Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Healdplace]

Thank you Mancity1 - there was a report posted a few days ago about the hospitalisation and death numbers over several months linked to vaccination. But they only went up to some weeks ago. Afaik there are no up to date sources on such things.

Someone else here might know that there is and post the link.

 

[mcfc_ms]

That must have shit you up. Glad all was fine mate.

Thanks. It was more the waiting around for the appointment, then waiting for the results. The whole process took about 4-5 weeks, but I’m convinced if the dr would have seen me and had a feel, they would have Saved a lot of time and diagnosed without the need for the scans

 

[mancity1]

But people criticising anti-vaxxers is the problem

Silly stuff if they want to protest let the people doing the good work get on with it and find a " better " way like on twitter where they will be well received by some.

 

[Healdplace]

207 all settings deaths

35, 693 cases

24, 723 England only - big jump up here.

From 20, 967 yesterday but down still from 27, 530 last week

 

[mancity1]

Thank you Mancity1 - there was a report posted a few days ago about the hospitalisation and death numbers over several months linked to vaccination. But they only went up to some weeks ago. Afaik there are no up to date sources on such things.

Someone else here might know that there is and post the link.

Many thanks Healdplace I don't know how you manage the time to keep the likes of me up to date with no doubt accurate and informative detail.

I had to ask , I suspect that not withstanding new variants and their ability to spread which seems to increase with each mutation no matter the source you are on the way to breaking the back of this disease.

Outside those that cannot for medical reasons obtain a vaccination I hope the rest of the UK that can get vaccinated and get the boosters each year.

Your brilliant scientists need more than a knighthood.

Stay safe.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Thats so sad. I had a similar experience a couple of months back. I found a lump on my bollock, phoned the drs and they would only do a phone consultation. I couldn’t believe they wouldn’t see me face to face, Luckily they referred me to get an ultrasound and all was ok, but I’m sure there are lots of people who haven’t been as fortunate as I was

Must be genuinely terrifying that.

I found a lump a few years back, spent the evening mentally rehearsing my last words to my kids, softarse that I am.

Turned out, whilst not entirely innocuous, nothing life threatening, but I saw the doctor next day. Waiting weeks or months would have absolutely done my head in.

Of course, the best thing we can do to get GPS closer to normality is minimise caseload and maximise vaccination. Infection control must be a nightmare in a GPS for COVID.

Other than in and out in 30 seconds for a flu jab last year I've been nowhere near GP surgery for years, so no idea what they're like now

 

[grunge]

It’s time for GPs to stop cowering in their surgeries.

A family friend of ours died late last year because the GP's refused to see him. He had Esophageal cancer, went through tons of Chemo and Radio and was doing OK, started to get a sore chest so phoned the GP over and over, kept giving him tablets, ended up giving morphine. the GP tried to get the District nurses to go but they refused, not that the GP told them that, they only found out when they didn't turn up.

He died about 2 weeks later of Sepsis. I guarantee they would have caught it if they had seen him.

 

[BlueAnorak]

It’s time for GPs to stop cowering in their surgeries.

GP surgeries have a lot to answer for.
Hospital Physicians think GPs have been a fecking disgrace.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Just had a test done.

Came back home yesterday was fine didn’t feel ill had no symptoms. then in the night had a couple of symptoms, sore throat, cough. Then woke up today with blocked nose. Been double vaccinated. Hopefully negative. Get my result back tomorrow.

My missus had a sore throat, cough, sneezes and the like for a couple of days. Took a lateral flow test and was negative. Couple of days later, walking past a curry house and I commented on the lovely smell. She couldn’t smell a thing!
Did another LF test and it was positive in within a couple of minutes. PCR the following day confirmed it. I’m only mentioning this because we’d been eating, sleeping and going out together until the positive test but we’re both double jabbed. I’m absolutely fine and did both a negative LF and PCR test, as requested by HMG, so this vaccine protection is not only good at reducing serious illness (loss of smell is most common symptom in people who will develop ‘mild disease’ (bit like a cold) but she hasn’t given it to me either. I suspect that, in January, at least one of those things wouldn’t have been true..

 

[grunge]

COVID-19: Indonesia death rate in under-18s more than three times the world average

Under-18s make up 1% of COVID deaths in Indonesia - compared to the worldwide average of around 0.3%. Paediatricians tell Sky News that a surge in cases has been seen since the Delta variant became prevalent.

news.sky.com

Hopefully this is just down to local health care ( or lack of ) and not a variant. Since July child deaths due to Covid in Indonesia have increased to 3x the global average.