fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
It's not far is it. I could do a decent off road lap, but would involve 'popping out' of the zone very slightly, before I could turn back into it.
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It's not far is it. I could do a decent off road lap, but would involve 'popping out' of the zone very slightly, before I could turn back into it.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Some good data there.
It looks that each individual week prior to w/e 3 April 2020 indicated a very average year was underway.
Also of note:
Totalling all deaths so far this year (inc' w/e 3 April) = 166444
And totalling the averages of each month of previous years to the same date = 164173
Re the cause of death as per registration certificate:
Covid 19 deaths to w/e 3 April = 4122
Other respiratory disease deaths to w/e 3 April =25012
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The Covid 19 death figures for subsequent dates from w/e 3 April will be of interest as the daily death tolls rose quite dramatically during that period of time.
I had no idea that 'ordinary' respiratory diseases accounted for so many deaths.
I had no idea that 'ordinary' respiratory diseases accounted for so many deaths.
In this city it's something that gets reported on the news on a regular basis as there's research on it and air pollution from transport in particular, industry and other things.
Never makes a blind bit of difference, the council are very soft on taking this sort of stuff seriously.
Well if the current situation wont get our GP's to move with the times nothing will.
I've only got a small bite on my wrist which has now got a bit angry.
I only need a script for some antibiotics only option was nurse advice.
She agreed with me and was very nice but not a prescriber so only option is to get a GP to phone me back.
One email and few pics could have sorted it.
I've only got a small bite on my wrist which has now got a bit angry.
I only need a script for some antibiotics only option was nurse advice.
She agreed with me and was very nice but not a prescriber so only option is to get a GP to phone me back.
One email and few pics could have sorted it.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
More likely some web app. Email is too easy to intercept and few IT workers have strong email encryption working, lot alone the NHS!
kingrollo
Guru
I don't understand what the GPs are doing ? - They aren't seeing patients - Telephone consultations only - Yet my GP is taking an extra day to sign prescriptions ?
For anyone interested, I have second hand evidence from my father who's just been discharged that a semi-sophisicated bodged level of antibody testing is going on locally/in the UK for coronavirus. In furtherance to some of the things written previously, the antibody analysis appears to be a powerful tool at the hands of the medics and defecates on/complements PCR so called 'antigen' testing.
Note: I'm not going to be getting into an argument with anyone that starts being an arse and trying to tell me no, no do you know the difference between antigen and antibody tests.
Note: I'm not going to be getting into an argument with anyone that starts being an arse and trying to tell me no, no do you know the difference between antigen and antibody tests.
Easter is the worst time of the year for repeat prescriptions due to the double bank holiday anyway.
Repeat systems at GP surgeries vary a lot. Each individual query on shortage medicines, which will be a small number can take a disproportionately large time to sort out as well. It's quite a difficult one to work out as every pharmacy has different patients and medication stock levels and all that jazz.
Maybe they have a staff that is off ill/self isolating? Various NHS/care/mental health arenas are quoting 20-33% of staff off at any one time.
Maybe down to GP's being on sick maybe ? Some I think are really finding it hard bringing in changers.
No-one looks to be over seeing a drive for change at a local level.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Once again those pesky Germans are interfering in the UK, this time by sending the UK 60 ventilators free of charge.
I have a sneaky suspicion this won't be well reported in the UK so I thought I'd post it here.
I have a sneaky suspicion this won't be well reported in the UK so I thought I'd post it here.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
News from Belgium: more care home deaths, more people defying the month-old lockdown and the toll not falling as fast as hoped, disabled people and their families worried they're classed as "non-priority" simply because of their disability, 40 cyclists around Namur have delivered over 2000 masks so far, tests on how long and how much an asymptomatic person can be contagious, cancer treatments being reduced or moved to hospitals not treating covid, air crews deployed to hospitals, US exceeds 500'000 cases, Easter mass in a very conservative Paris church without distancing fined, doubts over holiday bonus pay which differs by employment status in how it reacts to this crisis, SOS Maths app to call a maths teacher during homeschooling, possibse school reopening 20 April, some teenagers resenting parents enforcing lockdown when seeing others out, RSCA restart football training with distancing because it's safer than training in busy Brussels parks.
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Same in mental health.
Sadly yes
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
We're having this problem, our lads are bored stiff. Also they can go outside under local rules and that means there's not much we can do to enforce social distancing when they aren't here.
It doesn't help that Elder Son is still working, as bike shops are permitted to stay open, and he will be eighteen in a matter of weeks. Also, his girlfriends family aren't bothered about social distancing despite having a elderly relative in the house.
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