Lockdown diaries - COVID-19 matters!
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Currently our neighbours got Covid, my mom's cousin is in hospital, and heard last night my son's teacher got Covid.
It seems this wave is much closer to home than the previous ones. And it is not looking good for Gauteng.
It seems this wave is much closer to home than the previous ones. And it is not looking good for Gauteng.
A good mate of mine went on a golfing getaway with 9 others guys and 7 of them ended up with Covid! 
Agreed.
Also a lot of people I know has tested positive over the last couple of weeks.
Be extra vigilant.
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Daughter of friends in PTA had a payama party / sleepover - now the whole lot of them are quarantined , apparently one of the kids picked it up from her physiotherapist . Be careful out there ,don't know where the notion comes from that kids won't get infected.
Indian variant COVID cases more than triple in a week in huge blow for 21 June unlocking
James Morris
·Senior news reporter, Yahoo News UK
Fri, 11 June 2021, 10:17 am
The planned ending of England's lockdown on 21 June is looking increasingly unlikely as Delta variant cases rose 240% in a week. (Niklas Halle'n/AFP via Getty Images)
Delta variant coronavirus cases have more than tripled in the space of a week, new data show.
It's a huge blow to the plan to end England's lockdown later this month.
James Morris
·Senior news reporter, Yahoo News UK
Fri, 11 June 2021, 10:17 am
The planned ending of England's lockdown on 21 June is looking increasingly unlikely as Delta variant cases rose 240% in a week. (Niklas Halle'n/AFP via Getty Images)
Delta variant coronavirus cases have more than tripled in the space of a week, new data show.
It's a huge blow to the plan to end England's lockdown later this month.
My wife is a nursery school teacher for 2/3 year olds. And anybody that had kids know: toddler + winter = snot factory. Any one could be hiding Covid. She already had 2 parents that tested positive.
But they do sanitise the place like crazy. And it's easier to get kids to wash hands, wear masks (or shields at least) and social distance to some degree than it is for adults.
Even though there has been a marked increase in children picking up Covid, there hasn't been a real increase in pediatric hospital admissions compared to other winter seasons. So they are still not getting it as bad as adults.
I wish they would get simple math right, i make 240% more than doubled not tripled, even so!Indian variant COVID cases more than triple in a week in huge blow for 21 June unlocking
James Morris
·Senior news reporter, Yahoo News UK
Fri, 11 June 2021, 10:17 am
The planned ending of England's lockdown on 21 June is looking increasingly unlikely as Delta variant cases rose 240% in a week. (Niklas Halle'n/AFP via Getty Images)
Delta variant coronavirus cases have more than tripled in the space of a week, new data show.
It's a huge blow to the plan to end England's lockdown later this month.
It's all a matter of interpretation. These little loopholes that media sometimes use for dramatic effect.
100 people got it this week and 300 next week can be seen as 200% increase or tripple.
Either way, the bottom story is still the same.
I understand education is of major importance but these are abnormal times and i just don't understand the stance it's alright for kids to go to school when most things are shut or strict social distancing is needed and under 7's don't need to wear masks (as is the case in the UK) even if Covid didn't effect kids at all they will spread it and then it gets passed to their parents which defeats the whole object of containment!
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up 29,892 from 12,431 a week ago, that's not tripled! They have gone for the dramatic effect as you say but even so going from what happened and the equivalent speed of spread of the last waves in the UK this is not good!
Are more kids catching Covid in the third wave?
A GP perspective
Dr Karin van der Merwe
#VoicesThatCare
#GGPC
Are more children getting Covid in the third wave?
Chatting to other GPs in our collaboration, it certainly seems that there are more children with Covid than during the second wave, but Netcare hospitals haven’t seen an increase in paediatric Covid admissions. The Pediatricians we surveyed felt that the increase in outpatient paediatric infections could also be accounted for by increased testing. Many schools have been forced to close grades or classes for a period of time to allow for quarantine. Fortunately these children and teenagers have mostly had only mild symptoms and yet they present a source of infection to others in the community and therefore pose a risk. Our impression is that schools are not high risk places. Most schools have excellent Covid protocols in place and follow them carefully. It seems rather that families are dropping their guards and taking unnecessary risks and that this results in infected children going to school so that increased numbers of Covid cases at school reflects what is going on in the community. Outbreaks at schools have more often been associated with children socialising at home or playing contact sport together than spending time together in a well ventilated classroom.
We all feel so guilty that our children have missed out on social and sporting occasions due to various levels of lockdown. We don’t want them to miss out on any more. When they have a Covid contact, we try to minimise it so that they can continue playing, ignoring the potential risk to others around them. Somehow we perceive the depth of our childrens’ losses as being unbearable for them. The perspective seems to be that making our children lose out is even worse than depriving ourselves.
A problem we frequently encounter is parents who send their children to school while waiting for a Covid PCR result. Sometimes the result is positive and the parents have to explain to the school how they knowingly sent a potential Covid case to school. Believe me, this is a very awkward conversation.
What about Play Dates?
Such a sweet thing is a play date. Do I think we should ban them? Most certainly not. But snotty or coughing kids must stay home. Try to keep playdates short and have them outside or in well- ventilated areas. Keep masks on when possible. It all requires extra effort and thinking - as if parenting wasn’t hard enough!
Here are a few more issues that we are seeing commonly come up in our GP practices:
FAQs
Q:My child had a Covid contact last Saturday. Can he play soccer this Sunday? (Day 8. I will take him for a rapid Covid test the day before? He will wear a mask and sanitise before the match?
A:Unfortunately not. He needs ten full days of quarantine.
Q:My child has a snotty nose. I’m sure it’s a normal winter cold. Can he go to school if the Covid rapid test is negative?
A:Nope. The rapid antigen test is not sensitive enough to rule out Covid; plus no child should go to school with any symptoms regardless of test result even if it was a PCR.
Q:After a Covid contact- Can my child have a Covid PCR test on day 5 and then return back to school on Day 6 if it is negative?
A: This is not recommended. The Day 5 test was introduced by CDC for health care workers who needed to return back to work largely due to staff shortages. It is assumed the person is wearing appropriate PPE (including a medical mask) and that health care workers will be excellent at sanitising and social distancing. Save the money and keep your child at home for the full 10 days. It’s only worth testing if they become symptomatic.
Q: What are the symptoms of Covid in small children?
A: Mostly it’s like a cold or flu. The possible symptoms include: nasal congestion or runny nose, sore throat; ears can get sore too. Post nasal drip. Cough. VERY rarely they can get Covid pneumonia. They can also get diarrhea and/or vomiting. Not every child gets every symptom. As you can see, Covid can present like other illnesses- the common cold, bronchitis, sinusitis, gastroenteritis. This is what makes it tricky. This is why sick children should stay at home. I generally do a Covid swab on all children who come to me with suggestive symptoms. I find most are negative but every now and then one is positive. Usually someone in the household is also positive. We aren’t seeing a lot of small children picking Covid up at school.
Q: My husband tested positive today and the doctor said the chances of my 2 year old and myself having it is good. Should we isolate away from each other? I have not shown any symptoms yet and my daughter had a runny nose from Friday but she looks much better.
A: It’s very hard for parents to isolate themselves from their small children. I generally advise that children stay with their mother but if mom is too sick then Dad or another caregiver has to get involved. Often the family unit ends up isolating together. If the other patent becomes Covid positive, the isolation is extended by another 10 days. Its tempting to leave your children with their grandparents but this is not advisable because there is a chance that your children could carry the virus and infect a grandparent. It’s often not possible to achieve ideal isolation in a family with small children. Just do your best.
It’s time to ramp up our Covid response with patience, kindness, self-control, and self-sacrifice. These are principles that get lost in our fast-paced world. Covid is teaching us to put others before ourselves, to wait it out and to act for the human good. These are the values we would like to pass onto our children too. As we say in South Africa- Sterkte - for the third wave!
More people have died of Covid-19 in 2021 than in 2020 and it's only June
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/more-coronavirus-deaths-2021-so-far-compared-all-of-2020-2021-6
11 June 2021
"There have been more coronavirus deaths worldwide in 2021 than in all of 2020, highlighting the continued spread of the pandemic even as some countries start to recover.
Johns Hopkins University data analysed by The Wall Street Journal showed that the 2021 deaths surpassed the 2020 figure on Thursday.
The Journal reported that there were around 1,880,000 deaths from Covid-19 in 2020. As of Thursday, the figure for 2021 was around 1,884,000, with more than half the year still to come..."
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/more-coronavirus-deaths-2021-so-far-compared-all-of-2020-2021-6
11 June 2021
"There have been more coronavirus deaths worldwide in 2021 than in all of 2020, highlighting the continued spread of the pandemic even as some countries start to recover.
Johns Hopkins University data analysed by The Wall Street Journal showed that the 2021 deaths surpassed the 2020 figure on Thursday.
The Journal reported that there were around 1,880,000 deaths from Covid-19 in 2020. As of Thursday, the figure for 2021 was around 1,884,000, with more than half the year still to come..."
Western Cape enters third Covid wave on accelerated trajectory
https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/new...ajectory-44508a57-5d7a-43e1-a7c9-5df3153e9e12
11 June 2021
"Cape Town - As the Western Cape enters the third wave of Covid-19 infections due to an accelerated increase in new cases that was confirmed by provincial head of health Dr Keith Cloete on Thursday, politicians engaged in a blame game exercise.
