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West WindsR said:
The simple answer is neither topic are relevant to Coronavirus. Start a China thread if you want to talk about them.
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And I get accused of not answering a question? Laughable, you know that his first 2 statements were BS but don't want to admit it.
 
ELLERS said:
And I get accused of not answering a question? Laughable, you know that his first 2 statements were BS but don't want to admit it.
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I don’t know a lot about either and I expect you’ve taken them out of context as always. Seriously though if you really care that much and aren’t just trying to score points, express your deep concern for minorities in China on its own thread.
 
West WindsR said:
I don’t know a lot about either and I expect you’ve taken them out of context as always. Seriously though if you really care that much and aren’t just trying to score points, express your deep concern for minorities in China on its own thread.
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No, I was discussing on the thread how I still think the China virus is dodgy (which it is) then agent FG4432R565G appeared as usual when anyone says anything negative about china. Sorry even you said they "welded people in their homes" only yesterday? Next you will be saying that they didn't try covering it up? What are your thoughts on that?
 
Staines R's said:
Hello all, just thought I’d pop in to give you a bit of a perspective of what we as a service are dealing with and how we are coping.

I was lucky enough to have a few weeks off over Christmas and missed the start of the chaos. To be honest I needed it as was feeling burnt out, emotional and my MH was at rock bottom. I’d had a couple of horrible weeks that involved 3 cardiac arrests, a bloke who had been stabbed 15 times with a key, another who had been hacked to pieces (literally) with a machete (I got cancelled on that one thank ****) and finally a hanging (my first proper one).
I’ve now been back for one weekend of nights and sadly it’s only getting worse. Approximately 80% of our jobs are COVID related, and many of these patients are in real difficulty.....O2 sats of below 90% and really struggling. Of course you have those who simply can’t look after themselves and really need to man up, however most are genuinely sick. An interesting thing we have noted a few times is ‘silent hypoxia’, where the patient isn’t struggling for breath, looks ok but when you check their Oxygen levels they can be running at 85% or so. Many times I’ve checked my equipment thinking it had gone wrong, only to find it really is working fine.
Most of these, if not all, hit our criteria for going to hospital and there is where the ‘log jam’ occurs. We can wait for anything up to 9 hours to handover at hospital (so I’ve been told, however I was lucky and only had a maximum of 1 hour to offload). Adding to that the ambulance has to be cleaned after for IPC, it turns what could of been a 30 minute turnaround into a 2 hour turnaround....leading of course to no ambulances being on the road. There have been anything up to 650 calls holding at anyone time and the claps have definitely been replaced by the ‘Where the **** have you been ?’
Of course the bullshit calls are still coming in and there is nothing more frustrating than dealing with crap when they are having to GB Cardiac arrests...totally does my head in. For example this weekend i had a patient who complained of having chest pain, who had locked himself out of his flat....miraculously this chest pain vanished after I had climbed through is window and let him in.....funny that !!!
So where do we go from here ? I’m being totally pessimistic and feel the end really is in sight. With the vaccine finally being dished out I honestly think this is the endgame and things will at sometime soon be returning to some kind of ‘normal’.
I had my first dose of vaccine this morning and was amazed at how easy the process was....it must be a gigantic task and all credit due to the massive army of students and volunteers who are getting on with it. I made no secret a while back that I was totally against the first ‘lockdown’ as I felt, and still feel, it was a case of ‘kicking the can down the road’ and just hoping for the best. However with the vaccine now here, I’d be saying that a lockdown probably is for the best....it’s hopefully only a few months and many, many more people will be vaccinated thus leading to normality.
I also think, and it is only my logical opinion, that it probably is best for most people to get one dose and the second dose be delayed, except for the most vulnerable. Surely it’s better to have 20 million people 80% protected rather than 10 million people 90% protected ?

Anyway, if you got to the end of this then well done. I hope you are all well and that life is good. I personally still have my ups and downs, have my anger and MH issues and probably best I stay off the board....wishing harm and violence on someone really isn’t a good look and there would only be one person who looked like a **** (yep, that would be me.
I still mostly love the job and nothing can beat the buzz of driving at 70 mph on blue lights, through traffic, playing ‘Firestarter’ by the Prodigy at full blast....it has its good points and I get paid for it, though sometimes I feel like Nicolas Cage in ‘Bringing out the Dead’.
Besides if it gets too much I could soon go delivering shopping for Tesco......my choice.

The good thing is that having Charlie back has really reignited my passion in our team again and him scoring last night has given me a massive buzz....long may the feeling last

Bella Ciao Comrades

Stainsey
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Respect Stainesey for the job you and all your colleague do.

