UK wins reopening gamble?

Australia and US, not good news 0:00 Intro 0:22 Daily new confirmed cases 0:51 Number of patients in hospital 1:42 Daily new confirmed cases - Americas 1:48 Mexico into UK Red List 2:30 Daily new confirmed cases - Asia 3:00 Daily new tests 3:40 Australia 5:12 World Health Organization 5:16 Halt on booster shots 6:16 COVAX 7:12 United States 7:56 Daily cases going up in the US 8:25 Over 70% vaccination in the US (One dose) 9:16 Very sick kids in New Orleans 9:30 FDA to fully approve Pfizer soon 10:30 US international arrivals 10:56 UK cases lower than expected 14:33 UK Admissions to hospitals 14:53 UK cases stats 16:36 UK Young adults hospitalized 18:20 Alcohol Drinking 20:30 Casual drinkers drank less and regular drinkers drank more https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/coronavirus-covid-19-case-numbers-and-statistics Victoria 5 mystery cases Starting 7 day lockdown today Brisbane and Sydney World Health Organization Halt on booster shots We cannot and we should not accept countries that have already used most of the global supply of vaccines using even more of it while the world’s most vulnerable people remain unprotected Covax Aimed to deliver 2 billion doses this year (20% of population in needy countries) So far, 178 million doses to 138 countries. United States https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/index.html Cases, + 146,698, up 65% on the week (AF, could double by Fall) Hospitalizations, up 46% on the week Deaths, + 660, up 33% on the week Fully vaccinated, 50% of population https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations Dr. Mark Kline, New Orleans We are seeing some very sick kids Under 17s, 1 in 5 admissions FDA to fully approve Pfizer soon (mandate implications) 90 million eligible but not vaccinated US international arrivals Must be vaccinated once restrictions are lifted UK cases lower than expected after 19th July https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58078900 Sajid Javid, cases 100,000 a day Prof Neil Ferguson, 200,000 We knew we had to rein things back again Prof Paul Hunter, University of East Anglia We have reached some sort of equilibrium A further surge in cases related to 19 July is now unlikely Big unknown, what will happen in autumn? Effects of behaviour on hospital admissions Prof Mike Tildesley, University of Warwick Does not expect a significant resurgence unless there is a new variant but given the success of the vaccination programme I think we can be pretty confident During a bad flu season, more than 100 deaths and 1,000 hospital admissions every day Fears for this next flu season Young adults hospitalised https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58095503 Amanda Pritchard, NHS chief executive One in five, between 18 and 34 About 1,000 young adults were currently really unwell in hospital Level of young adults admissions, four times higher than last winter, (5.5%) NHS was still experiencing real pressure Strong vaccine advocacy NHS teams are putting on pop-up clinics and walk-in centres in addition to around 1,600 permanent sites, to make it as easy as possible to protect yourself, your family and your friends Alcohol consumption in England https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alcohol-consumption-and-harm-during-the-covid-19-pandemic https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alcohol-consumption-and-harm-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/monitoring-alcohol-consumption-and-harm-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-summary Collates data on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm Throughout the pandemic and compares to previous years. Restrictions led to changes in the availability of alcohol, 31-week closure of premises Changes to alcohol consumption in 2020 Tot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices