Posted on 12/23/2021 12:41:36 AM PST by blueplum
Many Brits appear to have put themselves into self-imposed lockdown to save their Christmases as Covid cases rates rocket.
As Omicron rampages across the UK, causing consecutive days of record high Covid cases, some would seem to be taking matters into their own hands in the absence of tougher restrictions.
In the days leading up to Christmas, shops, restaurants, pubs and more have struggled with cancellations as potential punters try to avoid the virus that would force them to not see loved ones on December 25.
This led to some of the country's usually busiest streets, shops and restaurants being turned into virtual ghost towns during what should be one of the most manic times of the year, in the run-up to Christmas.
Pictures show how some of the capitals usually busiest streets were almost completely deserted today during what should be one of the busiest shopping days ahead of Christmas.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
An article about SoAfrica said that omi spread from mid-no, sequenced on Nov 25 and since then, two large downward spikes in cases. So maybe, maybe this is a 6-week ride for this variant. Another article about England says they have a 90% vax rate, with the lowest rate being in south London. The first two cases in England were identified Nov 25, one in Brentwood, Essex and one in Nottingham, according to the Guardian. As of today, according to the Sun, there are over 37K cases.
here’s a Fox article regarding South Africa’s progress with the wave:
https://www.foxnews.com/world/south-african-omicron-peak-recent-drop-covid-19-cases
Well honestly.. i see some ineresting things in this. Headlines readd like ww1 and 2 with international troop movements. 2 or three years ago reading about tanks on the polish border made me wonder what year it was. History repeats.
I am glad to see we are not the only country with a scared bunch of karens beggint the government and their pharmaceutical leaders to save them from fear.
Hebrews 2.. enslavement does not happen because of death. It is the fear of death that enslaves.
So why is everyone so afraid to face death, especially if they believe there is no Creator. I think they are lying to themselves.
Stop fearing and start living. It is unamerican to fear and submit to a few rulers who tell you what to do.
Stop kneeling to needles and masks. You are the problem. Your children and grandchildren will pay for your fearful obedience to your masters.
Jan 6 is proof th hey fear us and that is the way this country was designed. Man up, while its still legal.
Every so often the world enters into a period of collective insanity. We are in the middle of one of those periods and our media and self proclaimed elites are trying to amplify and prolong the insanity to the greatest extent possible.
Prison is freedom. Submit. Obey.
Totally. The UK’s deaths are way down, the amount of new cases has flattened. People are just believing whatever they’re told.
deaths are down compared to this time last year, but they are on what is now an 8-day run of cases, exceeding first outbreak this time last year. About 1 in 6 in the UK have been infected to date with a 90% vaccination rate avg. That still leaves a few million unprotected. (11M cases/68m pop):
Daily Covid-19 cases in the UK have exceeded 100,000 for the first time.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59758757.amp
not sure if it’s ‘fear of death’ or just not wanting to be ‘pinged’ as a ‘close contact’ of someone who tests positive, necessitating a 7-day self-quarantine, which would mean missing Christmas and New Years. They’d rather get infected after seeing family for Christmas, which is a very big deal for most in England :)
Brits aren’t Karens, they’re smart. Smart enough to survive a thousand years.
Rampage. Something rhetorically beyond surge, one supposes.
Yet from recent Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus resource Center data:
( 144,369 UK deaths over almost two years / 67,886,011 people in the UK ) x 100 = 0.213 percent of the population’
Less than one quarter of one percent over a period of about two years as “official” victims of the “pandemic.”
So in general tallying deaths has been well replaced with announcing cases which “rampage.” But fear itself seems to be driving an economic “rampage” of its own, as the article says, ‘Businesses are failing, people are losing their livelihoods and the industry is crippled. Mixed messaging, coupled with additional restrictions, have had a catastrophic impact on our sector over the last two weeks.”
One notes that the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center has become essentially a “vaccine tracker” in their own pages.
On the home page, “Global Confirmed” of 257,570,349 “cases” and “Global Deaths” of 5,151,177.
( 5,151,177 / 257,570,349 ) x 100 = ~ 2 percent of the “confirmed” but against the world's population...
( 5,151,177 / 7,908,379,040 ) x 100 = 0.065 percent
As a “pandemic” of the “confirmed” over almost two years, they calculate 2 %.
As a “pandemic” among all the world over almost two years, the result is much lower — 0.065.
Thus it depends on what numbers one chooses, by which to tell of the “rampage.”
Tallying deaths against an overall population is simply less a “rampage,” isn't it?
There is no “rampage”. There has never been a rampage except in the fake news media.
Surely you mean “that leaves a few million protected” yes?
The safest and most protected people are the unvaccinated, who have long ago acquired natural immunity.
The Unsafest people are the vaccinated, who currently account for almost all new infections and deaths.
Cases are irrelevant. Only deaths matter. If deaths aren’t tracking cases, who gives a flip?
Idiots...
— “There has never been a rampage except in the fake news media.”
Totally agree.
would you like to volunteer to be one of the quarter of one percent? How many doctors, nurses, scientists, cops, bus drivers, mothers and fathers comprise that one quarter of the one percent? Is life so casual to you ? Or is it your fear that pushes reality into an impersonal decimal?
Approx 1 in 6 UKers have been confirmed infected (similar to the US). Around 1/3 of those infected will have some form of long covid - which may be simple, like sniffles that last 6 months or brain fog, clumsiness, or it might be neurologic or organic, some severe. Of those discharged from ICU around 20 percent roughly will be readmitted in crisis within 90 days and 20 percent will be dead by one year. Discharge from hospital doesn’t mean 100% shiny brand new. Some have to learn to breathe or walk again. Some may never work again. Even asymptomatics can and do incur damage (notice all the people acting crazy lately?)
“rampage” as in from 2 cases to 67,000 omi cases in 3 weeks. That’s a remarkable rate of exponential spread that’s burning thru the 10% unvaccinated population, along with taking another share of the more frail and elderly. But I suppose since that population will only be one quarter of one percent they don’t matter. In which case, why treat them at all, right?
I’m not sure if you’re familiar with the tracking that the UK has in place. If someone tests positive, their ‘close contacts’ are notified to quarantine by NHS via cellphone. Once notified you cannot travel and you may be checked up on.
With Christmas so near, and knowing Omi may evade immunity, Brits are choosing to lay low a few days and not risk that NHS phonecall.
Tomorrow they can travel home to see Mum and have their holiday fun. If they get infected or a ‘close contact’ call afterwards, well, it’s better than missing Christmas, isn’t it?
If they get infected, be quiet about it. Omicron is the weak variant plus everyone will get infected now or later so there’s no point of a quarantine. I have not heard anything about the NHS getting overwhelmed.
There’s plenty of rampaging stupidity.
As one who has not been injected with an experimental, phase three clinical trial, and given that the “fully vaccinated” are being spoken about with “breakthrough” infections, I suppose we all are volunteers, one way or another.
I am well aware that some people are experiencing follow-on problems from a viral infections, and you surely are aware that other people are experiencing ADE in numbers reported larger than generally allowed for the continuance of a clinical trial.
You ask, “In which case, why treat them at all, right?” I never suggested that at all. The question is worthy of a BBC interviewer like Cathy Newman.
“So what you're saying is...” in interviews can yield a response “that's not what I'm saying.”
“...a remarkable rate of exponential spread” is not occurring. Documenting the spread — graph or chart — will show that “exponential” is not a descriptor of the data.
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