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This morning's happy news: Delta variant doubles risk of hospitalisation, new study finds Outbreak of Delta Covid cases likely to put strain on health services in areas with low vaccination rates, experts say...

Some of us have histories which make it hard not to think about them. And I didn't mean that I spend hours pondering them. Just that I have a somewhat increased awareness which fleets the subject through my mind.

Because I inhabit health forums, I do see many, many reports of people who have had Covid and, while they might have been almost dead or hardly affected at the time, have been significantly affected ever since. Sometimes in the Long Covid sense, but far more frequently in more subtle ways...

It was my observation! Fruit and veg., fresh meats, fish, dairy - all limited. Sweets (confectionery or non-dairy desserts) by the tonne. So-called ultra-processed foods - many plentiful.

You appear to be looking at it from your own Weltausschau. Afraid I think about it more days than I don't. Maybe personal background affects this?

Partner keeps calling them daps. West country and up to Birmingham, I do believe. And some such footwear was made in Pakistan.

You can pretty much bet your bottom dollar that what is readily available is sugar-laden, carbohydrate-laden, low nutrient-density crap. And only a part of that is because such products typically have very long lives. So not going to reduce obesity.

Went to some food shops yesterday. My - the emptiest shelves so far. Aldi - not a single fresh milk product. Lidl - low on milk. Both low on many vegetables and fruit, chicken, ice cream and most frozen foods, "special buy" non-food items, chocolate, crisps, and other gaps all over. Far worse...

I'd also point out that some people do think about road deaths very frequently.

Wasn't Malaysia the home of rubber?

Sort-of partner's relative just admitted to hospital with Covid. She has had two vaccinations. (I'd tend to assume AstraZeneca but not certain.) Devon area. First known in "family". Still, I don't think she is into pork scratchings.

I see Johnson has his own Captain Hindsight in the cabinet: Mishal Husain Gives Dominic Raab A Swift Reality Check On Today Programme The foreign secretary admitted "with hindsight" he should not have gone on holiday.

You calling our Zlatan a dick?

I attempted to word my response to point out that an INDIVIDUAL cannot slowly build up immunity. Not that survivors of a population (assuming there are any) can't result in at least some degree of population immunity.

But bovine TB hasn't disappeared despite the destruction of cattle and badgers. Just maybe, vaccination could offer a better future?

A lot longer than us!

Sounds like his big problem this time could be providing the turkey, pork, and everything else people expect to eat. (Don't forget the Whiskas, of course, for the felines.) He was probably quite excited at the headline to a briefing note about Christmas - "elves stripped bare" - until someone...

Like the ones who implore us to do as they are doing and build-up immunity to Covid? Must say, I can't see how individuals build-up immunity unless micro-exposure (well below the threshold for active infection) provokes immunity - eventually. Even then, how on earth do people know where they...

And shops shouting "Back to School" sounding more like a threat than a promise.

Which is confusing two issues - service charges are not tips, and vice versa. Though often the distinctions are not properly considered.