The General Covid19 Thread
LT42 Happy Christmas, Vin!
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Who the fuck to believe anymore with this shit, nothing but mixed messages. There is quiet a few articles out there confirming what Jules said.
That Topol guy has been a fear monger from the jump.
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Bollocks… that study is based on U.K. data so far… and there’s v little evidence from this country… the negativity bias at work again. To ignore the South African data is just not credible
Your best bet is to read what the Guardian has to say about and multiple their numbers by 0.1 for something that is a more likely scenario.
Are we not going to base our opinions on how this has panned out in SA, given they are quite a bit ahead of us, in addition to the fact that we have a much, much higher % of people double jabbed/boosted? I will look at this optimistically until it’s proven otherwise. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and quite rightly so but i think we are making a mountain out of a mole hill with Omicron.
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By the way the Imperial study bases it’s results on 1) the proportion of those testing positive who report symptoms and 2) the proportion of positives who end up seeking hospital care….. the first is meaningless because it’s severe infections that matter and the second - in South Africa hospitalisations themselves have been moderate (but not small) but a lot of those were in hospital for a much shorter time (vs the previous delta wave)… you might also have an overly paranoid Joe public right now that has a lower threshold to seek help after the implementation of project fear.
Watch ICU numbers… that’s what really matters imo
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According to my journalist sources, the cabinet are agonising over closing pubs etc before or after Christmas. How about neither, you cunts?
Shit, that’s tough mate. Hope you are all well. Time to break out the Xmas vino I think.
Looks like they don’t marry up you vaccination status, on further reading, I’m exempt. Thank fuck for that.
Along_the_Wire someone must have told them you had contact with them… your missus!!!
Some of this reporting is flat out ridiculous. “No evidence” of this followed by “limited data” that. Shut the fuck up already. All they’re doing is causing confusion and panic.
We had a bunch of health workers attend a wedding, all vaccinated and boosted - all got breakthrough cases with high viral loads. You know what? They’re all perfectly fine, barely any symptoms, and haven’t passed it on to anyone. That is a fact.
Many of the cases that are being found are being found because of required testing for travelling, not because they’re sick. That is a fact.
Viruses mutate, viruses change. That’s what they do. The only reason we’re hearing so much about these changes is because it’s being studied up the wazoo (in real time) and the media is following its “bleeds/leads” script.
If you’re immunocompetent and vaccinated, you don’t have to worry. The vaccine is holding up against hospitalization and death. So there. If you’re not vaccinated well that’s just your problem at this point. For the immunocompromised, they have to be more careful…unfortunately life isn’t fair.
If this results in ANYTHING CLOSE to where we were last year I will personally shoot myself in the face. FACT.
jonattonyeah For the immunocompromised, they have to be more careful…unfortunately life isn’t fair.
On the upside, get well looked after on the vaccine front.
Positively fizzing, if only for a week or two!!
jonattonyeah “ Some of this reporting is flat out ridiculous. “No evidence” of this followed by “limited data” that. Shut the fuck up already. All they’re doing is causing confusion and panic.”… exactly - a lot of people are likely to lose a lot of credibility in the coming weeks