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9 minutes ago, JohnM said:

It's right - about 500,000 people died last year in the UK. Since we are in an "average" period (not winter or summer) we'd expect about 10,000.

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21 minutes ago, tim2 said:

It's right - about 500,000 people died last year in the UK. Since we are in an "average" period (not winter or summer) we'd expect about 10,000.

Range of number of deaths in week 15 over the last 5 years is 8493-12301 so 50% higher figure for 2020 than the highest in 2015-19.

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30 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

I strongly suspect you're seeing the knock on effects of both a very stretched health service and people not accessing healthcare that's not covid related.

There have been cases of parents not taking desperately ill kids to A&E because of fears over COVID-19, the kids later died. Some other cases of people getting classic heart attack symptoms not calling 999 because they think hospitals are too busy and it's only a sore arm. Same with strokes.

There's a genuine fear of infection causing people to shy away from healthcare on everything from "what's this lump, doctor?" to "my child is struggling to breathe".

The capacity is there for you!  For things you think won't kill you now, please call your GP practice in hours. For things you're not sure of, call 111. For things where you're in fear for your life, or someone else's, call 999. If they tell you that you need to be seen face-to-face then you can be sure that you'll be getting the very safest of environments. The systems are set to risk manage where the infected folk are kept away from non-infected as much as humanly possible.

There is NHS capacity for you as long as you're willing to handle it via telephone or video call for 90%+ of issues that you'd previously go see a GP face-to-face.

One of our areas of extreme deprivation used to have a 2+ week wait to see GPs, every practice in this patch is now "seeing" all patients in the same day. Yesterday saw 92% done via video/tele and the rest via face-to-face, this is a direct swap of last month at this time!

On whether you'll overload the healthcare system, you won't. Just do it.

If you need routine things from a repeat prescription to a new sick note, do it via the NHS App: https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/nhs-services/the-nhs-app/

If you don't have a smart-phone capable of this, your practice should have a website with an alternative e-consultation platform or records portal you can do this through.

If you don't have that capacity, you can still phone in.

"When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout"

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1 minute ago, JohnM said:

You are right to be worried and no wonder. All of the media, print, broadcast  are telling us all every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every week that we must be worried

Going out much at the minute, John?

Why not?

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3 minutes ago, ckn said:

There have been cases of parents not taking desperately ill kids to A&E because of fears over COVID-19, the kids later died. Some other cases of people getting classic heart attack symptoms not calling 999 because they think hospitals are too busy and it's only a sore arm. Same with strokes.

There's a genuine fear of infection causing people to shy away from healthcare on everything from "what's this lump, doctor?" to "my child is struggling to breathe".

The capacity is there for you!  For things you think won't kill you now, please call your GP practice in hours. For things you're not sure of, call 111. For things where you're in fear for your life, or someone else's, call 999. If they tell you that you need to be seen face-to-face then you can be sure that you'll be getting the very safest of environments. The systems are set to risk manage where the infected folk are kept away from non-infected as much as humanly possible.

There is NHS capacity for you as long as you're willing to handle it via telephone or video call for 90%+ of issues that you'd previously go see a GP face-to-face.

One of our areas of extreme deprivation used to have a 2+ week wait to see GPs, every practice in this patch is now "seeing" all patients in the same day. Yesterday saw 92% done via video/tele and the rest via face-to-face, this is a direct swap of last month at this time!

On whether you'll overload the healthcare system, you won't. Just do it.

If you need routine things from a repeat prescription to a new sick note, do it via the NHS App: https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/nhs-services/the-nhs-app/

If you don't have a smart-phone capable of this, your practice should have a website with an alternative e-consultation platform or records portal you can do this through.

If you don't have that capacity, you can still phone in.

Our media have a role to play here. With their interminable misrepresentation of the  situation, they are actively discouraging people from doing as you recommend.

The last place any of us want to be at present is in or even near a hospital with no PPE and thousands and thousands of sweating, coughing and unprotected  Corvid 19 victims with one nurse and one doctor on duty.

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Flew into Oslo on sunday ...had a check at immigration (never ever had to go through immigration before in my ten years working in Norway) quick check ..well slow check really ..45 minutes to an hour..and I am allowed through.

Checking the international flights being allowed into Norway and it seems Amsterdam,London,Stockholm and Copenhagen are the only ones .Why I have no idea.

Before entering baggage reclaim I then have a temperature check and  a few questions regarding my well being from a doctor and thats it Im free to carry on.

Collected a company car parked in the car park drove a little over four hours to a rather isolated hotel where myself and six Polish workers (who came in by ferry and road through Germany,Denmark and Sweden) will now sit in Quarantine for 14 days. If we are clear we then resume work on 4th May.

I am not sure in anyone is actually checking we do the 14 days quarantine and travelling through Oslo city on the way down here it was a cross between the  Oslo Marathon,Tour de Norway and Crufts dog show .....there were that many people out enjoying the sun along the fjord side.

