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

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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

    Fair point, and that may be what Sue Ellen was also thinking in saying "Careful what you wish for"
    Absolutely

    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    Ah now that's more like it. Very sound idea!
    Different healthcare system where only the treatment of Covid was completely free for everyone.
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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      Originally posted by AtW View Post
      183k!


      Good luck getting lateral flow and PCR tests...
      "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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        "Hospitals in England asked to look for up to 4,000 emergency Covid beds

        NHS on ‘war footing’ as small-scale ‘Nightingale’ facilities being created at eight sites"

        Hospitals have been asked to identify sites for up to 4,000 emergency beds to deal with a potential wave of Omicron admissions in England, as cases hit a record 183,000.

        On Wednesday, more than 10,000 patients were in hospital with Covid, a figure not reached since March.

        NHS England confirmed that it was creating new small-scale “Nightingale” facilities with up to 100 beds each at eight hospitals across the country. The health service said it had asked trusts to identify empty spaces to accommodate beds in places such as gyms or teaching areas. NHS managers are aiming to create up to 4,000 beds as surge capacity if needed, with work on the first tranche, in temporary structures, starting this week.

        A number of huge temporary hospitals, called the “Nightingales”, were built in exhibition halls in the first wave of the pandemic but were dismantled without being used to capacity."

        https://www.theguardian.com/society/...emergency-beds

        Malv said there is nothing to worry about

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          Where are the Covid figures?
          "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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            Update at 8pm
            "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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              Originally posted by AtW View Post
              183k!


              Good news, Omicron displacing delta. Only about 5% of cases in the UK are now delta and that number is falling everyday.

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                Originally posted by Fraidycat View Post

                Good news, Omicron displacing delta. Only about 5% of cases in the UK are now delta and that number is falling everyday.
                Does this mean Delta is falling, or is it just that Omicron is rising? I haven't seen any analysis on this, but I am interested to know if Omicron actually can replace delta, or if the two will just carry on side by side? Since Delta doesn't seem to offer much protection against Omicron, why do we assume that the reverse is true? Not to put a downer on things, but what if Omicron burns itself out and we are back where we started with Delta?

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                  Originally posted by Fraidycat View Post

                  Good news, Omicron displacing delta. Only about 5% of cases in the UK are now delta and that number is falling everyday.
                  Only to be expected presumably, because didn't the original (pre-booster) vaccines target primarily Delta?
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                    Originally posted by BR14 View Post
                    WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!! The SKY is Falling!

                    Ivan akkerov says so, it Must be true

                    geez, you lot of whining chunts STILL batting on? as if you make a difference to anything.

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                      Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

                      Good luck getting lateral flow and PCR tests...
                      We can't get any lateral flows for love nor money. Means we don't know when we can come out of lockdown
                      'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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