Speaking during Premier Alan Winde’s digicon on the health platform and vaccine rollout strategy, Dr Cloete said that across the province case numbers were increasing and the department was seeing an average of 430 new diagnoses daily.
“We have now entered a third wave. We are on an upward trajectory. It is not gradual, it’s an acceleration. In the Metro overall, there is a 30% week on week increase in cases.
Cloete said there were 52 new hospital admissions per day and deaths were starting to increase with around five to six each day..."
https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/new...ajectory-44508a57-5d7a-43e1-a7c9-5df3153e9e12
11 June 2021
"Cape Town - As the Western Cape enters the third wave of Covid-19 infections due to an accelerated increase in new cases that was confirmed by provincial head of health Dr Keith Cloete on Thursday, politicians engaged in a blame game exercise.
Speaking during Premier Alan Winde’s digicon on the health platform and vaccine rollout strategy, Dr Cloete said that across the province case numbers were increasing and the department was seeing an average of 430 new diagnoses daily.
“We have now entered a third wave. We are on an upward trajectory. It is not gradual, it’s an acceleration. In the Metro overall, there is a 30% week on week increase in cases.
Cloete said there were 52 new hospital admissions per day and deaths were starting to increase with around five to six each day..."
We are supposed to be ending all lockdown restrictions on the 21st, really? I can see us in full lockdown again by the end of next month. With how many fully vaccinated in the UK and a R rate of between 1.2 and 1.4 and rapidly rising those that believe in herd immunity look a bit silly!
J&J must throw away 60 million vaccine doses due to possible contamination at Emergent BioSolutions plant
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/fda-tells-johnson-and-johnson-throw-out-vaccine-doses-2021-6
11 June 2021
"The Food and Drug Administration has told Johnson & Johnson to throw out about 60 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from a beleaguered plant, people familiar with the situation told The New York Times.
The vaccine doses were made at a factory for Emergent BioSolutions, a biotech firm that's known for producing anthrax vaccines.
The factory has been closed for two months because of regulatory concerns after Emergent BioSolutions discovered that workers had accidentally mixed up ingredients in a batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses.
People familiar with the situation told The New York Times that the 60 million Covid-19 vaccine doses are being thrown away because of possible contamination.
Another 10 million doses will be allowed to be distributed, but with a warning about the factory's manufacturing practices..."
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/fda-tells-johnson-and-johnson-throw-out-vaccine-doses-2021-6
11 June 2021
"The Food and Drug Administration has told Johnson & Johnson to throw out about 60 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from a beleaguered plant, people familiar with the situation told The New York Times.
The vaccine doses were made at a factory for Emergent BioSolutions, a biotech firm that's known for producing anthrax vaccines.
The factory has been closed for two months because of regulatory concerns after Emergent BioSolutions discovered that workers had accidentally mixed up ingredients in a batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses.
People familiar with the situation told The New York Times that the 60 million Covid-19 vaccine doses are being thrown away because of possible contamination.
Another 10 million doses will be allowed to be distributed, but with a warning about the factory's manufacturing practices..."
Bad news for concerts / tours
The Music Venue Trust [UK] has warned that grassroots venues will face closure if the UK's 21st June reopening date is delayed.
With rumours gathering pace that the UK government may delay the full relaxation of social distancing measures currently planned for June 21st, LIVE, the industry body working together to assist artists, venues, management and more during the COVID-19 pandemic, has published new research about the impact of the potential delay.
In the report details, which were published by NME, LIVE stated that the possibility of a four-week delay to the government’s roadmap would cost the live music sector over £500million, and force 5,000 scheduled shows to postpone or cancel.
Greg Parmley, CEO of LIVE, said: "The government has said it wants to protect the domestic unlock at all costs, but delaying the roadmap leaves us in limbo – unable to proceed with plans and enjoy our summer at home, forced to abandon large scale events that the public are so looking forward to after a year of cancellations."
@Timwis - would like your take on this pse ?
The Music Venue Trust [UK] has warned that grassroots venues will face closure if the UK's 21st June reopening date is delayed.
With rumours gathering pace that the UK government may delay the full relaxation of social distancing measures currently planned for June 21st, LIVE, the industry body working together to assist artists, venues, management and more during the COVID-19 pandemic, has published new research about the impact of the potential delay.
In the report details, which were published by NME, LIVE stated that the possibility of a four-week delay to the government’s roadmap would cost the live music sector over £500million, and force 5,000 scheduled shows to postpone or cancel.
Greg Parmley, CEO of LIVE, said: "The government has said it wants to protect the domestic unlock at all costs, but delaying the roadmap leaves us in limbo – unable to proceed with plans and enjoy our summer at home, forced to abandon large scale events that the public are so looking forward to after a year of cancellations."
@Timwis - would like your take on this pse ?
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