COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[KennyG]

That is the big question. It can go up just as easily as it has come down, of course. Let's hope we have turned a legitimate corner here.

But I worry how much of these falls are connected to the falling test numbers.

However, the hospital numbers in the NW have been supporting the reality of fewer cases during the past week. If that continues it will be good news.

Not if instead or being in the hospital, they are in a morgue. I fear/expect us to be on 1000 deaths a day before lockdown is over.

 

[worsleyweb]

It’ll be less.
One GP practice has already tweeted you’ve got to be joking!

You seem to want things to fail?!

 

[worsleyweb]

Well we’ve only ordered 40 million doses, enough for just 20 million people.

We have ordered hundreds of millions of various vaccines.

 

[mosssideblue]

Should be well rewarded to encourage self isolation!

Mmmn, not sure about that. Agree if caught it inadvertently, but not if blatantly ignoring the rules. Difficulty is proving which I guess

 

[BlueAnorak]

A message from my Registrar daughter to the world tonight:

Week one of lockdown 2.0 and just finished a long day shift. Every patient I saw today (a lot of them!) has COVID, they are really ill and a lot of them will sadly not make it. These are the most vulnerable members of our society. I’ve lost half my body weight in sweat and the other half in tears today. Please, please stick to the guidance.
#protecttheNHS #wfh #protectthevulnerable

 

[purplenose]

A message from my daughter to the world tonight:

The end is clearly in sight but now is not the time to be complacent. It will wreak some havoc yet before its done.

 

[cleavers]

I worry how much of these falls are connected to the falling test numbers.

The falling test numbers could be because less people are getting symptoms though, and that might be an even bigger positive.

 

[cleavers]

Well we’ve only ordered 40 million doses, enough for just 20 million people.

Only this vaccine, we've ordered 300 million over the all the vaccines,

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Cases in Belgium (in particular) have fallen off a cliff edge. Very very sharp decrease of infection rates. Similar picture in Czechia, Netherlands and Ireland although neither to quite the same extent as Belgium.

Strange to see such a sharp drop as they've had, without plateuing for any significant period of time at all. Not that it's a bad thing!

 

[ayrshire_blue]

In contrast to the above, 857 deaths recorded in France over previous 24 hours.