Covid 19 Part XXXV-956,720 ROI (5,952 deaths) 452,946 NI (3,002 deaths) (08/01) Read OP

I sneer at the sneerworthy. Let's be honest, there are some King size bullsh*tters here who don't know the meaning of the phrase "I don't know" themselves.

It's difficult for him to "prove" that hospital admissions will increase in the next few weeks. So good luck with that. But only an absolute numpty thinks he's not right.

Poor protection is way better than no protection to be fair

Cases will "probably" go up? Numpties indeed.

If our family is currently covid positive is it risky to visit our parents who are also covid positive they are elderly and living alone

Probably is a particularly useful word with all of this. Civil is an even nicer word especially when put into practice. I'll leave you to whatever this is.

I thought any one that catches covid is an idiot ? Have you told those close to you how stupid they are. Clearly they weren't doing the basics as you said

Why?

Primary school children are at effectively no risk from covid and they certainly are not clogging up hospitals.

The vaccine does not stop transmission, and clearly is not stopping Omicron.

They don't need it and it won't stop spread, so why implement a large scale vaccination of primary school children?

We really really really need to know how many are entering hospital \ ICU BECAUSE of Covid.

This is the only meaningful statistic at this stage. We have a mild strain that is rife it the community coupled with a newly boosted population.

Covid hospital and ICU numbers will go up obviously over the coming days but the vast vast majority of these people would be going to hospital anyway. Them having covid is only incidental because mild covid is everywhere now.

The game has completely changed. Covid has become a benign threat and using the same measures as two years ago is bonkers.

We need to treat covid as we would a mild seasonal flu outbreak.

The health authorities are happy to play by the old rules because it masks the shambolic state our heath service is in. Every year, at this time, we are talking about numbers on trolleys because it is always the busiest time of the year in hospitals.

Lift restrictions now while people are boosted. Stop testing. Treat the sick as they present. People shouldn't go to work if they feel sick.

Restrictions put hospitals and workplaces under strain not Covid.

This is actually a really good point re: vaccinations not stopping transmission and I hadn't thought of that.

They may need to mask up in that case or we could actually see them staying closed, if a reduction in case numbers is what they are looking for of course.

Generally not much opinion on media reporting but this one is pretty silly.

Unless it's a MenB vaccine of course ;)

A disease with a way higher risk of death vs the sniffles, I sure was right to follow the science and data no need for medicine for the true fit and healthy which has always been the case😎

Five people in the house and we all took antigen tests on morning of 27th as we're heading to a friend's house to visit. Our eldest tested positive (antigen) but the rest of us were negative and we obviously cancelled our plans. She has been room isolating and we have been testing daily. She remains positive with no symptoms and we are are all still testing negative. (And spending a fortune on the tests!) Everyone is double vaxed and she is the only person not boosted. Our house is not that big so you would expect more positive tests so the booster maybe the difference. That said still cannot figure out if the rest of us need to isolate or not. She gets her pcr test tomorrow morning and if I was a betting man I'd bet she will test negative.

I think my post explains how much I believe things have changed.

Smart arsed comments are so childish. Grow up.