COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Good morning, so its not about deaths its a case of not overunning hospitals?
Back in April it was estimated that we were having 100,000 new covid cases a day. Chris Whitty said last week that if we didnt take action on a worse case scenario by the mid end of October we could be getting 50,000 new covid cases a day, so half what we had 6months previously. If the concern is about overwhelming hospitals as you state, can you please remind me what the occupancy rate was for the Nightingale hospitals back in April and May? Presumably they were overflowing, and unable to cope?

I dont know the precise figures, but can I suggest to you that they werent very full at all, and if so why was this? Please tell me what am I missing from yours and others hypothesis.

Thanks

The London one had a total of 41 patients, the others many less.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Good morning, so its not about deaths its a case of not overunning hospitals?
Back in April it was estimated that we were having 100,000 new covid cases a day. Chris Whitty said last week that if we didnt take action on a worse case scenario by the mid end of October we could be getting 50,000 new covid cases a day, so half what we had 6months previously. If the concern is about overwhelming hospitals as you state, can you please remind me what the occupancy rate was for the Nightingale hospitals back in April and May? Presumably they were overflowing, and unable to cope?

I dont know the precise figures, but can I suggest to you that they werent very full at all, and if so why was this? Please tell me what am I missing from yours and others hypothesis.

Thanks

The most the Manchester nightingale had was 15, I presume if it starts to kick off rather than go to the normal hospitals they will go to the nightingales. However it’s whether they have the staff to staff them, it’s a lot of specialist ICU staff and maybe a lot won’t volunteer to work this time .

 

[Tim of the Oak]

The London one had a total of 41 patients, the others many less.

Because existing hospitals wouldn’t / couldn’t release specialist staff to work in the Nightingales because many of them were under severe pressure. This has been discussed before on here a number of times and the facts don’t change.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Because existing hospitals wouldn’t / couldn’t release specialist staff to work in the Nightingales because many of them were under severe pressure. This has been discussed before on here a number of times and the facts don’t change.

I know that, but somebody was suggesting they will be riding to the rescue if needed in the winter, which is unlikely, for the very reasons you’ve stated.

 

[Elbow beards]

Just said in t.v.that the bars in Parliament don't have to close at 10pm. Just fucking typical.

 

[Mike Cledford]

BBC Breakfast showing loads of people piling out of pubs at 10 close together and chatting in the street no sign of masks. Mainly youngish to counter the the mainly old l observed breaking the guidelines.

Seems loads of people just don't give a monkey's.
Ps. Just shown Liverpool on Saturday crowded together like the bar area behind the goal at Wigan jumping up and down, people on each other's shoulders.
Absolute dickheads. No wonder Liverpool is the third worst for infection. Dickheads again.

 

[ultimateharold]

BBC Breakfast showing loads of people piling out of pubs at 10 close together and chatting in the street no sign of masks. Mainly youngish to counter the the mainly old l observed breaking the guidelines.

Seems loads of people just don't give a monkey's

Yeah it's people of all ages. People are just saying it's the group they're not.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Just said in t.v.that the bars in Parliament don't have to close at 10pm. Just fucking typical.

They don’t have to ’check-in’ either. All it in together, don’t you know....

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

Just said in t.v.that the bars in Parliament don't have to close at 10pm. Just fucking typical.

how fucking stupid are these clowns in charge.

these little things make a huge difference To the public Perception and wider compliance

tits .

 

[quiet_riot]

Was on a coach on Saturday which passed through Birmingham Airport, which had outside a fairly sizable testing site. There was plenty of staff, but zero, not a single, car pulling up for the testing. There must be capacity I guess to keep it open so why are they telling people otherwise? Shambles of a setup.

Because it's not the test administration that's the choke point, it's the post-test laboratory bit that is massively backed-up