Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (207 Viewers)

[clint van damme]

Italy numbers have dropped today for the first time let’s hope it’s spiked there now

the number of deaths in the UK has pretty much matched Italys if you take them from the day of the first death in each country up until yesterday.
Yetserday was day 22 and UK deaths rose from 233 to 281. Italy on day 22 they rose from 233 to 366.
Lets hope that's a sign of things to come and we're making progress.
Italy had 97 deaths on day 23 so if we can come in significantly under that.

 

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[The Lurker]

18 year old has now died in the uk

the 18 yo was from cov.

Cov hospital is cracking under the pressure. this is no joke ppl

 

[Magwitch]

the 18 yo was from cov.

Cov hospital is cracking under the pressure. this is no joke ppl

Where have you heard that ?

 

[Nick]

Got to love good morning Britain, Morgan on a rant about staying in. Goes to the weather woman who's needlessly gone to a random park to do the weather.

 

[Flying Fokker]

Sister in law works at McDonalds. Just recieved a whatsapp informing that all Mcdonalds will be closed as of 7pm tomorrow.

Poor fuckers got her own place 4 months ago and got a new car on finance 6 weeks ago. All zero hour contracts so lets see if McDonalds go on the good list or twat list

I’d be straight on the Tesco website

 

[Jcap]

Fact no1, the flu vaccine works only on last years strain of flu, it is useless on this years strain. Its given as a placebo only. This is widely accepted in the nhs
Fact 2, my niece works in a major hospital in the south east in a i.c.u. unit, the hospital has reported 6 fatalities so far due to covid-19,
But not a single nurse has reported treating anyone who has died of the virus!
What the fuck is going on???
Something is not adding up here!

Yeah you're right - Fact #1 not adding up for a start!

Twice a year, the World Health Organization (WHO) organizes a consultation with the Directors of the WHO Collaborating Centers, essential regulatory laboratories and representatives of key national laboratories and academies. They review the results of surveillance, laboratory, and clinical studies, and the availability of vaccine viruses and make recommendations on the composition of the influenza vaccine. These meetings take place in February for selection of the upcoming Northern Hemisphere’s seasonal influenza vaccine and in September for the Southern Hemisphere’s vaccine.

The influenza viruses in the seasonal flu vaccine are selected each year based on surveillance data indicating which viruses are circulating and forecasts about which viruses are the most likely to circulate during the coming season.

 

[The Lurker]

Where have you heard that ?

my mum is semi retired specialists nurse they have asked her to now work full time and train to work on the icu unit. we have 2 wards full of coronavirus patients & an 18 year old lad died from it friday all hospitals have been told not to release any figures to stop everyone getting hysteric

 

[Flying Fokker]

Good job only 20 uk citizens in critical care

It’s been like that on the list for a few days. There are that many in Sussex hospitals.

The deaths seem to be outstripping the critical cases 2 to 1 at the moment. I guess the uk has a different way of pushing people through the system.

 

[shmmeee]

Meanwhile, here’s some ex brexit party guy with his take on things

Children

 

[Skybluefaz]

my mum is semi retired specialists nurse they have asked her to now work full time and train to work on the icu unit. we have 2 wards full of coronavirus patients & an 18 year old lad died from it friday all hospitals have been told not to release any figures to stop everyone getting hysteric

An 18 year old lad with serious underlying health issues.

 

[Magwitch]

An 18 year old lad with serious underlying health issues.

I work in severe special needs, there are lot of them with chronic conditions respiratory issues etc I have real worries a lot are going to have real problems if they get this illness.

 

[shmmeee]

Hahahaha

Just went to the garage for some bits and checked the milk, there were about five bottles left. Me and a random guy saw at the same time, turned to each other and exclaimed: Milk! And laughed like idiots.

What’s happening to the world?

 

[Sick Boy]

NHS hospitals likened to war zones as doctors prepare to make grim decisions

 

[Nick]

Hahahaha

Just went to the garage for some bits and checked the milk, there were about five bottles left. Me and a random guy saw at the same time, turned to each other and exclaimed: Milk! And laughed like idiots.

What’s happening to the world?

Least you can still pull at times of needs

 

[Sick Boy]

An 18 year old lad with serious underlying health issues.

I doubt it’s your intention but people being blasé about the elderly and vulnerable dying is kind of strange.

 

[Skybluefaz]

I doubt it’s your intention but people being blasé about the elderly and vulnerable dying is kind of strange.

