Update from the house of Plague (Day Fnarg Year 2) 30th of December

[elisi]

Metro: The UK reported a daily record of 189,213 Covid cases today.

The 189,213 confirmed Covid-19 infections is the latest record to tumble after a fortnight of unprecedentedly high case totals - while deaths also rose dramatically, to 332.

However, those figures are likely to have been inflated somewhat because of delayed reporting over the festive

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[kazzy_cee]

The only better thing about this new variant is that if you've had the vaccine it doesn't seem to be more than a heavy cold for most people even though that's not very nice, it does mean you're not likely to end up in hospital. It's so frustrating that there's no real action from the powers that be though :(

[elisi]

The only better thing about this new variant is that if you've had the vaccine it doesn't seem to be more than a heavy cold for most people even though that's not very nice, it does mean you're not likely to end up in hospital.
Yeah, Darcy's basically better and if he hadn't done a test we'd just have presumed it was his regular Christmas cold. The rest of us seem fine, so here's to vaccines!

It's so frustrating that there's no real action from the powers that be though :(
Not that I'm desperate for another lockdown, but some kind of precautions would be nice, rather than just falling back on herd immunity (which is the only explanation I can think of for the lack of action). :(