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SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
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Nice gesture from the Notorious..
Your average SCUBA tank just contain compressed air. They don’t add any oxygen.
There are a few different grades of oxygen available: industrial oxygen (for welders etc) diving oxygen (for the divers at the bottom of oil rigs etc) and medical oxygen. The difference being down mainly to gas impurities, which filters can (apparently) sort out. From what I heard, we’re running low on every grade.
fecking assholes.
About as bad as what I saw earlier where Amazon is asking for public help to pay for sick leave for Amazon delivery workers.
Goddamn right. Just text mine asking what ipa's are in.
I was driving back from work earlier and there were 5 young mothers standing on a street corner surrounded by about 12 kids of different ages. I think it was outside one of their houses as the kids were running in and out of the front garden of the nearby house. We need this legislation to go through so they can be fined.
That would be absolutely despicable if true. Mind you, if it was actually the antiviral we’re all hoping for, we’d have probably known by now.
Yes, this would be a case for whistleblowing. In the US I could tell the available avenues. I’m not familiar with the UK’s protocols
In a cruel twist of fate the guy who runs Italy's national response and reports daily on infection and deaths has come down with a fever and has to go into isolation
.I think we can safely say if they really do have a vaccine the rest of the world will tell them to do one.
There is going to be quite a few of these. The mental toll of all that despair and death on those who signed up to be 'normal' doctors and nurses, as opposed to those like army medics etc. who see severe trauma in battle, is going to be extreme in some cases.
Worse still is that the mental relief isn't going to come until the crisis is over.
It's a desperate, horrible situation.
Not quite a vaccine (yet?), more of a treatment. Supposedly it helped a 79 year old in Genoa with underlying health conditions to recover from the virus. Hopefully they are just trying to protect their limited supply from the overwhelming demand so they could do more testing, rather than doing this for profit.
I don’t want to go too far off topic, but this stems from going away from the era where kids (boys) fought and would verbroeit asses beat which tough them humility and respect and there were old kids who wouldn’t hesitate to smack a kid if they were disrespectful.
These days some clown either pulls out a weapon or sues.
Literally my situation. I wouldn't be safe if I bought enough alcohol to last me for a week and I wouldn't be safe if I had no alcohol for two days.
Ya right. In an alternate world, probably.
My GP said he didn't know if I'd be identified, but he'd be surprised if I wasn't. Yet I know a few who have had texts and letters already. GPs seem oblivious to all thats going on, and there seems to be an infinite loop being created between GPs and 111, with both just batting back to each other.
I'd hope the vulnerable shielding letter will hold more information if each of us get one (I would have assumed asthma would be part of the criteria, given the nature of the virus!) though the PM did say after this coming Sunday would be the start of self-identification for those that slipped through the net of the governments process. I guess that might be the next port of call if you don't hear anything this week.
Don't know as they were never caught but they could've been.
Anyone saw Bolsonaro's thoughts on this ? Dude is pleading for schools to be open and bussiness to get back to normal. Half of the people in Brazil are very angry, the other half follows him blindly.
Italy's new active cases down for the 4th day in a row (new cases - dead and recovered).
Total positives 5210, this figure has been hovering around 5500-6000 for about a week so probably enough to say the peak has been reached, but not that we are in decline.
Total positives 5210, this figure has been hovering around 5500-6000 for about a week so probably enough to say the peak has been reached, but not that we are in decline.
So like Trump then.
So what's their angle? That Indian company is basically producing the same medicine right? Our will it be inferior? If not it renders the US version pointless due to price.
I guess either US puts pressure on Modi to discontinue it. Or the Indian version is not allowed into the States for exclusivity reasons and you just milk the American crowd. Problem for us Brits, and the NHS, is how low BoJo goes to BJ Trump?
I wouldnt be surprised if Gatwick and Heathrow were next.
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It’ll give Gilead exclusivity in the lucrative US market.So what's their angle? That Indian company is basically producing the same medicine right? Our will it be inferior? If not it renders the US version pointless due to price.
I guess either US puts pressure on Modi to discontinue it. Or the Indian version is not allowed into the States for exclusivity reasons and you just milk the American crowd. Problem for us Brits, and the NHS, is how low BoJo goes to BJ Trump?
I guess you've checked the overview list on:
https://www.asthma.org.uk/advice/triggers/coronavirus-covid-19/
It seems fairly specific on the drugs/dosages that mean someone's automatically in that high risk group.
