Notice the surge (52.4% increase in the past 7 days alone):

Hospitalisations follow, so this isn’t benign or something we can conveniently ignore:

Notice what goes on in Scotland

After about 92% of the grown-ups here have received at least one jab the issue is clearly far from solved (and war on Ukraine does not make this something we can simply ignore)

These numbers are about a week behind, so the effects of the (COVID case) surges is yet to be reflected in these figures

Patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19

2022 (per day):

06-03-2022 1,406
05-03-2022 1,197
04-03-2022 1,280
03-03-2022 1,400
02-03-2022 1,389
01-03-2022 1,307

2021:

07-03-2021 535
06-03-2021 636
05-03-2021 599
04-03-2021 706
03-03-2021 713
02-03-2021 835
01-03-2021 825

People tested positive for COVID-19

2022:

09-03-2022 40,137
08-03-2022 66,055
07-03-2022 67,644
06-03-2022 48,809
05-03-2022 38,563
04-03-2022 41,238
03-03-2022 43,588
02-03-2022 46,049
01-03-2022 44,654

2021:

09-03-2021 6,488
08-03-2021 6,890
07-03-2021 4,410
06-03-2021 4,629
05-03-2021 5,467
04-03-2021 5,937
03-03-2021 6,172
02-03-2021 6,919
01-03-2021 7,193

Last July: Mass infection is not an option: we must do more to protect our young

Last night:

Latest from NHS (official data)

Meanwhile, new research shows that the COVID-19 vaccines have likely weakened people’s immune systems to non-COVID respiratory diseases.

2022:

08-03-2022 212
07-03-2022 139
06-03-2022 not reported
05-03-2022 not reported
04-03-2022 110
03-03-2022 194
02-03-2022 74
01-03-2022 194

2021:

08-03-2021 65
07-03-2021 82
06-03-2021 158
05-03-2021 236
04-03-2021 242
03-03-2021 315
02-03-2021 343
01-03-2021 104

Charted:

The latter is from the official government site. Remember there’s a new surge right now. It will result in an impending rise in casualties.

The pandemic is far from over

K infections and hospitalisations (with COVID-19) are rising again, according to official tallies, which tend to be overly optimistic. We’re meant not to pay attention because the media is busy talking about Russia, the government departments have cut loose many people, and tests too are being curtailed this month. In spite of these cuts, and in spite us gradually approaching spring (it’s getting warmer already), COVID-19 cases in the UK have been up 40% in one week, this past week (322,917). But testing went down sharply (from over 10 million a week to just about 4), so maybe that number of cases (not just confirmed cases) actually doubled this past week or few weeks. The number of people (in the UK) who tested positive for COVID-19 will soon exceed 20 million, out of a total of almost 70 million. We already know the long-term effects of an infection, but that does not alarm Borisnaro, who would rather change the subject, having nearly lost his job because of the COVID scandals (he nearly lost his life, too). The latest England mortality report can be found here and the next one is due tomorrow.

When I visited a clinic yesterday I spoke to one of the nurses about the lack of protection for workers; our government is giving the impression that being maskless, even indoors, is perfectly acceptable. The recent COVID surge across the UK reveals how misguided that is.