No one off courseBut who would let us back out when you all start dropping dead?
No one off courseBut who would let us back out when you all start dropping dead?
Shit. Sorry to hear that. With the focus on covid it’s easy to forget how nasty all the existing respiratory viruses are.Little premature one had a night in Astrid Lindgren’s hospital on Wednesday for the RS virus we’ve been shitting ourselves about, big sis brought it home from day care where half the school is now off sick. We’ll probably be back in hospital again on Sat or Sun as the virus ”peaks” with the flem build up.
Cause and effect, RS has already absolutely exploded here due to such low levels of natural immunity. They now say they expect flu to annihilate many more than Covid this winter. Scary.
I think that a lot of the not-anti-maskers will still wear masks in public places in winter. Wearing masks got really common the last one and a half years - I remember times when we looked to Asia were it was a lot more common to wear them in public during flu times but I think that people are a lot more willing now to do so here, too.
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Sorry to hear that. Hope she gets well soon. 'Little premature one had a night in Astrid Lindgren’s hospital on Wednesday for the RS virus we’ve been shitting ourselves about, big sis brought it home from day care where half the school is now off sick. We’ll probably be back in hospital again on Sat or Sun as the virus ”peaks” with the flem build up.
Cause and effect, RS has already absolutely exploded here due to such low levels of natural immunity. They now say they expect flu to annihilate many more than Covid this winter. Scary.
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One difficulty in the comparison is that mask mandates are mostly a Democrat thing, and the current cases are mostly in those Republican areas that weren't hard hit in the earlier waves, but are in this one. I admit that's a glib description but I think it's not that far off true.Two separate studies in the US have shown that schools with universal mask wearing are 3.5 times less likely to have an outbreak than those that don't. The studies are relatively large, but have the usual caveats. The first study tries to take into account socio-economic factors, but this could still have an influence.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7039e1.htm?s_cid=mm7039e1_w
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7039e3.htm?s_cid=mm7039e3_w
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Get well soon fella.Well, I've got it. Thank feck for the jab, even with that it's knocked me for 6, I hate to think what it would have been like before!
Cheers bud, feel like 10 types of shit today.Get well soon fella.
You probably said this somewhere but any idea where you got it?Cheers bud, feel like 10 types of shit today.
From my daughter, she brought it home from school.You probably said this somewhere but any idea where you got it?
But but schools are fineFrom my daughter, she brought it home from school.
Don't get me startedBut but schools are fine
CrazyTwo thirds of her year are off with it.
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That’s interesting. Although I reckon the mask is acting more as a marker for people who are generally cautious/careful than the primary reason for reduced incidence.The ONS do surveillance of covid cases in the UK by doing random tests. Though their data is a week or so old when we see it, it acts as a cross-check on the data collected by the testing system. It also asks the people being tested questions about their circumstances/behaviour - like who they live with and do they wear a mask etc.
This week they've built up a risk profile of who's most likely to get covid at the moment. Basically, being vaccinated reduces your risk. Living with 4 or more people, spending time with a school age kid increases it. No surprise, just interesting to see the numbers.
A nice summary of the report
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https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...yriskoftestingpositiveforcovid19september2021
Yep, and there's really no difference between "always" and "sometimes" on the results. Anybody answering "never" is in a different mindset, and the mask is just part of that.That’s interesting. Although I reckon the mask is acting more as a marker for people who are generally cautious/careful than the primary reason for reduced incidence.
Or vaccinate them, as will be possible soon?So you would lock up all the children below 12 years old in the UK?
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Peroxide. No words.
That's a nice chart seeing as I'm flying to Spain on Thursday.
Ah, you'll be grand
It’s explained in the article linked. The higher the score the more “normal” a life we’re living while dealing with Delta. The fewer restrictions the better the score. Which is the opposite of what you seem to think is happening.That's a nice chart seeing as I'm flying to Spain on Thursday.
Also not really surprising as we have incredible vaccination numbers mixed with being one of very few countries left with those sort of numbers with restrictions still in place.
Gotta be honest, I've no idea what a resilience score is based on, though!
