Covid-19 Diary : Thursday 30 December, 2021
Wow. While we may have been relaxing in the lull between Christmas and New Year, it has been a busy week for the virus, with astonishing – terrifying – new record numbers of new reported …
Wow. While we may have been relaxing in the lull between Christmas and New Year, it has been a busy week for the virus, with astonishing – terrifying – new record numbers of new reported …
It has been an unsurprisingly quiet few days since my last diary entry on Thursday night. As expected, we’ve not had any semblance of accurate Covid case data from the US on Friday, Saturday, or …
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There have been some morsels of good news, albeit in a week filled with new record numbers of daily Covid cases being reported in assorted countries around the world, including the UK, and we here …
There continue to be wild statements flying in every direction about the Omicron variant and its implications. The words “irrational panic” spring to mind. Perhaps inappropriately, I’m finding myself more reassured than terrified about what …
I was expressing surprise on Sunday about how it seemed that Omicron was disproportionately infecting people who had already been vaccinated. A reader wrote in to explain why that might be – due to a …
The spread of the Omicron variant continues apparently unabated – as of Saturday, cases have been detected in 29 US states. If cases were reported in 29, it is a fair bet that unreported …
Something I’ve half-expected for months finally happened earlier this week. But – a bit like the death of an ailing loved one – no matter how prepared you think you are for the actual …
The Omicron virus variant continues to spread rapidly across the world, and within the US. The last count I saw, dated yesterday, suggested it has been detected in 16 US states, and I know in …
The news this week has understandably been focused on the new Omicron variant. If you missed it, I had a considerable amount of early coverage of it in Sunday’s diary entry, and I’m happy …