DOOM: UK at start of new Covid wave driven by BA.4 and BA.5, data suggests

[Guy At Charnock Richard]

We just have to learn to live (or die) with it.

Yep and covid restrictions for travel are being dropped by countries right, left and centre with Italy recently removing all restrictions. Just waiting for France to follow suit because in 2 months time I become officially unvaccinated and I'd like to go.

[ladymuck]

The trial I'm on is looking at efficacy of the existing Moderna jab against new strains. So I'm 4 times jabbed.

[DealorNoDeal]

We just have to learn to live (or die) with it.

[AtW]

"If you thought Covid-19 was dead and gone, think again. Early signs indicate that the UK may be at the start of a new wave of Covid infections driven by BA.4 and BA.5 – while new data suggests these variants may have evolved to refavour infecting lung tissue, which could make them more dangerous.

So what can we expect in the coming weeks and months?

Although BA.2 continues to account for the bulk of UK infections, data from the Office for National Statistics up to 2 June suggests that Covid cases may be starting to rise again in England and Northern Ireland, driven by an increase in BA.4 and BA.5 infections. The trends were uncertain in Wales and Scotland.

Also gaining ground in the UK are BA.5.1 (a child of BA.5), and the BA.2.12.1 subvariant (the USA’s dominant Covid strain), which the UK Health Security Agency is monitoring."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-data-suggests

Patient admissions are already going up - on top of that there is monkeypox (or whatever new PC name WHO creates for it)