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A main point was obviously going to be about care home numbers.
Acknowledgement that this info on a day-to-day basis was wanted by the medic. Clear and concise answer.
 
MillionMilesAway said:
A point Sunak just read out on the stats - the number of people in hospital was numbered - down about 350 from just over 20000 to just under 20000.

I think it's a good thing to list.

I'm not sure it helps support 'a minority require hospital treatment' - it is a minority, but it's a very big minority, something close to 20% of all cases (unless I'm missing something).
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You are overlooking the fact that almost all cases don't get tested.

So while the number of confirmed cases may be 80,000, the number of people infected will be in the millions - 10 million if the Germans' first random testing results are correct.
 
Rammy Blue said:
No idea what asymptotic means.
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Asymptomatic - Having a disease or condition or infection, but not exhibiting symptoms.
Asymptotic - The more pints you have, the more you want, right? If you have one you'll have two. Probably a third. At six, you're almost guaranteed to buy the seventh, eigth, ninth, as you settle in for the long run. But after, say, 20, you're increasingly likely to fall asleep in a corner on the floor. So despite still wanting to carry on, every time you buy one now, the less likely it is you'll be awake to buy another. So we can say the chances of you going to the bar are now 'asymptotic' - getting less and less likely as you approach your hard limit.
 
Daily briefing

Chancellor and medical directors

OBR figures,serious implications of covid on the country but temporary?our plan is a good plan

Gov response is to keep supporting everyone financially

All of our resources are going to covid

14 1/2 billion pounds has gone into the nhs

19,706 admitted to hosp ,slightly down on last figures yesterday

12,107 deaths

778 since yesterday

Medical officer

Social distancing is our best weapon,compliance is very high

Transport use staying low

New cases levelling off,not everyone is being tested so never going to be the true number

People in hospital levelling off

Death rate continuing to rise,this will be the last figure to come down

Questions

Will care home deaths be included in daily numbers? ONS figures are not quick enough to add to daily hospital numbers,trying to speed it up

Will we feel the impact of this for a generation? No the measures we are doing we should bounce back

Care home patients being forgotten,should they be included in daily figures? Praise for all working in it,we want to include them,working on it but difficult to get it daily,working hard with the care home sector,patients are not being tested so drs are putting probable cause of death

PPE for scotland,is it going to england instead? No truth in the story
 
domalino said:
You are overlooking the fact that almost all cases don't get tested.

So while the number of confirmed cases may be 80,000, the number of people infected will be in the millions - 10 million if the Germans' first random testing results are correct.
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Yes, that makes sense.

I haven't seen the German numbers, but it seems unlikely to me that our infection is at that level at the moment. At that point, I'd think that herd immunity would kick in inside 6 months (about 8M for an equivalent UK percentage?).
 
MillionMilesAway said:
Yes, that makes sense.

I haven't seen the German numbers, but it seems unlikely to me that our infection is at that level at the moment. At that point, I'd think that herd immunity would kick in inside 6 months (about 8M for an equivalent UK percentage?).
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No, it makes no sense.

The way the virus has spread, with the initial cases, becoming clusters, and then more clusters and then finally widespread distribution, is not consistent with the idea that 8m people have had it already.
 
Data on hospital and care home aquired infection ? (catching it in either place) take them seriously,good infection controls going into this in hosps,we are getting infections,seperating covid from others,staff have well established protacols for cross infection,no number available yet


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