Articles in Covid-19

Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 2 September 2022

The Covid risk in Buckinghamshire has continued to decline over the last week. However, there is still a VERY HIGH risk of meeting an infected person at work, at the shops or when out and about. People still need to stay Covid-Careful, because Covid-19 has NOT gone away. We predict that around 1 in 83 people in Bucks are still infected with Covid-19.

Covid isn’t going away and there is just as much virus around as there has ever been. What is happening now is that so many people have recently had Covid that the virus is running out of new people to infect. So numbers of infected people are falling quickly, like a fire running out of fuel. But that situation can’t last long, as we explain below.

Please don’t feel safe because you have had Covid before or are fully vaccinated, or because numbers are currently going down.

Our advice remains to wear a FFP2 or N95 filter mask in public places, breathe clean air, avoid crowds and busy places, work from home if you can, and protect your older and vulnerable relatives and friends. These simple precautions will help save you and your family from serious illness or long-term disability.

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Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 19 August 2022

The Covid risk In Buckinghamshire has continued to decline over the last week. However, there is still a VERY HIGH risk of meeting an infected person at work, at the shops or when out and about. People still need to stay Covid-Careful, because Covid-19 has NOT gone away. We predict that around 1 in 57 people in Bucks are still infected with Covid-19.

The big question now is whether infection levels will continue to go down, stay the same, or begin to rise again. The autumn/winter wave of Covid-19 has to start at some point, and this may be in the next few weeks.

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Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 12 August 2022

The cautiously good Covid news continues this week, as the current BA.4/5 wave continues to decline. We do not have updated ONS data as yet, but our best estimate of the level of risk in Bucks is that around 1 in 40 residents in Bucks were infected last week. That’s nearly 12,000 people.

1 in 40 people infected means that you still have an EXTREMELY HIGH risk of meeting an infected person at work, at the shops or when out and about. People still  now need to stay Covid-Careful, because Covid has NOT gone away.

Don’t feel safe because you have had Covid before or are fully vaccinated. The new variants of the Covid virus making up this third wave have evolved to avoid your immunity, so you are still vulnerable to catching Covid again. Every time you catch Covid-19 increases your chances of being very ill or developing Long Covid, so it is still VITALLY IMPORTANT to protect yourself now, even if you haven’t been Covid-Careful up until now.  

Our advice remains to wear a FFP2 or N95 filter mask in public places, breathe clean air, avoid crowds and busy places, work from home if you can, and protect your older and vulnerable relatives and friends. These simple precautions will help save you and your family from serious illness or long-term disability.

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Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 05 August 2022

The cautiously good Covid news continues this week, as the current BA.4/5 wave continues to decline. But there remains an EXTREMELY HIGH risk of catching Covid-19 in Buckinghamshire, with 1 in every 30 people in the County still infected. Despite the current wave peaking, there is still an ongoing Covid EMERGENCY, and everyone now needs to stay Covid-Careful.

Don’t feel safe because you have had Covid before or are fully vaccinated. The new variants of the Covid virus making up this third wave have evolved to avoid your immunity, so you are still vulnerable to catching Covid again. Every time you catch Covid-19 increases your chances of being very ill or developing Long Covid, so it is still VITALLY IMPORTANT to protect yourself now, even if you haven’t been Covid-Careful up until now.  

Our advice remains to wear a FFP2 or N95 filter mask in public places, breathe clean air, avoid crowds and busy places, work from home if you can, and protect your older and vulnerable relatives and friends. These simple precautions will help save you and your family from serious illness or long-term disability.

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Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 29 July 2022

There is some cautiously good Covid news this week, as the current BA.4/5 wave seems to have peaked and may now start to decline. But there remains a CRITICALLY HIGH risk of catching Covid-19 in Buckinghamshire, with 1 in every 23 people in the County still infected. Despite the wave peaking, there is still an ongoing Covid EMERGENCY, and everyone now needs to stay Covid-Careful.

Don’t feel safe because you have had Covid before or are fully vaccinated. The new variants of the Covid virus making up this third wave have evolved to avoid your immunity, so you are still vulnerable to catching Covid again. Every time you catch Covid-19 increases your chances of being very ill or developing Long Covid, so it is VITALLY IMPORTANT to protect yourself now, even if you haven’t been Covid-Careful up until now.  

Our advice is to wear a FFP2 or N95 filter mask in public places, breathe clean air, avoid crowds and busy places, work from home if you can, and protect your older and vulnerable relatives and friends. These simple precautions will help save you and your family from serious illness or long-term disability, just like wearing a seatbelt or not drinking dirty river water

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Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 15 July 2022

There remains a CRITICALLY HIGH risk of catching Covid-19 in Buckinghamshire, with an astonishing 1 in every 17 people in the County already infected as of 6 July. This is a Covid EMERGENCY, and everyone now needs to be really Covid-Careful.

Don’t feel safe because you have had Covid before or are fully vaccinated. The new variants of the Covid virus making up this third wave have evolved to avoid your immunity, so you are still vulnerable to catching Covid again. Every time you catch Covid-19 increases your chances of being very ill or developing Long Covid, so it is VITALLY IMPORTANT to protect yourself now, even if you haven’t been Covid-Careful up until now.  

Our advice is to wear a FFP2 or N95 filter mask in public places, breathe clean air, avoid crowds and busy places, work from home if you can, and protect your older and vulnerable relatives and friends. These simple precautions will help save you and your family from serious illness or long-term disability.

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SENDPO Meeting July 2022

On Wednesday 13 July 2022, BuDS addressed the SENDPO (South East Network of Disabled People’s Organisations) quarterly conference about the Covid-19 pandemic and its implications for DPOs. We delivered a presentation on the pandemic, and participated in discussions about issues facing DPOs in the South East.

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Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 8 July 2022

There is now a CRITICALLY HIGH risk of catching Covid-19 in Buckinghamshire, with 1 in every 23 people in the County already infected as of 29 June. The third wave of Covid this year is spreading frighteningly fast. Hospitalisations are rising quickly, with Covid patients in intensive care again. Everyone now needs to be really Covid-Careful.

The new variants of the Covid virus making up this third wave have evolved to avoid any immunity you may have from vaccination or having caught Covid-19 before. Even if you are fully vaccinated, or have had Covid-19 before, you are still vulnerable to catching it again. Every time you catch Covid-19 increases your chances of being very ill or developing Long Covid, so it is IMPORTANT to protect yourself now, even if you haven’t been Covid-Careful up until now.  

Our advice is to wear a FFP2 or N95 filter mask in public places, breathe clean air, avoid crowds and busy places, work from home if you can, and protect your older and vulnerable relatives and friends. These simple precautions will help save you and your family from serious illness or long-term disability.

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