Coronavirus

Quoted from golfer

If it's still out there when the lockdown ends - even if it's 200 miles away- I wont be going anywhere

Me too !

I'm afraid it will be mate, at some level or other and if the government continue their attitude that the economy is more important than lives then I fear the lockdown will be eased or lifted long before the virus is anywhere near eradicated to an acceptable risk level

I don't think it will ever disappear just like seasonal influenza, it will still be out there and it will take a vaccine available to all to make it an acceptable risk.

Quoted from gaz57

I'm going for my treatment tomorrow ( infusion ) and must admit to being scared , I have no idea if the nurse's have PPE  and advised by the hospital there wasn't enough to go round. I was told to just turn up and carry on as usual. The staff in that department are brilliant but with all the best will in the world no one knows it they carry the virus.

Mrs Swin had her infliximab infusion for rheumatoid yesterday. I was crapping myself and I only stayed in the car, Mrs Swin was in a dreadful state! They directed her to a side door and took her temperature before she was allowed into the infusion room. The staff were all kitted out in full PPE gear. She was there for 4 hours instead of 2.5 as they nurses are only allowed in the room making up the infusions one at a time so everything was delayed. Many of the other patients wore masks, we haven't got any.

She also got a letter saying future infusions were cancelled and she would have to inject with a different drug herself at home I just hope a) it agrees with her and b) the delivery to our home is reliable

All the best for tomorrow mate

Quoted from gaz57

I'm going for my treatment tomorrow ( infusion ) and must admit to being scared , I have no idea if the nurse's have PPE  and advised by the hospital there wasn't enough to go round. I was told to just turn up and carry on as usual. The staff in that department are brilliant but with all the best will in the world no one knows it they carry the virus.

Infusion for Crohns?
Guessing that makes you at high risk of complications as well if you catch it?

I'm lucky enough to only be taking mezalasine at the minute, so not at any higher risk.

Take it easy !

Quoted from Ipswin

Mrs Swin had her infliximab infusion for rheumatoid yesterday. I was crapping myself and I only stayed in the car, Mrs Swin was in a dreadful state! They directed her to a side door and took her temperature before she was allowed into the infusion room. The staff were all kitted out in full PPE gear. She was there for 4 hours instead of 2.5 as they nurses are only allowed in the room making up the infusions one at a time so everything was delayed. Many of the other patients wore masks, we haven't got any.

She also got a letter saying future infusions were cancelled and she would have to inject with a different drug herself at home I just hope a) it agrees with her and b) the delivery to our home is reliable

All the best for tomorrow mate

Thanks it helps to know what to expect and that helps a lot and best of luck to Mrs Swin for the future.

Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God

Infusion for Crohns?
Guessing that makes you at high risk of complications as well if you catch it?

I'm lucky enough to only be taking mezalasine at the minute, so not at any higher risk.

Take it easy !

Ulcerative  colitis which can be made worse with stress as the wife keeps reminding me, just wish I could make myself listen. Even when I get home I will have to wait a week or so before I know I'm in the clear and haven't past anything on to my wife and daughter. Thanks

Quoted from Chazzer

Jesus Christ, 828 dead last 24 hours. no way is it getting any better.

I would pay more attention to the new cases (which haven't been released yet). Most people don't die on the day of admission so it will take at least 10 days of slowing new cases for it to impact on deaths.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

I would pay more attention to the new cases (which haven't been released yet). Most people don't die on the day of admission so it will take at least 10 days of slowing new cases for it to impact on deaths.

Wed 08 Apr.

New Cases: 5491
Total Cases: 60733

Total people tested: 232708 / Total tests completed: 282074
Overall positivity rate: 26%
Daily Increase: 9.93%

Newly Confirmed Deaths: 938
Total Deaths: 7097

Quoted from LH

That’s just in England. 936 in the UK. Think we’ll hit four figures tomorrow and we’ve still got a fortnight at least to go before the numbers properly drop.

It is going to get far worse by the looks of it because we were slow to initiate lockdown procedures.

According to a study by The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) we aren't due to peak for another 8/9 days. We are probably looking at nearly 3000 deaths a day at that point.

In total they predict the UK will experience 66,000 deaths due to covid-19, which could be as much as 40% of the total European deaths.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11347508/uk-could-worst-hit-coronavirus-europe-deaths/
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-could-worst-hit-coronavirus-21827665
https://www.theguardian.com/wo.....virus-study-predicts

Look for the day on day percentage increase to drop first and that will be an indication things are beginning to turn around. I think the original suggestion was that the peak would be around Easter Sunday but it seems likely to be after that. So bizarre that it's been another lovely, sunny and peaceful day yet so many will lose their lives out of sight.

Quoted from Stadium

Wed 08 Apr.

New Cases: 5491
Total Cases: 60733

Total people tested: 232708 / Total tests completed: 282074
Overall positivity rate: 26%
Daily Increase: 9.93%

Newly Confirmed Deaths: 938
Total Deaths: 7097

It would be interesting to see how many of those positives are NHS staff who otherwise wouldn't have been tested.