New strain in South Africa should we be worried?

[lala2221]

Just seen that South Africa have reported a new strain which is appearing to affect young adults more. Am i over worrying? Could this be the same as the new strain here? Just feel there is something that the government aren’t telling us this weekend.

@OldOrMaybeNotThatOld do you get a feeling that flights from South Africa to the UK will be stopped?

I don’t see our govt doing another hard lockdown. We don’t have the economic support to help our people financially. A couple weeks ago they opened up international flights in an effort to attract foreign tourists. If anything your friends will probably be allowed back out again with quarantine on your side.

But I’m no expert and I’ve learnt that things change overnight and when least expected.

[quote OldOrMaybeNotThatOld]**@OldOrMaybeNotThatOld do you get a feeling that flights from South Africa to the UK will be stopped?

I don’t see our govt doing another hard lockdown. We don’t have the economic support to help our people financially. A couple weeks ago they opened up international flights in an effort to attract foreign tourists. If anything your friends will probably be allowed back out again with quarantine on your side.

But I’m no expert and I’ve learnt that things change overnight and when least expected.[/quote]
If anything the ban will be initiated by the UK and other European countries

I can’t remember where I read it but it was recently I came across a discussion that mentioned how some scientists were actually quite disappointed that one of the milder strains of covid had been repressed to extinction in one of the countries that are better at respiratory disease suppression.

@MRex

I guess it feels that way *@cardibach*, but the research talked about length of time from a specific person and direction. A teacher won't have one child out of 15/20/25/30 kids talking for even 10 minutes of an hour-long lesson while facing all the others, but the teacher's introduction, close-down, specific question responses etc will easily go over 10 minutes and will usually be facing the room while they all face the teacher. Kids and teenagers seem more likely to infect each other by the traditional routes of proximity or loud noise; at a sleepover, in a car, play date shouting excitedly indoors, hugging and kissing, sharing food/ drink, etc. Similar to adults, louder ones might be more likely to be superspreaders.

No, the teacher will have all 30 talking directly at them, many from within 2m due to classroom size. Loudly. In poor ventilation. For 5 hours a day.

When it mainly affects older people some were saying why bother to SD, masks etc..... but young adults... wow they will worry now.... the previously selfish will suddenly become less selfish...?

@Grobagsforever

1) Tranmissiable isn't a word. It's contagious

2. Viruses nearly always mutate to get more contagious but less deadly. In fact that's literally how pandemics end.

Transmissible is a word....

dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/transmissible

@RavingAnnie - "Tranmissiable" genuinely isn't a word though. No idea what the point of @Grobagsforever saying that was. I can say dggtghgfgb isn't a word, and it isn't, it just doesn't add much to the conversation to interject at random words that don't exist.

In these worrying times lets not fall out over terminology.

@MRex I am now old and my eyes don't work any more! Didn't see the spelling error!

Well there you go!