COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Phil1]

Because the alternative is far far worse is the answer you are looking for.

...annnd, we're off..

 

[BlueAnorak]

Vic will object to this one. Perhaps it's hearsay.

 

[Chippy_boy]

yeah I’m not ok with this for some reason. Because the group that fit in that category will be the selfish gits who carried on as normal, or headed to snowdon for a nice long walk when the rest of the country was taking this seriously.

Yeah agreed. If true it fucking stinks.

First of all there should be no blanket bans like this at all. Everything should be judged on clinical need and realistic survival chances. Unfortunately, great though it would be to have a "tosser" label where tossers are the first to be denied treatment, I am not sure how that would work.

 

[i8rags]

An MP from down south has just said on Sky News all care homes have been told anybody over the age of 75 with COVID19 will not be admitted to hospital. This is basically signing their death warrant. Awful just awful

Shocking

 

[Chippy_boy]

Unfortunately, great though it would be to have a "tosser" label where tossers are the first to be denied treatment, I am not sure how that would work.

Plus, it could decimate the Bluemoon politics forum.

 

[55yr old teenager]

Is that comment from the MP official policy!!
If so its disgraceful,we will have a situation similar to Spain where the army found care homes deserted of staff and the residents left dying alone. Cant believe this.

I think it might just be his local authority

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

An MP from down south has just said on Sky News all care homes have been told anybody over the age of 75 with COVID19 will not be admitted to hospital. This is basically signing their death warrant. Awful just awful

I wouldnt mind watching that for myself to listen carefully to what was said. Is it one of those loops or was it a spontaneous live interview type thing?

 

[jay_mcfc]

Wrong thread, dick head.

He’s replying, correctly, to a post in here. It’s getting really boring being told to post elsewhere when responding to a question in here. This is a subject that will invariably diverse into politics.

He answered a question with a correct answer regardless of how difficult that is to accept.

 

[sir baconface]

The shocking reality however is that if there is not enough capacity to treat everyone, you simply have to prioritise those with the best chances of survival. That does not make it any the less terrible, less diabolical. But to not do that, simply means more people dead.

To prioritise on the basis of long term use to society would be totally abhorrent. I imagine this is a proxy for prioritising those with the best survival chances, albeit a blunt instrument that sounds callous.

It must really distress NHS workers, too, as it goes against the grain not to attempt to save everyone.

Very sad.

 

[55yr old teenager]

I wouldnt mind watching that for myself to listen carefully to what was said. Is it one of those loops or was it a spontaneous live interview type thing?

It was on the 11am show. It may well be quickly removed and not shown again. But as I said it may well.be just his own local authority. Didn't realise the signifance of what he was saying until I thought about it later By then had changed channels so couldn't rewind it ti listen again unfortunately