1/UK, BA2, Covid, London: Admissions Doubled Since Freedom Day, Patients on vents 14% increase, 28% increase in cases in just one week—'there had never been a riskier time to travel' says Tim Spector—Zoe app estimates London has highest number of new cases.
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London is starting to surge again—something I can confirm from all the messages I'm getting and also the data which is showing alarming rises on all key metrics.
3/ R in London is estimated to be above 1—meaning we are now in an exponential growth phase.
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Zoe App is estimating that London has the highest number of new cases—official NHS numbers show a 28% increase on last week.
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Cases have more than doubled since Freedom day 2 disaster:
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The daily admissions have doubled since Freedom Day.
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There has been a 22% increase in those in hospital for Covid over the same period:
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There has been a 14% increase in vents in the same period of time:
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Deaths have yet to increase in the capital, but no doubt will along with the rise in cases, admissions etc.
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Tim Spector from Zoe App warned:
“there had never been a riskier time to travel”
'With his data suggesting one in 19 people in the UK have covid symptoms'
As reported by the Evening Standard
11/ Adding:
“After two years of the pandemic, Covid-19 is affecting more people than ever before.'
And:
“The Government’s refusal to recognise the wide array of symptoms and to drop isolation advice and testing is likely driving the incredible number of cases we see today.'
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'Many people are no longer isolating when they have symptoms, either because they feel they don’t have to anymore or because they or their employers still don’t recognise symptoms like runny nose or sore throat as Covid.”
Said Spector.
13/ So London is currently exploding again—just a month after Freedom Day disaster, admissions have doubled since then, but are half the Jan peak, however, at this rate another doubling will lead to the same as Jan peak by mid April.
14/ The admissions we are looking at today are the results of what happened 1-2 weeks ago, when cases were much lower, therefore we expect a sharp rise coming in the next few weeks with more and more needing hospital and dying.
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Interestingly once again, London's mobility remains far below baseline according to the Google tracker:
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Massive decreases in public transport use, and many still work from home as is indicated here: if London was to return to pre-pandemic activity levels for even a few weeks would result in utter catastrophe:
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The current surge is bad enough, but if 'normality' was to truly be returned to the results would be MUCH worse.
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I currently know of 2 just infected, who live with 3-4 others so obviously basically around 10-11 who've got it now in London and counting.
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#XEC On the packed bus with a two women hacking up their lungs - Covid style/lung scarring style - the retching etc...
What gets me are the people sitting around them who start to get nervous—pulling their shirts up so they cover a nostril surreptitiously.
... and nervously squirming in the seat, looking like they want to get up and sit somewhere else but don't want to be rude.
Even the hacking up their lungs women started to vaguely cover their mouths with their shirts occasionally as if to try and hemorrhage their retching...
Covid and masks very firmly a social taboo at this point - leading to these strange behaviors - in the UK we've had years now of people just openly, proudly coughing and hacking up their lungs everywhere:
(Another) Study Shows N95 Masks Are Near Perfect At Blocking Covid #XEC
Specifically: the present study looked at masks preventing infection from spreading from the infected to everyone else: rather than protection from the unmasked infected to the masked uninfected:
Nonetheless, the study showed that N95s masks were nearly perfect at preventing the masked infected from spreading to everyone else and further the results show that even a cloth mask is pretty effective in this regard:
The latest guide for workers who are exposed to the deadly novel bird flu virus states clearly that the virus:
'could make you sick if you breathe it in or if it gets in your eyes, nose, or mouth.'
And recommends that a:
...'NIOSH Approved® particulate respirator (such as an N95®)' be worn as well as:
'Head cover or hair cover
· Safety goggles
. Optional face shield over the
top of goggles
Sleeved apron that keeps you dry...
...· Disposable gloves with optional
outer work gloves
· Boot covers or boots'
Strangely though, despite stating that the virus can be breathed in and advising N95 usage they don't go so far as to say it can infect through airborne route:
UK Admits That They Have Two More Cases Of The More Severe, Infectious And Deadly Novel Monkeypox/Mpox Clade1b Virus That Has Killed Hundreds Already In Devastating Outbreak In Congo And Says They Expect More Cases Soon...
Virus is known to have 'pandemic potential'....
The UK'S CDC (UKHSA) has now confirmed a further two cases following on from the one announced last week: bringing the official total in the UK up to 3: this is almost certainly an undercount and likely many cases are going untested...
New Hope As Breakthrough Japanese Covid Antiviral Drug Shows Impressive Results At Preventing Virus Symptoms In Big Phase 3 Trial & Has Potential For #LongCovid Treatment
'Significant reduction' in Covid symptoms reported
The new drug, an antiviral that works by stopping the virus from replicating, called ensitrelvir (Scorpion-PEP) has announced good results in a huge, global phase 3 trial that appears to prevent symptomatic Covid infection:
The phase 3 trial looked at how effective the drug was at preventing symptoms when people were exposed to household contact with the virus up to 10 days after symptom onset:
Singer Who 'heartbreakingly' Spoke About Rapid Covid Death Of 'Beloved' Family Member At Start Of Pandemic Now Brags About Performing While Having A 'Sore Throat' As Fans Tell Them They Got Covid After Their Attending Show...
The British Singer, Tim Booth, recently posted a tweet stating that they had performed at a recent show with the 'beginnings of a sore throat' - Which they then go on to claim was seemingly cured 'by the healing power of music' 🙄...
In response to this, a fan who had attended the show said that they'd come down with the virus after going to it:
'I tested positive for covid 2 days after your packed show at the Orpheum'