https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-59832843 In South Africa they think they may have peaked with the omicron variant, and considering they are a couple of weeks ahead of us it will be interesting to see what happens next. And regarding isolation that has now been decreased from 10 to 7 days if testing is negative on days 6,7 then isolation ends. I believe in the USA they are looking at 5 days.
Apparently 5 with 5 more of masking around everyone . No testing step - clearly because the tests aren’t available I think the claim is that the tests aren’t designed for the purpose they are being used - e.g testing after multiple days and notably testing whilst asymptomatic
Which is causing us a nightmare with tests. There are 6 of us that need to test (4 adults and 2 kids) so what I have done is say to them that we test the 3 negative (Me, Mrs No7 & my daughter) everyday, and the others every 2-3 days. We are on day 5 and I am still clear (did my test 15 mins ago and no line yet so hope I am not tempting fate lol)
We had loads because Mrs SR had to test 3 times a week for work. But when she broke her leg, she was non weight bearing for 6 weeks so was housebound.( so didn’t test). And when Mrs SR caught covid ( at the hospital getting cast changed) and also 2 guys at work tested positive, work then provided me with plenty as I had to test lot. How’s everyone feeling ATM No 7?
All good. My 'cold' seems to have gone too - though thinking about it is is maybe as Shad & Libby said - I had the corony but the viral load didn't register on the tests. Down to the vaccines? The two kids have had zero symptoms, but that is where I think the issue is - they are super spreaders and we only tested them as their dad felt ill and tested positive. So all I can say is in the new year, lock up all children under 10 and get triple vaccinated and this will soon be over. I am joking. Maybe
How long will it be before any New Years Eve celebrations result in a spike in cases? A couple of days? A week? TBH, I do look at the Covid infection figures, but if this current Omnicron variant does not result in hospitalisations, does a large number of cases actually amount to very much?
There hasn’t yet been an upsurge in the 60+ age group, but hospitalisation is still rising. I think the big concern, over the next week or two, is whether or not the Christmas and New Year get togethers will impact on the more vulnerable age groups being affected.
After 7 days ALL of the No7 household are now Corony free!!!! (Mrs no7, my daughter & me were clear all along). Looking good for them to return to the States on Wednesday.
The Daily Echo had an article earlier this week which considered the number of unvaccinated people in Southampton which came as quite a surprise as the percentage wa much higher than I would have envisaged. The issue of the infection r\tes hitting 200, 000 day is probably due to increased testing which had probably meant that the cases were under-represented previously. What staggers me is that the press and the general publc seem obsessed at equating the the percentage of hospital admissions and deaths with the extent of the increased volume of infections. We have been lucky tha Omicron may not appear to be quite as deadly as firsr feared but with infections growing at such a fast rate, then I think people need to be cautious because this means that there is also a greater potential for future mutations of which it only needs one to bypass the vaccine for it to have catestrophic consequences .I thnk that people are being too complacent.
Whilst I agree with you that people are being complacent, I think that I read somewhere that it is more likely that mutations will get milder and milder as time goes on, due to the the general resistance built up in the population.
I wonder how much of the notion of future variants being milder is down to science of wishful thinking. I am sure i have read omething along these lines too and also about how this has been mirrored throughout the 20th century with flu. However, casting mind back towhen I studied History at A level, I think that some of the successive waves of plagues that followed the initial outbreak in 1348 were far more severe. Omicron has evolved to be more transmissable that earlier strains and I am not sure why it could not evolve to be more deadly. The frightening thing for me is that before Christmas the scientists had suggested the R-rate was between 5 and 6. The comment made above abot everyone eventually getting infected does not seem too fantastic in the light of this.
I was going to post similar. There's certainly a number of friends and acquaintances who will believe whatever suits their social agenda. The flu virus for which many of us are vaccinated mutates every year, some years more deadly than others. I've read that the new vaccine developments which started before CV-19 will give greater protection across a number of viruses. Also breakthroughs in treatments to alleviate suffering and deaths. I'm also hopeful of progress in the fight against the likes of malaria and dengue fever.
Anti vaxer and someone who denies covid exists, has died of covid in Italy. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ality-boasted-plague-spreader-dies-Covid.html
Another one bites the dust. https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/...ti-lockdown-campaigner-dies-from-coronavirus/
Interesting that the public sector is decimated by Covid but I bet the private sector will just get on with it. Still we are all human aren’t we? or perhaps not!
Not really true, is it? Restaurants, shops and cafes have been struggling to stay open for months due to staff shortages.
Not to mention flights have been decimated. Along with rail travel. There’s no trains into London on Southern Rail until the 10th Jan!
