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.

      Jules72 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.

      The news has been fucking woeful over the last week or two, negative as fuck!

      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

        jonattonyeah should be interesting to see if there’s any uptick after this weekend there, Metallica doing two nights in Chase Center celebrating their 40th anniversary. Everyone needs to be vaccinated (which is why Jim Breuer won’t be hosting like he did the 30th), but there will be fans from all over the world.

          Homegrove

          SFDPH has been overly cautious throughout all of this. It’s why we’ve done so well (that and people actually doing what’s asked of them). If there was any major concern about the concert, they would pull the plug in two seconds. Chase has also been packed for Warriors basketball games for a month-plus now.

          If you’re vaccinated, you’re good to go. Will be interesting to see how they handle vaccine cards not from California. Here we use an app that is linked to an EMR. You can’t fudge that with a fake card. They might just do LF tests for those where there’s any question or concern.

          And we’re expecting an uptick in cases and hospitalizations over the next few weeks due to the holidays. That’s just how it’s going to go. That’s okay given we’re likely to have the capacity to address it.

            jonattonyeah they’re streaming both concerts on Amazon Prime, which makes me happy. Somebody commented on r/metallica : “Fuck Jeff Bezos. Also thank you Jeff Bezos.”

              Homegrove Somebody commented on r/metallica : “Fuck Jeff Bezos. Also thank you Jeff Bezos.”

              Nice to see some balance on the internet for a change!

              jonattonyeah Viruses mutate, viruses change.

              Said it before… we’ll get a variant that is super transmissible and kills kids, and then the world will tear itself apart.

                Just got the booster. All good so far.

                  Homegrove interesting to see if there’s any uptick after this weekend there, Metallica doing two nights in Chase Center

                  Lots of snot and spit at a proper Metallica gig. Bounds to be a bump somewhere.

                    According to my journalist sources, the cabinet are agonising over closing pubs etc before or after Christmas. How about neither, you cunts?

                      Along_the_Wire Absolute shitshow, 3 jabs down and they are talking about these kind of measures

                      How to have a lock down, without calling it a lock down and giving anyone any financial support? It’s a tricky one for the fat useless ball sack, but I’m sure whatever he chooses to do, he won’t take any responsibility for it and will just try to bluster his way out of it once it’s turned to shit. The complete cunt.