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New science explains South Africa’s low rates of omicron severe disease SARS-CoV-2 spike T cell responses induced upon vaccination or infection remain robust against Omicron https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.26.21268380v1 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.27.21268278v1 Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town SARS-CoV-2 Omicron…

the medical people I interact with at the hospital are far more optimistic than I’ve seen them since this all began in April last year https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/ Nobody want’s to tempt fate or speak to loudly just yet ,,,its like walking…

UK case surge has started, R is 3 to 5 https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10316627/Covid-cases-hit-463-000-Christmas-Eve-3-population-isolation.html?ito=email_share_article-top Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital trust 10% off with Covid Chris Whitty Omicron wave, going to peak very quickly Infections doubling every 2 to 3 days NHS, reduction…

South Africa, as of 4th December, R = 2.5 https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/covid-19-special-reports/the-initial-and-daily-covid-19-effective-reproductive-number-in-south-africa/ https://www.nicd.ac.za https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/ https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/weekly-epidemiological-brief/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-12-08-covid-19-symptoms-now-are-far-milder-than-in-the-first-three-waves-says-netcare-ceo/ The National Institute for Communicable Diseases The percentage of positive tests nationally: 24.9% (16.4%) higher than last week Gauteng, 35% Limpopo, 32.7% Mpumalanga, 26.9% North West,…

Gibraltar Population, 33,691 Has administered at least 94,469 vaccine doses Enough to have fully vaccinated 140.2% of the country’s population. Face masks required in all shops and supermarkets, public transport, in medical centres, indoor funerals, Airport. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/gibraltar/ Europe https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 World…