There have been 65,525 new cases confirmed in London in the last seven days, with 26,418 cases reported the last 24 hours – the highest figure since the start of the pandemic.
And in the last week, the number of Covid patients in the capital’s hospitals has risen by 29 per cent.
Mr Khan warned the city could run out of police officers, firefighters and NHS workers due to the rapidly rising cases forcing thousands of front-line workers into isolation.
This worry not only comes from the virus but also mandatory quarantines and time off of work. Society itself could grind to a halt. What’s happening in Europe will be the United States in two weeks
During these troubling Covid moments we so often turn to a good chap from over across the pond, Dr. John Campbell. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Campbell has been authoritative voice on social media to explain with common sense terminologies coupled with medical acronyms what the nations of the world are facing.
In fairness it should be noted that Dr. Campbell has been doing videos on his YouTube channel for many years prior, but the burst of popularity came at the same time the cases across China begin to make news in early 2020.
As the world now faces the Omicron Variant, Campbell‘s newest video sheds light on what Britain is doing to prepare for potential calamity, although he hopes it will NOT be that awful, and how the rest of the world face is the same potential dire problem within weeks.
Campbell has repeatedly said that he believes he will be exposed to the virus as well most of the people on the planet. And that will not be within months, is going to be relatively within a short period of time if not days to a few weeks.
Campbell’s latest video on the Omicron surge in the UK
Clearly Great Britain is on a war footing, even openly speaking about what type of patients should be removed from the hospital if medical facilities are faced with a soaring rate of Covid infections during the spike..
Dr. Campbell, like so many others, is upset that officials are not mentioning the benefits of increasing vitamin D, zinc, and just in general getting a more restful sleep.
Those three things, our good lad thinks, could have a net positive result of the global immune system.
What clear is this: there are two outcomes that are sure to occur.
First: a period of global herd immunity. No one knows how long it might last but we certainly know that the amount of people who will be exposed and catch the Omicron Variant is going to far out numbered Delta. Omicron is a Variant on steroids..
And we also know that the healthcare system and basic infrastructure of many nations across the world are going to facing .. Little shortages, staffing crises, and medical care facilities and influx of patients in huge numbers.
Most medical officials seem to be erring on the side that omicron will be overall less deadly and dangerous than Delta. That’s the good news. The bad news is that despite it being so a large number of people will get the virus and all them once, perhaps eight times more infectious than Delta. Mathematical equations with prove that even if less people become hospitalized from Omicron when compared to Delta, it could actually still be the same number if not more than delta give me the amount of people getting the virus.
It is now very clear: we will not have to hypothesize about this too much longer. Great Britain will face the very likely scenario of more than 1 million cases per day by the end of this month, and United States million will have even more daily by the end of January. Batten down the hatches.
The number of reported Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. have surpassed 800,000, as the coronavirus pandemic is set to continue into 2022.
Data from Johns Hopkins University on Tuesday showed the U.S. has exceeded 800,000 Covid-19 fatalities, close to two years after the first deaths from the disease were recorded in the country in February 2020.
There were undoubtedly a number of early deaths not counted as the virus was circulating the world without awareness..
Death certificate data show the total number of U.S. Covid-19 deaths this year exceeded those in 2020, when the pandemic first altered daily life in the country, and before the widespread rollout of vaccines.
Philadelphia officials announced Monday that proof of a COVID-19 vaccine will soon be required to eat inside a restaurant or food establishment.
The rollout begins January 3, Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole said.
More..
Officials said the mandate applies at places where people can eat together indoors, like indoor restaurants, bars, sports venues – including the Wells Fargo Center, movie theatres, catering halls and cafes.
Examples of places where the vaccine mandate will not apply include schools and daycares, hospitals, grocery stores and convenience stores and soup kitchens
“We know that people have in error been given the whole five doses in a vial instead of it being diluted, we know that has happened overseas, and we know with other vaccines errors have occurred and there has been no long-term problems,” she said.
But Prof Petousis-Harris said receiving multiple doses of the Covid-19 vaccine is not ideal, saying when people get given higher doses, they get more fever, pains and headaches.
A TALE OF TWO ISSUES.. Merged together into a mixed bad of madness in the midst of a pandemic that is driving people to the edge of darkness in their minds…
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One one hand, surging COVID cases is leading Pennsylvania into hospital turmoil.. the abyss of a cold dark winter and beds and ERs overrun..
Meanwhile, courts have ruled it is improper to force children in schools to wear masks…
There may be many districts that still force kids to do so, but as a whole government agencies can no longer require it was by edict..
A front page from Lancaster County showcasing the brutal irony of two headlines coupled together above the fold..
UK Dr. John Campbell has been right on the money about the COVID-19 pandemic before it even received its name.
His newest video here for your review is interesting, with the doctor believing that he and many others across the world will be exposed to the Omicron variant prior to Christmas or within a month of it.
Early predictions and evidence pretends that this is a weaker variant but much faster is spreading. Let’s hope everyone who predicts weakness is correct because if there’s strength behind these numbers we ain’t seen nothing yet from COVID-19..
It is too early to stick a fork in it, but things sure seemed quiet this year.
Despite previous years’ fights and retail mayhem, we went silent in 2021.. yes the pandemic. We know. But even with that said, a semblance of a return to “normal” tried to occur before the omicron outbreak started in South Africa.. and even with that, these numbers:
Retail watchers say that the “consumers,” as they refer to the huddled massive of bargain basement shoppers, are starting to browse earlier.. online retail is going to soon far outweigh the brick and mortar..
Stores being closed had an impact as well..
On Thanksgiving day, visits to brick-and-mortar stores cratered 90.4% from 2019 levels, Sensormatic found. Retailers including Target, Walmart and Best Buy opted to keep their doors closed to customers on the holiday. Target has said it will be a permanent shift.
