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[jillydoll]

Apparently, the government were preparing all the skating rinks around the country to act as mortuaries. They were told the death toll could be too many to deal with if it continues like it is.
Did anyone else read this?


The shops today were rammed. Panic buying again. I only went for some turkey breasts! 😆

[Gnatty]

I suspect schools will be spreading infection now rather more than universities where they are all having Zoom lessons and staying put in their hall bubbles. Children are mixing with each other every day and then coming home to parents, grandparents etc etc.

[CLKD]

Certainly some of the Nightingales were set up as mortuaries.  We don't have the staff to spread thinly enough to treat patients in them, stated by one of the Representatives for the Nurses Union on TV last week.  One doesn't nurse patients on marble slabs.

Some countries in Europe had problems with bodies building up.    .........

I would give turkey breasts a miss at the best of times 

[Sparrow]

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/study-finds-very-low-numbers-of-covid-19-outbreaks-in-schools

I haven't read this so don't know how relevant.

[groundhog]

Feeling very down  and affected by it all, like many of us I know.
I hate the report that in Liverpool they are a week or so away from deciding who gets treatment and who doesn’t, that’s very frightening.
Next week We can bubble with another family in wales but for me and many others I have to decide between seeing my nephews ( who’s mum works and they come to me for tea everyday ) or my grandchildren . Just horrible.

Virtual hugs to everyone who is feeling worried and depressed as I know I am.

[Penguin99]

I really don't know why they're not using nightingale hospitals. My mum goes for her cancer treatment at our hospital,  and to see her consultant,  she says the nurses say they are stood with not a lot to do as no patients and are bored

[CLKD]

That was in June - another problem is when teachers come into contact with a carrier/+iv test and have to isolate. 

There simply are not enough staff to spread across the Hospitals and Nightingales - the governments of the day knew that the UK is short of staff years++ ago.  Several died in the early days of the outbreak which leaves levels even lower.  1 has to wonder where the Consultants are in all this planning?

[Sparrow]

This is very good news.

Unfortunately the graphs with the tweet won't cut and paste.  Sorry.

This is the link to see the full tweet (not sure if you don't have twitter).
https://twitter.com/timspector/status/1323937293787406337




Tweet

Tim Spector
@timspector
Further evidence today from our Zoe CSS survey that we have passed the peak in second wave new cases in the U.K. there will be a four week lag before this is seen in a decline in deaths and 1-2 weeks in hospitalisation. R value close to one in most areas now

[CLKD]

How many people are being discharged daily having recovered?   The media focusses on those who may be in hospital due to C-19 infection .......

[suzysunday]

It's going to be a long dark month and I hope things improve one day, bit I feel so anxious about it all.  I really feel for people who live alone.  My beautiful mother died last year and my dad the year before.  I miss them so much but so glad that, because they were in their 90s, they don't have to live through this. There must be a lot of loneliness around.

[Ju Ju]

My parents are in their 90s and very frail. They live in their own home. I can’t go to see them. They are struggling with health issues. Thank goodness for wonderful neighbours.

[jillydoll]

Just witnessed my neighbour going into another neighbours house. 
I thought we wasn't supposed to do that, .......only meet one person from another household, outside. ?🤷‍♀️

[Sparrow]

That is going to happen a lot, this time around. 

[CLKD]

Could she be a carer?

A slightly different query: who is actually 'running' Test and Trace in England? 

How many patients are discharged every day?

[Sparrow]

Could she be a carer?

A slightly different query: who is actually 'running' Test and Trace in England? 

How many patients are discharged every day?

Serco. It's nothing to do with the NHS.  They got the contract due to cronyism.

Making a fortune apparently.