Weekend – Record new cases around the globe, US and UK included, families getting together for Christmas. NSW, Australia Health Minister says “get vaccinated, we’re all going to get omicron”.
Friday – 1.7M new Covid cases in the UK last week.
Thursday – escalating daily cases in the UK. Today – almost 120k. Four vaccinations may be needed to give enough protection.
Wednesday – UK NHS planning for a “super surge”. 106k cases in the UK yesterday. Early reports from Scotland suggest that omicron is serious, but may not have the same level of hospitalisations as delta. That being said; still early; and even a small fraction of positive cases at this number will overwhelm health systems.
Tuesday – UW moves to online learning again in the new year. Negative tests in the house. That’s a relief. 90k+ positive cases in the UK for almost a week. Carefully watching hospitalisation data, which lags by ~15 days.
Graphic from The Guardian.
Monday – heading into Christmas and New Year with raging positive cases, and the potential of a huge funnel leading to hospital collapse. Potential positive exposure in the house; PCR test done, waiting for results. There are no lateral flow tests to be had within 100 miles.
This time last year – “the mutation is everywhere” – the story repeats. The shock of 40k cases daily in the UK.
| The Guardian | The Seattle Times | |
| 20 Dec | here | here |
| 21 Dec | here | here |
| 22 Dec | here | here |
| 23 Dec | here | here |
| 24 Dec | here | here |
| 25 Dec | here | here |
| 26 Dec | here |
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