But we are not locked up. We have very good degree of normality compared to a few months ago.
To dismiss Delta as a threat seems pretty denialist to me.
NPHETâs pessimistic scenario was 566k cases over the next three months. I still donât expect that to happen because I expect that government and society will pull back if there are serious signs we are going in that direction, but weâre seeing the seeds of how it could go that way if things are let.
The UK has seen x 25 case growth in the last two months and things may well be about to get a lot worse there.
I donât really see how we can keep daily cases below 5k in the near future, ie, the next two to three weeks. From there youâre on a road to it spiralling out of all control and mass panic.
You do some job to gp to the extreme. I am not denying its existence but highlighting the relative risk it poses to deaths, icu numbers and hospital numbers. Cases donât matter a fuck with 60% of the population fully vaxed. The remaining 40% are very low risk (not no risk).
Delta spreads faster but isnât as deadly, thats how viruses work.
We can 20k cases a day but we still will have no deaths reported due to the cyber attack. The hack was manna from heaven for LIDTF as the public are unable to see the deaths are near zero.
Deaths are near zero because of the public health measures over the last six months which were consistently opposed by the OIUTFers here, allied to vaccination.
Those measures are no longer adequate.
Cases absolutely still matter. Everything flows from your case load.
You donât get it do you? Vaccines work, we canât live in fear forever. No one will make you engage with society when we open up but thatâs your choice.
2 weeks protect the vulnerable, flatten the curve. That was the original scope.
Iâm not going to engage with you on covid anymore mate.
How many times do you need to be told that the threat to normal society lies in infection rate rather than in serious illness/death rate? Can you not process this distinction? Or are you just ignoring the distinction for reasons known only to yourself?
Whats the difference between this and any other virus? It kills more people. We have a vaccine that reduces the risk to levels we see with other viruses. Case load doesnât matter a fuck with 60% of people fully vaxxed
I could be wrong, but Iâve a feeling the same journalist also had a few stories in 2â19/â20 on the Ivyâs policy of management/owners retaining a portion of staff tips.
