Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (122 Viewers)

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

You've got to approach it like a carrier is emitting a gas.

If one of the symptoms was persistent farting instead of coughing it'd be a lot easier then.

Would be amusing to have distancing rules based around 'he who smelt it, dealt it"

 

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[Flying Fokker]

Larry the Downing Street cat is doing the briefing at 5pm.

 

[wingy]

F***ing hell .

Coronavirus: Birmingham Airport mortuary work under way

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

919 died in Italy last 24 hours

That’s cos icu struggling to cope

 

[fernandopartridge]

Chris Witty now as well!!!! Oh my

It's hardly the greatest surprise in the world, very contagious disease is caught by 3 people who spend time in close proximity every day.

Hope this isn't some crass "We've had it mildly and survived" demonstration to try and excuse their herd immunity drivel.

 

[fernandopartridge]

They are not nurses. Even when they take blood on the wards it’s difficult to get PPE

Yep, healthcare assistants usually or sometimes there are community phlebotomy services that visit people in their own homes and / or hold clinics in GP practices. They are pretty low band, low paid people in the NHS.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Larry the Downing Street cat is doing the briefing at 5pm.

Fake mews!

Distancing rules changed to hiding underneath the nearest car until the person has gone past.

 

[David O'Day]

F***ing hell .

Coronavirus: Birmingham Airport mortuary work under way

It's not that bad it's not extra. It's instead of

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[David O'Day]

Phlebotomist takes samples

When my mum was in uhc it was the nurses or hca that took the bloods

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[Flying Fokker]

 

[Ring Of Steel]

919 died in Italy last 24 hours

thats pretty scary. Worst day so far.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Where are the Italy and bigger Spain death figures

 

[David O'Day]

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The us is looking bad again but Germany could be about to turn

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[Flying Fokker]

Where are the Italy and bigger Spain death figures

Check the post above. I think it posted ok

5909 new cases. 919 deaths Italy 3732. Serious / critical

6273 new cases. 573 deaths. Spain. 4165. Serious/ critical.

 

[shmmeee]

Jesus, looks like I called Italy too early

Worrying considering they’re out best indicator of where we’ll be.

 

[CCFCSteve]

thats pretty scary. Worst day so far.

Looking at the increase in confirmed cases and knowing the mortality rate (and the anticipated 20,000 total estimated deaths) the number of deaths will be rising (probably at a pace) for a while yet. It will be how quickly it starts to level off. Hopefully, this can be in a couple of weeks....fingers crossed

sad times

 

[Astute]

No that’s the government advice. Only households isolate. In the work place wash your hands and hope for the best.

Depends who you work for.

Our workplace has been deep cleaned and continues to be cleaned constantly. Hand gel stations all over the place. Hand gel as you come into the gate. Get to the first part of the building and barriers take you through sinks that have been fitted to wash your hands. Then hand gel again. Jobs that need 2 people to be close are not done anymore.

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

When my mum was in uhc it was the nurses or hca that took the bloods

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I was there for two months not once did a nurse take a blood sample from me. Mind you for one month I was in a coma so they might have done then

 

[cc84cov]

Anyone know confirmed cases we have in Coventry?

 

[fernandopartridge]

Looking at the increase in confirmed cases and knowing the mortality rate (and the anticipated 20,000 total estimated deaths) the number of deaths will be rising (probably at a pace) for a while yet. It will be how quickly it starts to level off. Hopefully, this can be in a couple of weeks....fingers crossed

sad times

I know that this is the case but it is still pretty gutting to see that rise in the number of deaths.

Birmingham looks grim, 366 cases there now, the most in the country whereas the London boroughs seem to have steadied a little bit.

 

[wingy]

Based on today's numbers and using the crude percentages supplied suggest there may be 80k sufferer's of which 4k may be hospitalised and mortality is 1%

 

[fernandopartridge]

Anyone know confirmed cases we have in Coventry?

47 according to PHE: Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Based on today's numbers and using the crude percentages supplied suggest there may be 80k sufferer's of which 4k may be hospitalised and mortality is 2%

Is that in total??

 

[Flying Fokker]

47 according to PHE: Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS

Warwickshire. 101

 

[wingy]

Is that in total??

Yeah

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Yeah

crazy mate!

 

[wingy]

Is that in total??

That puts us about the same ratio as France

 

[Ring Of Steel]

IMF saying that we are now in recession and it will be longer and deeper than in 2009.

quite the good news day...

Looking for positives... if the police now have the power to break up groups, how about they start with Coldplay

 

[CCFCSteve]

I know that this is the case but it is still pretty gutting to see that rise in the number of deaths.

Birmingham looks grim, 366 cases there now, the most in the country whereas the London boroughs seem to have steadied a little bit.

Hopefully a majority of the country now following the measures will help to slow the rate (but that will only be reflected in a few days at the earliest)

 

[Astute]

Today showed me reality has hit home.

Had to go into town. Not been in for days. But it was business as usual then. A very long queue for NatWest and queues for the other banks. Everyone remaining more distant than 2 metres.

But the standout was those sitting there needing your money. We don't have homeless here. You can still buy a house for less than 40k. Places for who would normally be the homeless keeps them off the street. There was 7 'beggars' today. You could see they were all needy. Never seen 1 before but suddenly 7. And don't think they were getting much as everyone was keeping their distance. Gave them £20 each. Hopefully not wasted on alcohol and drugs. Don't normally hand out money but get them food/drink. But you can't easily now. How many people will be desperate soon?

Everyone very friendly today although always friendly here. But reality has hit home. If only this could have happened a week ago or so.

 

[Grendel]

Ah so finally you see we’re on the same curve!


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Er no as we don’t actually know what a curve is - Italy has 1,000 deaths today which I doubt was in the curve - we will end up with circa 20,000 deaths if we manage it and that’s the best we can hope for.

 

[djr8369]

Er no as we don’t actually know what a curve is - Italy has 1,000 deaths today which I doubt was in the curve - we will end up with circa 20,000 deaths if we manage it and that’s the best we can hope for.

You don’t know what a curve is? It’s shorthand for the line on a graph that describes the relationship between two variables.


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[Grendel]

IMF saying that we are now in recession and it will be longer and deeper than in 2009.

quite the good news day...

Looking for positives... if the police now have the power to break up groups, how about they start with Coldplay

Every country will be in recession

 

[Grendel]

You don’t know what a curve is? It’s shorthand for the line on a graph that describes the relationship between two variables.


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I didn’t say that. I said the Italy curve - how’s it looking today - more of a humpback bridge?

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

Today showed me reality has hit home.

Had to go into town. Not been in for days. But it was business as usual then. A very long queue for NatWest and queues for the other banks. Everyone remaining more distant than 2 metres.

But the standout was those sitting there needing your money. We don't have homeless here. You can still buy a house for less than 40k. Places for who would normally be the homeless keeps them off the street. There was 7 'beggars' today. You could see they were all needy. Never seen 1 before but suddenly 7. And don't think they were getting much as everyone was keeping their distance. Gave them £20 each. Hopefully not wasted on alcohol and drugs. Don't normally hand out money but get them food/drink. But you can't easily now. How many people will be desperate soon?

Everyone very friendly today although always friendly here. But reality has hit home. If only this could have happened a week ago or so.

Where was that?