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London, with Britain’s largest surge, goes on emergency footing against Omicron.
NY Times ^

Posted on 12/18/2021 8:28:19 PM PST by Tipllub

With hospitalizations and a rapid rise in new coronavirus cases being driven by a surge of the Omicron variant, London’s mayor on Saturday declared a “major incident” — or emergency — for the first time since January.

The declaration sets up special coordination procedures and indicates that emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response.

The move came as the number of patients in London hospitals increased 29 percent over the last week. The city has confirmed 65,525 new cases in the last week and 26,418 cases in the last day, the highest number since the start of the pandemic, Mayor Sadiq Khan’s office said in a statement on Saturday. The Greater London area has seen cases rise by nearly 200 percent over the last two weeks, making it the hardest hit area of Britain.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid19; omicron; serge; surge; vaccine; wuflu
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1 posted on 12/18/2021 8:28:19 PM PST by Tipllub
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How many hospitalizations?


2 posted on 12/18/2021 8:29:14 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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Shh, I’m prepping for the New Year’s variant already.


3 posted on 12/18/2021 8:31:12 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: Tipllub

das Surge


4 posted on 12/18/2021 8:31:18 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Don’t look for the facts, stick to the fiction.


5 posted on 12/18/2021 8:31:44 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Tipllub

They don’t seem to publish the death rate anymore. I wonder why?


6 posted on 12/18/2021 8:31:53 PM PST by Revel
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To: Tipllub
New York Times. Panic-Central, as long as the Left can get some mileage out of it.

Our obviously bought-and-paid-for media is getting very obvious. And very annoying.

7 posted on 12/18/2021 8:33:19 PM PST by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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8 posted on 12/18/2021 8:34:02 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Nextrush

Yep. Media wouldn’t want us to find out the facts. I haven’t seen any reports that the NHS is about to be overwhelmed. In that case, the Brits can keep marching on with a stiff upper lip. Or they are not like that anymore after Winston Churchill died?


9 posted on 12/18/2021 8:34:11 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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If the South Africa experience is accurate, about 1/10 as many of “infected” as with “normal” COVID.

So if “infections” escalate by > 10% that might be reason for concern.

And how many “infections” are merely false positives?


10 posted on 12/18/2021 8:34:22 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The ultimate goal is to scare people into getting more jabs that’s what all measures are ultimately aimed at from mask orders to lockdowns to increased testing etc. etc.


11 posted on 12/18/2021 8:36:17 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Tipllub

“Bring out your dead!”


12 posted on 12/18/2021 8:38:43 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Don’t step on yer dick..


13 posted on 12/18/2021 8:41:52 PM PST by mylife (Christmas is cancelled, all the reindeer have Covid and a red nose, Donner and Prancer and Vaxxen)
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Tranlslation: Britain’s NHS is incompetent.


14 posted on 12/18/2021 8:43:38 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Tipllub

How many were vaxxed?


15 posted on 12/18/2021 8:47:10 PM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Tipllub

Pandemic of the Jabbed.

We were warned, by REAL docs, last year, about this.


16 posted on 12/18/2021 8:47:35 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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Death rate, negligible. The Omicron variant truly is the sweet and sour sniffles.


17 posted on 12/18/2021 8:48:00 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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this is the most common OMICRON trick being used by FakeNewsMSM. say omicron/omicron/omicron, then throw in a percentage increase and lead the public to conflate the high numbers with omicron!

“The move came as the number of patients in London hospitals increased 29 percent over the last week. The city has confirmed 65,525 new cases in the last week and 26,418 cases in the last day...”

ask most people and they probably think


18 posted on 12/18/2021 8:48:12 PM PST by MAGAthon (y)
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To: Tipllub

Uber liberal London, with the Muslim mayor, is having these issues.

How about the rest of England?


19 posted on 12/18/2021 8:48:35 PM PST by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Stop thinking and asking questions. Just trust the panicked tone of the article and do whatever you’re told.


20 posted on 12/18/2021 9:07:33 PM PST by AndyTheBear
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