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UK hits record COVID-19 levels; nearly 5 million infected
The hill ^ | 04/02/2022 | SYLVIA HUI | ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted on 04/02/2022 7:04:38 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

LONDON (AP) — The prevalence of COVID-19 in the U.K. has reached record levels, with about 1 in 13 people estimated to be infected with the virus in the past week, according to the latest figures from Britain’s official statistics agency.

Some 4.9 million people were estimated to have the coronavirus in the week ending March 26, up from 4.3 million recorded in the previous week, the Office for National Statistics said Friday. The latest surge is driven by the more transmissible omicron variant BA.2, which is the dominant variant across the U.K.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: chinavirus; covid; infected; omnicronvariant; record; uk
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Panic!!!! Lock it down!!!
1 posted on 04/02/2022 7:04:38 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How sick are they.???

Not very.


2 posted on 04/02/2022 7:06:00 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (If you put anything into my body WITHOUT my consent, IT IS RAPE.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
4.49 million cases in the UK

Will this coming case surge be enough to affect the Midterms?

You bet!

3 posted on 04/02/2022 7:09:43 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: Baldwin77

They are NEW ATTACKS. Death by a thousand cuts or 1000 ATTACKS.


4 posted on 04/02/2022 7:11:15 AM PDT by Surrounded_too
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s just like we predicted when governments announced ramped-up testing. They use “positive” tests, accurate or not, to keep the fear in place and to keep the control in place.


5 posted on 04/02/2022 7:12:24 AM PDT by Restless
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Any moron with half a brain could have looked at the chart and seen that the peak for the BA2 wave in the UK occurred a week ago.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/


6 posted on 04/02/2022 7:16:32 AM PDT by Go_Raiders (The fact is, we really don't know anything. It's all guesswork and rationalization.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27; Owen

Oh no! The scythe of COVID is cutting down England!!

Dang. Owen warned me about this a few weeks ago and I ignored the warning and made some pompous comment.

Oh karma you’re a cold bit##h.


7 posted on 04/02/2022 7:17:01 AM PDT by Sarcazmo
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Vax side effects. Britain is one of the most vaxed countries on the planet.


8 posted on 04/02/2022 7:17:56 AM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: Go_Raiders

Wait.... so we’re going to be ok? No scythe?


9 posted on 04/02/2022 7:18:00 AM PDT by Sarcazmo
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It really is the cold now. People do die of the cold. They do go to the hospital with a cold. But its very rare and there are often comorbidities that cause the issue. A friend of mine, 22 years old female died ten years ago. She had asthma, she got the cold, she went to sleep and never woke. It happens every year. It always has. COVID will kill people. But very few and those will be sick for other reasons.

England should ignore COVID. It will go away in two weeks.


10 posted on 04/02/2022 7:19:57 AM PDT by poinq
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--- "Panic!!!! Lock it down!!!"

The fear porn is getting silly. "Estimated" appears four times in the article, twice in the pix caption and twice in the body. "Estimated."

As of 2 April 2022, "official" UK Covid deaths are 166,168.

Source: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/united-kingdom

( 166,168 deaths / 68,498,631 population ) x 100 = 0.243 percent mortality rate over twenty seven months. Less than one quarter of one percent across the entire "pandemic."

Estimated! Panic! Estimated! Lock it down! Estimated!

11 posted on 04/02/2022 7:23:20 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Thank G_d for the fax. Without it , it would be so much worst...

Wait, if the fax is so safe and effective and works, why isn’t it working?


12 posted on 04/02/2022 7:27:19 AM PDT by gracefullyparanoid
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RE: UK hits record COVID-19 levels; nearly 5 million infected

How many percent of these are serious enough to be hospitalized?


13 posted on 04/02/2022 7:27:38 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Sarcazmo

I’m sure Kamal will reassure you that now is the time to do what we have been doing, and that time is everyday.


14 posted on 04/02/2022 7:30:06 AM PDT by Go_Raiders (The fact is, we really don't know anything. It's all guesswork and rationalization.)
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To: bray

** Vax side effects. Britain is one of the most vaxed countries on the planet. **

Yes, and people I know there are clamoring for their 4th Jab. It is disturbing to me that people I know there, suffering with newly diagnosed cancers are very upset they won’t be given a 4th vax until midway through their chemo.

They are also upset at the shortage of lateral flow tests.


15 posted on 04/02/2022 7:30:29 AM PDT by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Coming to an election steal near you !


16 posted on 04/02/2022 7:31:53 AM PDT by daku
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Conditioned reflexes, in which people respond in the same way even if the original stimulus is no longer a threat.

Crying “Wolf!” too often when no threat is imminent leads to skepticism and even cynicism.

There was a series of experiments run years ago, in which at the same time food was presented to dogs, a bell rang, and the dogs then salivated, in response to the food. This was repeated over and over, then as the test of the experiment, the bell rang, and the dogs salivated in anticipation of getting fed, but no food was presented. It took some time for the dogs to STOP salivating when the bell was rung, and not followed by the presentation of food. If sometimes both the bell and food presentation were again done simultaneously, and other times the bell rang with the food not present, the dogs never abated in the habit of salivating upon hearing the bell.


17 posted on 04/02/2022 7:36:10 AM PDT by alloysteel (There are folks running the government who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches - Will Rogers)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So what? These ass-wipe media types always make the mistake of pushing a narrative right off a cliff. They just don’t have a clue on how to “pivot” or pull a Jen Psaki “circle back” moment in order to salvage their big lies and themselves from becoming a laughing-stock. Do the World a favor and send the lamestream media (and the Karen’s who believe them) to Chinese-style re-education camps for a much-needed rehabilitation.


18 posted on 04/02/2022 7:37:48 AM PDT by torqemada (BIDEN IS NOT MY PRESIDENT #RESIST)
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To: ChicagoConservative27; 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Infectious Disease Ping - Covid infections on the rise in the UK
The UK which has one of the highest rates of vaccination is now experiencing lower numbers of deaths compared to earlier this year

(From the Source):" Hospitalizations and death rates are again rising, although the number of people dying with COVID-19 is still relatively low compared with earlier this year.
Nonetheless, the latest estimates suggest that the steep climb in new infections since late February,
when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson scrapped all remaining coronavirus restrictions in England, has continued well into March."

"The figures came on the same day the government ended free rapid COVID-19 tests for most people in England, under Johnson’s “living with COVID” plan.
People who do not have health conditions that make them more vulnerable to the virus now need to pay for tests to find out if they are infected."

“The government’s ‘living with COVID’ strategy of removing any mitigations, isolation, free testing and a considerable slice of our surveillance
amounts to nothing more than ignoring this virus going forwards,” said Stephen Griffin, associate professor at the University of Leeds’ medical school." (Emphasis mine)

19 posted on 04/02/2022 7:47:35 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Quick! More,vaccinations! Hurry, no time to lose. Hair on fire, hair on fire

Everyone panicking apbut snifflechron


20 posted on 04/02/2022 7:53:49 AM PDT by Bob434
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