Coronavirus outbreak

[Mike_P]

Oxygen cylinders at Harrogate Nightingale Hospital

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Oh dear, that’s not good.
As much as I loathe the man I wouldn’t want him to come to serious harm from this virus.

Yep if you’re ill enough to reach hospital your odds are not good.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Oh dear, that’s not good.
As much as I loathe the man I wouldn’t want him to come to serious harm from this virus.

Agree.
Hopefully his partner's symptoms don't get worse too.

 

[Edwardoka]

(snip)
If he gets terribly sick (which he won't), he will not be one of the ones dying in a conference hall because the hospitals are full and all of the ventilators are in use.

I very much admire your ability to give a medical prognosis remote. Is it a service available to anyone or just the Prime Minister?

Time to put my hand up and say I got this wrong and that I hope he makes a swift recovery.
(I still stand by the rest of my post but now is not the time.)

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I want to see him well enough to stand trial for repeatedly lying while in public office.

 

[tom73]

Oh it look's like the Scotland's CMO has now resigned. Little option really she'd become a sideshow.

 

[Mike_P]

I hope he makes a swift recovery.

The last thing we need is Tory leader election with all its infighting and leading to a complete lack of direction on the matter that really matters.

 

[rogerzilla]

Yep if you’re ill enough to reach hospital your odds are not good.

Nah...up to 20% are likely to reach hospital. The few with ARDS have poor odds but most will just need treatment for pneumonia. My gf was in on Thursday, discharged yesterday after 2 days on nasal oxygen and IV antibiotics. No-one in her ward was on a ventilator. Ages up to 96 (she's only 45).

 

[Pale Rider]

Diagnosing via twatter video, BoJo didn't look at all well.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Best wishes to Johnson.

But I hate the spin:

"Routine tests" - yeah, 'cos loads of people are having overnight stays in hospital right now for "routine tests"

"still in charge of the government" - obviously not, and certainly shouldn't be.

 

[kingrollo]

Nah...up to 20% are likely to reach hospital. The few with ARDS have poor odds but most will just need treatment for pneumonia. My gf was in on Thursday, discharged yesterday after 2 days on nasal oxygen and IV antibiotics. No-one in her ward was on a ventilator. Ages up to 96 (she's only 45).

Think it was reported 50/50 if you got to an ITU bed stage. But that figure is skewed because a lot of older frail people end up in ITU beds.

Not a fan at all - but GWS Boris.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Nah...up to 20% are likely to reach hospital. The few with ARDS have poor odds but most will just need treatment for pneumonia. My gf was in on Thursday, discharged yesterday after 2 days on nasal oxygen and IV antibiotics. No-one in her ward was on a ventilator. Ages up to 96 (she's only 45).

and what percentage are recovering once admitted to hospital for Corona Virus?

 

[Pale Rider]

I want to see him well enough to stand trial for repeatedly lying while in public office.

Your humanity in this matter is inspiring.

We are going to need an awful lot of courtrooms to try every politician who should be tried for the offence you describe.

 

[rogerzilla]

and what percentage are recovering once admitted to hospital for Corona Virus?

Most. But it's too early to give a figure as there's such a lag. The raw figures suggest a really low recovery rate from infection (let alone admission) but that's nonsense since there is no hard goalpost for "recovered", or it takes weeks.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Your humanity in this matter is inspiring.

We are going to need an awful lot of courtrooms to try every politician who should be tried for the offence you describe.

Start with the most egregious and then see whether the rest of the cabinet start to take notice. Then pick the next big liar.

As to my humanity, ethical democracy is more important to me than the self-important people who make a mockery of it.