Lockdown diaries - COVID-19 matters!

[Hooked]

Research: Covid-19 And Vaping

American researchers find no increased Covid risk resulting from the use of electronic cigarettes

www.planetofthevapes.co.uk

 

[Adephi]

Guess what I'm doing this weekend.

Imported case of lassa fever identified - NICD

A case of Lassa fever was diagnosed in a man from KwaZulu-Natal on 12 May 2022.

www.nicd.ac.za

 

[Grand Guru]

 

[Grand Guru]

 

[Adephi]

Hospital admissions are up. At least the deaths are staying low.

 

[Grand Guru]

 

[Hooked]

 

[DarthBranMuffin]

 

[Grand Guru]

 

[Adephi]

Seems like the numbers are going down again. Can only hope this is the beginning of the end.

 

[Hooked]

You can be retrenched with zero severance for refusing vaccination, CCMA rules | Businessinsider

Unreasonable refusal to be vaccinated in order to keep your job can make it unfair to expect severance pay, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration ruled in one case.

www.businessinsider.co.za

 

[Grand Guru]

 

[Stranger]

There are just still too many cases for this thing to be over. I wonder how many excess deaths since Jan, I will bet many are unreported Covid 19

 

[Hooked]

SA’s vaccine troubles include a shortage of megaphones – but soccer is helping | Businessinsider

Bad roads and bad weather are contributing to slow a Covid-19 vaccine rollout, some regions report.

www.businessinsider.co.za

 

[Adephi]

Covid-19 daily dashboard coming to end - but positive infection estimates still published weekly
Health Minister Robin Swann said that the Test, Trace and Protect Strategy involving a more proportionate and targeted approach to test and trace took effect on April 22.

He said this decision prompted a review of the data and analyses.

The review found that changes to testing policy and behaviour mean daily totals of reported COVID-19 cases no longer provide a comprehensive indication of prevalence in the community.

In a statement the Department of Health said that following a review of the published data, it has been decided that the daily dashboard of COVID-19 statistics will cease to be published after this Friday, 20 May.

That will be for Ireland. We still got a bit to go.

 

[Grand Guru]

 

[Paul33]

Not covid related, just funny.

 

[Stranger]

https://www.samrc.ac.za/reports/report-weekly-deaths-south-africa

 

[Feliks Karp]

Don't believe the stats in general any more. Had it now for the second time, but probably the third, first time I have been fairly but low presenting symptomatic, my nose was on fire and would not stop running in the first few days, infected my GF, her sister, their neighbour and two of my own family members, all had a steady 3-5 days incubation period after contact with me. Doctor said it didn't seem like covid, so I didn't get tested, the one family member did, they were positive, the other one was negative, potentially only 1 out of 6 infections were "recorded".

 

[Grand Guru]

Don't believe the stats in general any more. Had it now for the second time, but probably the third, first time I have been fairly but low presenting symptomatic, my nose was on fire and would not stop running in the first few days, infected my GF, her sister, their neighbour and two of my own family members, all had a steady 3-5 days incubation period after contact with me. Doctor said it didn't seem like covid, so I didn't get tested, the one family member did, they were positive, the other one was negative, potentially only 1 out of 6 infections were "recorded".

Unfortunately many GPs are misleading people. I just had a patient this morning whose GP told him that "we don't test for covid anymore!!!". Speedy recovery sir!

 

[Feliks Karp]

Unfortunately many GPs are misleading people. I just had a patient this morning whose GP told him that "we don't test for covid anymore!!!". Speedy recovery sir!

Thank you, I kicked it in a few days with no issues, touch wood this virus was just not meant for me, both times have been pretty uneventful but my one family member is still coughing a month later, and the neighbour has developed heart rhythm issues.
*edit a nurse I know has developed really bad memory issues. And my friend who caught it on holiday has the persistent brain fog

 

[Paul33]

Thank you, I kicked it in a few days with no issues, touch wood this virus was just not meant for me, both times have been pretty uneventful but my one family member is still coughing a month later, and the neighbour has developed heart rhythm issues.
*edit a nurse I know has developed really bad memory issues. And my friend who caught it on holiday has the persistent brain fog

and I had the absolute displeasure of talking to someone yesterday who still believes covid isn't real...

 

[Stranger]

Just as there is no cure as such for Covid, neither is there for stupid

 

[Grand Guru]

 

[Paul33]