The number of people not in work has grown by 641,710 since the start of the pandemic, 352,011 of which is due to an increase in the number of long-term sick; most of that has occurred since July 2021.
Why have the risk estimates produced by the QCovid risk calculator changed recently, and why don't they take into account the protection provided by previous infection?
There's little doubt that Omicron is causing milder disease in the U.K., as well as in South Africa, Denmark, and other places. But what's going on in Australia? ICU admissions have shot up as Omicron has taken hold.
An NHS consultant claims in the Guardian that "in hospital, COVID-19 has largely become a disease of the unvaccinated". Yet Government data shows that 71% of hospitalised adults are vaccinated.
