Jonathan Pie: LOCKDOWN
SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
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First day back at work after annual leave. Working in Adult Social Services in an LD department.
I'm wondering how families across the country are going to cope with the closures of day services whilst this is ongoing.
I'm wondering how families across the country are going to cope with the closures of day services whilst this is ongoing.
People on ventolin have definitely not been given any specific instructions, so as of now are not considered to be in the high risk group.
Source - me talking to AsthmaUK
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I warned two weeks ago that schools were clueless on protocol thanks to lack of communication from the authorities. He should be calling the parents, but what if they refuse or simply don't answer?
There's still no strict guidance so people are taking the piss as usual. As much as I hate it, and it will ruin me financially, but things simply won't change without draconian measures.
I haven't a clue mate sorry, I phoned my gp's for further advice when I saw the article but they just said follow government advice which is very sketchy so no help there whatsoever tbh. I've just decided to isolate as my inhaler was listen in the dosage I take.
I've been similar with my chest the last week, I do think it is the stress and worry due to a lack of information which seems to be different depending on where you read. I'm just following asthma UK guidance now and at least my decision is made.
A friend of mine who works at Dyson has just tweeted to say that they are halting all normal production to make ventilators for the NHS.
Apparently they have made several prototypes already which have all passed clinical inspection.
Apparently they have made several prototypes already which have all passed clinical inspection.
It's better to have a lockdown now and suffer a bit of economic misery to a huge disaster later.
*applauds*
Really?
Wife works at local school, head is speaking to every parent who turns up and if not happy with reply, sending them home. End of. Also asking them if they've told THEIR kids about behaving and doing exactly what they're told
There are less teachers/TAs but still need to maintain ratio and the fewer the school takes, the easier it is to social distance them. Hence head has said "my way or go home". As it should be
Same with Gtech, nice to see these companies coming to together and helping. Link
Most expensive ventilators in the world incoming.
My Lord, that photo above feom London tube really is horrifying. How on Earth is that even possible. My Motherland is well and truly a 3rd world country, but we have strict restrictions in place. Schools closed sonce last week, no public transportation allowed, no flughts, nothing. Major cities are in a lockdown.
It’s bad that most people on here have said for around 2-3 weeks we should be on lockdown, it needs to happen right now.
Thanks Ekkie, I've never really felt wary of anything like this and my chest has picked a really crappy time to start worrying me.
No worries, I have been totally unable to get through to my GP since last Thursday and haven't wanted to trouble 111. It's been hard to get any proper info on where I stood.
They are already miles off.
The UK broke 200 cases 17 days ago and will probably announce 6xxx cases today. After 17 days Italy had 12,500, Spain had 21,500.
Things need to take a serious turn South for the UK to catch either of them.
The testing protocols are different. Direct comparisons between the UK and elsewhere are meaningless.
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So I guess the capitalists have finally recognised that they need a healthy, functioning society to consume their products.I feel like there might be a larger message here.
The numbers are but the trends are still representative. The UK has a far flatter trendline than Italy and Spain did at the same point.
The death rates are very similar though.
I have not been keeping track of that as there are far too many variables like demographics, public behaviour, hospital availability, medical competency etc.
I don’t know the answer. All over the world, schools have been closed completely without any loopholes. I just wonder why the UK government thinks their country is different. I am married to a key worker and I am working from home so it is working for us. I know that’s not possible for everyone so maybe any so called key workers with kids just need to stay at home.
Fantastic news. I stay away from Dyson products but will be buying them if they come through with this.
Eh? Surely keeping tabs on testing is just as bad if not worse given it depends entirely on political and financial reasoning. Not to mention many people have got/had covid19 and haven't bothered to be tested or asked to be tested and rejected.
Seems like a redundant stat to me ultimately.
More like boreonavirus amirite @SteveJ ?
In Belgium you're only tested these days if you have a risk profile, show severe symptons or are a healthcare worker, so the total numbers of infected persons doesn't say much to me and is probably 5 or 10 times higher than it officially is.
It's the deaths and people on ICUs which interest me.
If one country only tests 1 in 10 possible patients, and another country tests 5 in 10 possible patients, the ultimate numbers are worthless but the trend they follow will be accurate. Unless there is some step change in how the world is able to test for this it's unlikely to vary much.
Deaths would be much harder to model because a country's ability to isolate patients and treat them will change over time, probably at a different rate to whoever you compare them against, and when those deaths actually occur it will be influenced by things like age and health condition which are all different from country to country.
Honestly, the value of tracking the number of cases in isolation at this stage is essentially meaningless to track countries. The number of cases simply reveals far more about the testing levels and protocols of countries than anything else. The limiting factor for the number of positive tests is not the number of people who have COVID-19, but it is the capacity of the countries to test people.
My elderly neighbour asked me to cut their back garden. I usually do it about every two weeks throughout spring and summer but have been avoiding them since Corona since this would probably kill them off.
They have no-one else really. What's the right thing to do here?
They have no-one else really. What's the right thing to do here?
I don't see the harm in you just cutting the grass outside and never entering their home or otherwise having contact.
Can you hop over the fence?
I want to see Sadiq Khan threatening to send in the police with flamethrowers
Yeah just tell him to stay indoors while you cut the grass. If you have to move through his home to get to the garden, do it quickly without touching anything.
Ironic given that you're now stuck in a vacuum
Does the Met have flame throwers? It would be good to see Sadiq at least effing on the TV at the public who disregard instructions.
I'd have to go through the house. I'll do it but I'm gonna tell him to have the front and back doors open beforehand.
Gonna treat this like a game of "the floor is lava" except everything is lava.
Gonna treat this like a game of "the floor is lava" except everything is lava.
Selfish people stocked up flamethrowers
I work for a private independent so things are slightly different. But our headteacher is trying to climb the career ladder is doing anything to carry favour with the board.
He even offered to take other schools vulnerable kids and open over Easter until all the staff team threatened to go on self isolation if he enforced it.
He's seeing this as an opportunity to get a few favours in his pocket and is showing no regard to his staffs wellbeing