For Gilead (and by that I mean Trump) to have taken this step so quickly surely means the US are preparing to roll out this medication pretty soon (weeks). Fauci will be put in a cage to only sign papers. Insurance premiums are going through the roof, and that's just for the lucky ones that have the right coverage in the first place.
The trump family are going to be so rich. So, so rich.
What time during the day is the number of deaths announced? I can't find anything for today.
Not been on for an update for a while. Have worked 90hours over the last 9 days so feeling pretty tired now but tonight is my last night and then 3 days off!
Hospital is steadily becoming more organised, many specialist wards have closed and re-opened as Covid wards now. It's incredible to see that in the current climate, how dead ED is and just goes to show how badly abused the service was. Proper guidelines regarding PPE have been updated since I last posted however, they are just saying to use surgical face masks which, I personally don't agree with. Donning and doffing the PPE is a ball ache and my hands are red raw from all the hand washing we do.
The cases are steadily ramping up now, spoke to one fot he doctors this morning who said just over half of her handover this morning was suspected covid (A very tiny % will actually be covid if any). Staff shortages is still a massive issue. On the bank service, there were 68 HCA gaps and 76 Nurse gaps to be filled for today. Unheard of but people are obvisouly self isolating or just don't want to put themselves or their family at risk.
I'm looking forward to it being my last night shift for a week and probably a free dominos delivery for us. Otherwise it's going to be depressing and hectic. Stay safe peeps.
Hospital is steadily becoming more organised, many specialist wards have closed and re-opened as Covid wards now. It's incredible to see that in the current climate, how dead ED is and just goes to show how badly abused the service was. Proper guidelines regarding PPE have been updated since I last posted however, they are just saying to use surgical face masks which, I personally don't agree with. Donning and doffing the PPE is a ball ache and my hands are red raw from all the hand washing we do.
The cases are steadily ramping up now, spoke to one fot he doctors this morning who said just over half of her handover this morning was suspected covid (A very tiny % will actually be covid if any). Staff shortages is still a massive issue. On the bank service, there were 68 HCA gaps and 76 Nurse gaps to be filled for today. Unheard of but people are obvisouly self isolating or just don't want to put themselves or their family at risk.
I'm looking forward to it being my last night shift for a week and probably a free dominos delivery for us. Otherwise it's going to be depressing and hectic. Stay safe peeps.
I've never really understood that. I've 2 girls who I love like you can't believe. I've been there for and supported them in all their
development, good times and bad (just like most kids) . But we've been there for each other during some horrific times the last few month. Real families share the load and support each other. I know I would have struggled without their love and support these last 6 months and vice versa and this stubborn thing (pride, selfish take your pick) men think they have to portray annoys me greatly.
My own Dad an ex para even see's the value of self isolation and even though he's bored shitless he knows the benefit.
RICHESTEST PRESIDENT EVER! OBAMA POOR SO POOR. Or something like that.
How is it possible that we're so behind in providing our front line NHS staff with the protective equipment they need.
Did we simply leave it too late to bother trying to source or organise production?
Did we simply leave it too late to bother trying to source or organise production?
I dont have asthma, the lad I was replying to does, so I don't know anything severity or medicine for it. I'm on immunosuppressants for something else, which there's only very vague guidance on at the minute.
Anyone know the risk for heavy smokers of cigarettes and even shisha ? Do they struggle more ? Do they die more ?
Some vids show youths taking the lids off tubs of ice cream and giving it a lick, good luck washing that off.
@Dwazza Gunnar Solskjær If I buy vegetables and fruits, is water only enough to wash them for safe consumption ?
I'm close enough to that to understand. Look after yourself.
These kids should lose access to the NHS for the rest of their lives.
It's practically impossible to prepare for, people don't seem to realise what a one off event this really is.
Italy is currently using 3 million masks per day, and at between $25-50k each health services could hardly go buying the thousands of ventilators they now need before the event actually happens.
What health system, which is dealing with a major outbreak, has all the equipment they need?
At this time, I'd recommend washing them with dish soap, @kouroux
At least Trump is following health experts guidelines. Bolsonaro wants to straight up pretend like nothing is going on. What a mess.
That not very nice but who needs ice cream right now?
Ah sorry, I saw the dialogue and got the replies the wrong way round. The only stuff I've looked at on immuno-suppressants was written in the context of arthritis treatment, because I've got a family member in that category: https://www.rheumatology.org.uk/news-policy/details/Covid19-Coronavirus-update-members
They've got a risk stratification guide (that identifies some medicines etc) and a scoring grid - but it's targeted for use by rheumatologists, though I guess some patients will be able to identify themselves from it.