Covid-19 Is S T I L L Around

[Canary42]

Over 40,000 daily cases in latest report.

Out and about today (walking, bus, train and ferry) I noticed quite a lot of face masks amongst the elderly, but the young mainly ignoring the advice. There are exceptions obviously.

"Oh, when will they ever learn, oh when will they ever learn?" (Peter Seeger)

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/the-u-ks-46-covid-hotspots-as-daily-cases-top-40000-175301274.html

[pat2604]

We have the highest recorded Covid numbers in Europe. We are doing the most tests!! It's about time we stopped looking as the number of cases. The number of hospitalisations and Covid deaths are what we should be looking at. Even then, I wonder what the number of deaths from flu are! I've stopped looking at the figures now. It's obvious the jabs have been successful. Any person with any sense will know that the jab didn't mean you wouldn't get Covid. Covid will continue as do other viruses.

[maggiebee]

My daughter and her friends were in London a couple of weeks ago for a long weekend. She said it was quite scary the amount of people without masks at the street markets, on the underground etc. She said that, although not strictly necessary, they still followed the Scottish rules and wore masks.

[New Judge]

// She said that, although not strictly necessary, they still followed the Scottish rules and wore masks.//

Why?

[burlyshirley]

I don't find it scary that there are loads of people walking about without masks, I haven't worn one since Bojo said we didn't have to and hopefully I will never have to wear one again. I have noticed that less and less people are wearing them now. I have been of the opinion for a very long time now that we have to get on with our lives and live with it like we do the flu, and that is what I am trying to do.

[maggiebee]

NJ, my daughter said she felt safer with a mask on. Whether or not they offer any protection, they are still the rule in Scotland and it's hard to break the habit.

[ToraToraTora]

pat2604: " Any person with any sense will know that the jab didn't mean you wouldn't get Covid. Covid will continue as do other viruses. " - well that's gromit out! PMSL!

[ToraToraTora]

maggie, I think a lot of people don't realise that masks, are meant to be for the protection of others.

[gulliver1]

One in every seventy people in the UK had Covid last week..... seems an awful lot ....??

[pat2604]

I would wear a medical mask outside if I went into a city or crowded town Quite happy to do so. Unlikely to go into a town though!

[pat2604]

A lot of them are school kids Gully who probably have few symptoms or no symptoms. Schools are testing twice weekly. Hence our high number of cases. However, the media makes the most of things, as usual.

[New Judge]

//Schools are testing twice weekly.//

Well there are around 7m pupils in schools across the land. So if they are all being tested twice, that is 14m tests - about 2.8m tests daily - just among children. It is hardly surprising that 35-40,000 tests are proving positive. If only around 650 people are being admitted to hospital this means only one in about one in 60 of those testing positive need serious medical treatment. Why are we continuing to do this when hospitals are clearly no longer under pressure (other than the normal pressure that they are always under because the NHS is unfit for purpose)?

[pat2604]

Agreed NJ. The NHS is now not fit for purpose and needs a complete overhaul. Not more money but wise use of money. It's in a very disjointed mess!

[Gromit]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/8CA0/production/_121000063_optimised-jh_cases_rate-nc.png

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58849024

[Gromit]

// stop it with the cherry picking BS //
// In Jan there were nearly 40,000 in hospital //

Well cherry picked.

We all know what happened last winter when covid peaked. But compared to this time last year, hospitalisations are higher and are expected to rise.

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/09/15/00/47927707-9991193-The_predicted_total_is_worse_than_last_year_and_seven_times_that-a-53_1631662733481.jpg

[Gromit]

// In the UK, the number of modern slavery cases rose by 35% from 2016-17, with agriculture and the food industry among the worst sectors. An estimated 10,000 to 13,000 people are being exploited in the food and farming industry. //

https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/shocking-extent-of-modern-slavery-in-agriculture-revealed

[ichkeria]

One reason for the large number of cases is the slowness in vaccinating teenagers, who form a large proportion of the cases.
We’re now behind much of Europe in that.
But there IS a vaccine, and it’s working well, and we have to move on.
The current death rate is comparable to a flu season

[Gromit]

// England's so-called Freedom Day, on 19 July, was a "gamble", which has contributed to more than 40,000 hospital admissions and more than 4,000 deaths, he adds. //

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-unprepared-nhs-and-flawed-government-policy-contributed-to-coronavirus-crisis-says-bma-12406796

[ichkeria]

“ We all know what happened last winter when covid peaked. But compared to this time last year, hospitalisations are higher and are expected to rise”

This time last year we still had a lockdown and there was no vaccine.
It’s not comparing like with like.

[10ClarionSt]

Gromit @ 11.28 Friday:

//Throughout May 1,500 daily cases. Throughout October 35,000 daily cases. NOT HEADING DOWN.//

They are not cases. They are positive tests. And they are only turning into cases in small numbers; hospitalisations less; deaths even less. THEY ARE HEADING DOWN.