It’s an interesting data point, but I wouldnt take it as definitive yet.
Yeah, more meant for more study, How it works for previous infections going to be key too, big thing is just trying to figure out if delta can resurge imo.
Thread of threads on urgency of normal
https://twitter.com/rmcarpiano/status/1486307145112961026?s=21
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I’m in the seems obvious, nice to have it data support camp. 
s for everyone. No reason for discord IMO.
Certainly not with any confidence.
Not much time to read anything this week. :(
Two-thirds of people with Omicron in England had Covid before, study finds
Two-thirds of people recently infected with the Omicron variant say they had Covid previously, according to a new British study.
The REACT (REal-time Assessment of Community Transmission) research team swap-tested thousands of volunteers across England.
Almost two out of every three Covid-positive participants reported having had Covid before, according to the findings published by the Imperial College London on Wednesday.
“Among the 3,582 swab-positive individuals reporting whether or not they had had previous infection, 2,315 (64.6%) reported a confirmed previous infection,” the report read.
The researchers concluded that past infection was associated with a high risk of reinfection with Omicron.
However, more work is needed to determine how many of the results are true reinfections or PCR tests which may have picked up old traces of the virus.
Risks of infection were found to increase among people living in large compared to single-person households, those in more deprived areas and among people of Asian, Black and other ethnicities, according to the findings.
The research programme, commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and carried out by Imperial College London, is in partnership with Ipsos MORI and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
Confirmed Hoax :\
I’m so angry about the lack of beds and the problems that has caused.
https://twitter.com/chadlivengood/status/1486323994546642951?s=21
This doesn’t seem that alarming to me. With an aging population and a declining birth rate this pattern seems likely to arise in most Western countries eventually. The whole country of Canada had about 300,000 deaths to 350,000 births in 2021 and the “births” line is trending down and the “deaths” line is trending up, even before COVID.
For some weird reason Canada counts annual births and deaths July to June, so “2021” is for the 12 months ending June 30, 2021.
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If I recall correctly, he pozzed at some point in 2020 too, maybe even leading up to the election?
Yup, had to suspend his campaign and everything. Given the margins might have been what prevented him from avoiding the runoff.
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Please report problematic posts like Bob’s to the moderator team in the future, I appreciate your vigilance but there’s no need for you to try to police posts like this yourself in the open forum. Leave that to the moderation team.
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It’s looking grim here this weekend.
The convoy of truckers opposed to vaccine mandates is expected to arrive on Parliament Hill this weekend. The convoy passed through Winnipeg on Tuesday. The movement has gathered steam nationwide, with videos showing highway gatherings in support of the truckers.
Chief Peter Sloly said what started out as a single demonstration, the Freedom Convoy, has “changed substantially” in the past 24 hours or so. Now, police are preparing for other groups to flood the downtown core as well who aren’t affiliated with the main convoy.
“There are an increasing amount of other interested parties who are considering, if not articulating coming to the nation’s capital,” Sloly said.
The whole thing’s being bankrolled by a GoFundMe started by the separatist party in Alberta. We’re going to be ground zero for the worst elements in society this weekend, possibly longer. Like the hellmouth from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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So you’re saying if we nuked Ottawa this weekend we could wipe out all the deplorables AND all the politicians? I’d hate to live in a world like that!
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I did not find Bob’s post problematic, despite it being directed at me.
Give the way the UK reports their numbers would that mean a massive case undercount as (I think) they exclude reinfections? Does that bleed into hospital/death data too or no? Just trying to look at countries ahead of the US timeline.
Nah, Parliament’s still virtual so the politicians aren’t here.
Czechs who test positive for COVID on a PCR test will not have to test at work, school, or quarantine for 30 days afterwards.
I get the being exempt from work/school testing but you should have to at least test negative to leave quarantine.
Positive changes involve invalidating all covid vaccines for admittance to restaurants, bars and the like if they were received prior to May 1st. All vaccines after that (excluding boosters) have a 9 month validity. Administrative leave for schools has been increased by 10 days to compensate for how much of it has been used so far.
Also what’s happening is that people in the CR are seeing countries like Ireland repealing all measures and just going back to normal and want to do the same. Differences are that Ireland has past their omicron peak and their vaccination rate is way, way higher. I mean their booster rate is nearly double CR’s. Meanwhile, we’re on our way up to the peak not quickly falling from it.
Has it been determined if BA.1 provides some immunity against BA.2?
Spotify: “A streaming service don’t need him around anyhow.”
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