So from what I’m seeing because my fathers side of the family has some family in South Africa is that omicron really isn’t causing them an issue. But the big difference there is that their population doesn’t have as many elderly people as we do. Our 65-90 population is different from there’s and more of them here and the reality is that is where the deaths are and they are more likely to need medical care. The worry is that Omicron will hit that population hard here, pile pressure on the NHS and because it’s so transmissible it will rip through care homes and geriatric wards etc.
it kind of makes sense.
I was pro the first lockdown. We had no freaking clue what covid was and what it would do. Now we have more of a handle on it, I totally object to being threatened with being locked away. We’ve followed rules, vaccinated, etc. I don’t want anyone to die or get sick but why in the hell aren’t we looking at care homes, how we look after our elderly and what we can do to stop trashing the economy and people’s lives rather than just this constant threat of the NHS falling over and “protect granny”… (incidentally, I’m too old and don’t have grandparents any more, but I do have teenagers who simply can’t be shut up for months again)
Am I making sense? Do I sound horrible?