Corona Virus Treatment

The number of NHS staff off with Covid is becoming worrying.
Hope it doesn't end up with there not being enough at work to handle to situation .
Jenny namaste

 

It looks like Scott is taking a different approach.

No restrictions - let her rip - unless it looks like the hospitals are starting to struggle.

He reckons that boosting immunity by natural infection is the way to go. He's banking on the assumption that if people see hospitals starting to struggle - they will take the matter into their own hands and change their behaviour to control the spread of the virus. People taking personal responsibility? Boris would be mortified by such a suggestion.

All eyeballs on Oz for the next month or so.

 

Just read this in the Portugal National news ...

"Hospitalizations decrease by up to 45% in those infected with the Omicron variant Hospital admissions of patients infected with the new covid-19 Omicron variant are reduced by between 40% and 45% compared to infections with the Delta variant, reveals a study released by Imperial College London." (Google translated)

I had just read a few minutes before that our daily infections was over 10,000 yesterday but our hospitalisations reduced and we are high percentage with Omicron. Fortunately Algarve only had 328 yesterday, down 30 from the day before.

 

@Victoria it is the same here. We have had a drastic increase in total number of cases but most are mild or asymptomatic.

However the health care system has not changed the record. There is still loud moaning even though my region (pop. 457K) has 6 patients with covid occupying beds out of their 1,195 total.

The whinging continues...

 

Now that it appears that omicron is less likely for you to end up in hospital I notice the news programmes and NHS are putting the emphasis on staff being off sick just to keep the pressure up on anyone thinking they might be able to live normally.

Also just heard that now they are saying the booster is only likely to be effective for around 10 weeks, and we are all likely to need another one in the spring.

Is this for real, I think they are just not wanting any kind of normality to return.

 

Pessimist!

 

I'm only quoting what I have have just heard .
I dont think they want anyone to be optimistic, its not allowed.
Any sign of optimism must be squashed, and that is an order.

 

Who's been sold a pup?
Its just the news programme.
OK I know its not true.

 

Also thinking that there is an awful lot of money to be made here.

I'm not sure I will be willing to take another dose so shortly after the last one, and I'm thinking others may well be thinking the same.
You can only push people so far, at some point the gravy train ends and the bubble bursts.

 

Yeah, I think the hysteria has to stop soon surely.
Only fear is keeping people in line up to now.

I get the feeling the anti viral drugs may be the long term way out.
If people get an inkling it can be effectively treated they will lose the fear factor.