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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,816
    At a rough guess it was about 50/50 on the train and tube this morning.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459

    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,389
    tailwindhome said:


    What's the source of this twh? Assume that's a population average and doesn't reflect different age groups - which would be interesting to see.
  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,660
    First.Aspect said:

    tailwindhome said:


    What's the source of this twh? Assume that's a population average and doesn't reflect different age groups - which would be interesting to see.
    FT but it's paywalled

    https://www.ft.com/content/e26c93a0-90e7-4dec-a796-3e25e94bc59b
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    First.Aspect said:

    tailwindhome said:


    What's the source of this twh? Assume that's a population average and doesn't reflect different age groups - which would be interesting to see.
    It literally says it at the bottom of the chart.
    _
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,389
    rick_chasey said:

    First.Aspect said:

    tailwindhome said:


    What's the source of this twh? Assume that's a population average and doesn't reflect different age groups - which would be interesting to see.
    It literally says it at the bottom of the chart.
    1. Reading it on a phone.
    2. Not the "source" you moron - it's a newspaper
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    First.Aspect said:

    rick_chasey said:

    First.Aspect said:

    tailwindhome said:


    What's the source of this twh? Assume that's a population average and doesn't reflect different age groups - which would be interesting to see.
    It literally says it at the bottom of the chart.
    1. Reading it on a phone.
    2. Not the "source" you moron - it's a newspaper
    It literally says it at the bottom of the chart.
    _
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,493
    It also says that the IFR is for seasonal flu as calculated for New Zealand in BMU.
    Good news but not necessarily relatable to the UK.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459
    I picked that graph up from the tweet below.

    There's some more in the thread if you click through.

    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,389
    tailwindhome said:

    I picked that graph up from the tweet below.

    There's some more in the thread if you click through.

    Thank you.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,389
    rick_chasey said:

    First.Aspect said:

    rick_chasey said:

    First.Aspect said:

    tailwindhome said:


    What's the source of this twh? Assume that's a population average and doesn't reflect different age groups - which would be interesting to see.
    It literally says it at the bottom of the chart.
    1. Reading it on a phone.
    2. Not the "source" you moron - it's a newspaper
    It literally says it at the bottom of the chart.
    I literally can't read it.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660

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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,389
    I feel depressed.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,389
    Okay, so on the one hand shows great progress, on the other hand doesn't take R into account, nor that Covid does not seem to be seasonal.

    Interested to know whether NZ data on flu could be misleading as well. I have no clue.

    Alarming how many of the questions ask about non vaccinated people's risk.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,812
    edited March 2022
    First.Aspect said:

    rick_chasey said:

    First.Aspect said:

    tailwindhome said:


    What's the source of this twh? Assume that's a population average and doesn't reflect different age groups - which would be interesting to see.
    It literally says it at the bottom of the chart.
    1. Reading it on a phone.
    2. Not the "source" you moron - it's a newspaper
    You can zoom in. Source is the ONS surveys of infection and death certs. The FT dataviz guy is pretty thorough.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited March 2022
    So my boss tested positive in the middle of the day in the office after I was next to him this morning (faint line).

    Let’s see if office ventilation and 3 jabs will keep it at bay. I suspect not.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,812
    Have had more positives in our team in the last fortnight than the preceding two years. Thankfully all kept at home so far. All reporting feeling a bit rough a day or two before testing positive.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,733
    rjsterry said:

    Have had more positives in our team in the last fortnight than the preceding two years. Thankfully all kept at home so far. All reporting feeling a bit rough a day or two before testing positive.


    And a sharp little (as yet) upturn in Devon figures, for all age groups. Sufferers feeling quite grotty, and some of them it's dragging on.

    Probably to be expected, with mask rules going, and people trying to get back to normal. It's not played out quite yet.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    I know someone who had it at Christmas and again in February.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,833
    kingstongraham said:

    I know someone who had it at Christmas and again in February.

    Gaviria?
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,389
    mrb123 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    I know someone who had it at Christmas and again in February.

    Gaviria?
    Novak?
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,733
    The majority of the people I know who have had it recently are repeat coviders.
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  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,951
    My wife and eldest daughter have had it for the last week but me and the youngest are still testing negative.
    I'm triple jabbed and had covid in august but the youngest daughter is 5, so no jabs and no previous infections as far we know.

    It sounds like their school is awash with it at the moment.

    I'm just hoping this means we'll be safe to go abroad at easter as planned.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    First.Aspect said:

    mrb123 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    I know someone who had it at Christmas and again in February.

    Gaviria?
    Novak?
    No, they really did have it.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,493
    edited March 2022
    It's going to come over as hindsight but I would have waited until April to open everything up. Warmer weather, open windows, more outside meetings.

    I am waiting and still acting as though it was January.
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  • kingstonian
    kingstonian Posts: 2,847
    My wife currently has it - she’s a Teaching Assistant in a primary school, has been working in school throughout Covid and had somehow dodged it until now (as have my 15 and 13 yr old sons). I’ve taken a PCR test earlier today, awaiting the result.

  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,026
    This report is quite interesting for followers of the death olympics. I haven't read it all and I don't know how accurate it is for each country, but it shows that, as expected, Spain and Italy significantly underreported deaths. What's more surprising is so did Germany whose excess deaths are very similar to the UK.

    http://www.thelancet-press.com/embargo/COVIDexcessmortality.pdf
  • dannbodge
    dannbodge Posts: 1,152
    edited March 2022
    I tested positive on Tuesday, after testing negative on the Monday.

    Wife was due to go to work so she did a test Tuesday morning and it was negative, which is why I did one too and got a very very faint line.

    Had a terrible night's sleep on Tuesday, but apart from that I've had colds that have been worse.

    We've managed to test my 3yo and 16month old, so far the 3yo has been positive (Tuesday and faint line this morning) and the 16month has been negative throughout.

    We suspect it's either come from their nursery or a party that the wife went to the weekend previous,
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Don't envy you testing toddlers, or having 2 so close together!
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,026
    edited March 2022
    My top testing tip for kids is that you don't need to put it in that far or for that long to get a positive.

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