Tanis8472
Guru
Me thinks the daffodils are lying again ffs
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Throwing the ring over a care hame is a great game second only to pinning the tail on the donkey.
lane
Veteran
"As the figures are based on patients ending up in hospital, they actually give a sense of the R-number from around three weeks ago." Source BBC News Website report on the r increasing to nearer 1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52677194
I guess median of 5 days to show symptoms and then another 10 days before having to be admitted to hospital seems typical which would be 3 weeks
Handlebar Moustache
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deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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The 24 cases is bogus anyway. From the BBC website:How can they know the true figure without testing?
There were in fact 49 people admitted to London hospitals with Covid-19 yesterday and likely hundreds of cases that did not need hospital treatment.
"I am extremely worried about the media message that London could be coronavirus free in days," said Prof Matt Keeling, from the University of Warwick.
He added: "If people think London is coronavirus-free that could be dangerous, and could lead to complacency, undermining all the struggles and sacrifices that everyone has made so far. A relaxation of vigilance could easily see R increasing above 1, and a second epidemic wave."
(https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52677194)
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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I'm sure care homes are mightily reassured by having the Hancock ring of confidence around them.
raleighnut
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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New guidance as the government covers more and more topics. NSFW so in spoiler tags:
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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Thanks. That's talking about the SAGE "model of models plus fudge" R value. Why the fark are they using that and having to wait for hospitalisations instead of a testing-based number? If it's that shoot, they should abandon it and use the MRC Biostats nowcast or something similar IMO. Just how badly are they expecting to fail at scaling up timely testing?
Smoking ban, wow, I didn't know that.
If you have workers taking a smoking break every hour, and that time is now doubled, whilst their colleagues are working, you are going to have a problem, in any business or any workplace.PPE. It's gone proper NHS/Public sector mental. I'd advise anybody to invest in PPE, security screen/curtain/blind companies, it's going to boom for years. PPE is being wasted in an astronomical fashion and the plastic waste the NHS is going to cause is frightening, I am generating a pile of plastic waste myself every shift.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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I think @MarkF may mean in the sense it's going in the waste bin, not a recycling bin or laundry bin.
kingrollo
Guru
Is your hospital in special measures ?Smoking ban, wow, I didn't know that.
PPE. It's gone proper NHS/Public sector mental. I'd advise anybody to invest in PPE, security screen/curtain/blind companies, it's going to boom for years. PPE is being wasted in an astronomical fashion and the plastic waste the NHS is going to cause is frightening, I am generating a pile of plastic waste myself every shift.
