Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

No tests to be 100% sure I've not picked it up and been asymptomatic but pretty regular LFTs throughout have all been negative.

Sounds bit like corona at least it would have for me since i never have headaches and dont get weird painful stomach from colds but did from covid.

1/35th? less than 3 procent for the entire pandemic? Does not make sense does it? considering just on one day now you ad about another 1/3rd of a procent in confirmed cases. So in ten days you would have doubled the amount of ppl in uk who have had it and that would only be the confirmed number as well not the massive unknown cases that were at least in the begining believed to be far greater than those who got symptoms.

Thats the problem with all these modells, they suck ha .)
Unless my math is way off which is ofc always a possibility without double checking.

Per government data, there have been 12.5m positive tests in the UK since the pandemic began:

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases?areaType=overview&areaName=United%20Kingdom

Presumably a very significant number of asymptomatic and undiagnosed cases beyond that, but it is anyones guess how many.

1/35 is not for the whole pandemic

I have a colleague who has tested positive three times - once in each major wave. Who knows how many individuals have had it multiple times.

That would make more sense .)

After number 2, you might have thought they would change their behaviour.

Presumably you could build a pretty good estimate from the ONS data.

It is actually someone very cautious but they have a kid in nursery then school.

i’m guessing they had it early so wuhan/wild type, delta then omicron.
influenzas/other coronavirus’s reinfect in 12-36 month cycles so not that unusual.
Some people think we will be covid free in a year or so, they couldn’t be more wrong, people will likely be reinfected for the rest of their lives (hopefully with just a sniffle or no symptoms at all)

Fair enough - Kids are filthy unwashed petri dishes.

Rotten luck though.

this is an oxymoron, in a way I am glad I have a kid in nursery, without that I'd be VERY anxious in this pandemic

Hospitalisations are nowhere near the levels (both on ward and ICU) of the first or second wave of Covid.

Deaths have actually fallen week on week.

Most of the vulnerable have had three vaccinations.

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@Stonehedge at least the NHS in England is releasing figures on the with COVID conundrum.

Here is Scotland we're waiting for quality assurance.

https://mobile.twitter.com/BBCScotNine/status/1476309661943009285

The reverse ferret didn't happen. The expected double down in Scotland did. Terrifying

https://archive.fo/BU7Vv

The fallacy that the NHS has been starved of funds needs to be discussed

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So I tested positive on the 22nd and tmr should be my day ten of isolation. 26th and 27th my positive line was practically gone so was looking good for potential early isolation exit.

Wife tested positive on 27th. I then had a day of feeling shit again and strong positive lines on my tests returned on the 29th and again today.

If I’m still testing positive tmr am I allowed out of isolation after day 10?

Could I have got it twice in short succession?!

Median wages in the NHS for FTE are above the national median.

Pension contribution of nearly 21% for those not fortunate enough to be members of the DB scheme.

The private sector has shit pensions because the shareholders pissed them up the walls.

Good. The state should be setting an example of how to treat people.

Health experts from the Nuffield Trust, Health Foundation and King’s Fund say tight spending in recent years and increasing demand for services have been “taking a mounting toll on patient care”. They add that there is “growing evidence that access to some treatments is being rationed and that quality of care in some services is being diluted.”

Doesn't sound adequately resourced to me.

That's a separate question. Does the UK have to consider something like the German model with a role for insurance, or raise taxes?

Raising taxes gets my vote

119 told us very clearly that without the ability to do another PCR test, a positive LFT should be taken as that and you should isolate. Strange LFT pattern though, personally I've not heard of similar.

Is that a separate question though??