Update on Covid providing information on prevalence and hospital admissions for England and its regions. This post is best viewed using the browser or Substack app.
Many thanks. I do hope that the statistics regarding Long Covid, suffered now by an increasing number of individuals, and the life changing effect upon them, their family, friends and colleagues, catalyses some recognition by and remedial action from, our government.
There are at least two competing variants in the UK now, if not three. The KP2 FLiRT variant seems to induce more severe mild cases. That is to say, the infectious period is longer, the duration of symptoms longer and the symptoms experienced are worse than recent past mild cases. The word mild encompasses a sniffle all the way through to bed bound for weeks, and is a misnomer.
From what I have seen in my GP surgery and the volume of calls for respiratory complications I expect this summer to see a significant covid wave, maybe even two to three times as many cases per week than this report has noted. My real concern for most is longcovid and post-covid complications. This has been largely forgotten by the public and the media, one following the other. I am becoming concerned at the volume of children and otherwise healthy adults presenting with long term shortness of breath and difficulty exercise. The statistics presented do not capture these people and the NHS mandates reporting that treats symptoms as not covid related. We are making a mistake and walking blindly into longcovid disrupting lives and the economy due to ignorance.
Thank you yet again for your analysis. My concerns remain that a large number of the population no longer care about protecting themselves. I’ve saved for my children and grandchildren to book a Covid vaccine but they just haven’t bothered. Their response is more or less that I’m scaremongering. It’s upsetting and frustrating that intelligent people refuse to obtain some protection from vaccines. The Government and media have no concerns about public health and remain quiet!
Many thanks. I do hope that the statistics regarding Long Covid, suffered now by an increasing number of individuals, and the life changing effect upon them, their family, friends and colleagues, catalyses some recognition by and remedial action from, our government.
There are at least two competing variants in the UK now, if not three. The KP2 FLiRT variant seems to induce more severe mild cases. That is to say, the infectious period is longer, the duration of symptoms longer and the symptoms experienced are worse than recent past mild cases. The word mild encompasses a sniffle all the way through to bed bound for weeks, and is a misnomer.
From what I have seen in my GP surgery and the volume of calls for respiratory complications I expect this summer to see a significant covid wave, maybe even two to three times as many cases per week than this report has noted. My real concern for most is longcovid and post-covid complications. This has been largely forgotten by the public and the media, one following the other. I am becoming concerned at the volume of children and otherwise healthy adults presenting with long term shortness of breath and difficulty exercise. The statistics presented do not capture these people and the NHS mandates reporting that treats symptoms as not covid related. We are making a mistake and walking blindly into longcovid disrupting lives and the economy due to ignorance.
Thank you yet again for your analysis. My concerns remain that a large number of the population no longer care about protecting themselves. I’ve saved for my children and grandchildren to book a Covid vaccine but they just haven’t bothered. Their response is more or less that I’m scaremongering. It’s upsetting and frustrating that intelligent people refuse to obtain some protection from vaccines. The Government and media have no concerns about public health and remain quiet!