Coronavirus Thread

[CosbehFox]

Are we going to see cases go up as a result of the advice to lateral flow every day if a close contact? Previously they would have never been picked up. 

[Stevosevic]

13 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Sorry but that’s nonsense 

 

(no slight on you - whoever reported it is talking rubbish)

 

they may have sequenced 5k positives but it’s probably five times that number 

Just what the BBC are saying :-) 

[Izzy]

It's all very sad really. Regardless of your political viewpoint, the whole Covid episode is just a bloody nightmare.

 

The crazy thing is that on the business front, I've had my most successful year ever in 2021 and haven't even left my house to work.

 

WFH is actually beneficial for my business and Q1 next year is already getting booked up. At this rate I'll have my mortgage paid off in a few years and the pension pot is looking good.

 

Feel a bit guilty to be financially benefitting from it all 

[Legend_in_blue]

I'm waiting for someone to post that without masks currently in place, cases would be even higher...

[grobyfox1990]

17 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

Is it normal for family of partners to demand tests to be done before meeting up over Christmas? Interested to see what peoples thoughts are. 

I guess so. It seems advice to test regularly is being taken up by the public. >1.3m tests done yesterday, not seen a number like that for some time if not ever. This will also partly explain why 78k cases were recorded!!

[Legend_in_blue]

Cringe.  Get boosted nOw.  Seriously.  This is not a stage show.  Boris needs to go.

[Corky]

Have they given a rough idea when the data will be strong enough to make educated opinions about how severe the variant is?

[VLC86]

4 minutes ago, Izzy said:

It's all very sad really. Regardless of your political viewpoint, the whole Covid episode is just a bloody nightmare.

 

The crazy thing is that on the business front, I've had my most successful year ever in 2021 and haven't even left my house to work.

 

WFH is actually beneficial for my business and Q1 next year is already getting booked up. At this rate I'll have my mortgage paid off in a few years and the pension pot is looking good.

 

Feel a bit guilty to be financially benefitting from it all 

and how exactly did you set up the covid tests for travel?

[fox_favourite]

This press is pointless and just feels like a circus! 
 

 

[grobyfox1990]

4 minutes ago, Izzy said:

It's all very sad really. Regardless of your political viewpoint, the whole Covid episode is just a bloody nightmare.

 

The crazy thing is that on the business front, I've had my most successful year ever in 2021 and haven't even left my house to work.

 

WFH is actually beneficial for my business and Q1 next year is already getting booked up. At this rate I'll have my mortgage paid off in a few years and the pension pot is looking good.

 

Feel a bit guilty to be financially benefitting from it all 

If all the tories can make merry from dodgy Covid deals you damn well shouldn’t feel guilty from earning a legit (I presume?!?!) income from it all!!

[Izzy]

2 minutes ago, Legend_in_blue said:

Cringe.  Get boosted nOw.  Seriously.  This is not a stage show.  Boris needs to go.

That looks proper shit

[Izzy]

Fvck me he sounds like Bob Marley,

 

We're jabbing, we're jabbing

[CosbehFox]

4 minutes ago, Corky said:

Have they given a rough idea when the data will be strong enough to make educated opinions about how severe the variant is?

The three weeks is Friday coming; that's when we were told it would be clearer. 

[CosbehFox]

Another waste of time this conference. Another panic inducing dead cat. 

[Nalis]

When does a booster become effective? 

 

I recall first and second jabs being 3 weeks from memory.

[Legend_in_blue]

The more he sends out his message, the more it comes across as a sales pitch.  Too much of one thing is never a good idea.  The message was well received last week, I can't "get boosted nOw" however as there is a queue and the wait continues into next week!

[Izzy]

So bored of "next slide please"

 

Somebody buy Whitty one of these for Xmas FFS

 

[Leicester_Loyal]

This is so 2020

[Legend_in_blue]

His slide is contradictory...

 

 

He used the slide to discuss effectiveness and the small print says that. 

 

Edited 15 December 2021 by Legend_in_blue

[grobyfox1990]

3 minutes ago, Nalis said:

When does a booster become effective? 

 

I recall first and second jabs being 3 weeks from memory.

3 weeks 

[Corky]

Wouldn't a rallying call have been better served before we had record numbers of people getting their booster jabs?

[kingfox]

Pinning all hope on the vaccine again, when going by all of this, they are just delaying the inevitable which will be a lockdown. 

[CosbehFox]

Too many slides, too many graphs. They are losing the ear of most people who've been happy to comply for months as it's the same old message. They've got start giving some light for us. 

 

By the way by mentioning South Africa's immunity occurring naturally, it will give more encouragement for people just to accept having covid. 

Edited 15 December 2021 by Cardiff_Fox

[tom27111]

Another lockdown is undoubtedly coming, but there's no way they're calling it before Xmas.

 

First week of January I reckon. 

 

Back to square 1.

[kingfox]

4 minutes ago, Nalis said:

When does a booster become effective? 

 

I recall first and second jabs being 3 weeks from memory.

Good question, they haven’t told you that this time around.

 

If it’s 3-4 weeks like before, you won’t have 70-75% protection until the start of January.

 

Many will probably forget this, end up getting Omicron and some may even end up in hospital, regardless if they’re boosted.