Could omicron signal the future?
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, experts have been waiting for a coronavirus variant that is more infectious but less virulent, meaning it might spread far and fast, but lead to less severe outcomes.
- “The theory is that, if a less virulent strain becomes dominant, more people will become infected but fewer will be critically sick,” per The Sydney Morning Herald. “The virus, while still a problem, also becomes part of the solution; every person who recovers from a mild case is left with greater immunity against future infections than any of the current vaccines provide.”
This would be a sign that future COVID-19 outbreaks could put less pressure on health care and hospital systems, essentially changing the world into one where we have to live with the virus.
New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said this is why hospitalizations and death are the true measures of omicron’s spread, per The Sydney Morning Herald.
- “The measure of success is not case numbers,” Perrottet said. “The measure of success is keeping people out of hospital, keeping people safe and at the same time, opening up the economy to keep people in work and keep businesses open.”
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Pilot scheme will motivate people to make healthy changes to their lifestyle.
Points awarded for increasing step count and eating more fruit and veg which can be redeemed for gym passes and discounts at selected shops
HeadUp Systems awarded contract to develop a new app with £3 million in government funding made available for rewards
A new app to help people make positive changes to their diet and physical activity will launch next year, the government has announced today.
From January 2022, a pilot will see users wear wrist-worn devices that can generate personalised health recommendations, such as increasing their step count, eating more fruit and vegetables and decreasing portion size.
Users will collect points for these healthy behaviours which will unlock rewards, which could include gym passes, clothes or food vouchers and discounts for shops, cinema or theme park tickets.
Following a competitive tender process, HeadUp has been chosen to deliver the new scheme, with £3 million also coming from the Department of Health and Social Care to provide incentives.
Evidence suggests that financial incentives can improve rates of physical activity and inspire healthier eating so HeadUp will work with a range of organisations to provide rewards such as vouchers, merchandise, discounts and gift cards.
The government is committed to helping people lead healthier, happier lives by making it easier for people to make healthy choices.
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Gotta say I am sick of the governments of the world being so intrusive but since the health system is publically funded in the UK (and here) the gov do have a vested interest in the people being healthier.
If something like that were to happen in the USA you can bet your ass the health insurance companies would use it to deny claims.
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Oh, no need to worry about that, Simon…/sarc
“The new app will place user privacy and security at its core and will ensure all personal information is safe and secure at all times”
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Ya it will only be available to hackers and the government people who want to look at it - nothing to see here lol
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It wasn’t a direct/complete mirror of, BUT, it still reminded me of …
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WHEW, thank God that thought of THAT !!!
#Fail
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The irony of it all. “They” locked everything down (over, and over, and over). Can’t do this, can’t go there, etc, etc., etc. Impacted peoples lives, health, well being ?? But NOW, they’re concerned ??
I can’t keep up.
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Not saying I agree with it just saying that they have a vested interest in healthy people.
Covid as a whole has been a freeway for the governments to impose intrusions into peoples lives with stuff that they could not achieve with the terrorist threats alone. Year by year they are pounding the population into submission and most people are just taking it not realising that they are selling off their children’s freedom.
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I’m sorry guys, but here we go, … AGAIN…
Here we go, … again.
Please FOCUS on the COVID Bed Utilization.
@mikser, do they just think we can’t, or won’t look up the ACTUAL bed utilization ??
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Robert Kennedy Jr. with Tucker Carlson, and he goes into detail how heavily they fact check, research, and verifiy everything, well before they publish it, and FAR MORE than the main stream media does. Watch for yourself.
And now, the Hit Piece…
@mikser, I’m pretty sure you’ve already watched the Tucker interview video above (and others), and as expected/predicted, once it gained traction, the disqualifying / discrediting begins.
Oh so predictable, expected, etc.
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I predicted YouTube would “disappear” the original interview video.
Rumbled…
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Listened to the whole interview…WOW
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Continuing to post News stories that are circulating with provocative titles like, " NY Reports Highest Single-Day Case Total of Pandemic", and then I compare that to the ACTUAL COVID Hospital Bed Utilization. Today we’ll look at NYC.
Media Story:
Actual COVID Bed Utilization.
Anyone else seeing the trend here yet ?
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I don’t have access to the UK’s actual hospital bed utilization, but you should be able to see what’s really going on here…
And then, finally …
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@mikser, the reach, and breadth of the insult continue to extend…
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I almost dropped them a little 
…glad I didn’t. Whenever I find myself on their site(usually through a link), the topic that brought me there is covered with a popup begging for donation’s! Suck it, Dickipedia 
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