Re: Omicron No more than a cold ?
Lets all hope that it is mild and reduces covid in future to cold / flu status so we can all get back on with our lives !!
Re: Omicron No more than a cold ?
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Harry Paget Flashman
I'm just amazed at the amount of Phd's are held by people on football massage boards and how much access to data they have.
You'd swear that every mechanic, bus driver and button monkey is worth listening too.
That's the problem when you can't trust a single word that comes out of the government's mouths. Appalling leadership leads to chaos.
Re: Omicron No more than a cold ?
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Hilts
I think up to yesterday there had been 12 deaths in the UK due to Omicron.
Lets hope it is milder. But comparisons to a cold? Not sure of being that hopeful.
How many people die of a cold each year?
Agree. Death is a very, very crude measure of how dangerous this is. There are lots of people suffering long term / life changing effects from this virus. That it is less deadly is fantastic. It doesn't make it a cold. Not yet.
One thing I never understand with these criticisms of govt being over-cautious: what is your conspiracy theory? This is Boris Johnston's Tory government. Does anyone honestly think he wants businesses closed, restrictions imposed etc? I'm not a fan of his by any means and I actually think his optimism bias has been a disaster, certainly in 2020. But at no stage do i suspect he's needlessly throttled the economy. Why would he? It's hardly in his DNA.
Re: Omicron No more than a cold ?
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Optimistic Nick
Agree. Death is a very, very crude measure of how dangerous this is. There are lots of people suffering long term / life changing effects from this virus. That it is less deadly is fantastic. It doesn't make it a cold. Not yet.
One thing I never understand with these criticisms of govt being over-cautious: what is your conspiracy theory? This is Boris Johnston's Tory government. Does anyone honestly think he wants businesses closed, restrictions imposed etc? I'm not a fan of his by any means and I actually think his optimism bias has been a disaster, certainly in 2020. But at no stage do i suspect he's needlessly throttled the economy. Why would he? It's hardly in his DNA.
The fact that a right wing bufoon and his useless front bench have imposed all these restrictions implementing a left wing policy to pay people and save businesses should knock back all the conspiracy theories.
Re: Omicron No more than a cold ?
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Originally Posted by
Optimistic Nick
Agree. Death is a very, very crude measure of how dangerous this is. There are lots of people suffering long term / life changing effects from this virus. That it is less deadly is fantastic. It doesn't make it a cold. Not yet.
One thing I never understand with these criticisms of govt being over-cautious: what is your conspiracy theory? This is Boris Johnston's Tory government. Does anyone honestly think he wants businesses closed, restrictions imposed etc? I'm not a fan of his by any means and I actually think his optimism bias has been a disaster, certainly in 2020. But at no stage do i suspect he's needlessly throttled the economy. Why would he? It's hardly in his DNA.
There seems to be a strong feeling mostly amongst the youngsters its a conspiracy all about control .
Trying to explain, its unlikely any government would deliberately close the country down seems to fall on deaf ears , even the more intelligent amongst them appear to think there is more to it than meets the eye.
