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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Apr 6, 2020 19:55:00 GMT
Boris moved to intensive care. Oh dear god get reayd for more "this virus does not discriminate" posts and interviews. On a serious note - best wishes to Boris hope he pulls through. |
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Post by Officer Barbrady on Apr 6, 2020 20:00:24 GMT
Not thought to be on a ventilator yet, despite the Russian news. Raab will be deputising as necessary. What does this mean then in terms of the seriousness of his condition? OB? Impossible to say. Most covid patients ventilated in ICU because they have been put to sleep. In the vast majority they didnt become unconscious due to covid but rather the breathing was bad enough for us to decide to essentially 'take over' the breathing in its entirety. Not all patients will be tubed though on ICU. If he was a normal person I'd say that being on ICU means that he is very unwell indeed, ventilator or not. Perhaps they are just being more cautious with him. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2020 20:01:03 GMT
Boris moved to intensive care. Oh dear god get reayd for more "this virus does not discriminate" posts and interviews. On a serious note - best wishes to Boris hope he pulls through. It’s as well to keep publicising that message. I’ve been out to my local park to exercise the past few days and whilst most are behaving the parents of young children continue not to give a sh** by letting their brood run riot all over the path. If you get all of these idiots going to the seaside for the weekend then you can see why the NHS could still be overwhelmed. So for me it’s absolutely right to keep hammering the message home to behave. |
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Apr 6, 2020 20:04:19 GMT
Oh dear god get reayd for more "this virus does not discriminate" posts and interviews. On a serious note - best wishes to Boris hope he pulls through. It’s as well to keep publicising that message. I’ve been out to my local park to exercise the past few days and whilst most are behaving the parents of young children continue not to give a sh** by letting their brood run riot all over the path. If you get all of these idiots going to the seaside for the weekend then you can see why the NHS could still be overwhelmed. So for me it’s absolutely right to keep hammering the message home to behave. It's just a stupid saying for me. It's a bloody virus of course it doesn't discriminate! As for all this fuss made about people being out. My town, Clevedon has been really quiet and the people that are out are treating others with respect. I personally think the government and media are drumming it home to divert the attention away from the government. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2020 20:04:23 GMT
What does this mean then in terms of the seriousness of his condition? OB? Impossible to say. Most covid patients ventilated in ICU because they have been put to sleep. In the vast majority they didnt become unconscious due to covid but rather the breathing was bad enough for us to decide to essentially 'take over' the breathing in its entirety. Not all patients will be tubed though on ICU. If he was a normal person I'd say that being on ICU means that he is very unwell indeed, ventilator or not. Perhaps they are just being more cautious with him. You would both expect and hope that it was the latter. They said he was still conscious so perhaps all this is just precautionary so he is in the right place in case of the worst? I feel really flat that the head of state is in ICU, feels like a blow to the morale just as there were signs that there be a slowing of the infection rate, especially as seen in Spain and Italy. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Apr 6, 2020 20:04:57 GMT
Oh dear god get reayd for more "this virus does not discriminate" posts and interviews. On a serious note - best wishes to Boris hope he pulls through. It’s as well to keep publicising that message. I’ve been out to my local park to exercise the past few days and whilst most are behaving the parents of young children continue not to give a sh** by letting their brood run riot all over the path. If you get all of these idiots going to the seaside for the weekend then you can see why the NHS could still be overwhelmed. So for me it’s absolutely right to keep hammering the message home to behave. One of the doctors being interviewed by Sky news said that this may well sharpen minds on those waiverers. Thoughts also with his fiancee and unborn child, who I guess won't be allowed to visit. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2020 20:05:53 GMT
It’s as well to keep publicising that message. I’ve been out to my local park to exercise the past few days and whilst most are behaving the parents of young children continue not to give a sh** by letting their brood run riot all over the path. If you get all of these idiots going to the seaside for the weekend then you can see why the NHS could still be overwhelmed. So for me it’s absolutely right to keep hammering the message home to behave. It's just a stupid saying for me. It's a bloody virus of course it doesn't discriminate! As for all this fuss made about people being out. My town, Clevedon has been really quiet and the people that are out are treating others with respect. I personally think the government and media are drumming it home to divert the attention away from the government. We’ve definitely dropped a bollock in our confused initial reaction and the government need to own that. |
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Post by aghast on Apr 6, 2020 22:09:23 GMT
It's just a stupid saying for me. It's a bloody virus of course it doesn't discriminate! As for all this fuss made about people being out. My town, Clevedon has been really quiet and the people that are out are treating others with respect. I personally think the government and media are drumming it home to divert the attention away from the government. We’ve definitely dropped a bollock in our confused initial reaction and the government need to own that. They are definitely confused. The front bench members were all squished up against each other a few days ago in Parliament. Doughnutting, I think they call it, so the camera on the speaker appears to show a large crowd of MPs behind. Whilst telling us all to distance ourselves. Edit: Just checked the spelling of doughnutting, and it has a totally different meaning on certain websites you wouldn't want your granny visiting. |
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Post by baggins on Apr 7, 2020 6:08:27 GMT
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Post by baggins on Apr 7, 2020 7:14:36 GMT
Nevertheless, there are some early promising signs the virus's spread is slowing, as new confirmed cases fell from 4,450 to 3,802 between Friday and Monday.
