www.independent.co.uk
Definitely on under-reporting. Peeps will likely only test themselves if they get symptoms (and here we have to pay for the test kits now unless horded enough when they were free- but notice the liquid in the test kits look like they evaporate over time) and now won’t report it to stop disruption to their lives - like self isolating and wearing masks.
COVID-19 cases on the rise: What to know about the state of the pandemic
The U.S. is reporting another rise in COVID-19 cases, but experts say there may be more transmission out there as tests go underreported.news.yahoo.com
As early as that?
really? where abouts are you? in melbourne we're hearing about hospitals bursting at the seams, a 4th or 5th wave with these new variants, every week i have a couple of my staff off with it and there is talk about another lockdown or at very least bringing back in mask restrictions, capacity limits etc, theyve just lowered the eligibility for 4th shot / second booster to 30 and there is a campaign to get people to have them
Yeah. that's all pretty standard here in Europe in terms of impact, but not no suggestion of a return to major restrictions. Its pretty terrible but compared to what places outside of Australia and NZ had previously put up with prior to Omicron it is sunshine and kittens. The Australian death rate is currently significantly below what was experienced in February and to be honest I thought there was a chance of something comparable to the horrible figures in Hong Kong earlier in the year as the virus got its first look at the elderly in Aus and NZ during a winter period of little or no restrictions.
www.worldometers.info
The docs are always ahead of the curve on the tour to be fair
www.bbc.co.uk
With an adult population of 56m that's 94.7% of adults in the country vaccinated - obviously 100% is better but surely that's really really good numbers?3m adults in England still have no Covid vaccine
Some are vulnerable people who could get extremely sick if they were to catch Covid, warn experts.
When you put it like that yes overall England has an excellent vaccination rate. But those 3m unvaxxed adults are still more vulnerable to infection and serious disease by not being fully vaxxed and ending up in hospital.
Ten times what we were told would be a "good result" in the first "eliminate unnecessary contact" broadcast. I remember thinking at the time that 20k seemed astronomical.Number of UK Covid deaths passes 200,000, ONS data shows
Figures show deaths per capita are above European average, at 2,689 per million peoplewww.theguardian.com
Sad milestone passed for UK.
from what little i know about how these things are effected, it will also depend on how those 3m are distributed.if they are fairly evenly distributed amoungst the vaccinated then things might be ok.....if there are large clusters, communities of unvaccinated then that is where we might see new variants grow and spread
Well with this BA5 reportedly more easily escaping immunity - post omicron BA1/2 infection and vaccine induced not sure it matters now.
