Just reading an article on the Sky News app entitled ‘COVID -19 : UK currently has highest Coronavirus death rate in the world, researchers say’
How have we ended up like this?
Is it because we have maintained connections with the rest if the world throughout this pandemic?
was just going to reply to him with the same,,he's topped up with vit D,i dont think you can overdose on it as the body gets rid of the excess required,he will never know if thats helped him or not because he dosent know how he would have been without it,,its terrible reading the posts of those infected.my fingers are crossed for him and like i said its another day tomorrow and another day to recoveryShit mate, sorry to hear you're not on the recovery. Hopefully it'll soon change. Only thing I'll say, and apologies if I'm speaking out of turn, but perhaps the vit D is helping although it might not feel like it right now. Keep at it blue, deep breaths when you can and try to relax, try and think of the simpler things.
Don’t worry GMP are allocating us all our own personal bobby.
My brother in law had COVID and was struggling to breath so he rang 111 and the paramedics assessed his condition and referred him to a clinic who diagnosed pneumonia on top of COVID and prescribed steroids for the COVID and antibiotics for the pneumonia.Mate mentioned the oximeter. Might be worth investing in. I don’t have the classic breathlessness but I’m convinced I’m not full taking in my share of oxygen. A simple walk up & down the flat is a struggle....crazy as planned to run a half marathon this week.
See what the GP says tomorrow but I’m hoping a burst of antibiotics will shift something along.
that tiredness is surreal...it feels like your eyes are burning & when you drop you need an industrial crane to lift you back up.
Thanks
Keep your eye on the breathing. If it gets worse call 111. Have you got an oximeter? Checks your blood oxygen levels and can help show signs of deterioration. If not order one on next day delivery. Better safe than sorry in these situations.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think you can overdose from vit d because it's fat soluble and your body doesn't excrete it out. Too much can cause hyperglycemia.was just going to reply to him with the same,,he's topped up with vit D,i dont think you can overdose on it as the body gets rid of the excess required,he will never know if thats helped him or not because he dosent know how he would have been without it,,its terrible reading the posts of those infected.my fingers are crossed for him and like i said its another day tomorrow and another day to recovery
i certainly wouldnt rule anything out the way things are in this world, so to give your head a wobble is a little patronising unless ofcourse you are more advanced on the zoonotic possiblities than the rest of us,in which case i'd then ask why your here posting on bluemoon, myself i'm open to read and listen to what i would consider to be acurate articles from at least half reliable sources and to date would swing with a natural virus but never rule out the other untill at least one theory has at least been 100% proved and its a science, until then its not conspiracy because there is no proof of the otherGive your head a wobble. Things are bad enough without conspiracy theories to deal with too.
thank you for correcting me i was wrong ;-)Correct me if I'm wrong but I think you can overdose from vit d because it's fat soluble and your body doesn't excrete it out. Too much can cause hyperglycemia.
Get well soon mate !
It feels a lot closer to home this wave. First wave I hardly knew anyone who had it, never mind died from it. This time I know lot of people who have it and sadly a few who’ve died from it. Really brings it home like you say.Brings it home when names that you have seen posting on Bluemoon for years are struggling with this.
I think you have to take into account a countries population, we're 8th highest "death per million" in Europe, but few of those 8 have a population above 5 million, so a single death there makes for a far bigger proportion of population than 1 here does. Belgium's total is far worse, but the like of Gib, San Marino, really should not be used as a measure.From what I can see, the UK is near the top but doesn't have the highest death rate in the world, or even Europe. Some of the ones above it have had harder lockdowns and more restricted travel, so it can't be purely down to that.
That’s brilliant news mate.Cheers mate! Seem to be well on the mend, hopefully others on here will soon follow suit and beat this bastard thing.
One other stat that is interesting is that we've now tested the equivalent of 94% of our population, which given for 2 months at the start, we were only testing people who were admitted to hospital who likely had covid, it's not a bad effort, but only about 0.5% have actually tested positive.
were all here rooting for you mate,although i dont post to you much i read the posts to catch up, infact for some strange reason i just bent over and picked the laptop up around 6pm off the table and thought to myself i must see how that poster is ;-), strange how we do things,,,keep on top of your situation and dont hesitate to make that phone call should you need help,are you on your own or is there someone with you?That’s brilliant news mate.
I personally feel I’m a fair way from recovery (it’s going the wrong way) but your news is a helpful positive.
That brief walk around the flat when I thought my heart was going to give out, scared me a bit.
Vast majority of the time they are in single digits of cases per day meaning they can do a really solid track and trace system.
in total they have had 2,262 known cases.
it was something we could have had if we had used the time we had wisely and not unlocked too quickly 1st time around. as well as not gone down the route of creating our own track and trace app which was a massive money and time hole as it was never going to work.
Its equivalent of 94%, we have no idea how many have been tested multiple times, or for what reason (I suspect a lot of health workers are included in that total, and some are tested twice a week, understandably).Something about that 94% just dosent seem right
That’s brilliant news mate.
I personally feel I’m a fair way from recovery (it’s going the wrong way) but your news is a helpful positive.
That brief walk around the flat when I thought my heart was going to give out, scared me a bit.
There must be an awful lot of repeat tests in that 62million (I guess many, like the footballers, tested weekly).61, 774, 304 tests - finding 3, 433 , 394 positive Over the 10 months of the pandemic.
The UK population is about 67 million.
Of course plenty of those tests will be multiple ones to the same people.
But it is a mind boggling stat even so.