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Has Boris been seen since having Corona

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ScarletFever · 17/04/2020 16:02

Just wondering really?
Whether we should be worried? In ITU for a few days, then shuttled off to Chequers,

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Lumene · 17/04/2020 17:22

He has been seen out walking the dog with Carrie at his Chequers retreat.

DobbyTheHouseElk · 17/04/2020 18:20

Reports that he has been out for short walks. That didn’t sound good to me. I think he is still very unwell.

crustycrab · 17/04/2020 18:24

There weren't any "he's not that bad" reports. If someone is in intensive care they are critically ill.

Ginkypig · 17/04/2020 19:10

Towards the end of the hospital stay they were saying he had managed to take a few steps then a day or so later he managed a short walk like it was a massive positive compaired to the previous day doesn't that tell you anything about the truth of the severity of the condition he was in?

No one no matter how rich or popular or powerful goes to itu unless they are ill enough to need that level of care!

CoughKeepsOnComing · 17/04/2020 21:01

Wish I had a chequers retreat to go to

CoughKeepsOnComing · 17/04/2020 21:09

Ps. I do wish him well though. He's looked awful whenever seen on TV and I am so pleased he pulled through. Thinking of you Borris, get well soon

HoffiCoffi13 · 17/04/2020 21:12

It’s just a bit.weird, if he wasnt that sick, then why haven't we seen him

No one ever said he wasn’t that sick! He was in intensive care. You don’t go to intensive care if you’re not that sick. Reports were things like ‘he’s in good spirits’. That in no way meant he wasn’t that ill.

Peppafrig · 17/04/2020 21:16

Who said he wasn't that sick? He released a video saying it was touch and go for him. Not sure we can expect him to nearly die and return to work in a few days .

jasjas1973 · 17/04/2020 21:20

There weren't any "he's not that bad" reports. If someone is in intensive care they are critically ill

Downing Street said at the time he was in ICU, it was a precautionary move and he was engaging with medical staff, he needed none of the facilities that an ICU bed can deliver, he had unpressurised Oxygen, similar to what some people have at home.
After 3 days he was on a ward, walking about.

Most unusual for a patient in genuine need of ICU.

Anyone else would have been told by 111 to stay at home and ring again when you go blue.

Tangledyarn · 17/04/2020 21:36

Hes been out for a stroll at chequers apparently so sounds like hes on the mend but hes not going to be better overnight.

WoollyMollyMonkey · 17/04/2020 21:55

I for one am not complaining at not having to look at his lying stupid fucking face.

Snowjive2 · 17/04/2020 21:59

WoollyMollyMonkey Hear hear. God he’s ugly. Inside and out.

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ScarletFever · 17/04/2020 22:01

@jasjas1973 thanks, you put it so much better than I did

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MarshaBradyo · 17/04/2020 22:01

He did say it could have gone either way so yes he was in a bad way.

PaddyF0dder · 17/04/2020 22:04

Sounds like he’s fit to work, the lazy shirker.

acacac · 17/04/2020 22:05

If he returned to work before he was fully fit he’d be slated too.

Dreamersandwishers · 17/04/2020 22:08

I read somewhere that he’d need a week for every night in icu. So pp who suggested May, is probably right on that basis.
Clearly he’s a human, not a god...

FliesandPies · 17/04/2020 22:16

I think he's keeping himself out of the way so as not to be associated with the catastrophe of the Government response to the crisis. Hancock (and possibly Raab) will be made to suffer the consequences and Johnson will breeze back in to talk more shit and tell more lies when it's safe for him.

NeedToKnow101 · 17/04/2020 22:18

I think it's more like what @jasjas1973 said. He was in ICU as a precaution, but if he was a 'regular' person, his symptoms wouldn't have got him a place in ICU. So poorly, but not genuinely ICU poorly.

antshouse · 17/04/2020 22:20

Agree. He will pop back up when there's some better news to report with a new catch phrase. Someone will get the blame for this and it won't be him.

Lumene · 18/04/2020 09:11

Downing Street’s wording was very carefully constructed to sound as positive as possible while saying as little as possible.

They said he ‘engaged positively’ with medical staff - that could mean anything up from a weak smile or lifting an eyebrow, or complying with basic medical requests eg open your mouth please.

Saying someone is moved to ITU in the hospital they are in on a ‘precautionary’ basis is just silly spin. They wouldn’t have moved him to ITU if it wasn’t medically necessary - even aside from medical reasons - because they wouldn’t want to have to announce the PM was in intensive care.

They talked specifically about oxygen, but didn’t mention any other interventions that may or may not have been needed to support the patient’s system, or any other conditions that might potentially cause complications.

Angellegna · 18/04/2020 09:18

Blimey.

Some posters on here need to go and have a word with yourselves.

megletthesecond · 18/04/2020 09:24

yy Lu. To me 'engaging with staff' makes me think a movement or grunt. They didn't say he was talking.
He wasn't healthy before he became ill, he always looked pretty bad for a wealthy 55yr old. It's going to take some time for him to recover.

sunnie1992 · 18/04/2020 09:24

I think PP are right when they say 1 week recovery for every night in ICU.

The three week extension for the lockdown ties in well with that recovery period.

I suspect no one in cabinet wanted to make the decision to release some lockdown measures.

So even though we appear to be stabilising and the NHS has spare capacity, they will wait until Boris returns so he can be the one making the decision.

He was bundled off to Chequers so that he can't work. No one wants a repeated hospital trip because he went back to work too soon.

Snowjive2 · 19/04/2020 22:02

“He was bundled off to Chequers” - protesting all the way no doubt. The man who missed 5 COBRA meetings and took a 12 day break in February as a pandemic crept into the UK.

Give. Me. A. Break.

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