Surely daily case numbers are going to be meaningless
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.BA and easyJet cancel hundreds of flights amid Covid staff sickness
Some passengers stranded amid travel chaos at some of UK’s biggest airports
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/apr/04/easyjet-cancels-flights-covid-staff-travel-airports
Easter travel disruption as flights cancelled
Some schools have broken up for Easter - the first holiday since the end of the pandemic travel restrictions. That's led to rising demand and frustration for holidaymakers.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60976958
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
I think it was 16 days from exposure for me.Day 8 of testing +ve for me. I'm supposed to be flying to the USA on Wednesday.
How long are people taking to test -ve?
Day 8 of testing +ve for me. I'm supposed to be flying to the USA on Wednesday.
How long are people taking to test -ve?
About 10 days on average.
I think it was 16 days from exposure for me.
Day 13 for me.
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
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.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.
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.
In my case as thanks for posting them.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
"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