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Hmmm... A few things to clarify the science here - it took me about ten minutes to find these out, so I remain entirely unconvinced that repeating stuff unchecked is in any way smart: Is there evidence that Omicron can re-infect people who have already had Covid? Yes...

Right, all of the links I've provided are subordinate to your crystal ball. There's no problem with ambulances queuing, people are just making this stuff up. In your opinion, despite all of the evidence there's no issue anywhere other than A&E. The reason you seem to suggest there are...

Absolutely, and I think that's why there's genuine concern (as opposed to the Boris get-out-of-jail-free kind). It looks like infections are going to rise exponentially, in fact if I had a fiver I fancy we might start running out of test kits sometime in January. Whether hospital admissions...

The ones queuing outside A & E aren't likely to be there for routine appointments are they? Hmm...I think I'll book my serious fall, stroke, heart attack, car accident for Tuesday... I haven't much on that day. 😁

C'mon Nick, you're starting to argue black is white here. What do you think happens to most people who go to hospital in an ambulance? They have a quick wipe down and are sent on their way?! Filter out the nonsense indeed!

Yes, it's hard to get data on this in a straightforward way, but it's easy enough to find lots of similar stories. It's definitely worrying, and I don't for a moment believe that the NHS isn't already under huge pressure.

Then why are ambulances queuing for hours outside hospitals to admit people? https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2590 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nhs-hospital-england-b966273.html

That's not entirely true either, but I agree the booster drive will have an impact. Fwiw I got to see a GP today, again let's not misinform and put people off even trying.

You won't know that until it's infected a very large number of people, as above. What would you do now? Take a punt on it being a cold?

All perfectly reasonable Steve, but the problem is that the NHS is already at breaking point, and possibly beyond it. Data on this is much harder to find, but I know personally of two seperate incidents where people with breathing difficulties have either waited for an ambulance for over six...

The problem is that if you let it rip now, and then in a few weeks time it turns out that for even a small proportion of those infected it's serious, then that small proportion will be a very large number. By then of course, it's too late to do anything. Here's the key point again, as made by...

Fair enough, if that's what you think is being said. What's the lie that's currently being pushed, would you say?

When I had it, symptomatically, I had two negative LFTs and one positive, on consecutive days of feeling like death. PCR was positive.

Given even with a booster it's likely there will be a breakthrough in a significant percentage, it will hit the old too. The point of vaccinating/boosting everyone is to slow the spread. Even if only a very small percentage of young people are affected, it's still going to be potentially a...

Indeed, and SAGE, of course, are the scientists modelling the numbers and recommending the current course of action.

Yes, but again, that's one study on a small sample of young adults. And the numbers here are potentially very concerning. If it's really doubling every two days then within six weeks the numbers infected will be enormous. Even if those impacted severely by the new variant are proportionally...

Same logic Nick, surely. More vaccinated people in the population to catch and spread it. But unless there's anything I've missed, the chances of both catching and spreading the infection are reduced by vaccination and further reduced by boosters. I won't spend all day on this today, but...

Which is an entirely fair point, but we're obviously not the only country that is worried about it. Not trusting politicians is one thing and I'd heartily recommend that. There is a fair bit of science that suggests that it isn't just something Boris has conveniently made up though (again).

Whoa there, I'm not sure the logic for this quite holds up. There are likely to be more vaccinated people with Omicron than non-vaccinated people, because there are significantly more people who've had the vaccination. It also seems that the variant is far more effective at breaking through...

From memory, I don't even think they've finished theirs yet. So that seals it then. 😁