Off Topic SARS-CoV-2 Covid-19

Ah I see.

 

We never actually closed. They just want to kid the public into believing we did

 

Congrats to Capt Tom - tremendous Churchillian-like effort
Promotion on the cards ? Took almost 30% of V. Derbyshire's slot on BBC news this morning.
Unbelievable .

 

Is that why the Chinese are good with supplies??

 

i reckon there might be a few factories opening soon supplying masks and gowns in the UK rather than relying on China for everything

 

I doubt it. Once this is all done business will be back to normal and the NHS will continue going for the cheap option.

 

Arco, and Smith & Nephew must be working around the clock to turn out PPE.

 

In 1968/69 between 1 million and 4 million died worldwide. Currently there are less than 150,000 deaths.

The Cabinet Office estimated a flu like pandemic could cause between 20,000 and 750,000 deaths in the UK with 50% of the population getting it. If they weren't expecting this scale or magnitude then they are even more incompetent than I thought.

 

Yes it will soon be forgotten In a few years time and people will just want stuff as cheap as poss and wont care where it comes from or where and how it's made!

 

Prob filed under scaremongering !

 

The government doesn't build websites.

 

217 recorded deaths in care homes in England and Wales to 3 April 2020.

All the statistics and graphs for England and Wales you could every want or need on here.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...glandandwalesprovisional/weekending3april2020

 

Dangerous places them hospitals, statistics say so.

 

I got as far as this. Point 2.
Of the deaths registered in Week 14, 3,475 mentioned “novel coronavirus (COVID-19)”, which was 21.2% of all deaths; this compares with 539 (4.8% of all deaths) in Week 13.

Is everyone who dies being tested for the virus or are they just guessing at the numbers.

 

ONS is including any death with a mention of COVID-19. That is whether they had actually tested positive or if the doctor who signed the certificate just suspected they had it.

Given how many are getting tested vs how many are positive, and they have to have been pretty unwell and showing symptoms to end up in hospital to get tested, I think it’s safe to assume a good proportion of those suspected cases have absolutely nothing to do with the virus.

But then, I’ve no idea what the criteria are for a doctor to include suspected covid-19 on the death certificate. It could be showing any symptoms, it could need to be pretty bulletproof (proven contacts with positive tested cases?). Anyone know?

 

And? I don't see the relevance of what you're saying.