Coronavirus - UK
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@victor-meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
I need to do some shopping...
.....which I've put off until tomorrow or Monday.
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If we need any further evidence that the politicians have no fucking clue what they're doing but are shocked that the general public can't follow the 'rules', I present Exhibit A
My missus and I went to the Wales v NZ match two weekends ago.
Pre requisite for entry was a digital copy of the NHS Covid Pass
She's just arrived in Llandrindod Wells, Powys for a 'Visit Wales' run tourism conference only to be told by the organisers 'Visit Wales' (Welsh Government) that the digital NHS Covid Pass will not be accepted and she will not be allowed entry until she shows the paper card given to each person when they receive the vaccine(s)
It's in a drawer at home for safe keeping and I've had to take photos of it and send them to her.
What a complete fucking farce.
If the Welsh Government thinks the Welsh public will go back into a Winter Lockdown quietly they are very much mistaken.
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Drakeford and his crew appear to be so intent on being seen to be doing something, anything and can’t see past that. I feel sorry for you guys over the river that have to put up with this third rate shambles. Must be maddening.
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Almost 12,000 deaths in NHS facilities with people contracting COVID
That's almost 10% of UK deaths
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@mikethesnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
Almost 12,000 deaths in NHS facilities with people contracting COVID
That's almost 10% of UK deaths
But it's the Envy of the World (tm)...
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@mikethesnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
Almost 12,000 deaths in NHS facilities with people contracting COVID
That's almost 10% of UK deaths
That highlights one of the big problems with hospitals. They’re always full of sick people.
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@majorrage said in Coronavirus - UK:
Couple of cases of this new variant in the UK already.
Amazing how much fear has been speculated given that we literally know nothing about this new variant yet. Nothing.
I fear for the end of my folks trip next April.
I'd trust Chris Whitty.
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@victor-meldrew Yep, just heard a South African epidemiologist on the radio saying it has much milder symptoms than the strains we’ve had so far. There was some suggestion it would be preferable if that strain became dominant.
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Chris Whitty said today it was too early to tell if Omnicron will have much of an impact, but his guess was it will make current vaccines less effective and more people ill, but hospital admissions and deaths won't be affected much.
There was an interesting comment from him today that the SA variant will be fighting with the Delta variant for dominance and one variant will almost disappear quite quickly... Virus wars.!
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@victor-meldrew so the viruses will just be using us, cheeky fluffybunnies
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@victor-meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
@majorrage said in Coronavirus - UK:
Couple of cases of this new variant in the UK already.
Amazing how much fear has been speculated given that we literally know nothing about this new variant yet. Nothing.
I fear for the end of my folks trip next April.
I'd trust Chris Whitty.
That makes perfect sense for the very reason I mentioned over a year ago: Mutation that increases transmissibility typically involves a trade-off. Doubt that would be the interpretation of some chief health officers and premiers on the other side of the planet...
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - UK:
That makes perfect sense for the very reason I mentioned over a year ago: Mutation that increases transmissibility typically involves a trade-off. Doubt that would be the interpretation of some chief health officers and premiers on the other side of the planet...
Yeah. One of things the UK has done really well (and, like most government, they've done a fair bit wrong) is getting the medical and science guys out in front of the public to present data, explain and answer questions from the public and the press. Everyone gives a little cheer when they correct the crap UK media for scaremongering and getting their facts wrong
The politicians are with them as well, but there's a very clear distinction between the two
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - UK:
@victor-meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
@majorrage said in Coronavirus - UK:
Couple of cases of this new variant in the UK already.
Amazing how much fear has been speculated given that we literally know nothing about this new variant yet. Nothing.
I fear for the end of my folks trip next April.
I'd trust Chris Whitty.
That makes perfect sense for the very reason I mentioned over a year ago: Mutation that increases transmissibility typically involves a trade-off. Doubt that would be the interpretation of some chief health officers and premiers on the other side of the planet...
The God King of WA was all over it straight away
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Positivity on the beeb now
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Game Over
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Overweight, obesity, and risk of hospitalization for COVID-19: A community-based cohort study of adults in the United Kingdom
Abstract
The role of obesity and overweight in occurrence of COVID-19 is unknown. We conducted a large-scale general population study using data from a community-dwelling sample in England (n = 334,329; 56.4 ±8.1 y; 54.5% women) with prospective linkage to national registry on hospitalization for COVID-19. Body mass index (BMI, from measured height and weight) was used as an indicator of overall obesity, and waist-hip ratio for central obesity. Main outcome was cases of COVID-19 serious enough to warrant a hospital admission from 16 March 2020 to 26 April 2020. Around 0.2% (n = 640) of the sample were hospitalized for COVID-19. There was an upward linear trend in the likelihood of COVID-19 hospitalization with increasing BMI, that was evident in the overweight (odds ratio, 1.39; 95% CI 1.13 to 1.71; crude incidence 19.1 per 10,000) and obese stage I (1.70;1.34 to 2.16; 23.3 per 10,000) and stage II (3.38; 2.60 to 4.40; 42.7 per 10,000) compared to normal weight (12.5 per 10,000). This gradient was little affected after adjustment for a wide range of covariates; however, controlling for biomarkers, particularly high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and glycated hemoglobin, led to a greater degree of attenuation. A similar pattern of association emerged for waist-hip ratio. In summary, overall and central obesity are risk factors for COVID-19 hospital admission. Elevated risk was apparent even at modest weight gain. The mechanisms may involve impaired glucose and lipid metabolism.
We’re almost two years in this. Governments and health officials need to start sermonizing less about masks and unvaxxed, and start shaming their people onto diets and treadmills. I’m going to the gym.