Coronavirus (2021) thread

[paulchapo]

I still haven't got over the Zulus killing Michael Caine.

He survived.

 

[Bluesince1979]

NHS on the verge of collapse due to A&E admissions (not Covid related). Every hospital under the sun is at or near 4h breach threshold.
All down to conditions not treated previously due to Covid.

I guess doctors at local med centres/docs behaving a they are isnt helping either

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I still haven't got over the Zulus killing Michael Caine.

Not a lot of people know that.

 

[hilts]

He survived.

Years that's been bubbling inside me.

 

[blueparrot]

NHS on the verge of collapse due to A&E admissions (not Covid related). Every hospital under the sun is at or near 4h breach threshold.
All down to conditions not treated previously due to Covid.

Not all down to conditions not treated though some will be probably, short staff and GPs not opening up. Bed blocking due to lack of care staff in the homes and community causing many problems in hospitals too.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Death figures in the UK to become horribly skewed in January.

Omicron surge likely to make data on Covid deaths very unreliable – here's why

Variant could skew hospital and deaths figures to the point that they become largely useless in driving policy

www.telegraph.co.uk

908 people die a day on average in the UK.
If a large number of these catch Covid then they will be counted as Covid deaths. Even if it was just a sniffle

 

[denislawsbackheel]

He survived.

No he died with Davy Crocket

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

No he died with Davy Crocket

He’s with Phil now.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Not all down to conditions not treated though some will be probably, short staff and GPs not opening up. Bed blocking due to lack of care staff in the homes and community causing many problems in hospitals too.

Agreed but those wanting admission are mainly due to conditions not being treated previously

 

[Bluewonder]

Death figures in the UK to become horribly skewed in January.

Omicron surge likely to make data on Covid deaths very unreliable – here's why

Variant could skew hospital and deaths figures to the point that they become largely useless in driving policy

www.telegraph.co.uk

908 people die a day on average in the UK.
If a large number of these catch Covid then they will be counted as Covid deaths. Even if it was just a sniffle

It's more like 1,500 deaths per day on average and this rises a little in mid-winter.