COVID-19 — Coronavirus

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Other locations today: Birmingham had most cases at 523,

Blackburn down from 101 to 66 but still has the highest Pop score in UK at 6224. But Oldham rose more today to 6088 so closed the gap behind to 136.

Leeds at 255, Bradford at 244 and Leicester at 201 were up today also.

Liverpool was up 87 but has now been under 100 for four straight days and its pop score rise by just 17 - lower than anywhere in GM today.
 
America is really being hit hard. They have had over 2 million new cases over the past fortnight. Putting our 18,000 in context. 170, 000 alone yesterday - Ten times the UK.

And 87,000 in hospital Over 5 times the number in the UK.

Deaths yesterday were 2157.

Of course, the Thanksgiving weekend is not going to help at all.
 
Awful numbers of deaths again today. 2 other European countries stuck out as well for me - Poland with 674 deaths. And Germany with 323. Yesterday I think it was 382. To put that in perspective, that was Germany’s worst day for deaths during the whole pandemic
 
Healdplace said:
America is really being hit hard. They have had over 2 million new cases over the past fortnight. Putting our 18,000 in context. 170, 000 alone yesterday - Ten times the UK.

And 87,000 in hospital Over 5 times the number in the UK.

Deaths yesterday were 2157.

Of course, the Thanksgiving weekend is not going to help at all.
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Yeah but look at the sterling work Trump has done - on the course every day trying to golf the virus out of America
 
Two Gun Bob said:
It's a difficult conundrum and one that many people will be only too familiar with, but there still has to be a modicum of care for ailments, accidents or illness. A chap off this thread got a result with the 111 service so the wife's just gone over to ring them up for her, as she's non too good with interaction. Hopefully she can seen by a doctor or at least upload photos for their kind appraisal and put her mind at rest. Two burns the full length of the straightening tongues and skin broken on both, the burn to the top of her arm is festering and yellow so unsure to the extent of damage.

I do hope your wife's thumbs settle down over time as they are something we cant really do without. The son in law was in an unfortunate altercation and was hit with an iron bar that smashed his thumb. Anyway, they sent him home and the doctor never cleaned it out, so it became badly swollen. So much so, that damage was caused to his surrounding tissue and he had to have an operation to fuse his thumb into place. At least this would enable him to have some dexterity if it was fixed at an angle as he would be able to grip. But no, they fused it at 90 degrees, so now it's as much use as a chocolate fireguard. He works on the steel and it's difficult to rig and he said it would be better if they had just amputated it as it gets in the way. They stood on with liability as they they never followed protocol for open wounds, so litigation issues are just down to just quantum and future loss of earnings. But yes, a finger or two everyone can do without, but your thumb or thumbs are an an integral part of everyday living. I do hope your missus is well and her thumbs recover.
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Since my mother’s untimely death I have had a healthy/unhealthy disregard for some members of the medical profession.
Mrs sf has had the issue for a couple of years and been told it’s not bad enough to warrant intervention.
Now the muscle around her hand has wasted away and will never be the same.
However, she is having it sorted out next Tuesday and hopefully the rot will stop.

See you soon for the pint I owe you!
 
cleavers said:
As I said yesterday I was very sceptical, and thought the numbers were dodgy, no way were they down by nearly half in a week.

So today up by over 2/3 on yesterday alone.
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seems to be stubbornly high but varied across the country.
 
squirtyflower said:
Since my mother’s untimely death I have had a healthy/unhealthy disregard for some members of the medical profession.
Mrs sf has had the issue for a couple of years and been told it’s not bad enough to warrant intervention.
Now the muscle around her hand has wasted away and will never be the same.
However, she is having it sorted out next Tuesday and hopefully the rot will stop.

See you soon for the pint I owe you!
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I'm a little more brusque and direct when I need something looked at now, people shouldn't blindly believe that all people in the medical profession mean well.
 
mexico1970 said:
people shouldn't blindly believe that all people in the medical profession mean well.
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I once went for a blood test and my doctor asked to see my penis. Gets more weird everytime I think of that day.

He also once wrote me a prescription for an over the counter item and on another instance, wrote me a prescription for happy tabs when I specifically asked for a referral to talking therapies. 50 euros per appointment. Fuck you, Brian.
 
squirtyflower said:
Quoting another American website.
After all they’ve done so well at curbing Coronavirus we should all take heed.
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That's irrelevant. Not gonna bring pointless nationalism into it. Genuinely, it's a concern and not speculation. It's from their data. They can't confidently say it's safe for over 55s if there has been barely any given it.
 
mexico1970 said:
I'm a little more brusque and direct when I need something looked at now, people shouldn't blindly believe that all people in the medical profession mean well.
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I’ve worked in the Public Sector for over thirty years so always try to accommodate how they react.
Bit, imho, the NHS is broken and doesn’t serve the needs of the people who pay for it. I don’t blame the nurses and doctors, I blame the system and the managers.
 
Nebuchadnezzar said:
I once went for a blood test and my doctor asked to see my penis. Gets more weird everytime I think of that day.

He also once wrote me a prescription for an over the counter item and on another instance, wrote me a prescription for happy tabs when I specifically asked for a referral to talking therapies. 50 euros per appointment. Fuck you, Brian.
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Angels and heroes the lot of them bud :)
 
squirtyflower said:
I’ve worked in the Public Sector for over thirty years so always try to accommodate how they react.
Bit, imho, the NHS is broken and doesn’t serve the needs of the people who pay for it. I don’t blame the nurses and doctors, I blame the system and the managers.
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As an end user (That's what I am I suppose) I expect very little and am not disappointed when they deliver.
 
Ric said:
Looks like London will be in Tier 2, of course.
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London most cases today - North West third most.

London cases rising and hospital patients rising and ventilators rising.

North West - cases falling and less in hospital than 7 days ago and ventilators falling and now FOURTH most behind other regions including London.

They would have to go some to make that one be considered fair.

Not that it really matters as we are all likely to be in another national restrictions period as soon as Big Ben goes bong.
 
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