Can those large viral loads come from people who are infected but also without symptoms?
It's probably from here.
Is an increased viral load also an indicator of whether the infected person is more likely to have symptoms?
I'm not sure. He say that in his video.
I'm suspicious of the UK data as I think people are increasingly casual about getting tested in general, but we're seeing similar curves in Portugal, Scotland and England which is a good sign. There's also anecdotal reports from Russia that cases may have peaked in their big cities, hit hard by Delta.
I'm cautiously optimistic. Delta is so infectious that it hits hard and fast, and with large amounts of vaccinated people it may be burning out.
What looks like a bad situation however is in countries with little vaccine coverage, such as Vietnam, Indonesia, maybe even richer areas like Australia.
I have had it and vaccinated but will get tested again
Yeah but the level of severe cases coming from it seems to be lot lower and symptoms seem more like hay fever or a cold.
Think the jury may be out on that as to whether the decreased severity is down to the fitter population affected or is an intrinsic property of the disease( if one compared like to like cohorts as well as Delta vs other variants )
Well, it's now hitting the cohort least likely to be badly affected so we may never know. An apparent lack of severity is a good thing, regardless of why.
Testing numbers are still pretty high so whatever the reason for the drop I don't think it's that.
And the positivity rate remaining fairly consistent is probably a good sign.
Media people are out of control
Good read about how you can be vaccinated, but still act foolishly and put yourself in harms way.
7 Day PCR positivity rate in England is still climbing: 10.4, 11.0, 11.3, 11.5 and 11.8.
To me that would suggest that the testing is remaining fairly consistent and we can rely on the figures showing that a corner has been turned.
Has anyone tried doing a random sample of the population to gauge current infection levels? I seem to remember there was some good wastewater analyses happening.
The hope is I presume that there is currently a huge outbreak not captured by the testing figures. Gottlieb above is suggesting the same might be happening in the US, and he has been spot on throughout this.
The fact it's only rising a little while positive cases are dropping like a stone suggests the cases are dropping and it's not from lack of testing. Otherwise you would expect the positivity rate to increase sharply.
I don't think attending a football match could be seen as "acting foolishly". He got Covid, he was vaccinated so at little risk of hospitalisation, and like a relatively small minority of vaccinated people he was sick for a number of days. Personally I think being indoors with large numbers of unvaccinated (and untested) people is the only thing I could see as "foolish" for vaccinated people just at the moment, and the point where that risk has almost gone is only a few weeks away.
I'm currently in connecticut, US, visiting my wife's family for 4 weeks. They have a similar population to Ireland, and about 100-200 cases a day. Everything is open, maybe 10% wearing masks, and restaurants, indoor dining, pools, etc are all open. It's a bit surreal coming from Ireland a week ago. What I don't understand is why the cases are so low here. Vaccine rate is similar to Ireland amongst adults. My best guess is they had a head start on vaccines, so while we've only recently gotten the 2nd vaccine to a majority of people, they have had it for some time. It does seem like recently there has been a rise in cases which may be delta related, but still the numbers are very good compared to Ireland right now.
so would people be in shops without masks, just like before?
Foolishly? Ah jaysus
He was vaccinated and is carrying on with his life. He's fine and he even says to live with the virus if a fever was the only symptom he had.
Yes, exactly. People in shops, no masks. I've seen a mix of shop staff wearing and not wearing them, but for customers it is 10% or less wearing them. Everything seems normal, which bodes well for the future I guess.
great to hear,
hopefully soon we all get to feel the confidence to act normal again.
I think to not go to the Euro finals when your team is in it and you're jammy enough to get a ticket would've been foolish.
hi all currently down with covid 19 , its very large a bad bout of a cold, same exact symptoms, i was sure thats what it was but did an antigen test yesterday and came up positve so got the proper test then and result was positive , only got result today and pretty sure i got it last saturday or sunday as i was away and in pubs sat and all day sunday, felt tired monday but put it down to a hangover and then tues and wedendsay very tired but put it down to the heat as i was working in it at sheep and went to the bog friday but had a bad cough from wed to friday, from friday the cough went a bit away and got runny nose, eyes , congested , was still sure it was a common head cold brought on from the heat and sweating all those hot nights, anyway have to isiloate from last monday for 10 days probably til thursday . is it true that after 10 days exposure to covid you cant be infctive?
The Delta arrived there later than there?
They have been largely compliant with the regulations over the while? (that applies more to Democratic leaning areas probably)
You don't get a cold from the heat. Never ever assume anything and get tested.
This variant is incredibly intriguing. Looks like those worst hit early on with it have peaked when many expected them to rise even more. It's possible cases here have plateaued. The next week will tell a lot.
You might also check out the extent to which they were hit in earlier waves and therefore the extent of immunity in the area.
its not nice at all and thats with one jab, feel im getting over it now though. had a good appetitie throughout. Days 4-7 are my worst anyway.
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