Coronavirus - the new strain XXIV
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gavreid
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Government's former ethics chief apologises over Covid breach
Helen MacNamara, the government’s former ethics chief, has said she is sorry after being fined over the partygate scandal.
She said she has paid the fine she was handed reportedly in connection with a leaving do held in the Cabinet Office on 18 June 2020 to mark the departure of a private secretary.
I am sorry for the error of judgement I have shown. I have accepted and paid the fixed penalty notice.
[with those kind of ethics advisers who needs ethics?]
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...fines-boris-johnson-leadership-latest-updates
Helen MacNamara, the government’s former ethics chief, has said she is sorry after being fined over the partygate scandal.
She said she has paid the fine she was handed reportedly in connection with a leaving do held in the Cabinet Office on 18 June 2020 to mark the departure of a private secretary.
I am sorry for the error of judgement I have shown. I have accepted and paid the fixed penalty notice.
[with those kind of ethics advisers who needs ethics?]
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...fines-boris-johnson-leadership-latest-updates
gavreid
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143 382 cases reported today (with the notice that free testing has ended for most groups), 210 deaths and 2 124, 1846 and 1 826 admissions (to 2/4) down just a smidge on last week.
They always have been really - as absolute numbers. The trends, day to day and week to week, have been meaningful most of the time but whether that continues... I suspect most testing will now be reported from hospitals.
They always have been really - as absolute numbers. The trends, day to day and week to week, have been meaningful most of the time but whether that continues... I suspect most testing will now be reported from hospitals.
Funk
pfm Member
All because that bell-end Johnson needed a distraction from Partygate. Removing all the laws and testing at this stage was just downright idiotic - and it's going to get worse.
Nick_G
pfm Member
In other words, she was sorry she was caught...
kensalriser
pfm Member
I think it was 16 days from exposure for me.
Ponty
pfm Member
Day 13 for me.
gavreid
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Cognitive dissonance means that it is easier to twist facts to suit a belief than to change the belief In this non satirical article it says: More babies are going to hospital with #COVID19 in UK but it’s just as a “precaution” & “experts” say it’s “incredibly encouraging”
https://twitter.com/drgregkelly/status/1511146496389181440
https://twitter.com/drgregkelly/status/1511146496389181440
s1h1
performing within expectations
Thanks all. I'm going to delay tomorrow's flight until next Monday - 2 weeks after my initial +ve.
mandryka
pfm Member
When omicron first reared its head I remember the docs in South Africa saying they're seeing more paediatric patients than they would have expected from their experience with the other variants, and no-one knew what that actually would mean in terms of sickness and death. It's nice to know that the worst fears were not justified.
gavreid
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84 children have died since the Autumn. Roughly 100 a day are being hospitalised as we speak. Omicron (and Delta) were much more serious for kids than everything that came before and many have suffered unnecessarily as a result of jcvi's mule like behaviour.
https://ilpandacentrostudio.it/uk.html
https://ilpandacentrostudio.it/uk.html
Sue Pertwee-Tyr
Accuphase all the way down
Did you read that Twitter thread? All of it? He comments, further down, that Covid has become one of the important causes of death in kids, and kids rarely die of anything.
gavreid
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"Many people still seem to believe that #LongCovid will disappear over time. A new study in @NatureComms shows that this will likely not happen. Almost *all* patients still showed some of the most debilitating symptoms (e.g., fatigue) after a year"
https://twitter.com/KunstJonas/status/1511317611488948228?cxt=HHwWiMC5-YfXo_kpAAAA
"Cardiac impairment, other than myocarditis, is present in 1 in 5 individuals with Long Covid at 6 months, persisting in over half of those at 12 months. Cardiac-related blood biomarkers are unable to identify cardiac impairment in #LongCovid."
https://twitter.com/KunstJonas/status/1511235675349303297?cxt=HHwWgoC-keC1_vgpAAAA
https://twitter.com/KunstJonas/status/1511317611488948228?cxt=HHwWiMC5-YfXo_kpAAAA
"Cardiac impairment, other than myocarditis, is present in 1 in 5 individuals with Long Covid at 6 months, persisting in over half of those at 12 months. Cardiac-related blood biomarkers are unable to identify cardiac impairment in #LongCovid."
https://twitter.com/KunstJonas/status/1511235675349303297?cxt=HHwWgoC-keC1_vgpAAAA
gavreid
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Why are you all liking the update today? Deaths are up quite a bit on last week and, while the admissions are perhaps stabilising, they too are higher. The story today goes that cancer patients are not always getting access to the antivirals.
https://www.theguardian.com/society...er-struggling-to-access-antivirals-in-england
https://www.theguardian.com/society...er-struggling-to-access-antivirals-in-england
mandryka
pfm Member
Is the paediatric mortality of omicron smaller than the other variants? I think it is, but maybe someone knows better.
Everyone was half expecting it to be much lager in Dec 2021, so it would be good to know those fears were unfounded.
In my case as thanks for posting them.
The admissions are getting closer to a peak, and will hopefully peak shortly. And the number of deaths will follow around 7 days behind, albeit with a quite a bit of daily variation.
To be clear why I 'liked' the post: because long covid will be exactly that, LONG. A lifetime for many.
Not because I like that fact.