The spike in cases doesn't normally take place until 2-4 weeks after the event.
It adds up. People are tired and bored of the virus, unfortunately it hasn't yet got bored of us. The vaccines need time, and in the UK we might just get away with it, especially as we've also had a big percentage with some immunity as they've been infected before.
Will people stop calling it the bloody flu?
The answer is ‘money’
Highest case rates in the UK per 100k and first dose % in the far column.
More localised information tells the red; story, younger ages not fully vaccinated yet and in areas of higher case rates.
So we are most likely going to be ok in the UK due to high rates of vaccination and can look forward to restrictions ending in a couple of weeks , no masks , big events with no real social distancing anymore. I hope so and I can understand why so many have stopped wearing masks and are pretty much just getting on with things as normal now.
Sorry pal, it’s just an annoyance of mine, a hangover from non-believers last year saying it was no worse than the flu as people were dropping dead.
Part of it depends on what we mean by OK. The infection rate is about to go so high that we're right on the edge of the prediction models. Chances are that hospitals in most of the country will get really busy in August and a lot of them will have to stop doing elective surgery etc just as it was trying to restart - but by the time they do the government will point out that the cases are showing signs of falling again. Death rates will rise again, but we've got so used to seeing the UK deaths go over a 1000/day during the peaks of waves, that 100+/day won't scare people. Things should start to calm down again September, if the models are right and the vaccines hold and no new mutations kick us.
Yeah sorry I get that, just in that moment it sounded very familiar. Anyway apologies
Isn't that good news? People with the vaccine won't get seriously ill. Outside of its relation to the pandemic, people getting flu like symptoms and recovering isn't news.
As long as they don't give it to anyone else or suffer complications or long covid themselves it's only a problem to the kids who don't have teachers this week. Hopefully the same will be true of the other 150k positive covid tests we'll see this week or the million or so we'll see over the next month - maybe they'll all be lucky and so will the people affected by their absence from work and caring duties.
My guess - booster jabs for the vulnerable that cover covid and flu and are highly effective at keeping people out of hospital. As to which age groups etc will need them and how often - that does depend on new variants and new vaccine designs.
People are going to have to get this virus eventually, it's just not possible to prevent it forever. I do realize there are complications, but I don't think many people want to live under lockdown for the rest of their lives, the complications from that would be extreme. The US has already done what the UK is going through, so you have an idea of what to expect.
Yep, to be honest the missing businesses are ones that people who are at most risk can avoid until case numbers calm down. Which if the number juggling of the modellers is accurate should happen in August.
You probably shouldn't. We still don't know how bad it can get with Delta. The cases and hospitalisations in Scotland are showing a potentially worrying trend. Countries like Ireland and Norway have already delayed easing restrictions because of it. I'm hopeful that it won't cause a 4th wave but we simply won't know for a few more weeks.
