Some good news in the hospitalisations this week in that they are, at worst, showing a slowing down in the increase in numbers and in some areas starting to fall. London has seen a 10% drop in a week with fall in the East of England (4%) and the South East (3%) figures as well. The South West, North West and the Midlands have all seen small increases, 6%, 9% and 5%, with only the North East and Yorkshire showing a bigger growth at 18%.
Overall there has been an increase of 400 in hospital over the week which is roughly the same total as the North East and Yorkshire, the rest cancel themselves out. Here's hoping this is the final turning point in this two years of shite.
(01-14-2022, 09:59 AM)baggy1 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-14-2022, 08:10 AM)Kit Kat Chunky Wrote: [ -> ] (01-13-2022, 09:07 AM)baggy1 Wrote: [ -> ]The press picked up on a worse case scenario prediction and ran with it and not the full picture when they were talking about 75k, the experts put together models that show potential outcomes and based on what we knew from other variants it was one of the possibilities. They didn't run into the room shouting 'we're all dooooomed', there were other scenarios and the politicians took the choice in the round.
These numbers were also being peddled by experts and SAGE members in interviews. When pressed they admitted the modelling was based on Delta not Omicron.
Sturgeon and Drakeford are looking like fools, and BJ would have been the same if left to him.
I'd hardly say they are looking like fools, being cautious throughout this pandemic should have been the default setting and the mild restrictions that Wales and Scotland put in place only really impacted large crowds and were supported by the majority of the population. I'm going up to Edinburgh for a weekend in February and checked with our Sales rep up there before booking and he said that you wouldn't notice the difference on a day to day basis.
And Johnson not looking like a fool is a stretch in any circumstance.
Johnson isn't looking a fool over lockdown. He is looking like a complete total monumental twat over everything else, though.
The Sunday papers might be the final nail for him.
Another good week for numbers hospital in all regions. A 10% reduction across the whole of England down to 14,865 with every region falling individually as well ranging from 18% in London (who are slightly ahead of the curve) to 4% in the South East. Even if you take the big falls in London out of the equation there is still an 8% drop across the country.
All good news and it shows that things are working. As you will know I have concerns about the timing of the removal of restrictions but fingers crossed everything works out and continues in the same fashion as we have seen over the past week.
P-Minor has it (again). Only found out because they're testing every day. No symptoms.
The school is decimated, at least a third of the kids absent.
Of those kids I know who've got it, without exception they're isolating and missing their education with either no symptoms or the sniffles. I trust Omicron is at least the end of the beginning, if not the beginning of the end.
(01-26-2022, 09:59 AM)Protheroe Wrote: [ -> ]P-Minor has it (again). Only found out because they're testing every day. No symptoms.
The school is decimated, at least a third of the kids absent.
Of those kids I know who've got it, without exception they're isolating and missing their education with either no symptoms or the sniffles. I trust Omicron is at least the end of the beginning, if not the beginning of the end.
My two just tested positive last night - no or very minor symptoms. Same with the rest of the school and half the days this week and next are remote learning for some years.
Another week of falls across the board although slightly smaller this week, the good news being that the areas with the most in hospital are seeing the bigger falls - Midlands down 9%, North East and North West down 12% and London down 13%, all of those have around 2.5k each now. Areas with smaller falls in numbers are the South West, South East and the East of England seeing 2%, 1% and 5% respectively, however it needs to be noted they have less in hospital with SW having 0.8k, SE 1.4k and EoE having 1.2k.
Overall still moving in the right direction.
What impact will the reclassification of infections tomorrow have on the mass hysteria?
What mass hysteria is this? Everything seems pretty normal to me, booked a holiday, went to the pub for something to eat on Friday, been to the cinema this week, could have gone to the football but luckily chose not to, life seems pretty normal with most people aware there is a pretty shitty virus going round and being sensible.
(01-30-2022, 06:06 PM)baggy1 Wrote: [ -> ]What mass hysteria is this? Everything seems pretty normal to me, booked a holiday, went to the pub for something to eat on Friday, been to the cinema this week, could have gone to the football but luckily chose not to, life seems pretty normal with most people aware there is a pretty shitty virus going round and being sensible.
I agree, Baggy, and the ZOE study shows cases are going down, despite the sub variant.
Once newer higher figures are out though, are we going to see some of the doubters calling for increased measures?
Hospital numbers are now down to just above 16K, so you would like to think that in 4-6 weeks and the worst of the winter is over, then the spring and the summer could be almost normal.