Finally Some Common Sense.......

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-59646151
"A top South African doctor says the country is mainly seeing "mild disease" and intensive care units are not overwhelmed" - they also said that a fortnight ago.

[Hopkirk]

We all hope it proves to be true, but the evidence isn't conclusive yet.

[Atheist]

I didn't read the article, but I hope this apparent good news continues. Where does common sense come into it? Presumably it's more than that, after all she's a 'top doctor', not a bird/bloke down the pub.

[pixie374]

It does look like common sense. At some point, we have to let people behave normally again.

[dave50]

It won't be enough for the "just in case" brigade.

[johnk]

South Africa has a completely different climate to ours, you can't take their experience and apply it to us.

[emmie]

what's climate got to do with it?

[maggiebee]

Oooohh are you heading for South Africa TTT? You will be missed.

[jno]

"finally, a South African doctor who agrees with me"

while it's jolly nice of you to provide a link, perhaps it should be one that takes you to the story you're quoting? Since that's what you demand of everyone else.

[ToraToraTora]

no way way I would set foot in that sheet h0le mags, fear not!

[ToraToraTora]

jno the story is us taking countries off the red list, the link reflects that. I also referred to a story weeks before that for context. Sorry if that's too difficult.

[jno]

where's your link, TTT?

[jno]

in other words you've put a link instead of a question? Unfortunately the link is to a rolling report that mentions dozens of stories, none of which is the one you cited in your OP.

My my, if gulliver did that you'd be impressed...

[ToraToraTora]

here is one of many from a SA doctor if it pleases you jno but the main thrust of this post is the dropping of the red list status.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/south-african-doctor-raised-alarm-omicron-variant-says-symptoms/
PS last time I asked for a link the post was removed.

[ToraToraTora]

the link in the OP does talk about the dropping the read list. It was that I was referring to as "some common sense". I was backing it up with the SA doctor bit. Sorry if that confused you.

[jno]

okay, here's a story - recent - suggesting Omicron may have mild effects in SA because so many citizens have already had Covid and it's provided them with some sort of immunity

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10299773/South-Africas-Omicron-outbreak-slows-figures-suggest.html

That's sort of good news, but nobody seems to know yet how good the immunity is or how long it lasts. I don't plan on going there (lovely country - last time I was there Winnie Mandela gave me a wave as I went by), and personally I think I'd be cautious about taking in arrivals from there.

I have much more faith in Javid than in Boris, however, so I'll just have to hope he's right.

[Stickybottle]

emmie
what's climate got to do with it?

https://theconversation.com/amp/does-coronavirus-spread-more-easily-in-cold-temperatures-heres-what-we-know-148465

However, studies have shown that the annual increase in colds and flu particularly coincides with when the temperature outside and relative humidity indoors are lower. Flu viruses survive and are transmitted more easily in cold, dry air. So it’s reasonable to think that the same may be true for the COVID-19 coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which has a similar size and structure.

Laboratory experiments with coronaviruses and similar viruses have shown that they do not survive well on surfaces when the temperature and relative humidity are high

[Zacs-Master]

That report (which is over a year old) concludes.....
'Unfortunately, we will only learn exactly how changes in the weather affect the pandemic by living through it'

Not exactly 'scientific proof' that climate affects the spread.

[douglas9401]

Unless you include the climate of fear whipped up by every cough and sneeze.

[Zacs-Master]

I see no climate of fear in any walk of life. Only a dull moral sapping morass of half arsed opinion and speculation which is processed by the media and regurgitated as dumbed-down headlines designed to enrich the lives of the soap opera devouring proletariat.

There. I feel better for that.

[douglas9401]

Moral sapping is entirely different from morale sapping. :-)