LOL Oakland caved to business interests. No vaccine requirement until February 1st.

Which is pointless.

Jules72 this is a hugely positive study

I agree which is why I think there’s light at the end of the tunnel. If he’s wrong (in your opinion) about the data in the paper then that’s not my problem to be fair. I’m not going to argue with anyone over factors of 0.3.

      LT rooting for a negative Omicron outcome just to win an internet argument.

      • LT42 replied to this.

        Jules72 SGTF infections diagnosed between 1 October and 30 November 2021 compared to Delta infectionsdiagnosed between April and November 2021 had a lower odds of severe disease (aOR 0.3, 95% CI 0.2-0.5)

        Just checking my maths here… So these findings would suggest that in those that are hospitalised, with Omicron you’re 30% LESS likely to experience ‘severe disease’ and the 95% confidence interval is that it might be as low as 20% less likely, but might be as high as 50% less likely?

        Severe disease = hospitalisation? ICU admission? Something in-between?

            zackster I forget what we were discussing tbh, my tedium meter will need a proper fixing.

              LT42 I agree [that this is a hugely positive study]

              Which then circles back to my original point - which was that it was therefore very strange why you originally only highlighted the one negative claim in the study (which turns out to be spurious) by way of an attempt to summarise its findings.

              Case closed.

              • LT42 replied to this.

                  Are there any papers out there analysing the impact of drinking bottles of Becks on the Virus, aka the Mark Fowler Theory?

                    hugopal the one negative claim

                    No it isn’t, dickhead. Case closed.

                      Funky Don’t panic, you’re restricted to only 30 people in any one household!

                        vinnyt77 the executive summary is: covid is nearly over .. if that helps 🤓

                          Hursty The Guardian is awful and it’s been consistently and massively wrong throughout the whole pandemic. Cunts.

                              Along_the_Wire The Guardian is awful and it’s been consistently and massively wrong throughout the whole pandemic. Cunts.

                              Have to say I’m going right off it.

                              Jay Rayner aside that is.

                                Its the spectre of widespread absenteeism in the public services and the wider economy as a result of Omicrom that will guarantee the circuit breaker