RE: low antibodies confirmed via UK's ONS16 Aug 2022 15:44
Interesting article LLLSE thanks.
I still keep this vague blind hope that lots would have been planned out and agreed behind closed doors and we will just not know what that is unless its needed. However, I also have the sinking feeling that as a nation we just sleepwalking into the next disaster.
We know Covid is getting more contagious, yes severity has remained low with Omicron dominant but most scientist now just see this as nothing more than luck.
The other reason Omicron is mild is because of our high immunity levels, yet we also know these are fading fast.
We also know the NHS has a massive backlog, the new BA.5 and BA2.75 can evade immunity so well people are catching Covid again just a month after last getting it. You can’t ask Doctors and Nurses to come to work knowing they have Covid meaning they will have masses of people off absent all throughout autumn / winter so that backlog is only going to get worse.
We know all business will suffer from mass absenteeism, Planes, trains cancelled, classrooms closed all supply chains delayed.
People unable to heat their homes means people will be more likely to share warm places together, as said before world cup + the usual winter events. More people will get covid this winter than ever! before and a large percent of us will most likely get it multiple times. This with lower immunity levels meaning more likely to have more seriously ill.
Talk about the winter of discontent! Its coming, surly someone in government is planning out ways to help minimise the impact?? Sadly, maybe not as in politics Covid is something they know people don’t really want to hear about so lets put all our focus and attention on the in fashion topics of concern.
As I say, for me sleepwalking into a massive covid **** show and then we will get “how were we to know” dumfounded panicked make it up as you go along responses… very frustrating!