31-05-2020, 09:28 PM
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Re: Chinese Coronavirus
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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So why are they not asking everyone here to wear a mask? If everyone does then we are all safer.
31-05-2020, 09:32 PM
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Re: Chinese Coronavirus
Originally Posted by Lindyloo
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It's very simple...........the general public were told not to wear masks because the NHS did not have enough for their staff!!
31-05-2020, 09:34 PM
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Re: Chinese Coronavirus
Originally Posted by big ben
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Sorry to sound like a wet blanket but I don,t think we will ever get over this virus. it is here to stay . As to how many deaths it will cause. No-one knows or will ever know. Fiddling figures is a favourite 'sport' among those running things in this country. They tell us only what they want us to hear.IMO another pandemic is on the way and this is why they are stock piling PPE for the future.
31-05-2020, 10:35 PM
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Re: Chinese Coronavirus
Originally Posted by Lindyloo
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We SHOULD have stockpiled PPE in the past - and been prepared as instructed by the WHO. Had we followed that advise, our death rate would have been far lower..........but our NHS was sytematically underfunded for years and years - and various departments privatised...........
I was told recently by a pharmacist working for my GP practice that the biggest problem with the NHS is waste.
She didn't specify examples but I'd list them as overpaid and overmanned upper management, far too much paperwork and legalese, mismanagement regarding procurement (as we've seen with PPE), patients taking up beds simply because they cannot be found a safe place for them to go after their treatment, etc, etc.
31-05-2020, 11:39 PM
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Re: Chinese Coronavirus
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Also Malaysia and Singapore both hot countries, there are hardly any flu epidemics in blighty in the summer....Did someone post that the virus can't survive over a certain temperature...?
The reason the flu is more prevalent in winter is thought to be because people in cold climates stay indoors with the windows shut providing close the contact to easily spread the virus.
Temperature is clearly not such a factor for the virus survival because it survives well in the human body at 37° (doh!) far higher than the average temperature of say, Malaysia, of 32°.
31-05-2020, 11:42 PM
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Re: Chinese Coronavirus
Originally Posted by Bruce
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You are really desperate to find excuses for your government aren't you? As I said I really don't understand why.The reason the flu is more prevalent in winter is thought to be because people in cold climates stay indoors with the windows shut providing close the contact to easily spread the virus.
Temperature is clearly not such a factor for the virus survival because it survives well in the human body at 37° (doh!) far higher than the average temperature of say, Malaysia, of 32°.
01-06-2020, 05:56 AM
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Re: Chinese Coronavirus
Global Cases 6,267,408Global Deaths 373,961
Australia
Cases 7,202
Deaths 103
Critical 3
Cases per Million 283
UK
Cases 274,762
Deaths 38,489
Critical 1,559
Cases per Million 4,049
USA
Cases 1,837,170
Deaths 106,195
Critical 17,075
Cases per Million 5,553
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
01-06-2020, 06:04 AM
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Re: Chinese Coronavirus
Interesting to look back at where we have been:A month ago...
1st May
Originally Posted by Bruce
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Global Cases 3,308,503 Global Deaths 234,112
Mortality Rate 7%
(Flu Mortality Rate 0.1%)
Australia
Cases 6,766
Deaths 93
Critical 31
Cases per Million 265
UK
Cases 171,253
Deaths 26,771
Critical 1,559
Cases per Million 2,523
USA
Cases 1,095,210
Deaths 63,861
Critical 15,226
Cases per Million 3,309
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Who could have guessed then how this would turn out?
1st March
Originally Posted by Bruce
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Diamond Princess
Cases 705
Recovered 10
Deaths 6
Critical 36
Australia
Cases 25
Recovered 15
Deaths 1
U.K.
Cases 23
Recovered 8
USA
Cases 69
Recovered 7
Critical 2
Deaths 1
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
01-06-2020, 06:51 AM
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Re: Chinese Coronavirus
Originally Posted by JBR
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Absolutely.I was told recently by a pharmacist working for my GP practice that the biggest problem with the NHS is waste.
She didn't specify examples but I'd list them as overpaid and overmanned upper management, far too much paperwork and legalese, mismanagement regarding procurement (as we've seen with PPE), patients taking up beds simply because they cannot be found a safe place for them to go after their treatment, etc, etc.
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