It's not about being blasé, it's about not sending people into mega fucking panic mode. It's bad enough as it is.

 

[Skybluefaz]

I work in severe special needs, there are lot of them with chronic conditions respiratory issues etc I have real worries a lot are going to have real problems if they get this illness.

Of course they will, hopefully the penny drops with people and they stop meeting up at the park for ice cream

 

[shmmeee]

It's not about being blasé, it's about not sending people into mega fucking panic mode. It's bad enough as it is.

Mega fucking panic would be an upgrade on couldn’t give a fuck TBF.

Young people aren’t immune and too many seem to think they are. Healthy people in their 20s/30s/40s will be hospitalised and die.

 

[Sick Boy]

It's not about being blasé, it's about not sending people into mega fucking panic mode. It's bad enough as it is.

The real problem at the moment there appears to be a proportion not taking seriously, which is worse than people being worried about it, and likely to increase panic even further.

 

[Skybluefaz]

Coronavirus: Observer staff member tells of testing experience

 

[Deleted member 5849]

The real problem at the moment there appears to be a proportion not taking seriously, which is worse than people being worried about it, and likely to increase panic even further.

I don't think you can say that about here. Personally, I'll only check in this thread a couple of times a day as to function as a human being, I need to avoid crazed meltdown.

 

[shmmeee]

Coronavirus: Observer staff member tells of testing experience

“The patient then enters a waiting room and sits with all other suspected cases”

Ummm....

 

[Skybluefaz]

The real problem at the moment there appears to be a proportion not taking seriously, which is worse than people being worried about it, and likely to increase panic even further.

I'm not talking about people being worried about it, don't think you get my point. I'm not arguing about it though. Stay safe over there.

 

[Sick Boy]

I don't think you can say that about here. Personally, I'll only check in this thread a couple of times a day as to function as a human being, I need to avoid crazed meltdown.

The reports of people out and about over the last weekend doesn’t make it seem that way to be honest, it was the same situation here too.

 

[BackRoomRummermill]

I thought they said masks useless now the health secretary says they are incredibly important to protect NHS staff , this sums up all the mixed messages that have been put out

 

[Deleted member 5849]

The reports of people out and about over the last weekend doesn’t make it seem that way to be honest, it was the same situation here too.

They're not the people on here.

 

[hill83]

I thought they said masks useless now the health secretary says they are incredibly important to protect NHS staff , this sums up all the mixed messages that have been put out

Different masks. Some amazon 50p job isn’t what the NHS use.

 

[Sick Boy]

They're not the people on here.

I didn’t say they were?

 

[Deleted member 5849]

I didn’t say they were?

I said you can't say that about here, you disagreed

 

[David O'Day]

the number of deaths in the UK has pretty much matched Italys if you take them from the day of the first death in each country up until yesterday.
Yetserday was day 22 and UK deaths rose from 233 to 281. Italy on day 22 they rose from 233 to 366.
Lets hope that's a sign of things to come and we're making progress.
Italy had 97 deaths on day 23 so if we can come in significantly under that.

Yeah that's what people are missing, Italy rose in pretty much normal pandemic levels and then suddenly exploded. Dr Jenny Harries the DCMO said only 12 percent of icu beds are currently in use by covid-19 patients so I'm hopeful we can avoid that as long as we don't have a repeat of this weekend. London is a worry but they do have some very very large hospitals. America is a worry internationally.

 

[Sick Boy]

I said you can't say that about here, you disagreed

I wasn’t talking about this forum.

 

[tisza]

“The patient then enters a waiting room and sits with all other suspected cases”

Ummm....

Same here. One hospital doing all the tests in Budapest. Cramped room, no masks or sanitizer, pens not disinfected after use

 

[David O'Day]

the 18 yo was from cov.

Cov hospital is cracking under the pressure. this is no joke ppl

While tragic the 18 year old had massive chronic underlying health problems. UHC has capacity at the moment.

Can we keep things truthful as bullshit rumours don't help anyone.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

I wasn’t talking about this forum.

I was. Here doesn't need to be scared into submission.

 

[PVA]

"10: days since the UK government said it would "greatly expand" coronavirus tests to 10,000 a day. And it's been 4 days since Boris Johnson upped that to 25,000 a day.

0: days when there have been as many as 10,000 tests in the UK, let alone 25,000."