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.
Not sure if this is the right place, but here goes! Like many people, the majority of our friends just don't understand why we wear masks in shops etc, only travel in a car with others who mask up, windows open, don't eat indoors with anyone... things that we consider normal. So here's the Q. In the first couple of years of the pandemic I remembe that Covid infection is symptomless in around 50% of people. Is this still thought to be the case? We never have house guests, and since we live outside the UK, this limits our visitors. Symptomless people unwilling to test (and of course, rapid tests unreliable for negative.) Despite the precautions we caught Covid last year, almost certainly through eating outside with friends. Now we are even more concerned not to get a second infection. I am healthy but almost 75, my husband is well following an emergency hert bypass 2 years ago. Sorry for the detail but we are concerned to stay well and keep friends.
We’ve frequent contact with health services in Scotland this year, including one acute admission on Monday night. Not once have we been asked about our Covid history and only one test was carried out - badly- on Monday, and it couldn’t possibly have shown Covid even if it was present.
While I’ll grant there’s not lots about, I’m not the least bit convinced by NHS figures.
Not sure if this is the right place, but here goes! Like many people, the majority of our friends just don't understand why we wear masks in shops etc, only travel in a car with others who mask up, windows open, don't eat indoors with anyone... things that we consider normal. So here's the Q. In the first couple of years of the pandemic I remembe that Covid infection is symptomless in around 50% of people. Is this still thought to be the case? We never have house guests, and since we live outside the UK, this limits our visitors. Symptomless people unwilling to test (and of course, rapid tests unreliable for negative.) Despite the precautions we caught Covid last year, almost certainly through eating outside with friends. Now we are even more concerned not to get a second infection. I am healthy but almost 75, my husband is well following an emergency hert bypass 2 years ago. Sorry for the detail but we are concerned to stay well and keep friends.
In the USA JN.1.13 is surging fast. Any sign of it in the UK?
We’ve frequent contact with health services in Scotland this year, including one acute admission on Monday night. Not once have we been asked about our Covid history and only one test was carried out - badly- on Monday, and it couldn’t possibly have shown Covid even if it was present.
While I’ll grant there’s not lots about, I’m not the least bit convinced by NHS figures.
Thank you.
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