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David O'Day

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It’s about creating a perception of being seen to make progress. Like sending people back to school and uni, or stopping the briefings, or releasing half baked apps

Loads of people complaining that they are unable to check in and all the the app people say is "you need to use an official NHS QR code" but people were. They can't check into places like Maccies etc.
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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Loads of people complaining that they are unable to check in and all the the app people say is "you need to use an official NHS QR code" but people were. They can't check into places like Maccies etc.

To be fair I’ve checked in at 2 different places with no problem
 

Ring Of Steel

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Right Said Fred were going around with QAnon signs at the weekend in London, they think COVID is a hoax and have started blocking the many people now referring to them as ‘Far Right Said Fred. I find this information both very bizarre and very amusing 👍
 
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clint van damme

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Right Said Fred were going around with QAnon signs at the weekend in London, they think COVID is a hoax and have started blocking the many people now referring to them as ‘Far Right Said Fred. I find this information this both very bizarre and very amusing 👍

Hasn't the fella behind QAnon been outed as the far right paedophile enabler behind 8chan?
 

ajsccfc

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I hate when people say famous people should stay out of politics but I've had to now get rid of my Right Said Fred albums as well as only listen to 3/4 of my Corrs stuff. Thankfully my Jedward shelf is pristine and intact
 
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The world is a strange place indeed when Jedward are the voice of reason!
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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Yep it's glitchy as fuck. You'd think a tracing app would make use of the geolocation features and work out where you are.

They haven't really fixed the app test results issue either as you then have to go and actually request a code.

Why have we released a half finished app that adds very little. Money would of been better spent on the local PH teams who are experience track and tracers.

But then none of theri rich mates and donors would be making any money and we can't be having that now!
 

Saddlebrains

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If it still carries on at this rate in 10 days time then we must start questioning restrictions surely? We're what pushing 2 weeks since cases started spiking again?
 

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David O'Day

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If it still carries on at this rate in 10 days time then we must start questioning restrictions surely? We're what pushing 2 weeks since cases started spiking again?

No because it started like this in both Spain and France and they are now starting to show 3 figure deaths totals.
 

fernandopartridge

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If it still carries on at this rate in 10 days time then we must start questioning restrictions surely? We're what pushing 2 weeks since cases started spiking again?

The death peak won't happen for a while yet, given that 1/3 of people who go into ICU end up dead, and the numbers in ICU are growing day on day, the deaths will inevitably follow.
 

Saddlebrains

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But why?

First peak everyone confidently said its 3 weeks before any major uptick in deaths from cases.

We're 2 weeks down the line now so surely you'd be seeing something is all im saying? Not that it will or wont happen.


One thing for certain is Whitty And Vallances graph to scare the shit out of everyone is looking a bit far fetched
 

Saddlebrains

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That's the expected timeframe for a rise in cases rather than deaths isn't it?


No not as far as im aware. Cases rise exponentially due to how virile the disease is, spreads like wildfire as we know.

The 2-4 week wait is from a spike in cases to a spike in deaths. Which is what we saw first time round. We're 3 weeks into the second peak and deaths staying flat
 

chiefdave

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No not as far as im aware. Cases rise exponentially due to how virile the disease is, spreads like wildfire as we know.

The 2-4 week wait is from a spike in cases to a spike in deaths. Which is what we saw first time round. We're 3 weeks into the second peak and deaths staying flat
Assumed there was a lag in people testing positive as every time there's been a big event people have said wait 2-3 weeks to see the impact on cases.

From what is being said about current cases if we're following the same pattern as France and Spain the initial surge in cases is in younger people who then pass it on. We're told younger people are likely to be less seriously affected, would that explain the reason its taking longer for the death rate to increase?
 

Saddlebrains

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Assumed there was a lag in people testing positive as every time there's been a big event people have said wait 2-3 weeks to see the impact on cases.

From what is being said about current cases if we're following the same pattern as France and Spain the initial surge in cases is in younger people who then pass it on. We're told younger people are likely to be less seriously affected, would that explain the reason its taking longer for the death rate to increase?


Potentially. Just seems strange how theres not been a massive spike in deaths abroad either after a second wave.


