Worried about Cornovirus 30

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'Health Secretary Matt Hancock this morning dramatically ramped up the national appeal for people to “stay at home” in order to save thousands of lives. He urged everyone to join the battle to get on top of the epidemic within three months or risk it dragging on and causing an even bigger death toll.'
'“If you stay at home, you are saving lives,” he told TalkRadio. “I know, of course, this is a more dangerous disease for older people but not exclusively, some young people get it too.”

His appeal to the younger generations to follow social distancing and self-isolation advice was not just to protect themselves, but also to avoid spreading the potentially fatal disease around their streets, communities and work places.'

'Mr Hancock said people still needed to be able to go out to buy groceries and do essential work and made clear that he was prepared to order people to follow social distancing measures, if necessary.

“In the emergency Bill that’s in front of Parliament right now, we are taking the powers to be able to enforce these measures, so we can make it happen by law if we need to,” he said. “I’d rather not do that and the evidence so far is that the vast majority of people are following the advice, are doing what is sensible and right.”

With hundreds more confirmed cases expected to be announced today:

Letters were going out to 65,000 recently retired doctors and nurses asking them to return to work . “Your NHS needs you now,” said Mr Hancock. “It needs you like never before. Please respond to the call.”
Advice was also being sent to about 1.4 million people who are classed as particularly vulnerable, such as those undergoing chemotherapy, to set out specific action for them to take.
More vital protective equipment for NHS workers was being delivered to 150 hospitals, with others due to receive it within days.
Half a dozen manufacturers had already produced ventilator prototypes as part of a wartime-like effort to build thousands of the desperately needed machines.
Pupils were saying farewells on their last day of school for months, with education leaders calling for a “fair and accurate” grades system to replace cancelled exams. A list was published of key workers  who can still send their children to school, including doctors, nurses, police, teachers, people working in food distribution, in the energy sector, and some broadcasters. Government minister John Glen tweeted: “For most children with parents not on the list who are staying home, it’s important that they are not mixing socially outside the home and spreading the virus but observing the same social distancing principles as adults.”
Defence chiefs put 20,000 troops on standby for a six-month campaign against the virus.
Supermarkets and other food stores were being asked to extend “silver hour” shopping to all key workers after a video of NHS critical care nurse Dawn Bilbrough who was seen in tears after finding empty shelves after a long shift caring for patients.'

'In London developments:

A grandfather has died after testing positive for coronavirus in King’s College Hospital, in Denmark Hill, south London. Len Mills, 87,  is thought to be the 58th person to die in a London hospital from the virus.
The chief executive of King’s College hospital revealed his anger that staff were being banned from having coronavirus tests until the rest of the NHS was able to follow suit.
 A London hospital doctor gave a vivid description of what it is like to suffer from Covid-19, which he said even in a mild form caused “days of banging headaches and feeling like death”.
Hammersmith hospital’s urgent treatment centre was forced to shut to all patients this morning because bosses said they did not have space to screen for the virus.
Analysis by the Standard of NHS England data found that there have been 57 coronavirus deaths in London hospitals. The largest number, eight, have been at Barts Health, which runs five east London hospitals.'

The ticker tape on BBC news right now is showing this:

CORONAVIRUS IS KILLING 1 PERSON EVERY 10 MINUTES IN IRAN

Oh my god. These fuckers. The 'vast majority of people' aren't following the advice at all
Do they think if they say it enough it will be true????

Coronavirus self-isolation needs to go on for 12 months, UK’s scientific advice says t.co/2kjRvTZMFo
The independent

Shut stuff everywhere else to stop everywhere else getting to London levels in the next two weeks-surely that would be logical??

just read that ofwarren very sobering...

Logical is not this government policy.

I bet millions will go out for mothers day on sunday.

Torcuil Crichton 'FM Nicola Sturgeon urges people to heed the advice, save the NHS & save lives “Some of you might be wanting to head out the pub for a final night out, but my guidance to you is crystal clear, please do not do this. You must not consider this vital health advice to be optional" '

There are still lots of little local cafes posting that they’ve moved the tables further apart and encouraging people to keep their Mothers Day bookings.

I think its important though to note this in the independent

"It was agreed that a policy of alternating between periods of more and less strict social distancing measures could plausibly be effective at keeping the number of critical care cases within capacity.

“These would need to be in place for at least most of a year. Under such as policy, at least half of the year would be spent under the stricter social distancing measures."

Which I suspect means following the chart. We will have a severe lockdown for 8-12 weeks and then a period (probably of 4-6 weeks) where we dont and so on off and on for a year

The real real thing we need at the moment is to get an anitbody test for people to really measure how many cases are mild

How can they tell people not to go out yet leave pubs etc open??

This really is a joke.

Confirmation from the Scottish chief medical officer that the current case number plateauing is a product of changes in testing from community surveillance to hospital only.

anna holligan -'Dutch death toll now 106. In last 24 hours, another 30 #coronavirus patients died. 534 new diagnoses. Total positive tests 2994. Likely many more undiagnosed cases due to limited testing.'

So Scotland are fucking testing aswell. Ffs.

• Fucking up

Have small business owners even been told how they expected to financially survive.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust - 'These claims are not true.
We are not turning patients away and we have provided intensive care treatment – including ventilation – to all COVID-19 patients who have needed it, unless the patients themselves, or their families, have declined this course of treatment.'

Have they actually announced that they are moving the 2pm update? as they seem to be holding it back until after the 5pm Prime minister briefing or splitting the announcements so that deaths/cases are no longer announced together. Don't mind either way but just wish they could stick to the times they have said

lewis bassett - 'Germany is conducting 160k Covid-19 tests a week. It has a total 35k ventilators, 10k ordered to be made by the govt. It has converted a new 1k bed hospital in Berlin.
It’s death rate is tiny bcos it’s mass testing allows quarantine and bcos it has fewer non reported cases.'

Mirror Breaking News - 'BREAKING Coronavirus social isolation rules may need to last 'most of a year' '

It is now very likely - though not formally decided and definite - that London cinemas pubs restaurants and gyms will be told to close, I’m told.

This follows Evening Standard story:

t.co/rSNpbgL1CH

Sam coates at Sky

Fraser Nelson -'There is growing anger in the provinces at the sudden arrival of thousands of well-heeled Parisians who have fled the capital for their second homes, writes Gavin Mortimer.'

Confirmation from the Scottish chief medical officer that the current case number plateauing is a product of changes in testing from community surveillance to hospital only.

Is this the numbers from when we moved to hospital only testing?, so if we have 'supposedly' changed back to increased testing the next few days numbers will be lower as it would account for the hospital only period, and then we would see a huge jump as the wider testing results come back in?