COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Healdplace]

The 2 extra Scottish cases in hospital yesterday means we actually did not beat the 1000 barrier in UK hospitals with Covid after all yesterday.

This week I hope we will. Possibly even today.

If we don't then it may be time to start to worry as a consistent risein patient numbers in hospital is not good news. As it may be the prelude to a rise in deaths over coming weeks.

In many ways hospital numbers matter more than daily case numbers - IF we are still shielding the vulnerable or they are wisely still shielding themselves - and the case numbers are kept at the kind of level that can be traced and managed. If they keep on rising that will soon be a different story.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

29 new cases in Scotland. 18 of which are in grampian area.

6 new hospital admissions. ICU and deaths no change.

 

[Healdplace]

Comparison with last Monday on previous page Ayrshire. Signs of optimism perhaps.

 

[Bovril]

I've just been told MRSA has been diagnosed with me but I was in hospital recently and since covid developed I've been kept isolated so how I got this I don't know
It will be fantastic when this is all over with and we go back to football again!!

Stay safe blue.

 

[twosips]

Interesting. Shows that we will eventually, albeit probably painfully, get past this. This guy is a great follow btw. Not overly negative, not overly positive. Just pure factual talk. Extremely intelligent fella.

 

[RayCTID]

I've just been told MRSA has been diagnosed with me but I was in hospital recently and since covid developed I've been kept isolated so how I got this I don't know
It will be fantastic when this is all over with and we go back to football again!!

Speedy recovery Blue

 

[grunge]

they're not going to inject people until its been fully trialed and 1000% safe

normally takes 2-5 years of trials, not 8-12 months. Corners are defiantly being cut a bit.

Russia is already planning mass rollout in Oct.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Comparison with last Monday on previous page Ayrshire. Signs of optimism perhaps.

Perhaps, as you rightly say those hospital figures are very important though and any rise is concerning.

 

[AlgarveBlu]

they're not going to inject people until its been fully trialed and 1000% safe

The vast majority of the vaccines on trial are effectively copying and pasting the mechanics of how they deliver existing vaccines which are proven to be safe, it's just the specific marker of the unique protein spikes they are modifying for cv19 so I don't think safety is the major concern it's just effectiveness which they're more worried about. There are other vaccines being developed which will use different delivery mechanisms and look to interfere with different aspects of the bodys response to a virus - those novel vaccines being trialled will need a lot longer to come through phase 3...

Lots of prominent UK doctors and epidemiologist have already taken their shots some time ago as part of various P3 studies that have already started. Think the Russians will be the first to go in October in terms of mass roll out to the public.

 

[purplenose]

Something we seem not to be hearing much about now is NHS staff getting this and sadly passing away.

Why might this be? Is the virus that they are now treating less lethal?