Symptom change and waning protection

COVID cases no longer climbing as feared, except Scotland https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/covid-cases-no-longer-climbing-as-feared https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time Data from 21st August to 4th September COVID cases no longer climbing as feared Current cases, + 51,876 (symptomatic) Based on PCR and LFT test data from up to five days ago, n = 31,075 Down 9.2% from 57,158 new daily cases last week In the fully vaccinated population Cases, + 17,674 (symptomatic) (Last week’s average, + 17,342) New cases are the highest among the 0-18 and 18–35 year-old On average 1 in 90 people in the UK currently have symptomatic COVID UK R value = 1.0 Wales, 1.1 Scotland, 1.1 Scotland and England Cases remain highest in 0-19 years old Longer covid 894 people a day will go on to experience symptoms for longer than 12 weeks Professor Tim Spector It’s great to see the return to schools and summer festivals haven’t yet resulted in a spike in cases as feared. Worse in Scotland, rates are still rising Scottish hospitals could soon be overwhelmed The Scottish situation makes it clear we can’t be complacent about COVID as winter approaches We are still producing far too many Long Covid cases and hospitalisations unnecessarily For 521 days, ZOE and King’s College London have demanded cold and flu-like symptoms be recognised as common COVID-19 symptoms UK rates the highest in Europe, if the government continues with no restrictions, surely we should at least help people to recognise the symptoms early and know when to stay at home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERHPwt9ExL8&t=1097s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices