To think we are in real trouble with Covid again

[Blackcelebration12]

I read this independent sage report this morning & it’s so alarming- www.independentsage.org/29th-december-2020-emergency-statement-and-call-for-immediate-national-lockdown/

Aibu to think we are in trouble

@Heartlantern2

It’s perfectly fine.

2 vaccines on the way. Schools having delayed starts and most closing. Most shops have closed again. It’s not like nothing is being done.

The vaccines will help bring hospital admissions down- that’s the big goal. Nothing else.

Most schools aren't closing. Primaries anyway. In Tier 4 areas where this thing has been spreading like wildfire. And will have free rein to really get stuck in as of next week and spread unchecked throughout the younger school population and their families and the staff so we really WILL be fucked by the end of Jan.

The testing in secondaries is bullshit. It's smoke and mirrors to make it look like the Government are doing something when, in actual fact, their actions will make it even worse.

So yeah, we're screwed.

When you look at the rise in cases here compared to other European countries that were broadly similar up until recently, you can see how badly the new strain has affected us.

@lavenderlou

When you look at the rise in cases here compared to other European countries that were broadly similar up until recently, you can see how badly the new strain has affected us.

I have been wondering about this though as in both France and Germany they test for a wider set of symptoms than we do. I know I'm always a gloomster and a doomster but how do our rates really compare?

France, Germany, Spain, Italy have been hovering around the 10,000-15,000 cases a day recently, although France and Germany both had quite a big jump to around 25,000 yesterday. Still half what we are getting though.
You can see different countries' data here: www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

I was thinking though if they test for more symptoms, their cases are not really comparable as they will presumbaly find a higher percentage of what is out there.

The UK list of symptoms misses a lot of cases (deliberately?)