Coronavirus Thread

[Stuntman_Mike]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54905018

 

over 50,000 deaths now  

that's a big figure in the last 24 hours.

[String fellow]

Nearly 600 deaths in the last 24 hours or one more victim every two-and-a-half minutes. This is starting to look like April all over again. When will the Covid-19 deniers get real?  

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

4 hours ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54885657

 

Mass testing for 67 local areas - however the city which has been in a form of lockdown the longest (Leicester) won't be getting them. 

Yes I thought this as well, first we were the leper’s and now we’re just forgotten about.

[Carl the Llama]

18 minutes ago, String fellow said:

Nearly 600 deaths in the last 24 hours or one more victim every two-and-a-half minutes. This is starting to look like April all over again. When will the Covid-19 deniers get real?  

Sure, hundreds are dying, but won't somebody think about my glasses steaming up when I walk around the shops?

[z-layrex]

21 minutes ago, String fellow said:

Nearly 600 deaths in the last 24 hours or one more victim every two-and-a-half minutes. This is starting to look like April all over again. When will the Covid-19 deniers get real?  

I said the same thing in April, but I just wish to ****ing god I could take them to visit our ICU's.

[Leicester_Loyal]

Mass testing is now coming to Leicester.

[yorkie1999]

48 minutes ago, z-layrex said:

I said the same thing in April, but I just wish to ****ing god I could take them to visit our ICU's.

Genuine question, why can’t they publish photos of the current state of icu’s to get people to understand what’s going on 

[z-layrex]

15 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said:

Genuine question, why can’t they publish photos of the current state of icu’s to get people to understand what’s going on 

Most UK trusts are very reluctant to allow the media in, out of respect for patient privacy.

 

Mine looks a bit like this, but we have more equipment around the beds as we also do a lot of ECMO:

 

 

 

 

ECMO machine (does the job of your lungs and/or heart while we help you fight the virus). My job is to basically to look after these all day and manage the bedside nurses:

 

 

We obviously have to be very strict with our resources now, you must meet very certain criteria to get an ECMO bed. Patients will usually be nursed proned (face down) to help recruit your lungs as a step before needing to be put on ECMO:

 

Edited 11 November 2020 by z-layrex

[Buce]

1 hour ago, Carl the Llama said:

Sure, hundreds are dying, but won't somebody think about my glasses steaming up when I walk around the shops?

 

Mrs Buce does a 10 hour shift in full PPE but these muppets can't wear a mask for 10 mins while shopping.

 

Pisses me right off.

[BrokenRecord]

33 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

Mrs Buce does a 10 hour shift in full PPE but these muppets can't wear a mask for 10 mins while shopping.

 

Pisses me right off.

But haven't you heard? It's not human! Sure we're in the middle of a pandemic and trying whatever we can to limit the damage, but the greatest minds of Foxestalk have made us aware that it isn't human, and a major inconvenience

[The People's Hero]

I think I'm going quite mad.

 

Not ever, so very slightly mad, like everyone went.

 

I think I'm going to stage 2. Are we all?

[Jon the Hat]

1 hour ago, The People's Hero said:

I think I'm going quite mad.

 

Not ever, so very slightly mad, like everyone went.

 

I think I'm going to stage 2. Are we all?

Yes.  Selling a house too, so I am stressed as **** at the moment.

[The People's Hero]

2 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said:

Yes.  Selling a house too, so I am stressed as **** at the moment.

Are you buying one also? Or going to renting? Or shall we call you Jon 2 houses, 1 hat (wherever you lay your hat, that has a 1 in 2 chance of being your home). Actually, you could become Jon 1 house, 1 hat. (wherever you lay your hat, that's your home). Or, well, lets be honest, any number of possibilities. Don't know why I'm being so nosy.

 

Hats and homes eh? Hats and homes.

 

Funny old world.

[String fellow]

Those photos are truly shocking, and a timely reminder of the horrors of this damn virus.  

[The People's Hero]

Sky News have done a piece on the 50k deaths; realising that no one can possibly comprehend 50k as a number unless they see a stadium on 50k attendance. I wonder what they will do if deaths go above Old Trafford or Wembley capacity.

 

Anyway on this news article, the chap keeps referring to the stadium as having 50,000 'chairs'..... they are seats surely, not chairs. It just doesn't sound right.

[st albans fox]

Again it seems that we have too many deaths per positive case (taking into account the high number of tests carried out compared to our continental neighbours).  

 

sadly this was fairly predictable based on what happened in the spring and given the rate of cases by mid October .....I suppose the death rate is now reaching a level where those who argue vehemently against strong restrictions find it difficult to gain traction on here.  

[Nuneatonfox in Manchester]

https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/media_wysiwyg/UK evaluation_PHE Porton Down University of Oxford_final.pdf
 

Something a bit more positive? 

[Stivo]

6 minutes ago, Nuneatonfox in Manchester said:

https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/media_wysiwyg/UK evaluation_PHE Porton Down University of Oxford_final.pdf
 

Something a bit more positive? 

It does seem surprisingly good.

[yorkie1999]

Heard of someone ordering a test kit, dipped it water , sent it back and it came back positive.

[WigstonWanderer]

27 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Again it seems that we have too many deaths per positive case (taking into account the high number of tests carried out compared to our continental neighbours).  

 

sadly this was fairly predictable based on what happened in the spring and given the rate of cases by mid October .....I suppose the death rate is now reaching a level where those who argue vehemently against strong restrictions find it difficult to gain traction on here.  

But, but, but Sweden....

[VLC86]

1 hour ago, yorkie1999 said:

Heard of someone ordering a test kit, dipped it water , sent it back and it came back positive.

So it’s not just 5G that’s spreading it, they are putting in our tap water as well? FOOMIN

[StanSP]

4 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said:

So it’s not just 5G that’s spreading it, they are putting in our tap water as well? FOOMIN

Pre climate change that test come back negative!

[Jon the Hat]

6 hours ago, String fellow said:

Nearly 600 deaths in the last 24 hours or one more victim every two-and-a-half minutes. This is starting to look like April all over again. When will the Covid-19 deniers get real?  

Who are the COVID deniers?

[Jon the Hat]

4 hours ago, Buce said:

 

Mrs Buce does a 10 hour shift in full PPE but these muppets can't wear a mask for 10 mins while shopping.

 

Pisses me right off.

It’s amazing Buce, honestly that she does that, but that doesn’t make wearing one any less unpleasant for someone in which it induces anxiety.  Not sure what your point is? Are you pissed off with the tiny proportion of utter twats the media likes to find? Don’t waste your energy.

Edited 12 November 2020 by Jon the Hat

[Jon the Hat]

1 hour ago, WigstonWanderer said:

But, but, but Sweden....

Sweden shows that the difference between shutting everything and just being careful isn’t that high.  Meanwhile millions of missed cancer screenings will no doubt equal thousands more deaths.