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163fa1c5 | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Link Post:  UK starts tracking Covid again https://news.sky.com/story/up-to-200-000-people-to-be-monitored-for-covid-this-winter-to-track-infection-rates-12975503

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Charlie Stross | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @4c681c0c In related news, anyone with diabetes (up to 10% of the population) *is* eligible for COVID boosters (NHSInform website is very ambiguous) and I hear rumours of folks going in for flu shots being offered COVID as well regardless of eligibility.

I suspect people in the Department of Health are quietly panicking. It'll be masks-on in hospitals next. (We're about a month behind the US on these trends.)

Of course the anti-vaxxers will blame it on government election campaigning ...
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b2593431 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @4c681c0c #uk tracking #covid again, could go poorly if #hospitals in the u.s. get hit hard this winter and the #biden administration is seen as slow to act