COVID-19 — Coronavirus

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Why didn't the government do video conferencing press conferences at the start?
Surely they were being hypocritical by having mass gatherings of people yet they were doing this very thing themselves?
Now 3 of the main people have it?
 
Well we know that if they had been major infection events then Cheltenham and Liverpool would have big spikes in cases within 7 days and deaths in 15-19 days. You can't have secondary and tertiary infections without the primary ones after all.

But both places have been OK.

At this point it seems much more likely that Neill Ferguson and the ICL team were correct when they said the sporting events at that stage of the pandemic were not major risks.
You can go 14 days with no symptoms
 
2 more Nightingale hospitals coming, 1 in Birmingham, 1 in Manchester (using the old Gmex/Convention Centre).
 
Some people have done, but the global average is 5 days.

So unless there's a reason that all people who like horse racing have an incubation period 3x longer than average, there would be effects by now.
we are not testing anyone not going to hospital now,we wouldn't know if the whole crowd got it if they didn't go to hospital,not knowing the age and health of them
 
we are not testing anyone not going to hospital now,we wouldn't know if the whole crowd got it if they didn't go to hospital,not knowing the age and health of them

But we are testing people getting hospitalised...and roughly 15-20% of people with the virus are hospitalised. And we are recording deaths, and roughly 2-4% are dying.

And unless there's a reason that people who like horse racing are less prone to being hospitalised, there would be a peak.


You seem to really not understand how averages work.

I appreciate it's really tempting to see a picture of a crowd and think "that's awful" but the epidemiologists said it wasn't at that point of the pandemic and they've been proven correct.
 
Have just caught a comment on sky news about an ICU nurse after finishing her shift went off and killed herself. That's fucking awful news. Has anyone else heard this?
 
But we are testing people getting hospitalised...and roughly 15-20% of people with the virus are hospitalised. And we are recording deaths, and roughly 2-4% are dying.

And unless there's a reason that people who like horse racing are less prone to being hospitalised, there would be a peak.


You seem to really not understand how averages work.

I appreciate it's really tempting to see a picture of a crowd and think "that's awful" but the epidemiologists said it wasn't at that point of the pandemic and they've been proven correct.
I am afraid i don't put everything on stats or modelling,oh and i got it wembly weekend
 
I've been wondering this too. I can imagine high blood pressure is one of the most common 'serious' underlying conditions in the UK. Can imagine many, many people don't have it under control either. My dad is at risk, but I feel a little reassured that he takes his medication seriously.
Me to. Is high BP, controlled with medication, high risk? (I’m in that bracket.) Or just uncontrolled high BP?

As an aside, I would have thought that most people with high BP would be under treatment. There again, you can’t take anything for granted.

Don’t we have any medically qualified posters?
 
Me to. Is high BP, controlled with medication, high risk? (I’m in that bracket.) Or just uncontrolled high BP?

As an aside, I would have thought that most people with high BP would be under treatment. There again, you can’t take anything for granted.

Don’t we have any medically qualified posters?
I read somewhere that blood pressure meds may help with the symptoms, something to do with aiding the lungs. Also increases potassium, which is supposed to help
Edit, here's an article
https://www.express.co.uk/life-styl...us-medications-no-risk-of-death-lower-reading
 
Me to. Is high BP, controlled with medication, high risk? (I’m in that bracket.) Or just uncontrolled high BP?

As an aside, I would have thought that most people with high BP would be under treatment. There again, you can’t take anything for granted.

Don’t we have any medically qualified posters?

I can't imagine youre off the hook (unfortunstely) even if you're on medication, but I can imagine you've got a notably better chance if you actually stick to it. We all know people who don't take their medication properly sadly!
 
Oh NHS austerity question

Gove - ducked it completely,talked about food deliveries and volunteers etc,fucking neck on him

Medical advisor didn't answer it either
 
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