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By *sGivesWoodWoman
over a year ago
ST. AUSTELL, CORNWALL |
Social distancing to slow the spread of coronavirus down..
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines social distancing as ‘remaining out of congregate settings, avoiding mass gatherings, and maintaining distance (approximately 6 feet or 2 meters) from others when possible.’" |
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By *ilts OP Man
over a year ago
Ayrshire |
Here is why
Unless you are over 70 with a medical condition, chill ffs
From a friend .......
She’s a respiratory and acute medicine specialist with direct experience of Covid 19. She’s based in Northwick Park.
Just want to say – I’ve seen quite a few people with Covid 19 since Sunday. The vast majority are fine. They seem to have one week of fever, a few days of dry cough and then sometimes breathlessness on day 8 or 9. Most people are fine to stay at home and recover in about 10 days. If it is going to be bad it is around day 9 or 10 and the breathlessness gets rapidly worse at that point. We have had five patients who needed ITU but they all have heart or lung disease, and are quite elderly. Thankfully children seem to be invincible.
I’ve never known anything like this – but we’re planning for huge numbers of people needing intensive care and working out how to cope. We’ve managed to segregate our whole hospital into unknown (in single rooms), positive and negative areas. We’ve moved a whole intensive care unit and 4 other wards in 3 days flat – this sort of change usually takes at least 6 months to get agreed!
I think we need to worry about our elderly relatives but not our age group or our kids. It seems pretty clear that a large proportion of the UK will get this, hopefully spread out over months rather than all at once like Italy. Once enough people have had it then herd immunity will mean it dies out. So if the frail elderly can hibernate for a few months hopefully we can keep mortality down.
Anyway, if you have any Covid-19 questions, I know an awful lot more about it now than I did 2 weeks ago, so feel free to ask!
BW
Rachel
Dr Rachel Tennant
Consultant in Respiratory & Acute Medicine
Clinical Director for Acute Medicine. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Here is why
Unless you are over 70 with a medical condition, chill ffs
From a friend .......
She’s a respiratory and acute medicine specialist with direct experience of Covid 19. She’s based in Northwick Park.
Just want to say – I’ve seen quite a few people with Covid 19 since Sunday. The vast majority are fine. They seem to have one week of fever, a few days of dry cough and then sometimes breathlessness on day 8 or 9. Most people are fine to stay at home and recover in about 10 days. If it is going to be bad it is around day 9 or 10 and the breathlessness gets rapidly worse at that point. We have had five patients who needed ITU but they all have heart or lung disease, and are quite elderly. Thankfully children seem to be invincible.
I’ve never known anything like this – but we’re planning for huge numbers of people needing intensive care and working out how to cope. We’ve managed to segregate our whole hospital into unknown (in single rooms), positive and negative areas. We’ve moved a whole intensive care unit and 4 other wards in 3 days flat – this sort of change usually takes at least 6 months to get agreed!
I think we need to worry about our elderly relatives but not our age group or our kids. It seems pretty clear that a large proportion of the UK will get this, hopefully spread out over months rather than all at once like Italy. Once enough people have had it then herd immunity will mean it dies out. So if the frail elderly can hibernate for a few months hopefully we can keep mortality down.
Anyway, if you have any Covid-19 questions, I know an awful lot more about it now than I did 2 weeks ago, so feel free to ask!
BW
Rachel
Dr Rachel Tennant
Consultant in Respiratory & Acute Medicine
Clinical Director for Acute Medicine."
Lol. That’s OK then so a ‘mate’ of a swinger said so. Phew, may be pass this on to the whole of Europe that is closing borders as it’s nothing to worry about. Businesses going bankrupt, countries going into recession, people losing their jobs. But hey, nothing to worry about - it only affects the 70 +  
At your fingertips you have the most powerful resource ever created - it’s called the internet. Try using it to do some research and study and educate yourself. |
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By *ilts OP Man
over a year ago
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No one said it was nothing to worry about you moron. It’s not a mate it’s a respiratory consultant doctor who is attempting to highlight who is at risk. I think she is as credible as a random google might be.....So just let it go smart arse!! |
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By *sGivesWoodWoman
over a year ago
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"No one said it was nothing to worry about you moron. It’s not a mate it’s a respiratory consultant doctor who is attempting to highlight who is at risk. I think she is as credible as a random google might be.....So just let it go smart arse!!"
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"Here is why
Unless you are over 70 with a medical condition, chill ffs
From a friend .......
She’s a respiratory and acute medicine specialist with direct experience of Covid 19. She’s based in Northwick Park.
Just want to say – I’ve seen quite a few people with Covid 19 since Sunday. The vast majority are fine. They seem to have one week of fever, a few days of dry cough and then sometimes breathlessness on day 8 or 9. Most people are fine to stay at home and recover in about 10 days. If it is going to be bad it is around day 9 or 10 and the breathlessness gets rapidly worse at that point. We have had five patients who needed ITU but they all have heart or lung disease, and are quite elderly. Thankfully children seem to be invincible.
I’ve never known anything like this – but we’re planning for huge numbers of people needing intensive care and working out how to cope. We’ve managed to segregate our whole hospital into unknown (in single rooms), positive and negative areas. We’ve moved a whole intensive care unit and 4 other wards in 3 days flat – this sort of change usually takes at least 6 months to get agreed!
I think we need to worry about our elderly relatives but not our age group or our kids. It seems pretty clear that a large proportion of the UK will get this, hopefully spread out over months rather than all at once like Italy. Once enough people have had it then herd immunity will mean it dies out. So if the frail elderly can hibernate for a few months hopefully we can keep mortality down.
Anyway, if you have any Covid-19 questions, I know an awful lot more about it now than I did 2 weeks ago, so feel free to ask!
BW
Rachel
Dr Rachel Tennant
Consultant in Respiratory & Acute Medicine
Clinical Director for Acute Medicine."
I've heard that alot of people that get the virus also end up with lung damage, and I'm no just talking about the over 70s I'm talking about all ages. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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So sending a private abusive message because i posted penis is acceptable? But you calling people morons and smart arse etc etc is acceptable?? Another easy addition to the block list!!
The point was more that you was disregarding any possible cross infection or advice about distancing just so you can get your willy wet... selfish prick |
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Lucky I seen this now, will you tell the Spanish before you leave what C-19 IS so they don't have 180 people died each day, are the 500 odd per day in Italy or the 3 trillions been wipe of the stock markets,
or the death toll in the UK doubling ever 3 days and to peak in 4 or 5 weeks when if keep at rate at moment could be a 1000 a day.
By this weekend the world will close, but lucky for the world you came along you can stop all this. |
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Lucky I seen this now, will you tell the Spanish before you leave what C-19 IS so they don't have 180 people died each day, are the 500 odd per day in Italy or the 3 trillions been wipe of the stock markets,
or the death toll in the UK doubling ever 3 days and to peak in 4 or 5 weeks when if keep at rate at moment could be a 1000 a day.
By this weekend the world will close, but lucky for the world you came along you can stop all this. |
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