LurkerJ said:
Nah. It was becoming less relevant in the UK before the invasion because this is almost as good as it gets. A large portion of the society is vaccinated. We're screening the extremely vulnerable patients and offering them the anti-virals within 5 days of testing positive (this can reduce admission by 80%, depending on the anti-viral), there are more anti-virals to consider if you get admitted to a hospital, there are antibodies to help with treatments. It got to the point where hospitals are revising healthcare staff isolation policies because it's considered "over-kill" at this point. I can't imagine it will get much better than this any time soon. The children of today will be exposed to all sort of COVID19 variants, and when they become the adults of the future, they will be naturally less vulnerable than the rest of us and life will go on. |
True, they just removed all restrictions (at least England) and its all as normal. The combination of Phizer/Astrazenica and mDNA is proving quite effective in reducing the risk hospitalization. The initial herd immunity set by gov was a pretty horrible idea pre vaccination but now that the majority and most vulnerable have antibodies and that the weakest and most easily contractable strain is about (Omicron) now is the best time for everyone to get antibodies and immunisation as a whole. Even when the next strain comes along, people's immune system here in the UK will be able to handle it.
There are studies done in the US where where those have contracted the Omicron variant are very unlikely to get reinfected due people developing antibodies against SARS-CoV2. Where most of the small amount of reinfections were those non vaccinated - at the surprise of no one.
Last edited by hinch - on 26 March 2022
