Tuesday, 29 October 2024

Capitulating to Covid?

England has a dwingling population immunity to Covid. The Omicron subvariants are proving very successful in overcoming what remains of it. The UK Health Security Agency has noted that, in England, a) hospital admissions for Covid infections are markedly increasing and b) the percentage of folk with symptoms testing positive for Covid in sentinel tests, is also quickly climbing. Most folk are clearly no longer giving any thought to this viral infection. Some vulnerable folk don't even bother to get boosters. Immunologists now feel England has largely capitulated to Covid (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/26/covid-on-the-rise-as-experts-say-england-has-capitulated-to-the-virus). Specialists feel that booster vaccinations should be given more widely. They also think that testing for the virus needs to be re-boosted. A new variant of Covid, XEC, is now emerging. It doesn't seem very sensible to completely let our guard down at this time.

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