Coronavirus update - IS THE END IN SIGHT?

[goats]

Boris is taking on the virus and keeping his country open.

He said today

"Together with the Plan B measures that we introduced before Christmas, we have a chance to ride out this Omicron wave without shutting down our country once again.

'We can keep our schools and our businesses open and we can find a way to live with this virus.'

Good…we are living with it

[WJ99mobile]

Boris is taking on the virus and keeping his country open.

He said today

"Together with the Plan B measures that we introduced before Christmas, we have a chance to ride out this Omicron wave without shutting down our country once again.

'We can keep our schools and our businesses open and we can find a way to live with this virus.'

The fact I know loads of people with it currently and all of them are far healthier than if they had the flu means this omicron is the best thing to happen in the last 2 years of this virus.

Time to get back to normal

[blue matt]

Boris is taking on the virus and keeping his country open.

He said today

"Together with the Plan B measures that we introduced before Christmas, we have a chance to ride out this Omicron wave without shutting down our country once again.

'We can keep our schools and our businesses open and we can find a way to live with this virus.'

its a brave bold call to stay with " plan b " it would have been easier for him to put more restrictions in place, but he is thinking of the bigger picture

[cyril evans awaydays]

its a brave bold call to stay with " plan b " it would have been easier for him to put more restrictions in place, but he is thinking of the bigger picture

Living in fear of a potential politically fatal backlash from his own backbenchers and would-be assassins in his own Cabinet if further restrictions were mooted is many things but brave is not one of them!

[az city]

The fact I know loads of people with it currently and all of them are far healthier than if they had the flu means this omicron is the best thing to happen in the last 2 years of this virus.

Time to get back to normal

Casual empiricism does not systematic data make.

A lot of good people have sacrificed a huge amount to "fight" Covid. Surely now is not the time to just let the unfortunate and vulnerable down?

[the other bob wilson]

its a brave bold call to stay with " plan b " it would have been easier for him to put more restrictions in place, but he is thinking of the bigger picture

A "brave, bold call"? He's a prisoner of the Libertarian wing of his own party, he's got no choice but to stick with Plan B even though he's admitted the NHS could be overwhelmed in the coming weeks;-

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-boris-johnson

He may be proved right, but the decisions he's taking are more to do with public finance and Conservative Party politics than bravery and/or boldness.

[Divine Wright]

Time to get back to normal

Is this what NHS staff should say to the hordes that turn up to hospitals as they turn them away ?

[Divine Wright]

Living in fear of a potential politically fatal backlash from his own backbenchers and would-be assassins in his own Cabinet if further restrictions were mooted is many things but brave is not one of them!

The guy is a reckless chancer.

[Citizen's Nephew]

Living in fear of a potential politically fatal backlash from his own backbenchers and would-be assassins in his own Cabinet if further restrictions were mooted is many things but brave is not one of them!

Yes, they are the 'bigger picture' not the rest of us.

[TWGL1]

Is this what NHS staff should say to the hordes that turn up to hospitals as they turn them away ?

I agree , the hordes should avoid hospitals at all costs

20.7% of the new daily hospital patients with Covid-19 in England caught the virus within hospital.

In the past 7 days 2,870 caught it within hospital

➡️ 54,688 in total since August 2020

[lisvaneblue]

A "brave, bold call"? He's a prisoner of the Libertarian wing of his own party, he's got no choice but to stick with Plan B even though he's admitted the NHS could be overwhelmed in the coming weeks;-

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-boris-johnson

He may be proved right, but the decisions he's taking are more to do with public finance and Conservative Party politics than bravery and/or boldness.

As we say in football, results don't lie. Despite our cautious approach in Wales nearly 13% of Covid cases recorded in UK over the last 7 days were in Wales. Considering we are about 5% of UK population that's a worrying stat.

[Hilts]

As we say in football, results don't lie. Despite our cautious approach in Wales nearly 13% of Covid cases recorded in UK over the last 7 days were in Wales. Considering we are about 5% of UK population that's a worrying stat.

Arent we catching up with England though.
Thought we were about 2 weeks behind and we are now showing the steep increase in cases.

[lisvaneblue]

Arent we catching up with England though.
Thought we were about 2 weeks behind and we are now showing the steep increase in cases.

Well if we are catching up with England it strongly suggests that the extra steps taken to protect us in Wales have had no impact at all except to damage the welsh economy

[cyril evans awaydays]

As we say in football, results don't lie. Despite our cautious approach in Wales nearly 13% of Covid cases recorded in UK over the last 7 days were in Wales. Considering we are about 5% of UK population that's a worrying stat.

Where did you read that statistic?

The 7 day rolling average per day I had seen for Wales is about 10.5k against a UK average of over 180k. That's less than 6% by my maths.

[The Lone Gunman]

Covid restrictions in Wales should return to pre-Omicron levels, according to a senior epidemiologist:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59880877

[City123]

Covid restrictions in Wales should return to pre-Omicron levels, according to a senior epidemiologist:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59880877

I'd be shocked if anything changes this week, maybe by the end of January though

[lisvaneblue]

Where did you read that statistic?

The 7 day rolling average per day I had seen for Wales is about 10.5k against a UK average of over 180k. That's less than 6% by my maths.

The latest 7 days on PHE website 'cases by date reported' for each of the 4 home nations.

[EastbourneBlue]

Arent we catching up with England though.
Thought we were about 2 weeks behind and we are now showing the steep increase in cases.

If (when) Wales’ stats reach England levels or even exceed them, surely that is all the evidence you need that the extra restrictions are doing naff all.

Sure there will be some other reason given though.

[cyril evans awaydays]

The latest 7 days on PHE website 'cases by date reported' for each of the 4 home nations.

Well the cases by area (last 7 days) are here

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases


Wales 75k out of 1.15 million. Looks like your source or maths are askew

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Well the cases by area (last 7 days) are here

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases


Wales 75k out of 1.15 million. Looks like your source or maths are askew

Basically, the same as England. Considering Wales has consistently had tighter rules and more restrictions than England, it seems they weren't needed - other than of course, to show how 'different' we are from England.