Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Trouble is, that leaves someone out there able to catch it and pass it on. Or equally, someone who might end up filling an NHS bed.
Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion
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BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
honest to god i barely know a single person who either a)hasnt had it/got it b)knows at least someone else who has had it/got it.Don't know if anyone saw this, but it's getting a bit scary.
Dire warning that London hospitals could be overwhelmed by Covid
Senior doctors told that sheer numbers falling ill with Covid could leave capital without beds for thousandswww.theguardian.com
Might be obvious to some, but if you live in London: Do not get sick, of anything.
EVERYONE i speak to the virus has touched in their family or wider circle in ol london town
I've been getting texts from my GP for the last couple of weeks saying the local hospital is under pressure and to call 111/contact your GP if you can and only call 999/go to A&E if it's a real emergency.Don't know if anyone saw this, but it's getting a bit scary.
Dire warning that London hospitals could be overwhelmed by Covid
Senior doctors told that sheer numbers falling ill with Covid could leave capital without beds for thousands
Might be obvious to some, but if you live in London: Do not get sick, of anything.
wtfftw
melting like a toastie
Yeah this was posted earlier i thinkDon't know if anyone saw this, but it's getting a bit scary.
Dire warning that London hospitals could be overwhelmed by Covid
Senior doctors told that sheer numbers falling ill with Covid could leave capital without beds for thousands
Might be obvious to some, but if you live in London: Do not get sick, of anything.
Exclusive: London will be overwhelmed by covid in a fortnight says leaked NHS England briefing
London's hospitals are less than two weeks from being overwhelmed by covid even under the 'best' case scenario, according to an official briefing given to the capital's most senior doctors this afternoon.
www.hsj.co.uk
Terrifying.
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
Given the population of India, it was predictable this might happen.
economictimes.indiatimes.com
Not great news if you were expecting some vaccines. They already made 50 million doses of the Oxford vaccine, truly Indian scale.
India bars Serum Institute of India from exporting AstraZeneca vaccine
The vaccine was granted emergency authorization by the Indian regulator on Sunday, but on the condition that Serum Institute doesn't export the shots to ensure that vulnerable populations in India are protected, Adar Poonawalla, the company's CEO, said in a phone interview with The Associated Press.
Not great news if you were expecting some vaccines. They already made 50 million doses of the Oxford vaccine, truly Indian scale.
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
ChristYeah this was posted earlier i think
Exclusive: London will be overwhelmed by covid in a fortnight says leaked NHS England briefing
London's hospitals are less than two weeks from being overwhelmed by covid even under the 'best' case scenario, according to an official briefing given to the capital's most senior doctors this afternoon.
Terrifying.
elbows
Well-Known Member
Also
Ambulance waiting times in parts of England 'off the scale'
Data leaked to BBC News shows a rise in the number of hours before patients are offloaded.
www.bbc.co.uk
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I'm guessing that any military medical capability is drawn from the NHS anyway, so there wouldn't be any point roping them in to provide additional ambulance/paramedic cover?
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
WAs thinking today about silicon valley - the bozos and Zuckerburgs, google, twitter, youtube, uber, etc. You know, the ones who make 12 grand a second or whatever it is. You could get all of them in one room and they could all agree to say put 50% of their profits into a hardship for fund for a month or something. That could easily be arranged if the monopolizing bastards all agreed together, cancelling out any "competitive" arguments.
but what have they done, exactly? nothing. how can you generate that much money and see 10s of ks of people die in your country and do absolutely nothing?
but what have they done, exactly? nothing. how can you generate that much money and see 10s of ks of people die in your country and do absolutely nothing?
Chilli.s
mingling jets and statuettes
Or another decision made far too late?
Having visible troops on the street to be avoided at all cost, like never apologising, one of those strategies of successful management.
if everyone else is bumped up the list in turn it's all a wash (I hope).
across the population the same number of people in the target groups get the vaccine, just in a different order. so there's the same number of people unvaccinated and out there to catch or spread at any time.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
the LFB have been helping out LAS for a while
Cid
Proper break this time
I don't think so... I mean presumably there is some crossover, especially once you're on to more specialist roles, or in a domestic context. But the training and operational requirements would be very different for deployed medical staff. E.g BBC report of Army assisting by providing ambulance drivers in Wales:
Covid: Army begins assisting Welsh Ambulance Service
It is "extraordinary" to call on the Army, but Welsh medics have "never known a period like now".
www.bbc.co.uk
I'll leave the final words to Maj Dan 'Captain Obvious' Cornwell:
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Nah I remember the army scabbing on the ambulance crews in the early 90''s.They have crews and vehicles.
magneze
🎧
Sadiq Khan declares Covid emergency in London
Mayor announces ‘major incident’ as city’s hospitals struggle with patient numbers
elbows
Well-Known Member
I expect the following story to grow as its only just been published and is a bit of a placeholder at the moment, pending more words being added:
edit - I was a little slow, same theme as the Guardian article.
Covid-19: 'Major incident' declared by London Mayor Sadiq Khan
The mayor says in some parts of London 1 in 20 people has Covid-19, as he declares a "major incident".
www.bbc.co.uk
edit - I was a little slow, same theme as the Guardian article.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Some good news on the homeless & evictions front.
www.gov.uk
Extra covid protections for rough sleepers and renters
Extra support to house rough sleepers and ban on bailiff enforced evictions extended.
elbows
Well-Known Member
I am hoping to see the first tentative signs of an improvement to the rates within the next 5 days or so, but maybe not in every region at that point. And it is still well possible that I will be wrong about that, but for whatever reasons this seems to be my expectation when I look at the data these days.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
1325
FFS
That's deaths ^, and breaks the daily record of 1,166 set on 21st April.
Also a whopping 68,053 new cases, breaking the 62,322 record on the 6th Jan.
Fucking hell, we're seriously in the shit.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
We seem to have hit a 7-day rolling average of 815 deaths a day, getting near the peak of 943 hit on 14th April, I can sadly see us overtaking that very soon.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
That's deaths ^, and breaks the daily record of 1,166 set on 21st April.
Also a whopping 68,053 new cases, breaking the 62,322 record on the 6th Jan.
Fucking hell, we're seriously in the shit.
Actually felt physically sick when I saw those numbers. Fucking hell.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
We're seeing the end of Christmas and the start of NY at the moment.
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