But Norway has seemed to have handled the situation pretty well,schools are opening up and people are allowed to travel to their mountain cabins from yesterday.

Workers are being allowed to re enter the country (under rules) but its going to be a while before I get home.

usually work 14 days on 14 days home but due to the 14 days quarantine regulations I am not allowed to leave the country or I have to start over .

So its looks like I will get 14 days holiday in Norway at the company expense after every 14 day rota until they relax the quarantine rules.

See how it goes .

 

 

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Scotland reported another 70 deaths today, following two very low counts the day before. Obviously the weekend lag is coming through, but if the figures play out in the same way across the rest of the UK, there is only a very slight drop since the peak. (New infections are dropping quickly though in Scotland by the looks of it).

It's speculation, and perhaps not a good idea, but it would show that we are far from out of the woods with wave 1 and any sense of relaxing things should be given a wide berth currently.

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1 minute ago, Bearman said:

873 official figure for yesterday. ?

Just remorseless, isn't it?

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett)

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3 hours ago, JohnM said:

Our media have a role to play here. With their interminable misrepresentation of the  situation, they are actively discouraging people from doing as you recommend.

The last place any of us want to be at present is in or even near a hospital with no PPE and thousands and thousands of sweating, coughing and unprotected  Corvid 19 victims with one nurse and one doctor on duty.

yep, at the press conference they keep encouraging people to use the NHS for serious conditions.., use, 111, 999, etc we have the capacity to treat, etc etc

Lost count at the number of press conferences its been said, but as you say people think its the worst place to be and so best take the risk,  It's certainly been one of the 4 death concerns of the CMO/CSO since it began.

On PPE, of course there's an issue with gowns or is it aprons, not sure which. Running low on stocks... and of course NHS staff would be concerned if stocks running low... but how many hospitals have actually run out and have no gowns...

just that given the relentless coverage of their being shortage of gowns I would have thought by now we would have a situation were some hospitals have absolutely non... I have't seen any media coverage of an hospital having non... only running low... if one had non I assume media would be all over it...

I guess I'm missing something.

 

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Just off a call to France. Shortages of PPE. Some distribution vehicles hijacked.  It seems that the health service in France has paid out million to China for tests, many of which don't work.

Lat week Macron announced his strategy to end lockdown.  All over 70s and those over 60s with severe condition to stay locked down until proven vaccine  available, probably some time next year. A civil liberty group delivered a writ to him saying that was illegal as it was discriminatory and he was forced to modify his strategy

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its significant that the amount of traffic on the motorways and general roads this week seems to have at least doubled or maybe even trebled compared to the last 3 weeks, its only Tuesday- whats it gonna be like by next Monday, firms are opening back up for the simple reason that other firms are or have done already, the lockdown is becoming a shambolic farce with no real direction or proper rules from the authorities 

see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile 

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17 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

its significant that the amount of traffic on the motorways and general roads this week seems to have at least doubled or maybe even trebled compared to the last 3 weeks, its only Tuesday- whats it gonna be like by next Monday, firms are opening back up for the simple reason that other firms are or have done already, the lockdown is becoming a shambolic farce with no real direction or proper rules from the authorities 

What companies are opening?

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1 hour ago, graveyard johnny said:

its significant that the amount of traffic on the motorways and general roads this week seems to have at least doubled or maybe even trebled compared to the last 3 weeks, its only Tuesday- whats it gonna be like by next Monday, firms are opening back up for the simple reason that other firms are or have done already, the lockdown is becoming a shambolic farce with no real direction or proper rules from the authorities 

The stats don't support your claims. 

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5 minutes ago, Dave T said:

The stats don't support your claims. 

I am shocked.

SHOCKED!

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett)

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8 minutes ago, Dave T said:

The stats don't support your claims. 

I don't need effin stats, I have been physically driving on the m62 the m1 and many A roads since the lockdown started - in real life 

see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile 

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3 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

I don't need effin stats, I have been physically driving on the m62 the m1 and many A roads since the lockdown started - in real life 

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3 scaffolders in the front of a truck - from a mix of 7 in a firm - any could be working with the other any given day depending on the job - all from different houses , mainly stripping and bringing back to yard, all handling the same tubes fittings and using the same portaloo on site  - essential? NO!  stupid? YES- but allowed to happen due to cant work from home rule, they may as well go for a pint in the pub together at tea time to round things off- madness - I repeat the lockdown is a shambles that should have been stricter from the off set 

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Anyone know where the money tree had been hidden for all of the past years when tonights press conference had Hancock explaining how many billions were being given out?

Much of it,of course,going overseas to pay for PPE.

The aftermath of this,and the clawing back of the money,by the government,is going to be a frightening experience.

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