DOOM: "Omicron Covid cases ‘doubling every two to three days’ in UK"

[SueEllen]

88,376 positive figure for today

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

Apparently the labs can't process the number of positive cases there really are.

Some people are going to have a tulip Xmas.....

Oh "Dishy" Rishi is on the case. He's talking to some business leaders at the moment and is going to cut short his trip in the US.

[AtW]

Lots of people still without mark in local Waitrose

[AtW]

"Shelf availability of items between 10 and 13 December 2021 was lowest for "paracetamol" and "frozen turkey" with 20% and 17%, respectively, of these items marked as “none” or “low”; shelf availability was highest for the “beer” category with 75% of this item recorded as “high” (Kantar Public). Section 3."

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/econo...16december2021

[hairymouse]

Am I the only one who worries that with O basically presenting as a cold, the vaccination centre is about the worst place to be for Covid risk? So many people must be getting boosted who actually have it, at least in areas with big-O.

I've been volunteering at a vaccine centre and haven't tested positive yet. Granted, only one shift since Omicron but I'm due back on Saturday.

[AtW]

I've been volunteering at a vaccine centre and haven't tested positive yet. Granted, only one shift since Omicron but I'm due back on Saturday.

Get yourself a 4th shot when nobody is looking...

[SueEllen]

I've been volunteering at a vaccine centre and haven't tested positive yet. Granted, only one shift since Omicron but I'm due back on Saturday.

Gosh there is a talent brunch on CUK.

[AtW]

Gosh there is a talent brunch on CUK.

Yep, I think it was before your time on here but we even had a Tornado pilot...

[SueEllen]

Yep, I think it was before your time on here but we even had a Tornado pilot...

Oh him....

[AtW]

Oh him....

Don't tell me you hate classic Italian meals?

[mudskipper]

So I've tested negative, but Mr ms positive.

Have booked a second test to be sure as he saw our daughter two days before me (I was off gallivanting in that there London)

He's now shut himself in the spare room and is expecting to be waited on. Seems little point as we've been mixing all week - either I've got it or I ain't getting it.

Either way, the booster seems effective in our house - he's had just a mild headache, and it appears to have made me invincible.