Side note. New Zealand currently all the way down in 38th place.The Covid Resilience Ranking is a monthly snapshot of where the virus is being handled the most effectively with the least social and economic upheaval. Compiled using 12 data indicators that span virus containment, the quality of healthcare, vaccination coverage, overall mortality and progress toward restarting travel and easing border curbs, the Ranking captures which of the world’s biggest 53 economies are responding best—and worst—to the same once-in-a-generation threat.
That's an odd take. I haven't said anything in here about our restrictions in Ireland since August 31st and that was actually advocating against reopening certain aspects of our society.It’s explained in the article linked. The higher the score the more “normal” a life we’re living while dealing with Delta. The fewer restrictions the better the score. Which is the opposite of what you seem to think is happening.
I think all in all everything is pretty good here right now, looking forward to the 22nd October though there's feck all happening then that impacts me really, guess it'll be nice to just walk into a pub/restaurant again and sit wherever and with whomever? That's mostly cause I feel sorry for the staff who are totally overworked trying to do table service!I don't really get why they are doing everything else involving public transport and people being back in offices so close to the schools reopening and I'm pessimistic as to whether the 22nd Oct will actually happen given the annual HSE shitshow that usually occurs around that time will surely be even worse than normal, but here's hoping!
Ah. Ok. Looks like I’ve misremembered your opinions. Sorry about that. We’ll call it even stevens after you posted about me being a lockdown fanatic!That's an odd take. I haven't said anything in here about our restrictions in Ireland since August 31st and that was actually advocating against reopening certain aspects of our society.
I think all in all everything is pretty good here right now, looking forward to the 22nd October though there's feck all happening then that impacts me really, guess it'll be nice to just walk into a pub/restaurant again and sit wherever and with whomever? That's mostly cause I feel sorry for the staff who are totally overworked trying to do table service!
that's not quite what I said but fine.Ah. Ok. Looks like I’ve misremembered your opinions. Sorry about that. We’ll call it even stevens after you posted about me being a lockdown fanatic!
samethat's not quite what I said but fine.
I was overly critical of the government's slow approach to reopening earlier in the year but in fairness we've never had to reimpose restrictions after opening up and our vaccine programme was incredible so even though I despise FFG I think it's been pretty good overall and I'm optimistic for the winter*
*and dreading getting a cold
I'd usually get 2 or 3 a year and they tend to be bad enough to keep me out of work for a day, maybe, but I recover quick enough. Hard to know what it'll be like now having not had one for nearly 2 years!same
It’s interesting though. I only ever get maybe one cold/year. And that’s back in the days of licking people’s faces to say hello and coming into work absolutely streaming with germs. So you’d wonder if it will become even more a rarity now?
I was thinking this when I was in London last week. Spent most of my time in crowded tubes, restaurants and pubs. Came home with not a bother on me. And London is supposedly hopping with the ‘rona. You forget how it was possible to go months without catching any viruses at all, despite everyone around you being riddled with them. And covid isn’t all that much mode transmissible than the rest of them.
It is very interesting that you choose to quote that post, despite the fact that the user already responded and addressed the point, whilst simultaneously you also fail to address any of the points I raised earlier here when discussing covid passports with you:Or vaccinate them, as will be possible soon?
And you know that wasn't what BB was suggesting anyway. Stop being disingenuous.
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Proof vaccines work. Also good news to have such a high % of cases in people who won’t get very sick.In ireland
under 12s account for 20% of current cases
https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0929/1249612-virus-latest/
Ha.. hardly surprising. It’s a cliche but footballers are not the brightest. If there was ever a group of people that were gonna pop up with nanobots and Erectile dysfunction theories higher than the average group, it was going to be footballers.
If I was a manager I would be throwing coffee mugs at them when they spouted that. This is not an independent choice for them. Either get jabbed or find a new club/profession.
Our transition to living with the virus will be slow until our vaccination numbers get higher. We just had an Irish expert on our news talking about how Ireland got things turned around, think there are some big lessons for us there. I bet we slide down a bit more as restrictions will carry on right up till xmas.It’s explained in the article linked. The higher the score the more “normal” a life we’re living while dealing with Delta. The fewer restrictions the better the score. Which is the opposite of what you seem to think is happening.
Side note. New Zealand currently all the way down in 38th place.