Keep up the good work.

Best of luck.
 
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ELLERS said:
No, I was discussing on the thread how I still think the China virus is dodgy (which it is) then agent FG4432R565G appeared as usual when anyone says anything negative about china. Sorry even you said they "welded people in their homes" only yesterday? Next you will be saying that they didn't try covering it up? What are your thoughts on that?
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First thought is anyone still calling it the China Virus needs to take a look at themselves.

People were welded into their homes which is inhumane albeit effective as a means of controlling a virus. I’m not saying the Chinese government are brilliant. I’m saying you’re a goon.
 
West WindsR said:
First thought is anyone still calling it the China Virus needs to take a look at themselves.
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I'm glad you walked into that one as many countries are now referring to it as the 'UK virus'... I don't see you up in arms with that? then again it's derogatory about this country.
 
ELLERS said:
I'm glad you walked into that one as many countries are now referring to it as the 'UK virus'... I don't see you up in arms with that? then again it's derogatory about this country.
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It’s our variant and it’s more about the context anyway. People who call it the China Virus are almost always right wing xenophobes led by some nonce like Farage.
 
West WindsR said:
It’s our variant and it’s more about the context anyway. People who call it the China Virus are almost always right wing xenophobes led by some nonce like Farage.
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Maybe you are right Watford. We will go with the facts, lets call it 'The Bat eating virus'... happy now?

on a plus not 187K more vaccinations today... they need to get those figures up by the end of the week to continue on target.
 
ELLERS said:
Ah bless did your line leader allow you to reply?
So the people in Hong Kong were guilt of Civil unrest?
The Uighurs are okay?
I'm sure posters on here will be able to see through you now.
Why did the Chinese government try to run people over with tanks?
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i can confirm both the police and the civs were both brutal in hong kong.

I can also confirm the extremists there are pretty bad. The amount of doxing bullying shutting down of expression (ironically also the same for china) is probably even worse than what the extremists on the far left side of BLM.

anyway i'm staying out of this but i understand why the law was passed in HK because daily life was being disrupted
 
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BobbyD said:
i can confirm both the police and the civs were both brutal in hong kong.

I can also confirm the extremists there are pretty bad. The amount of doxing bullying shutting down of expression (ironically also the same for china) is probably even worse than what the extremists on the far left side of BLM.

anyway i'm staying out of this but i understand why the law was passed in HK because daily life was being disrupted
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Bobby you are right. I will put agent FG4432R565G on ignore because I know from 2 of his previous posts what he is doing. He's Watfords mate now, I will let him collaborate with him... Sorry I meant debate with him.
 
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Some new rules up here.....

Covid in Scotland: Tightening of lockdown rules announced

Covid restrictions around takeaway and click and collect services in Scotland are to tighten.

Only shops selling essential items - such as clothing, footwear, baby equipment, homeware and books - will be allowed to offer click and collect.

Collections must also be outdoors, with appointments staggered to avoid queuing.

And takeaways can no longer allow customers indoors, and must instead operate from a hatch or doorway.

The changes are among six new rules that will come into force on Saturday.

They also include a ban on drinking alcohol outdoors in level four areas - which includes mainland Scotland and some islands - meaning takeaway pints cannot be consumed on the street or in places such as parks.

And statutory guidance will also be published for employers to support people working from home.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that it essentially meant that if people were working from home during the lockdown last year, they must do so again this time.

Rules around work carried out in private properties will also be tightened - with only work for "maintenance, upkeep and functioning" to be allowed, rather than for example painting and decorating.

Finally, the first minister said the wording of the stay at home law will be altered to "close an apparent loophole" by preventing people from leaving home for an essential purpose and then remaining outdoors for non-essential reasons.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-55646778
 
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Steelmonkey said:
Some new rules up here.....

Covid in Scotland: Tightening of lockdown rules announced

Covid restrictions around takeaway and click and collect services in Scotland are to tighten.

Only shops selling essential items - such as clothing, footwear, baby equipment, homeware and books - will be allowed to offer click and collect.

Collections must also be outdoors, with appointments staggered to avoid queuing.

And takeaways can no longer allow customers indoors, and must instead operate from a hatch or doorway.

The changes are among six new rules that will come into force on Saturday.

They also include a ban on drinking alcohol outdoors in level four areas - which includes mainland Scotland and some islands - meaning takeaway pints cannot be consumed on the street or in places such as parks.

And statutory guidance will also be published for employers to support people working from home.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that it essentially meant that if people were working from home during the lockdown last year, they must do so again this time.

