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Apparently Omnicron B is an anagram of No Crimbo ?
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Apparently Omnicron B is an anagram of No Crimbo ?
Test has come back positive ???Another birthday spoilt, might give up on them and stay the same age from now on!Currently suffering from what I hope is man flu ( or react to flu jab last week). Had a PCR test yesterday just in case waiting for result. Praying it is negative as we are off to London to celebrate my 51st birthday with a packed program including Proud Cabaret, London Eye and afternoon tea. 50th last year should have been in Mauritius but ended up with a substantial meal and 2 pints in the local pub so really don’t want another washout of a birthday
If the reports you refer to are from SA the we have to bear in mind that SA has a significantly younger population and we know that younger folk don’t develop such serious illness. Plus of course lower percentage of SA pop have been vaccinated so greater numbers will contract the virus and many in that group will be younger. So drawing conclusions from a quite different demographic with a significantly different level of vaccination is difficult and best to go with the very cautious.Is there much to be read into the reports that all of the cases of Omicron have been asymptomatic or with mild symptons. Is this rhetoric to stop panic or is it possible that, whilst easier to spread, this may actually be a weaker strain so far as symptoms are concerned. I know it is early days yet.
If the reports you refer to are from SA the we have to bear in mind that SA has a significantly younger population and we know that younger folk don’t develop such serious illness. Plus of course lower percentage of SA pop have been vaccinated so greater numbers will contract the virus and many in that group will be younger. So drawing conclusions from a quite different demographic with a significantly different level of vaccination is difficult and best to go with the very cautious.
Bad luck matey. Stay safe and you can always do something another time. Health more importantTest has come back positive ???Another birthday spoilt, might give up on them and stay the same age from now on!
So almost 2 years on, the majority are vaccinated. Restrictions imposed for what appears to be a highly infectious, but mild strain.
What's the end goal?
I guess to reach a point where a new strain does not impact too many in the population. We may need to build up our own immunity further or it may need the mutations to lose strength and disappear.So almost 2 years on, the majority are vaccinated. Restrictions imposed for what appears to be a highly infectious, but mild strain.
What's the end goal?
I'm pretty sure the Home Sec said in Parliament that if data shows this strain to be no more serious than Delta, then the recent addition restrictions will be rescinded when that info is confirmed.
I should think it's early days at the moment
A lot of countries seem to be bringing in restrictions in the short-term until more is known about the new variant and the response of the current vaccines.Whilst I’m minded to agree, surely the data should already be available from the outbreak in South Africa.
Something doesn’t add up here.
Stick pins in an effigy of your work colleague and especially around the sensitive bits. If he had carried out a PCR test what was he doing out and about.A work colleague I spent this morning with, including 30 minutes unmasked in a cafe, has just let me know that he did a PCR test yesterday and has just received a positive result.
I've cancelled a visit to my elderly father tomorrow and MiL on Saturday, out of caution. Now I need to think of something to do with the 2 days that have suddenly opened up in my calendar.
Any ideas?
A work colleague I spent this morning with, including 30 minutes unmasked in a cafe, has just let me know that he did a PCR test yesterday and has just received a positive result.
I've cancelled a visit to my elderly father tomorrow and MiL on Saturday, out of caution. Now I need to think of something to do with the 2 days that have suddenly opened up in my calendar.
Any ideas?
If he had carried out a PCR test what was he doing out and about.
Whilst I’m minded to agree, surely the data should already be available from the outbreak in South Africa.
Something doesn’t add up here.
I would think that there needs to be a fair amount of time to see how seriously it affects various age groups.
There need to be a fair number of each age group infected. Then during the "run " of the virus, how does it affect those infected and when.
E.g iIIRC this illness can seem to get better, and then towards the end it can kick in with its severe effect. In some people.
How are the vaxxed affected? Better or worse than Delta?
S.A scientists identified it being a variant and what it may theoretically do. Then they warned the world . They did not do that after waiting to see it's reality effects, but before.
To be fair to him, he got the PCR due to a close contact having tested positive and had no symptoms himself. Being double vaccinated, he was not required to self-isolate and our employer would expect him to work as normal.So he was out and about while waiting for a PCR result??!! I would go and see his covid coughing arse and punch him in the face. Its twats like this that make Xmas cancelled and the whole Covid saga drags on.