Coronavirus outbreak

[kingrollo]

Wot time is today's

"We are ramping up the testing next week" announcement !

 

[vickster]

Wot time is today's

"We are ramping up the testing next week" announcement !

5pm press briefing I think

 

[Johnno260]

Yep sounds about right Mrs 73 feels the same but she will carry it‘s what’s they do. As this situation continues having staff off due to having or maybe having the virus. Won’t be the only sickness the government need to worry about.

I think some form of PTSD is a certainty in many cases, we need to rethink how all public workers are looked after.

A GP surgery has apologised after sending a letter asking patients with life-limiting illnesses to complete a "do not resuscitate" form.

My wife’s Grandma insisted on filling one of these in before her hip surgery, she was insistent on not using NHS resources on anything but her hip.

 

[kingrollo]

Did I read correctly that only 2,000 NHS staff have been tested ?

Edit - yes the guardian are quoting that figure.

 

[winjim]

I'm confused.

Would you have preferred unannounced, mandatory rigidly enforced closures and restrictions on movements?

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but if they'd brought in the *current* rules/guidance before that one crazy sunny weekend, we would have had a lot less problems.
Giving hints that things would soon become stricter was asking for trouble.

They could just have done it a fortnight earlier. It was still pissing it down in early March anyway.

 

[tom73]

My wife’s Grandma insisted on filling one of these in before her hip surgery, she was insistent on not using NHS resources on anything but her hip.

That's fine it's her wish take's away any worry for her and family. She stay's fully in control of her life and wishers.
Encouraging people to talk about it is fine but shaming people into feeling they should sign one is plan wrong.

 

[kingrollo]

I started off disagreeing with the govt response. Right now I think they really don't have any idea what to do .

 

[Johnno260]

That's fine it's her wish take's away any worry for her and family. She stay's fully in control of her life and wishers.
Encouraging people to talk about it is fine but shaming people into feeling they should sign one is plan wrong.

yup it should be something that’s done through choice and not being forced in anyway, in this case she is an ex ENT doctor so is very matter of fact.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Interesting article on picking up that you have infection before symptoms show.

https://www.whoop.com/the-locker/respiratory-rate-tracking-coronavirus/

 

[Ming the Merciless]

On top of all the stress, worry and hard work the NHS staff are enduring, they have been threatened with a free Rick Astley concert.

Well if I were them I’d never give that up.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I kind of agree, but it is important to counter the narrative that all children are somehow immune or unaffected.

I agree with this. For all our sakes the message needs to get through. Everyone needs to social isolate, there’s no guarantee you will be fine because <....>

 

[Julia9054]

Interesting article on picking up that you have infection before symptoms show.

https://www.whoop.com/the-locker/respiratory-rate-tracking-coronavirus/

I’d be more inclined to take their advice seriously if it wasn’t from a company trying to sell me an expensive gadget

 

[Rusty Nails]

The first few briefing questions were asking about the delays in testing and why the rhetoric about ramping up tests, especially for the NHS staff does not match the reality.

I am so bloody angry that Sharma and Yvonne Doyle are not answering any of the questions just repeating the mantra that progress is being made and plans are in place . It's all about ignoring past performance and look how well we will be doing. No admission at all that things could have been done better.

Cummings may be in self-isolation but his acolytes are still calling the shots.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I’m glad I didn’t listen to that discussion ,I’d be a bit more depressed than I already am , on the judgements you mentioned , I’d just about scrape through as a first come stat ,

This is why flattening the curve is important. The less patients they have to make decisions on, the less overwhelmed they are, the better everyone has a chance of getting treatment (cpac, ventilators) if necessary.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I’d be more inclined to take their advice seriously if it wasn’t from a company trying to sell me an expensive gadget

It is the USA they can’t help it. But nevertheless an interesting theory and if open source could be added to any Fitbit / activity monitor or smartphone app with strap.