COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Rammy Blue]

Don’t understand why everyone, media included, are getting so wound up by all this numbers of deaths reporting.

In times like this it just really isn’t that important.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I do wish people would stop bigging up Cravendale milk, we've used it for years simply because we prefer the taste. Thanks to their new advertising campaign and posts like yours it's becoming increasingly difficult to find :(

haha - You're welcome - it's also a great taste, forgot to mention that in my previous ;)

 

[west didsblue]

why are people looking for a cover up when all the numbers are there and we know how bad covid is?

Not seen any mention of cover ups today. It’s clear that accurate data takes time to come through.

 

[Chippy_boy]

https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...and-cremation-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic

Thanks.

I note it says:

"Medical practitioners are required to certify causes of death “to the best of their knowledge and belief”. Without diagnostic proof, if appropriate and to avoid delay, medical practitioners can circle ‘2’ in the MCCD (“information from post-mortem may be available later”) or tick Box B on the reverse of the MCCD for ante-mortem investigations. For example, if before death the patient had symptoms typical of COVID-19 infection, but the test result has not been received, it would be satisfactory to give ‘COVID-19’ as the cause of death, tick Box B and then share the test result when it becomes available."

This would seem imply that any certification of a COVID-19 death which is not supported by a test result is only provisional, and that the records should be updated when the results are in?

My question still stands, that is, is EVERYONE who dies in the UK being tested for COVID-19?

 

[i8rags]

Don’t understand why everyone, media included, are getting so wound up by all this numbers of deaths reporting.

In times like this it just really isn’t that important.

Agree, just doesn’t add up. ;-)

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

My question still stands, that is, is EVERYONE who dies in the UK being tested for COVID-19?

No.

 

[west didsblue]

Don’t understand why everyone, media included, are getting so wound up by all this numbers of deaths reporting.

In times like this it just really isn’t that important.

It’s important to understand the overall scale of it. Might have an effect on people’s behaviour.

 

[Gabriel]

The only way an accurate picture will emerge is by comparison with overall deaths in previous years. This is being done by ONS but the data takes time to come through and is inaccurate until several weeks later when all data sources are taken into account.

True, but it will only give a more accurate picture of the deaths, but not an accurate one and not more about the virus. That is why it is so important to test, the dead as well as the living, since the more information we have, the more we can learn about this virus and the next.

 

[jimharri]

@VOOMER and @west didsblue

Fellas, if you wish to continue your spat, take it to pms. Or better still, put each other on "ignore". Thanks.

 

[west didsblue]

@VOOMER and @west didsblue

Fellas, if you wish to continue your spat, take it to pms. Or better still, put each other on "ignore". Thanks.

Apologies for feeding the troll.