COVID-19 (Coronavirus) discussion

My GP has prescribed me a course of oral steroids as my peakflow isn't good. Once I am negative, meds in my system and PF back to almost normal- I will be much better.
 
COVID really seems to mess with some people's hearts - even Omicron. We've got 3 people at work who I don't think are really going to be the same again post COVID in that respect - one of them quite young and not unhealthy to start with. Couple more people I know it caused them short term problems (mostly because they tried to get back to running again too soon I think) but seem to be back to themselves now they've given it a bit of time.
 
Rroff said:
COVID really seems to mess with some people's hearts - even Omicron. We've got 3 people at work who I don't think are really going to be the same again post COVID in that respect - one of them quite young and not unhealthy to start with. Couple more people I know it caused them short term problems (mostly because they tried to get back to running again too soon I think) but seem to be back to themselves now they've given it a bit of time.
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When I had Covid at the start of may, I had one day where my heart rate was at a constant 130bpm for the whole day
 
Things change I've changed said:
www.theguardian.com

EU recommends second Covid booster for vulnerable and over-60s

Almost all European countries have reported surge in infections, driven mainly by Omicron variant BA.5
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

"EU recommends second Covid booster for vulnerable and over-60s"​


Doubt the UK will follow suit.
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On Monday the US biotech firm Moderna said it had completed regulatory submissions for its updated Covid vaccine in the UK, Europe and Australia. If approved by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the bivalent vaccine, which primes the immune system against Omicron and the original strain of Covid virus, will be available for the autumn booster programme.

In a press statement, Moderna said the updated booster outperformed its existing booster against the now-dominant BA.4 and BA.4 variants of Omicron, raising neutralising antibody levels 70% higher.

In the autumn, people aged 65 and over in the UK will be offered a booster, as will frontline health and social care workers, and there is a suggestion everyone over 50 may be included in the programme.
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From that article.

Some good news on the updated booster if that is ready for this Autumn
 
How long did people have the 'brain fog' for? Its been about 2 weeks since I tested negative and felt better but I'm still not myself. It could be that I'm just tired at the moment but I've never noticed myself forgetting what I'm doing or day dreaming quite as much as I have been the last few weeks. Possibly coincidence.
 
Puzzled said:
From that article.

Some good news on the updated booster if that is ready for this Autumn
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And yet, because they won't fully approve the bloody things, anyone who is 'too young' cannot get boosted further if they so wish, even with the updated jabs. Complete farce.

Just let us purchase the damn things like we do with flu jabs already.
 
Noticed in this article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-62138545

"Getting fully immunised saves lives by cutting the risk of severe Covid illness, although it cannot fully stop infections."

The official line still seems to be, even if well intended, that getting vaccinated helps stop infections but you'd have to be completely blind at this point to not see that while it can significantly reduce the severity, the window for having any kind of useful impact on infections is only a few short weeks post vaccination and with increasingly a lot of people on different timelines the effect is much reduced - although pretty sure it has had a hand in shaping waves at work and why it seems to completely vanish and spike in waves as a lot of people had their shots on a similar timetable and so becoming more resistant to infection, then losing that protection on a similar schedule.
 
Looks like we've just passed the peak of third wave of Omicron going by the updated stats today.

UKHSA data dashboard

Showing public health data across England
coronavirus.data.gov.uk coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Going to be a few weeks until its back down to where it was before this wave took off.
 
So with all the, dare I say it, fear porn now circulating about rising numbers how come Worldometers does not seem to have been updated in nearly a week with regard to UK cases and deaths?
 
Vern1961 said:
So with all the, dare I say it, fear porn now circulating about rising numbers how come Worldometers does not seem to have been updated in nearly a week with regard to UK cases and deaths?
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UK government has moved to weekly updates instead of daily.

Graphs here make for some interesting reading - can't easily compare against cases as testing isn't as comprehensive as it was though that can be somewhat inferred from surveillance reports, but distinctly shows the difference vaccines and Omicron have had on severity vs Delta and earlier variants.

 
Vern1961 said:
Okay, understood. So how and on which day of the week does that get translated across to Worldometers?
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Not sure but I'm guessing tomorrow (or within 24 hours of the 15th) given the data publishing dates so far.

UK government schedule likely won't change unless there is a change in severity or at least the volume of severe cases due to prevalence levels if they increase enough.
 
Vern1961 said:
So with all the, dare I say it, fear porn now circulating about rising numbers how come Worldometers does not seem to have been updated in nearly a week with regard to UK cases and deaths?
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As of last week England moved to updating its stats every week, which was already being done by the other nations in the UK a few months ago. Its what they do for other things like Monkeypox just as well.


Reported cases are obviously no where near the actual amount but do give a trend line. Hospitalisation give more of an idea of how much of it is around to before. The ONS also provides decent weekly stats for Covid from the random house hold testing they do. They release that each Friday at midday. Also the Zoe app is quite good as well for reliable stats.
 
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