Boris Johnson tests positive for Covid-19

[Humberto]

He/they are guilty. We, our family and friends have had to bear the brunt of their ideological indifference to the people's plight at their hands. And yes, they did laugh while doing it. If people want to take the piss I really don't care. It's ironic. They've shed blood, they oppressed the marginalised/vulnerable.

 

[fakeplasticgirl]

 

[existentialist]

Conversely, just imagine how some on here will be disappointed if he makes a full recovery.

Bizarre times.

How disappointed are you imagining they are going to be?

Have you so completely run out of troll material that you have to start speculating on the bad offices of a bunch of people you barely know, and clearly don't remotely identify with?

Come to that, if we're such a bunch of cunts, what are you even DOING here? You could be on some trump forum somewhere, circle jerking.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

He/they are guilty. We, our family and friends have had to bear the brunt of their ideological indifference to the people's plight at their hands. And yes, they did laugh while doing it. If people want to take the piss I really don't care. It's ironic. They've shed blood, they oppressed the marginalised/vulnerable.

Despite that, I'm far from certain any good comes of his death right now, though. It would make the tories even more insufferable, even have them talking bollocks about securing his legacy when this shitshow is over. It doesn't bear thinking about. Being cold-hearted about it, I think we're better off if he pulls through.

 

[Marty1]

How disappointed are you imagining they are going to be?

Have you so completely run out of troll material that you have to start speculating on the bad offices of a bunch of people you barely know, and clearly don't remotely identify with?

Come to that, if we're such a bunch of cunts, what are you even DOING here? You could be on some trump forum somewhere, circle jerking.

Not at all.

Im basing my comment on reading members implicitly hoping the PM dies of coronavirus.

It’s as simple as that.

 

[existentialist]

Obits will be being written as we type.

I expect they wrapped his up long ago. Probably round about handshakegate.

 

[JimW]

Though maybe if the Queen goes quickly too he'd get lost in the backwash.

 

[little_legs]

Could the folks in the know say if there is a possibility that he was put on a ventilator yesterday?

I ask because in Germany they have corona ambulances that go around towns visiting sick people and many of them are taken to hospitals to be put on ventilators before they can deteriorate.

And also there was this last night:


Disclaimer: I am not a medic/epidemiologist.

 

[nogojones]

Questions being asked :

The strange lead-up to Boris Johnson's admission to hospital

Denials of prime minister’s worsening condition coming under scrutiny

www.theguardian.com

oh dear

Oh, Has Cummings got it as well?

 

[Pickman's model]

Though maybe if the Queen goes quickly too he'd get lost in the backwash.

Like when mother theresa died just after Diana and her death was literally and finally on the itv news at 10

 

[hash tag]

C19 did for Lord Bath it's not doing Johnson must good. With them, their money, their status, what hope for the rest of us...

 

[gosub]

They have obits ready to go for people like Johnson. Just update them during quiet periods

Trying to remember when we had a quiet period. 2015?

 

[phillm]

 

[existentialist]

Not at all.

Im basing my comment on reading members implicitly hoping the PM dies of coronavirus.

It’s as simple as that.

"implicitly hoping", eh? That's a fairly significant rowback. Keep going like this and you'll be...oh yes, just the same way you are everytime one of your bits of inflammatory blowharditude slowly and fartingly deflates with every debunking your rubbish gets.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Could the folks in the know say if there is a possibility that he was put on a ventilator yesterday?

I ask because in Germany they have corona ambulances that go around towns visiting sick people and many of them are taken to hospitals to be put on ventilators before they can deteriorate.

And also there was this last night:


Disclaimer: I am not a medic/epidemiologist.

Who knows? Could easily be true. If it is, presumably they must have been hoping it would just be for one night when they lied about it. If it is true, it also perhaps means he has a better chance than most on ventilators if they got him early.

 

[two sheds]

Oh, Has Cummings got it as well?

Looks like - a week ago had 'mild symptoms'

Dominic Cummings self-isolates after experiencing coronavirus symptoms

Boris Johnson’s key adviser believed to have mild symptoms including a cough

www.theguardian.com

 

[Favelado]

Despite that, I'm far from certain any good comes of his death right now, though. It would make the tories even more insufferable, even have them talking bollocks about securing his legacy when this shitshow is over. It doesn't bear thinking about. Being cold-hearted about it, I think we're better off if he pulls through.

You can't be sure of that. It's very random. There are a host of interpretations. The country could feel any way by the end of this crisis. Churchill was voted out in 45. I doubt that was on the cards a year before. Although, there might be a poster on here who can put me straight on that.

 

[muscovyduck]

So when do you think we'll get any major updates? What are the timescales for people going into intensive care and either getting better or worse?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

You can't be sure of that. It's very random. There are a host of interpretations. The country could feel any way by the end of this crisis. Churchill was voted out in 45. I doubt that was on the cards a year before. Although, there might be a poster on here who can put me straight on that.

Can't be sure, no. I would fear the worst, though.

 

[elbows]

I ask because in Germany they have corona ambulances that go around towns visiting sick people and many of them are taken to hospitals to be put on ventilators before they can deteriorate.

Sorry for skipping the rest of what you asked, but I wanted to focus on this bit because of the 'die at home' bit of the conversation in this thread. Its been bothering me for weeks, that the UK response on this front is inviting many deaths I dont think I spoke much about it on the forum, I didnt know where to start its so grim, and I just couldnt stomach keeping posting all the news stories about individual cases.

Finally I have seen some focus on this in the press today.

Fears that people self-isolating with Covid-19 may seek help too late

Lack of monitoring for those in severe phase of coronavirus could reduce survival chances

www.theguardian.com

The NHS does not have a proper monitoring system for those suspected of having coronavirus, said Dr Bharat Pankhania, a senior clinical lecturer at the University of Exeter medical school.

“If a patient is developing pneumonia, it can get progressively worse very quickly and hence early admission upon the first signs of difficulty with breathing are very important,” he said.

“It is important for people recovering at home that there be a monitoring system in place too. Something that we have thus far not introduced.”

 

[phillm]

So when do you think we'll get any major updates? What are the timescales for people going into intensive care and either getting better or worse?

In that graph I posted above it looks like an 7-day window to death or recovery.

 

[N_igma]

Trying to remember when we had a quiet period. 2015?

Seem to remember the Paris attacks that year causing widespread fear around the world. I’m gonna go to the time before human history was recorded for a quiet time.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

So when do you think we'll get any major updates? What are the timescales for people going into intensive care and either getting better or worse?

Snuffs it after tiffin tomorrow would be my guess.

 

[muscovyduck]

In that graph I posted above it looks like an 7-day window to death or recovery.

Okie dokie see you all this time next week then

 

[SE25]

let's all pray 4 "Boris"

 

[mauvais]

That IDS quote is gold.

"Let's hope and pray Boris is in the best of hands"

Next door neighbour of

"Noone wants there to be a fire in the hospital"

 

[muscovyduck]

let's all pray 4 "Boris"

I'm intrigued by the quotation marks. Do you not think Boris is real?

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

Fucking hell. His politics are shit, but I wouldn't wish this on anyone. It just goes to show how vulnerable we all are, I guess.

 

[phillm]

Are we in the MATRIX ?

 

[Saul Goodman]

Not at all.

Im basing my comment on reading members implicitly hoping the PM dies of coronavirus.

It’s as simple as that.

If I pray really hard for his safe recovery from C BOVID-19, then pray even harder that he gets hit by a bus the same day he's released from hospital, does that work for you?