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[Paddy]

Three airlines suspended flights to UK...

[malvolio]

The numbers of infected people doesn't matter a damn, it's the number that get ill that matters, and of those the number that require medical intervention is what will do the harm.

So let's all panic since HMG must be seen to be doing something - even if it is almost certainly unnecessary .

[d000hg]

The numbers of infected people doesn't matter a damn, it's the number that get ill that matters, and of those the number that require medical intervention is what will do the harm.

So let's all panic since HMG must be seen to be doing something - even if it is almost certainly unnecessary .

The number getting ill is quite high, and growing.
The number of infected drives the number getting ill, and also drives the probability of new variants.

I confess, with the number vaccinated now at 85% how so many continue to get infected is a little alarming to the "vaccination fixes everything" mantra. Today's slides showed IIRC that among the elderly, half of those admitted to hospital are fully vaccinated... get those boosters if you're eligible!

[SueEllen]

And don't try to directly go to Morocco -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58981507

[DoctorStrangelove]

[OwlHoot]

I'm supposed to be going to Vienna for Christmas markets at the end of November. That had better not be cancelled!!

No need to go all the way to Vienna. They sell apple strudel in Tescos you know!

[malvolio]

The number getting ill is quite high, and growing.
The number of infected drives the number getting ill, and also drives the probability of new variants.

I confess, with the number vaccinated now at 85% how so many continue to get infected is a little alarming to the "vaccination fixes everything" mantra. Today's slides showed IIRC that among the elderly, half of those admitted to hospital are fully vaccinated... get those boosters if you're eligible!

Yes, but the elderly are not the highest proportion of those admitted to hospital and even so they are far more likely to have other conditions that make hospitalisation necessary. The total of hospitalisation appear (that word again!) to be predominantly the young and the unvaccinated.

[SueEllen]

The Tory party are all wearing masks in The Commons today.

[d000hg]

The Tory party are all wearing masks in The Commons today.

For real? They weren't even when they were supposed to!

[SueEllen]

Today's figures - 52,009

Last time they were at that level was 17 July