlands & East MIdlands are the four all above NW but falling mainly just a little.Whilst NW falling two or three times as much.

The southern regions that rose first were the first tp fall and all below the North & Midlands regions.

The lowest is Scotland though it is actually up a little today.

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Just got back from Seoul in South Korea. They take it all so seriously there still. Felt like stepping back in time. Public alerts on your phone, sanitiser and distancing still, plus the highest mask-uptake in the world. Literally *everyone* was wearing one. I saw so many put their masks back on between bites of food too, with people sat in bars wearing them still while talking to their friends...there's even a curfew in place still, and people can only really visit if they're triple vaccinated. Yet they've got one of the the highest case rates in the world (if not *the* highest).

Thankfully it's a high vaccine uptake so the deaths are low, but it just goes to show that the intervention methods that were maybe useful with the original strain just can't really do anything in the face of Omicron. If they can't stop it, then there's not really much anyone can do other than locking everyone indoors.
 
twosips said:
Just got back from Seoul in South Korea. They take it all so seriously there still. Felt like stepping back in time. Public alerts on your phone, sanitiser and distancing still, plus the highest mask-uptake in the world. Literally *everyone* was wearing one. I saw so many put their masks back on between bites of food too, with people sat in bars wearing them still while talking to their friends...there's even a curfew in place still, and people can only really visit if they're triple vaccinated. Yet they've got one of the the highest case rates in the world (if not *the* highest).

Thankfully it's a high vaccine uptake so the deaths are low, but it just goes to show that the intervention methods that were maybe useful with the original strain just can't really do anything in the face of Omicron. If they can't stop it, then there's not really much anyone can do other than locking everyone indoors.
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Locking everyone indoors as per Shanghai, fucking mental what’s going on in China.
 
Rammy Blue said:
Locking everyone indoors as per Shanghai, fucking mental what’s going on in China.
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Yeah its horrific. I think other than encouraging vaccination uptake and encouraging people to be sensible about socialising if they feel unwell, there's nothing we can really do now anymore. It's insanely contagious and we'd have to change society and how we live, socialise and work dramatically to counter it, and obviously that isn't gonna happen anytime soon
 
As you are here- It looks like hospital patients are now clearly falling.

England down today 311 to 16,131 V 16,552 last Tuesday (which was then a rise on the day of 86)

Down 421 on the week - biggest drop since the second Omicron variant arrived.

Only MIdlands - which had the most deaths today - 87 - was UP by 1 patient. Everywhere else down - East and South East both falling by over 100.

North West down 35 to 2438 - up by just 3 on last Tuesday.

All the indications are falling numbers are not just fewer test related but a real effect as hospital testing is still happening but patients now clearly falling.

England hospital deaths today were 315 V 314 last Tuesday. This is nearly always the biggest day of the week so that looks like clear signs of the final measure on cases - patients - deaths to also now have peaked.

Both Scotland (2118 patients V 2380 last week) & N Ireland (440 V 530 last week) are falling too.

So this does look like a genuine downturn.


Will not post in more detail just updates when news is worth giving as this.
 
twosips said:
Yeah its horrific. I think other than encouraging vaccination uptake and encouraging people to be sensible about socialising if they feel unwell, there's nothing we can really do now anymore. It's insanely contagious and we'd have to change society and how we live, socialise and work dramatically to counter it, and obviously that isn't gonna happen anytime soon
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Think I’m on my 3rd bout of covid, but can’t be arsed doing a test. Current standard symptoms of tickly cough, headaches, fatigue. Fucking bored of it tbh, I’ve been ill on and off for about 6 weeks now.
 
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