COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Nightmare Walking]

Just lit the bbq on the beach and some bloke in a united shirt has called us a bunch of feral cunts and said he was going to post a picture of us on something called bluemoon forum fuck knows what he was on about but he said he was heading back to Manchester

Did you shout Stretford is not in Manchester you prick back at him?

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

I think it is the opposite lovely,they are not testing patients just the staff and they are not being taken to hospital

Unfortunately I'm correct ( for once). A resident that tests negative, for a test, having previously displayed symptoms, is given the option of hospitalisation.
After that. Someone showing symptoms in the same residence, is also given that option.(without test).
Now, this maybe a local trust procedure but it's definitely the case.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Not in Oldham, my father-in-law who is bed bound is showing symptoms and no doctor will come out & they'll not move him either.

That may depend on his level of frailty, I believe. It's seems crazy that they've not tested him.
Fingers crossed for you all, mate.

 

[Blue Hefner]

Not going to say where I work. But our guidance is to only use the masks when patients are displaying symptoms or have been aconfirmed as having covid.
No symptoms.. rock on

I'm genuinely scared at the moment when going to work.

I don’t really know what to say but do you have a union? Have they offered advice?

 

[kaz7]

Not saying I agree but if we are going to discus should be based on fact hearsay and gossip helps no one my daughter works in A&E at a major hospital and I am scared for her and my 3 grand daughters but only the facts can win the argument

Sorry have deleted and pm'd as copyright

Thanks,lots to read and i will

I don't agree that a consultant treating 100's of patients and the royal college of nursing is hearsay and gossip

Thank your daughter for working on the frontline and i hope she stays safe

 

[creditunionhero]

I know it’s a quote but it’s still wrong.

Have you told the Minister for Health, he needs to get his facts right.

 

[kaz7]

Unfortunately I'm correct ( for once). A resident that tests negative, for a test, having previously displayed symptoms, is given the option of hospitalisation.
After that. Someone showing symptoms in the same residence, is also given that option.(without test).
Now, this maybe a local trust procedure but it's definitely the case.

Ah right,thanks,i have lost track of where i have read stuff now but i read the not going to hospital bit

 

[SouthStandStander]

That is a nonsense given a lot of people dont have symptoms and might be in there for something else ,i really feel for all of you,it must be scary when you are seeing people you work with dying,you should be able to wear a mask all shift

Not had to deal with that yet. We have loads of staff off though with symptoms or self isolating due to family having symptoms.

 

[SWP's back]

Have you told the Minister for Health, he needs to get his facts right.

No because he didn’t say the part that’s incorrect, that was added by Sky.

 

[kaz7]

I know it’s a quote but it’s still wrong.

Nobody is counting strictly based on 24hrs but every country is giving out a daily figure

 

[SWP's back]

Nobody is counting strictly based on 24hrs but every country is giving out a daily figure

Well obviously you and the media are counting. But there is no point in comparing numbers across countries when 117 of our number were for 9th April and 700+ plus were for March and the first two weeks of April.

It’s idiotic and misleading and yet you’re still quoting it even after you know it’s not a daily number and you know it doesn’t represent a 24 hour period and you know therefore that it’s not comparable with any daily figure from any other country.

It’s like Liverpool adding two seasons worth of points against our tally for one season.

 

[Nellies left peg]

Well obviously you and the media are counting. But there is no point in comparing numbers across countries when 117 of our number were for 9th April and 700+ plus were for March and the first two weeks of April.

It’s idiotic and misleading and yet you’re still quoting it even after you know it’s not a daily number and you know it doesn’t represent a 24 hour period and you know therefore that it’s not comparable with any daily figure from any other country.

It’s like Liverpool adding two seasons worth of points against our tally for one season.

Yes and still not winning the league

 

[Gabriel]

France posted a higher death figure today than the UK, so higher also than Italy and Spain, too, which was similarly made up of earlier deaths. Over 3,000 have died in nursing homes.

 

[kaz7]

Well obviously you and the media are counting. But there is no point in comparing numbers across countries when 117 of our number were for 9th April and 700+ plus were for March and the first two weeks of April.

It’s idiotic and misleading and yet you’re still quoting it even after you know it’s not a daily number and you know it doesn’t represent a 24 hour period and you know therefore that it’s not comparable with any daily figure from any other country.

It’s like Liverpool adding two seasons worth of points against our tally for one season.

It is not misleading as everyone knows it is not an exact 24hr figure,other countries are the same as far as i can see,the gov,media are using it as a daily figure and every briefing uses a data point on these figures,they are deciding on lockdown etc based on death rates as well as other data,maybe they would be better releasing it as a weekly figure so it covers the lag period but that would be too scary a number

 

[SWP's back]

It is not misleading as everyone knows it is not an exact 24hr figure,other countries are the same as far as i can see,the gov,media are using it as a daily figure and every briefing uses a data point on these figures,they are deciding on lockdown etc based on death rates as well as other data,maybe they would be better releasing it as a weekly figure so it covers the lag period but that would be too scary a number

It’s misleading when used to compare against any daily total for any other country.

I’ve no issue with you reposting the daily figure (though not sure why you need to when it’s been posted about 50 times today), I take issue with you posting “higher than x or y country’s largest daily total” because it’s misleading and irrelevant and most certainly isn’t comparing apples with apples.

And lock downs aren’t based on any daily figure such as the one you quote, lock downs will be based on hospital admissions and ICU availability.

 

[blueparrot]

It is not misleading as everyone knows it is not an exact 24hr figure,other countries are the same as far as i can see,the gov,media are using it as a daily figure and every briefing uses a data point on these figures,they are deciding on lockdown etc based on death rates as well as other data,maybe they would be better releasing it as a weekly figure so it covers the lag period but that would be too scary a number

They aren’t deciding lockdown on the daily deaths reported given to the media.

 

[inchy14]

Well obviously you and the media are counting. But there is no point in comparing numbers across countries when 117 of our number were for 9th April and 700+ plus were for March and the first two weeks of April.

It’s idiotic and misleading and yet you’re still quoting it even after you know it’s not a daily number and you know it doesn’t represent a 24 hour period and you know therefore that it’s not comparable with any daily figure from any other country.

It’s like Liverpool adding two seasons worth of points against our tally for one season.

Im seriously beginning to think 1 or 2 on here are desperate for the figures to surpass elsewhere so they can say I told you so, fucking embarrassing how many people are either not reading the stats correctly or putting their own spin on it to suit their agenda.

 

[Corky]

Given that the UK is 42% bigger than Spain and 10% larger than Italy - if it does get as bad here the figures will be higher.

 

[i8rags]

great warning from the chief of Uganda's police just run this on the BBC news

Best advice ever

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

Well obviously you and the media are counting. But there is no point in comparing numbers across countries when 117 of our number were for 9th April and 700+ plus were for March and the first two weeks of April.

It’s idiotic and misleading and yet you’re still quoting it even after you know it’s not a daily number and you know it doesn’t represent a 24 hour period and you know therefore that it’s not comparable with any daily figure from any other country.

It’s like Liverpool adding two seasons worth of points against our tally for one season.

Who would have thought it, people on here posting misleading information. That’s a turn up for the books