Rules around work carried out in private properties will also be tightened - with only work for "maintenance, upkeep and functioning" to be allowed, rather than for example painting and decorating.

Finally, the first minister said the wording of the stay at home law will be altered to "close an apparent loophole" by preventing people from leaving home for an essential purpose and then remaining outdoors for non-essential reasons.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-55646778
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Always handy to know what the rules will be down here in a few days.
 
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Good news today the from the Oxford-AstraZeneca Labs. The spokesman says data shows that the gap of 8-12 weeks makes the vaccine stronger.
 
Staines R's said:
Hello all, just thought I’d pop in to give you a bit of a perspective of what we as a service are dealing with and how we are coping.

I was lucky enough to have a few weeks off over Christmas and missed the start of the chaos. To be honest I needed it as was feeling burnt out, emotional and my MH was at rock bottom. I’d had a couple of horrible weeks that involved 3 cardiac arrests, a bloke who had been stabbed 15 times with a key, another who had been hacked to pieces (literally) with a machete (I got cancelled on that one thank ****) and finally a hanging (my first proper one).
I’ve now been back for one weekend of nights and sadly it’s only getting worse. Approximately 80% of our jobs are COVID related, and many of these patients are in real difficulty.....O2 sats of below 90% and really struggling. Of course you have those who simply can’t look after themselves and really need to man up, however most are genuinely sick. An interesting thing we have noted a few times is ‘silent hypoxia’, where the patient isn’t struggling for breath, looks ok but when you check their Oxygen levels they can be running at 85% or so. Many times I’ve checked my equipment thinking it had gone wrong, only to find it really is working fine.
Most of these, if not all, hit our criteria for going to hospital and there is where the ‘log jam’ occurs. We can wait for anything up to 9 hours to handover at hospital (so I’ve been told, however I was lucky and only had a maximum of 1 hour to offload). Adding to that the ambulance has to be cleaned after for IPC, it turns what could of been a 30 minute turnaround into a 2 hour turnaround....leading of course to no ambulances being on the road. There have been anything up to 650 calls holding at anyone time and the claps have definitely been replaced by the ‘Where the **** have you been ?’
Of course the bullshit calls are still coming in and there is nothing more frustrating than dealing with crap when they are having to GB Cardiac arrests...totally does my head in. For example this weekend i had a patient who complained of having chest pain, who had locked himself out of his flat....miraculously this chest pain vanished after I had climbed through is window and let him in.....funny that !!!
So where do we go from here ? I’m being totally pessimistic and feel the end really is in sight. With the vaccine finally being dished out I honestly think this is the endgame and things will at sometime soon be returning to some kind of ‘normal’.
I had my first dose of vaccine this morning and was amazed at how easy the process was....it must be a gigantic task and all credit due to the massive army of students and volunteers who are getting on with it. I made no secret a while back that I was totally against the first ‘lockdown’ as I felt, and still feel, it was a case of ‘kicking the can down the road’ and just hoping for the best. However with the vaccine now here, I’d be saying that a lockdown probably is for the best....it’s hopefully only a few months and many, many more people will be vaccinated thus leading to normality.
I also think, and it is only my logical opinion, that it probably is best for most people to get one dose and the second dose be delayed, except for the most vulnerable. Surely it’s better to have 20 million people 80% protected rather than 10 million people 90% protected ?

Anyway, if you got to the end of this then well done. I hope you are all well and that life is good. I personally still have my ups and downs, have my anger and MH issues and probably best I stay off the board....wishing harm and violence on someone really isn’t a good look and there would only be one person who looked like a **** (yep, that would be me.
I still mostly love the job and nothing can beat the buzz of driving at 70 mph on blue lights, through traffic, playing ‘Firestarter’ by the Prodigy at full blast....it has its good points and I get paid for it, though sometimes I feel like Nicolas Cage in ‘Bringing out the Dead’.
Besides if it gets too much I could soon go delivering shopping for Tesco......my choice.

The good thing is that having Charlie back has really reignited my passion in our team again and him scoring last night has given me a massive buzz....long may the feeling last

Bella Ciao Comrades

Stainsey
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You're doing a great job, Stainsey. Keep it up, keep us posted but above all, look after your own health, mate. :emoticon-0148-yes:
 
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ELLERS said:
Good news today the from the Oxford-AstraZeneca Labs. The spokesman says data shows that the gap of 8-12 weeks makes the vaccine stronger.
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That is good news.... please post link, as. I would like to add to a web page I help run..
 
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