The rate of increase in new cases has halved in the past week.
BBC on line this morning.
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Post by Officer Barbrady on Apr 7, 2020 7:37:54 GMT
Nevertheless, there are some early promising signs the virus's spread is slowing, as new confirmed cases fell from 4,450 to 3,802 between Friday and Monday. The rate of increase in new cases has halved in the past week. BBC on line this morning. Lets just be cautious of reporting bottlenecks over weekend periods. If this sustains then great but we shouldn't be surprised to see a jump today and tomorrow as the reporting catches up. NHS is expecting the peak to be on Easter Sunday give or take a day or two. Things will start to level out soon. |
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Post by William Wilson on Apr 7, 2020 7:39:51 GMT
I`ve just been down Joe`s Bakery, and a quick glance in the recycling boxes on the pavements, is testament to how people are coping. I`ve finished up our booze, and made a start on the glue. |
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Post by Marshy on Apr 7, 2020 7:48:54 GMT
I`ve just been down Joe`s Bakery, and a quick glance in the recycling boxes on the pavements, is testament to how people are coping. I`ve finished up our booze, and made a start on the glue. It sounds like that you’ve got yourself into a sticky situation? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2020 7:53:21 GMT
50/50 chance COVID survival rate in ICU, 20% if you end up on a ventilator. It really hits home when it's someone as important as Boris under threat, doesn't it.
I assume he won't return to his position for a long time now, unless he'll be immune to another infection?
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Post by baggins on Apr 7, 2020 8:21:48 GMT
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Post by William Wilson on Apr 7, 2020 19:31:06 GMT
Like...I can’t even.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-52171694As much as I hate over reaction to things like this I can’t help but think she wants sacking as this is contemptible given the current climate. She of all people should know so much better. Talk about “do as I say not as I do”. Her place in history is pretty secure. When books are written about all this, I think she`ll be nothing but a sad and vilified footnote. |
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Post by peterparker on Apr 8, 2020 7:14:25 GMT
Government estimated that 3 million workers would be furloughed. Now reckon it will be nearly 3 times that
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2020 7:52:34 GMT
Government estimated that 3 million workers would be furloughed. Now reckon it will be nearly 3 times that Not helped by the fact that the loans are so hard to claim and football clubs taking the water by abusing the system. It would be easy to say this is another poorly thought out policy by this government but really if they want people to stay at home what choice did they have? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2020 8:27:00 GMT
Government estimated that 3 million workers would be furloughed. Now reckon it will be nearly 3 times that Not helped by the fact that the loans are so hard to claim and football clubs taking the water by abusing the system. It would be easy to say this is another poorly thought out policy by this government but really if they want people to stay at home what choice did they have? Not a poorly thought out policy, as government's all over Europe are doing the same. As always though, some people will take advantage. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2020 11:48:53 GMT
Not helped by the fact that the loans are so hard to claim and football clubs taking the water by abusing the system. It would be easy to say this is another poorly thought out policy by this government but really if they want people to stay at home what choice did they have? Not a poorly thought out policy, as government's all over Europe are doing the same. As always though, some people will take advantage. Absolutely. I am not sure how long it can go on, end of June us my guesstimate. This policy was the only one that will go someway to preventing a permanent scarring on our economy. |
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