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

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The numbers are not exploding as people can't get PCR tests....

55k cases yesterday... 2nd highest in the world. Omicron is known to be becoming dominant.
Positive tests does not equate with cases, even when tests are not limited it's estimated only about half the cases are caught.

[SueEllen]

But infection numbers are exploding. We already went over this, less lethal but very fast transmission can lead to a sudden spike in cases which risks overload of NHS services. If you get it badly and cannot access a hospital you are in a scary situation.

The numbers are not exploding as people can't get PCR tests....

[d000hg]

Latest from south africa: Omicron killing just 10% the numbers Delta did at same level of infections.

Click for video interview:

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/healt...t-cnni-vpx.cnn

But infection numbers are exploding. We already went over this, less lethal but very fast transmission can lead to a sudden spike in cases which risks overload of NHS services. If you get it badly and cannot access a hospital you are in a scary situation.

[OwlHoot]

Due to the nature of it's spike protien

its

Cretin! Cretien!

FTFY!

[Fraidycat]

BBC reporting on south africa:

[AtW]

Opinion vs facts:

"Experts in South Africa, where omicron has been circulating for longer, have also urged caution on jumping to conclusions.

There have been some suggestions that the case fatality rate has dropped to 0.5 per cent, while early data paints a picture of hospitals treating fewer people with oxygen in intensive care.

But hospitalisations have risen steadily, with 4,200 admissions on Monday – about six times the level reported three weeks ago. Statisticians have warned against over-interpreting the limited data available.

“In 10 days there will be a much clearer picture of how the severe the new variant is around Gauteng province, as well as the evolution of mortality in the country,” Professor Tom Moultrie, a demographer at the University of Cape Town, told the Telegraph, referring to the province at the epicentre of the country’s omicron wave.

Experts also pointed to Wednesday as a potentially significant moment; the South African Medical Research Council is set to release excess death figures for the last two weeks, and it’s hoped this may shed more light on the situation. "

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-h...ed-population/

[mattster]

Latest from south africa: Omicron killing just 10% the numbers Delta did at same level of infections.

Click for video interview:

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/healt...t-cnni-vpx.cnn

OK, interesting piece, but he suggests that the decoupling of severe cases from infection numbers is entirely down to population immunity - which is pretty much exactly what we saw with delta here in the UK. He specifically stated that he did not think - or that there was not enough information to conclude - that this was due to reduced virulence of Omicron. Also worth bearing in mind that much of the population immunity in SA comes from prior infection, not vaccines.

[Fraidycat]

Latest from south africa: Omicron killing just 10% the numbers Delta did at same level of infections.

Click for video interview:

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/healt...t-cnni-vpx.cnn

[AtW]

They've done literally everything to increase spread in schools

FTFY

[AtW]

Due to the nature of it's spike protien

its

Cretin!