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BBC non news. Who would have guessed?

The UK has reported the record number of daily Covid-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 78,610 new cases on Wednesday.

 

Negative result....I wasn't one of the 78,610!!

 

Thankfully ... sending hugs and kisses. Vxx

 

Or die of Zinc poisoning.

 

I watched 5 minutes of the BoJo press conference - same old drivel I'm afraid. Whitters saying that we can't rely upon the South Africa experience as many people there are vaccinated. Yes, Chris - 95% of the UK population have either a vaccine induced or natural immunity - I don't understand how this supports your suggestion that Omicron is as lethal as Delta - so we all need to run around like headless chickens.

Am I missing something obvious here?

 

As I understand it the booster dose is, in most cases, a different vaccine.
In my case I had 2 AZ ones followed by a Pfizer, some are getting Moderna as a booster.

AZ seems to be taking a back seat now.

 

Couldn't agree more - vaccines stop people dying - they're not designed to stop people getting infected or to stop mild symptoms.

The BBC just happen to concentrate on infection levels and mild symptoms - which don't mean diddly squat in the great scheme of things.

The more I look into covid - the less faith I have in the media - it's not looking good for renewal of the TV licence next year.

 

Interesting tit bit - AZ is the most administered vaccine - Pfizer I think second. Pfizer and Moderna give longer lasting immunity - which is why it is being used as a booster.

But - when it really mattered - at the start of the pandemic - AZ made the biggest difference and saved the most bottoms.

 

I assume we are still using up supplies of vaccine which the government first ordered a year ago.

 

We are the most vaccinated nation in Europe...
also have the highest covid cases.
Hope it's not targeting us because of that......
Jenny namaste

 

Until they concentrate on hospitalisation figures I dont think there is much point in listening.
As we know, even the death figures are skewed and infection figures will always revolve around how many tests are being used.
And you can bet, (by the fact you cant get any tests after the Boris blurrb of the other night), testing is going through the roof.

 

Probably true. According to the Worldometer, the UK has done 380,861,666 tests. Only the USA and India have done more tests. So, taking this into account, more tests will inevitably result in more positive cases being recorded.

There is other factors to take into account, the UK is a densely populated country. The countries with the least deaths per 1 million population also happen to be in the least densely populated.
Iceland, Finland and Norway have recorded the least deaths per 1 million population in Europe, they are also the least densely populated.