COVID-19 News, Info, Discussion /// Tracking the Spread of the Virus and its Effects /// October Lockdown for UK (pg. 774)

Just point of interest here...
Wife's sister, who had COVID 1.5 times (likely had it twice, but was never officially diagnosed the second time), is in the process of being diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder called Hashimoto's, which is something that affects the thyroid and can also (in her case) cause serious heart issues and potentially spontaneous coma...her immune system is all out of whack because she had ovarian cancer and then got COVID, but is also morbidly obese...more Long COVID fun and games...

A drop of 400 cases in UK.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1394307480130367490

Sorry to hear that Geo. By the way how did it end up with your FiL? It was a while ago but I'm not sure if I remember you saying he had confirmed covid or not. He is doing better now at least?

Things can't get much worse for India at this point. I hope.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1394315680489611270

Calls are growing for another nationwide India lockdown. That's not realistic..... [link to www.cnn.com (secure)]

Typically, the local village crematorium burns 30 bodies in a year, in the last month he burned 90 bodies.

I think a blip. Its only going to go one way.

I can't believe the amount of people out for meals tonight , its literally all over FB ( I dont use it but like to have a sneaky scroll through)

I want to take my son for his very belated birthday meal (he was 18 on 2nd Feb) but we decided to give it a couple of weeks and see how things go

Honestly people are so stupid

They are just doing what the government tells them to do. They think the vaccines work and freedom will be granted on 21st June. They are not bothered about the multi-million pound government covid contract given to an advertising company until 2023 and recruiting covid marshals with contracts up to 2022 and beyond.

It will be wave after wave after wave....

Yep. Boris is going for the 'pile of bodies' strategy.

Cyclone Tauktae had made landfall

https://twitter.com/_/status/1394377237122584577

Might wash a few bodies away.

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Last Edited by lightning1977 on 05/17/2021 03:57 PM

Botswana reports Indian variant placing neighbouring countries at risk.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1394356603139379201

BBC.... Mr Hancock told the House of Commons there were now 2,323 confirmed cases of the Indian variant in the UK.

This means there has been a 77% increase in confirmed cases of the variant over the last five days.

So that will be a doubling in 7 days....

Back to watching march 2020 and hospitalisations!!

Last Edited by ParamedicUK on 05/17/2021 04:14 PM

Oy Vey! You do realize you have a better chance of being struck by lightning on your way to pick-up your lottery winnings than you do dying from Covid after having a ham sandwich with your son.

FFS go have the sandwich!

All the government is doing is rewarding children and hoping to move a few pounds into their coiffures. Airports are busy as people in the UK flee to other countries for holiday, while other countries allow them in even though England at least seems to be leading Europe's Indian variant cases. Sad situation.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1394329264284176397

But is the cow pasture raised and grass fed...
Asking for a friend.

India variant will be dominant UK Covid strain ‘in next few days’

The Covid variant first detected in India is set to be the dominant strain in the UK within days, experts have said, with the government and health teams struggling to contain cases, which have risen by more than 75% since Thursday.

With the rapid spread of the more transmissible B.1.617.2 variant threatening to reverse moves to ease lockdown, the government faced intense pressure to more fully explain the delay in adding India to the so-called red list of countries.

Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser, joined the criticism on Monday, calling the UK’s border policy a “joke”.

Johnson is now set to delay plans to announce an end to social-distancing rules, postponing the conclusion of a review expected by the end of the month, casting significant doubt over the wider plan to relax most lockdown rules on 21 June.

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Groundhog day.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1394408208094085122

https://twitter.com/_/status/1394408613238779906

Cases of Indian variant in Chelmsford not linked to foreign travel

https://twitter.com/_/status/1394416619946917894