Coronavirus

[Kevin D]

44 minutes ago, JohnnyH said:

Fuck that, he’s riddled. 

 

Man up.

[mars]

Really hope there isn't a trend here

 

 

[Bjornebye]

8 minutes ago, mars said:

Really hope there isn't a trend here

 

 

Hang on didn’t Strontz say…. Aah fuck it I may as well ask my door 

[Captain Turdseye]

My sister and her fella both tested positive. Great timing for them. 
 

My sister’s pregnant, early doors, so hoping it doesn’t affect that in any way. 

[Barrington Womble]

3 hours ago, mars said:

Really hope there isn't a trend here

 

 

Here's the question. Are they being admitted for it or with it. So for instance, my daughter's mates bro is in with appendicitis right now. They discovered he had covid when they tested him when he arrived. Omicron is everywhere and it seems kids have probably always been catching all types of covid and never knowing. Cases are as high as ever across all age groups, so 88 kids in hospital for other things who might also have covid doesn't really seem to be a stretch to me. 

[mars]

20 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

Here's the question. Are they being admitted for it or with it. So for instance, my daughter's mates bro is in with appendicitis right now. They discovered he had covid when they tested him when he arrived. Omicron is everywhere and it seems kids have probably always been catching all types of covid and never knowing. Cases are as high as ever across all age groups, so 88 kids in hospital for other things who might also have covid doesn't really seem to be a stretch to me. 

Sadly I can't find the answer to your good question - looks like there is no differentiation between admitted because of covid and admitted for something else but has (or catches) covid. Seems daft not to publish the numbers for those who are ill because of covid.

[TheHowieLama]

Do 88 kids normally go into hospital in 24 hours?

[SasaS]

How many do normally go?

[Bjornebye]

12 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Do 88 kids normally go into hospital in 24 hours?

It doesn’t effect kids apparently and some other guff about winter and crayon degrees etc. 
 

This needs to fuck off now. I honestly think the planet is done with us 

[TheHowieLama]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the second antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 at home.

The medicine, called molnupiravir and made by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, is taken twice a day for five days. Merck says it will have 10 million packs available by the end of the month.

[Strontium]

52 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Do 88 kids normally go into hospital in 24 hours?

 

Yeah, that's the approximate daily admission rate for RSV in children actually, although it's been higher than that this year.

[Red Phoenix]

Nytol and a glass of milk anyone? Pfizer and Merck won't like this :

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

40 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

Yeah, that's the approximate daily admission rate for RSV in children actually, although it's been higher than that this year.

Good to know.

[SasaS]

33 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

Nytol and a glass of milk anyone? Pfizer and Merck won't like this :

 

 

They may like the linked article though, the following paragraph in particular

 

"While the findings are encouraging, Ostrov cautions against self-medicating with either diphenhydramine or lactoferrin as a COVID-19 prevention or treatment. The type of lactoferrin used in the research differs slightly from the type that is commonly available to consumers, he noted. Lactoferrin is commonly used as a supplement to treat stomach and intestinal ulcers, among other uses."

 

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

42 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

Nytol and a glass of milk anyone? Pfizer and Merck won't like this :

 

 

Is this the form of preventive medication you would use if testing positive?

 

Have you had Covid?

[Harry's Lad]

6 hours ago, Captain Turdseye said:

My sister and her fella both tested positive. Great timing for them. 
 

My sister’s pregnant, early doors, so hoping it doesn’t affect that in any way. 

Fingers crossed for your Sister and her fella mate.

 

My youngest Grandson, 2, had a positive LFT this morning, so they did another to check which was also positive.

He has Downs Syndrome, so is at risk, but he had it a while back and sailed right through it, so here's hoping.

Everyone else in their household was negative.

This cunting virus has fucked Christmas again.

 

 

[Red Phoenix]

4 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Is this the form of preventive medication you would use if testing positive?

 

Have you had Covid?

 

I've not had covid but yeah I'd try it I think if I get it and already have some nytol. I wouldn't use it alone though, have also got aspirin, NAC, quercetin, zinc, vitamin d, and montmorency cherry extract (helps with melatonin production.) I'd also use turmeric (with black pepper to help circumin absorption), ginger and garlic when eating.

[Bjornebye]

12 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

 

I've not had covid but yeah I'd try it I think if I get it and already have some nytol. I wouldn't use it alone though, have also got aspirin, NAC, quercetin, zinc, vitamin d, and montmorency cherry extract (helps with melatonin production.) I'd also use turmeric (with black pepper to help circumin absorption), ginger and garlic when eating.

Anything else? 

[TheHowieLama]

21 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

 

I've not had covid but yeah I'd try it I think if I get it and already have some nytol. I wouldn't use it alone though, have also got aspirin, NAC, quercetin, zinc, vitamin d, and montmorency cherry extract (helps with melatonin production.) I'd also use turmeric (with black pepper to help circumin absorption), ginger and garlic when eating.

The majority of those are all natural and would be considered preventative. Are you using those now?

[Captain Turdseye]

26 minutes ago, Harry's Lad said:

Fingers crossed for your Sister and her fella mate.

 

My youngest Grandson, 2, had a positive LFT this morning, so they did another to check which was also positive.

He has Downs Syndrome, so is at risk, but he had it a while back and sailed right through it, so here's hoping.

Everyone else in their household was negative.

This cunting virus has fucked Christmas again.

 

 

Nice one, mate. Fingers crossed for your grandson too. Anecdotally isn’t it supposed to be even milder if you get it a second time? 

 

11 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Anything else? 

Jaffa Cakes. 

[Harry's Lad]

2 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

Nice one, mate. Fingers crossed for your grandson too. Anecdotally isn’t it supposed to be even milder if you get it a second time? 

 

Jaffa Cakes. 

Hope so. 

Wife's sister has just rang as well, she's been admitted to hospital with Pneumonia which is worrying as she's been fighting lung and breast cancer.

She's just waiting for the results of the PCR.

Fucking shit this Christmas. 

[Red Phoenix]

17 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Anything else? 

 

Vitamin C and plenty of veg.

 

7 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

The majority of those are all natural and would be considered preventative. Are you using those now?

 

Vitamin d and zinc fairly regularly, quercetin (sometimes in rutin form) every so often. Garlic, turmeric and ginger go in food sometimes too.

[Sugar Ape]

They do release the data on ‘with’ and ‘of’ Covid for hospitalisations. 
 

There are different reports released here

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-hospital-activity/

 

And I think this is the one related to people being primarily treated for covid 

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Primary-Diagnosis-Supplement-20211223.xlsx

 

It’s easier to just look at one of the threads though by the people who have gone through all the data. More tweets if you click the thread. 
 

 

 

[Sugar Ape]

Worth following her on Twitter as well. She’s the epidemiologist who is the data lead for the UKHSA. Big thread so worth reading it all but has some interesting points such as reinfections not being counted in the daily numbers which wasn’t a big deal for Delta but looks to be missing a lot for Omicron. And things I see mentioned like how is it doubling every 2-3 days if the cases aren’t. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

[SasaS]

I read reinfections are like 5% of cases in Denmark's current data.

 

UK's hospitalizations now definitely up on government's  site.