Coronavirus/COVID-19 part 2

[Sarah]

Herd immunity, the meaning and the myth...

Let's talk about herd immunity.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1486 ... 91430.html
https://twitter.com/DavidSteadson/statu ... 3215591430

[Sarah]

Today deaths reported within 28 days of a positive test reached 534, the highest daily figure since February 2021.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

The government plans to stop publishing the daily COVID-19 death toll quite soon, according to a senior Whitehall source:

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/gover ... ll-1436139

[expressman33]

Today deaths reported within 28 days of a positive test reached 534, the highest daily figure since February 2021.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

The government plans to stop publishing the daily COVID-19 death toll quite soon, according to a senior Whitehall source:

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/gover ... ll-1436139

Does anyone believe the figures ? In the last week 3 of the published 4 deaths from my town were from over 12 months ago, and on 2nd Feb 2022 from the 12 deaths published in my town only 2 of these occured in 2022.

[expressman33]

Free Lateral flow tests to stop on 1st April , https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-ra ... flow-tests - https://test-for-coronavirus.service.go ... navailable -- "Sorry, there are no home delivery slots left for rapid lateral flow tests right now"

[Sarah]

They've also now changed the minimum time between orders from 24 hours to 72 hours.

[expressman33]

Today deaths reported within 28 days of a positive test reached 534, the highest daily figure since February 2021.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

The government plans to stop publishing the daily COVID-19 death toll quite soon, according to a senior Whitehall source:

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/gover ... ll-1436139

Does anyone believe the figures ? In the last week 3 of the published 4 deaths from my town were from over 12 months ago, and on 2nd Feb 2022 from the 12 deaths published in my town only 2 of these occured in 2022.

Today they announced 4 deaths in Stockport but cumulative figures only increased by 3 . They deducted 1 death from 9/12/2020 .

[expressman33]

Free Lateral flow tests to stop on 1st April , https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-ra ... flow-tests - https://test-for-coronavirus.service.go ... navailable -- "Sorry, there are no home delivery slots left for rapid lateral flow tests right now"

Boots to charge £5.99 for one lateral flow test as England ends free packs
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... test-packs

[Sarah]

P&O suspends all services with immediate effect to undertake mass redundancy (800 staff):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60779001

[macliam]

Free Lateral flow tests to stop on 1st April , https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-ra ... flow-tests - https://test-for-coronavirus.service.go ... navailable -- "Sorry, there are no home delivery slots left for rapid lateral flow tests right now"

Boots to charge £5.99 for one lateral flow test as England ends free packs
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... test-packs

This is approximately twice what I was paying OTC in Portugal before Christmas.

Good old rip-off Britain!

[blythburgh]

Free Lateral flow tests to stop on 1st April , https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-ra ... flow-tests - https://test-for-coronavirus.service.go ... navailable -- "Sorry, there are no home delivery slots left for rapid lateral flow tests right now"

Boots to charge £5.99 for one lateral flow test as England ends free packs
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... test-packs

This is approximately twice what I was paying OTC in Portugal before Christmas.

Good old rip-off Britain!

Black market op there, mo chara