I was speaking to my friend who works at UHCW Thursday. He made a bold comment that i find hard to disagree with.


'Whilst shielding the elderly and trying to give them an extra year or 2, we are actually endangering the middle aged due to the backlog in cancer treatments, cardiology check ups etc'

We may be giving Ethel aged 86 another year or 2 but we're knocking 25 years off Dave aged 44'

Sobering really
 

clint van damme

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Potentially. Just seems strange how theres not been a massive spike in deaths abroad either after a second wave.


I was speaking to my friend who works at UHCW Thursday. He made a bold comment that i find hard to disagree with.


'Whilst shielding the elderly and trying to give them an extra year or 2, we are actually endangering the middle aged due to the backlog in cancer treatments, cardiology check ups etc'

We may be giving Ethel aged 86 another year or 2 but we're knocking 25 years off Dave aged 44'

Sobering really

If your mate works at UHCW he should be well aware it's killed 650 front line staff.
Your comment about giving Ethel a couple more years is flippant and disengenious.
 

shmmeee

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But why?

First peak everyone confidently said its 3 weeks before any major uptick in deaths from cases.

We're 2 weeks down the line now so surely you'd be seeing something is all im saying? Not that it will or wont happen.


One thing for certain is Whitty And Vallances graph to scare the shit out of everyone is looking a bit far fetched

First peak we didn’t spot until late and only tested those presenting at hospital. So any early slow burn among the younger working age population goes unnoticed. That’s where we are now. That’s why you can’t compare case numbers because the real case numbers back in March were a lot higher than reported.

The next step is that the virus spreads to the older more vulnerable population who by definition are more segmented from society.

One hope is that the most vulnerable were the ones that died off in the first wave so the mortality from the second wave won’t be as bad. But we won’t know until we get there.
 

shmmeee

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Another point about let her rip type strategies: it’s not just about deaths, it’s about all that comes with deaths: overloaded admin services, bodies piling up unable to be buried, hospitals overrun and unable to cope with normal service. The politicial impact alone of mass graves or body piles in the U.K. would mean no government that has any self preservation instincts would allow that to happen.
 

Ring Of Steel

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Potentially. Just seems strange how theres not been a massive spike in deaths abroad either after a second wave.


I was speaking to my friend who works at UHCW Thursday. He made a bold comment that i find hard to disagree with.


'Whilst shielding the elderly and trying to give them an extra year or 2, we are actually endangering the middle aged due to the backlog in cancer treatments, cardiology check ups etc'

We may be giving Ethel aged 86 another year or 2 but we're knocking 25 years off Dave aged 44'

Sobering really

it would be if it wasn't total bullshit
 

Saddlebrains

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If your mate works at UHCW he should be well aware it's killed 650 front line staff.
Your comment about giving Ethel a couple more years is flippant and disengenious.



He does and got redeployed to the covid wards in April. No such thing happening this time around, i wonder why.

and i dont feel its disingenuous, It's true. Ok i maybe could have worded the comment better, but Its still massively, massively rare it kills anyone who isnt elderly or withoutany underlying conditions.

Yet the knock on effect is hundreds of thousands of people are going to be on the path to advanced/aggressive cancer due to not being able to receive the fantastic treatment we receive from the NHS.
 

David O'Day

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Compared to 2000 a day at the previous peak.

And? What does that have to with anything? France deaths are starting to rise again and we are following a similar path were the original rise in cases was in the young and it starts to spread to the more vulnerable. As FP said ICU cases are rising and at the moment around a 1/3 of thos poor people die.

No one said France was anywhere near what it was at it's peak so I'm not sure why you would compare now to then?
 

clint van damme

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He does and got redeployed to the covid wards in April. No such thing happening this time around, i wonder why.

and i dont feel its disingenuous, It's true. Ok i maybe could have worded the comment better, but Its still massively, massively rare it kills anyone who isnt elderly or withoutany underlying conditions.

Yet the knock on effect is hundreds of thousands of people are going to be on the path to advanced/aggressive cancer due to not being able to receive the fantastic treatment we receive from the NHS.

How do you get hundreds of thousands will be on their way to advanced cancer?
There will be people in that position,.There are people in that position but how do you get such a high figure?
 

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