CV and mad panic behaviour

[LP]

My dad died 4 years ago, 60 years old.

I'm sorry to hear that, my apologies.

But you get my point regardless.

Assuming they are in good / reasonable health, even perhaps with some underlying chronic condition, we don't look at parents and relatives and think another year or two doesn't really matter.

[LP]

https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/covid-19...-australia

The majority (2,556 deaths) of the 2,639 deaths registered with or from COVID to 31 January 2022 were due directly to COVID-19.

Yep, how this is reported and varies from region to region is more about politics, finance and funding.

The general public assume the reporting is like for like, a COVID death is a COVID death, but it isn't, laws aren't the same region to region, insurance policies vary, government funding mechanisms vary, welfare varies, political and media pressure varies accordingly.

A nice example, my UK associate has relatives somewhere in Europe, he tells me that in their location COVID deaths are not reported as an official COVID only death because there are no mechanisms in place to cover health care costs and welfare for a COVID case, so the doctors "look after" the families by listing a comorbidity like pneumonia, and then the case goes through the health care system unhindered. They are more cynical, they think it's remaining like that so that politicians can stand up and claim we don't have a COVID problem, because the incumbents are politically anti-lockdown, technically it is not a lie!

Not just across international boundaries, but even across our own country the reporting was initially inconsistent state to state, it's worth recalling this when we discuss head counts. Labels matter!

[Mav]

There's concern in NSW that the BA2 Omicron Subvariant is causing a spike in cases as it's more transmissible than the BA1 subvariant:
Brad Hazzard concerned at rise of COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA2, flags case spike, abc.net.au

[LP]

There's concern in NSW that the BA2 Omicron Subvariant is causing a spike in cases as it's more transmissible than the BA1 subvariant:
Brad Hazzard concerned at rise of COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA2, flags case spike, abc.net.au

We should all be hoping it's a false alarm.

[Mav]

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the MCG ...

[LP]

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the MCG ...

Let's not put the cart before the hearse!

[Thryleon]

There's concern in NSW that the BA2 Omicron Subvariant is causing a spike in cases as it's more transmissible than the BA1 subvariant:
Brad Hazzard concerned at rise of COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA2, flags case spike, abc.net.au

Rising cases of the sniffles and sore throats coming to a stadium near you.

Ba2 is unlikely to evade vaccine protection. 

[LP]

The media is drawing a !ink between COVID and Warne, now Senator Kitching also at 52!

Not sure there is a link, but would you take that risk, just a sniffle isn't it?

Are you sure?

[dodge]

LP the implied link is with the vaccination,  not Covid.  There has also been noise about many athletes having heart issues post jabs.

One of the anti vax messages is (supposed) high rates of myocarditis following jabs.

[DJC]

Don't worry, it's just a sniffle!

Even a mild case of COVID-19 can increase a person’s risk of cardiovascular problems for at least a year after diagnosis, a new study shows. Researchers found that rates of many conditions, such as heart failure and stroke, were substantially higher in people who had recovered from COVID-19 than in similar people who hadn’t had the disease.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00403-0