Local lockdowns in the UK
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Although we did have our first case of a cat catching covid around here. I can't wait until the CDC recommends that everyone mask their cats for their safety.
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Ay.4.2 is now a variant under investigation which I guess raises the possibility that it will mean we will get banned from elsewhere if it becomes one of concern...
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Daily data:
Cases 44,985 (43,423 last Saturday)
Deaths 135 (148)
People vaccinated up to and including 22 October 2021:
First dose: 49,606,419
Second dose: 45,489,980
The rolling seven day daily average for cases is now up 15.2% on the previous week and the same measure for deaths is up 12.1%. The rolling 7 day daily average for deaths is 133.4 today. The vaccination figures do not include data from England today. That means they only increase by a little over 3,000 from the other nations.
Cases 44,985 (43,423 last Saturday)
Deaths 135 (148)
People vaccinated up to and including 22 October 2021:
First dose: 49,606,419
Second dose: 45,489,980
The rolling seven day daily average for cases is now up 15.2% on the previous week and the same measure for deaths is up 12.1%. The rolling 7 day daily average for deaths is 133.4 today. The vaccination figures do not include data from England today. That means they only increase by a little over 3,000 from the other nations.
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Daily data:
Cases 39,962 (45,140 last Sunday)
Deaths 72 (57)
Patients admitted 1,080 (920 on the 12th)
People vaccinated up to and including 23 October 2021:
First dose: 49,684,322
Second dose: 45,542,207
The rolling seven day daily average for cases is now up 9.4% on the previous week and the same measure for deaths is up 11.4%. The rolling 7 day daily average for deaths is 135.6 today.
Cases 39,962 (45,140 last Sunday)
Deaths 72 (57)
Patients admitted 1,080 (920 on the 12th)
People vaccinated up to and including 23 October 2021:
First dose: 49,684,322
Second dose: 45,542,207
The rolling seven day daily average for cases is now up 9.4% on the previous week and the same measure for deaths is up 11.4%. The rolling 7 day daily average for deaths is 135.6 today.
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One extraordinary figure today from Cheltenham of all places. The UK national rate is about 491 per 100,000 on a 7 day basis. Cheltenham's age group of 10 to 14 year olds is 7,817 per 100k per 7 days. Which will mean around 15% of kids have symptomatic COVID now. In the same city for age group 80 to 85 years old (the oldest group to be statistically significant) it is currently 45 per 100k. That age group is 99.7% vaccinated.
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One extraordinary figure today from Cheltenham of all places. The UK national rate is about 491 per 100,000 on a 7 day basis. Cheltenham's age group of 10 to 14 year olds is 7,817 per 100k per 7 days. Which will mean around 15% of kids have symptomatic COVID now. In the same city for age group 80 to 85 years old (the oldest group to be statistically significant) it is currently 45 per 100k. That age group is 99.7% vaccinated.
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Reading this thread, I really wonder when the UK govt will end this madness of tests. No other country has gone that way AFAIK (apart in Asia) and despite this, UK had and still has record number of Covid cases. Is there any one clever enough to admit that this is useless and has to stop ?
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Apart from school children, healthcare and social care workers, there isn't much mass screening going on now. So most LFT are for people with symptoms or close household contacts of people with COVID. Roughly a quarter of confirmed PCRs start life as someone without symptoms finding out via a LFD that they do in fact have COVID. While I don't think this is a fundamental point any more, I still think testing people is part of finding out where the disease is, and for example it helps immuno-suppressed kids to keep away from school if an epidemic breaks out. I think the wider population stil doesn't get the "immuno-compromised" bit - a big big range of long term illnesses have that as a feature (even mental health conditions) so all those with cancers, MS, rheumatoid arthritis, various forms of radiation treatment, HIV, diabetes, transplants, old age..... Generally more information is better than less information. It also allows us to see improvements as well as worsening problems - and there are some signs of that happening.
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I absolutely agree, more information and data is always better.
The problem is if everyone else isn't playing the same game it makes it look like infection rates are multiple times greater in the UK than many comparable European countries and prompts those who don't understand the subtleties of positivity rates and testing rates to keep posting that current infection rate graph without any context and the usual uninformed comments unfortunately. Interestingly the death rate in the UK is pretty much the same as most European countries, but that graph never gets posted on social media
The problem is if everyone else isn't playing the same game it makes it look like infection rates are multiple times greater in the UK than many comparable European countries and prompts those who don't understand the subtleties of positivity rates and testing rates to keep posting that current infection rate graph without any context and the usual uninformed comments unfortunately. Interestingly the death rate in the UK is pretty much the same as most European countries, but that graph never gets posted on social media
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So I think the UK really does have a high level of infection, but not badly out of step of Europe collectively. However as one of Europe's richer countries we should be doing a lot better.
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Instead the primary focus now needs to be applying boosters to those who are in at risk groups and who received their jabs early in order to top up their protection.
EDIT: btw apologies as I am going a bit off topic in this thread, I realise this sub discussion is better off placed in the local lockdown thread in the UK board
Last edited by KARFA; Oct 25, 2021 at 3:37 am