hugopal I can’t be arsed digging everything up, but to imply that your issues are just down to vaccination rates for the under 50s, really doesn’t pass my sniff test.

    Along_the_Wire that’s the only one source for anything close to that much lower ballpark.

    Public Health England’s report is literally the government’s official report on the subject - they publish it every year - and is where the news outlets appear to take their queues from (and also why would NHS Greenwich use the wrong figures?!! ). It’s not just a one-off answer lacking in context.

    Weren’t you just complaining about negative reporting on covid figures as well? Seems odd that you’re suddenly now so determined to only believe a minority of reported figures that paint covid in a more unfavourable light by contrast.

        hugopal No mate, I’m just sick to fucking death of people comparing Covid to flu to justify their positions.

          hugopal And herd immunity will be reached in time for winter.

          Uuuh the rate at which variants present themselves prevents herd immunity from being a reality, and we know that the unvaccinated promote the spread of the virus which in turn promotes mutation.

              Along_the_Wire it’s a one-off snapshot answer where they don’t post where they actually found the numbers. It’s the only place that seems to have published a number anywhere close to that ballpark. All other reports and articles on the subject have thighs completely different.

              Again, no idea what the bloke at the ONS answering desk that day has managed to do there, but the government’s own annual report 100% dedicated to the issue of monitoring flu numbers puts annual flu deaths at typically 10x that.

                  hugopal Like I said, I suits you. The ONS is an incredibly solid organisation. Pick it up with them. Either way, comparing covid to flu gets in my fucking tits.

                      zackster Uuuh the rate at which variants present themselves prevents herd immunity from being a reality

                      Vaccines and antibodies are generally effective to a significant degree across differing mutations of the same virus.

                      How long the antibodies and the vaccines last isn’t entirely clear, but given when mostly people last got their jabs and/or got infected those should carry through until next winter.

                      Maybe next summer people will require top-ups again, who knows. It will depend on the direction covid takes.

                          hugopal You’ve also given me three sources, one of which is The Sun and another the Greenwich NHS. I’ve had an awful tedious day on here thanks to you and fucking Funky - I’m going to read a book. A book of fiction.

                              Along_the_Wire Either way, comparing covid to flu gets in my fucking tits.

                              Which is again just weird because you complain about the overly negative and pessimistic reporting of Covid stats, yet when I show you valid stats which also demonstrate how the statistical threat of covid is still now being misrepresented you wish to bury your head in the sand again and assume it to appear deadlier than it actually is.

                                  hugopal how many people typical die of flu (with your stats) versus actual covid in a 12 month period? 10 times? How many people would’ve died of both without the lock downs. I don’t get the fucking point of comparing them.

                                      Along_the_Wire for sure last year with the initial wave and no vaccinations covid killed more than those who typically die in a flu season, but with the way the mortality rate is running now my guess is that the 12 month period starting from once the vaccinations got underway, say March, to March next year, will have overall covid deaths in the same range as a typical 12 month period of flu deaths.

                                        ATW I’m only having a moan regarding vax passports I do not support that.

                                        MSM here in NI are going on about NHS pressure’s already but it’s a shambles anyway.

                                        hugopal Vaccines and antibodies are generally effective to a significant degree across differing mutations of the same virus.

                                        This is not accurate. While vaccines are effective against all current variants, naturally occurring antibodies are not. USA super congressman and unvaccinated king Clay Higgins has just contracted his second bout of COVID in about 6 months.

                                        hugopal How long the antibodies and the vaccines last isn’t entirely clear, but given when mostly people last got their jabs and/or got infected those should carry through until next winter.

                                        This is also not accurate as both Pfizer and ModeRNA are expected to have booster shots ready by the fall. A shot at least once a year is what is on offer, and the longer people refuse to get a jab the longer and more frequently we will need shots.

                                              I think people need to think carefully about what relationship they want with the government, in the long term.

                                              Principles that are important, such as informed consent and rejection of a national ID card, are basically being thrown away. Once they’ve gone, those powers will not be clawed back easily if at all.

                                              This is not a medical issue, but one of political philosophy.

                                              I say this as someone who is vaccinated and also has to basically use a COVID passport (in its infancy) to travel, which I do, but not without reservations.

                                              This once in a 100 year event absolutely requires mandatory vaccination.

                                              Thanks for your eloquently argued point, sorry, standard dickheaded statement Zackster.