Which age groups and regions are driving Omicron infections?
Cases are rising fastest in London, where they have more than doubled in the past week and are climbing at more than 10 per cent per day, effectively doubling every six days.
Within London, growth in case numbers is being driven by young adults. Cases among people aged 20-34 are increasing 15 per cent every day, with the number doubling in less than five days.
While not disagreeing with the figures, I work in a library which stocks free COVID tests and can’t help but notice they had pretty much stopped being taken away not long ago as people stopped testing or having to test and they are now being taken again ( and online ran out) . I dont think thats necessarily all due to people feeling ill but rather wanting or needing a negative test- in other words while cases are rising so is testing which will catch more positives? May of course be pretty irrelevant in effect.
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At the same time, the daily number of deaths is decreasing a lot. Which is actually a really good thing
Inspired and guided by out great leader BoJo, we have entered the yolo phase of the pandemic.
I think attributing to omicron is foolish, unless proven.
Its winter, all of these viruses spread like wildfire. Lockdown rules have changed over the past year, people have gotten fed up, vaccines have made people lazy with distancing and the like.
It needs more information; if anyone has it I’d love to see the data.
Maybe, maybe not.
I took my booster vaccine yesterday. Seems right in time. January will be wild.
right but it is substantially less detrimental to your health…. nothing to worry about in the grander scheme..nothing at all like the first wave
Wow,variant that caused approximately 0 deaths is filling up hospitals. So scary.
cases are meaningless number.
What’s British for “big oof”?
Great news. Omicron might be the end of this pandemic. Less deadly, more contagious but still gives sames antibodies.
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Source: [https://www.ft.com/content/d69a0a68-d5ac-4ac3-98ac-1bbceec513b6](https://www.ft.com/content/d69a0a68-d5ac-4ac3-98ac-1bbceec513b6)
Which age groups and regions are driving Omicron infections?
Cases are rising fastest in London, where they have more than doubled in the past week and are climbing at more than 10 per cent per day, effectively doubling every six days.
Within London, growth in case numbers is being driven by young adults. Cases among people aged 20-34 are increasing 15 per cent every day, with the number doubling in less than five days.
While not disagreeing with the figures, I work in a library which stocks free COVID tests and can’t help but notice they had pretty much stopped being taken away not long ago as people stopped testing or having to test and they are now being taken again ( and online ran out) . I dont think thats necessarily all due to people feeling ill but rather wanting or needing a negative test- in other words while cases are rising so is testing which will catch more positives? May of course be pretty irrelevant in effect.
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At the same time, the daily number of deaths is decreasing a lot. Which is actually a really good thing
[https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/united-kingdom](https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/united-kingdom)
Inspired and guided by out great leader BoJo, we have entered the yolo phase of the pandemic.
I think attributing to omicron is foolish, unless proven.
Its winter, all of these viruses spread like wildfire. Lockdown rules have changed over the past year, people have gotten fed up, vaccines have made people lazy with distancing and the like.
It needs more information; if anyone has it I’d love to see the data.
Maybe, maybe not.
I took my booster vaccine yesterday. Seems right in time. January will be wild.
right but it is substantially less detrimental to your health…. nothing to worry about in the grander scheme..nothing at all like the first wave
Wow,variant that caused approximately 0 deaths is filling up hospitals. So scary.
cases are meaningless number.
What’s British for “big oof”?
Great news. Omicron might be the end of this pandemic. Less deadly, more contagious but still gives sames antibodies.