[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

yep, its pointless until we get the number of infected down to under 500

It could in theory work in Scotland because of the smaller population, but then, I'm not really sure what the long term looks like even if we're very successful in driving down the virus in Scotland, unless we plan to have some sort of hard border with England, which isn't really feasible. Hmm.

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Hancock Health Sec.
Is Live on TV News in Parliament , now

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[Downing Street has announced weekend coronavirus
press conferences have been cancelled
due to lower numbers watching them]


Ref: LBC

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5PM its Hancock MP Again.

Downing St. Briefing Live

324 Deaths


39,360 UK Death total

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Posting for Bots

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Portugal
has asked for an Air Bridge for UK Holiday people
the Minister has not yet had a reply from London.

Clever to get in their first using their Minister.

Ref: GMBHD itv Live in Westminster.

[bitontheslide]

Scientists are running a trial to see if ibuprofen can help hospital patients who are sick with coronavirus.

The team from London's Guy's and St Thomas' hospital and Kings College believe the drug, which is an anti-inflammatory as well as a painkiller, could treat breathing difficulties.

They hope the low-cost treatment can keep patients off ventilators.

In the trial, called Liberate, half of the patients will receive ibuprofen in addition to usual care.

The trial will use a special formulation of ibuprofen rather than the regular tablets that people might usually buy. Some people already take this lipid capsule form of the drug for conditions like arthritis.

Studies in animals suggest it might treat acute respiratory distress syndrome - one of the complications of severe coronavirus.

Prof Mitul Mehta, one of the team at Kings College London, said: "We need to do a trial to show that the evidence actually matches what we expect to happen."

Early in the pandemic there were some concerns that ibuprofen might be bad for people to take, should they have the virus with mild symptoms.

These were heightened when France's health minister Oliver Veran said that taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, could aggravate the infection and advised patients to take paracetamol instead.

A review by the Commission on Human Medicines quickly concluded that, like paracetamol, it was safe to take for coronavirus symptoms. Both can bring a temperature down and help with flu-like symptoms.

For mild coronavirus symptoms, the NHS advises people try paracetamol first, as it has fewer side-effects than ibuprofen and is the safer choice for most people. You should not take ibuprofen if you have a stomach ulcer, for example.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52894638

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"You should not take ibuprofen if you have a stomach ulcer, for example."

Yes that's an important message

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PMQ's today in Parliament
Labour will take the piss of him

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by arista

"You should not take ibuprofen if you have a stomach ulcer, for example."

Yes that's an important message

It can cause kidney failure is an important message as well.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by smudgie

It can cause kidney failure is an important message as well.

Never knew that Smudge, are you okay these days

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Never knew that Smudge, are you okay these days

it can be dangerous if you take it persistently, but a lot of other medicines also crash your system if you take them all the time. Aspirin ****s up your veins and makes you bruise at the slightest touch ... but it's still used to combat high blood pressure

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Never knew that Smudge, are you okay these days

I only know because it happened to me.
Yeah, doing ok thanks Cherie.
Same old same old really, nice to be able to get out in the car and have a change of scenery now.
We are considering who we will allow in the back garden for visits.
Son and wife, best friends etc, but we are imposing a 3 metre distance.
Lots of fun and games with all the shouting and lip reading😂
Hope you and yours are doing ok.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by smudgie

I only know because it happened to me.
Yeah, doing ok thanks Cherie.
Same old same old really, nice to be able to get out in the car and have a change of scenery now.
We are considering who we will allow in the back garden for visits.
Son and wife, best friends etc, but we are imposing a 3 metre distance.
Lots of fun and games with all the shouting and lip reading😂
Hope you and yours are doing ok.

we are good thanks , we are pretty anti social anyway so this suits us fine

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A contact tracer working on the NHS Test and Trace coronavirus scheme says she has not been asked to speak to anyone since beginning work last week.

The clinician told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire she had worked 38 hours but had yet to make a single phone call and spent the time watching Netflix.

"It's frustrating to know that I'm sat idle when there's people that need contacting," they said.

The government said this does not reflect the amount of work under way.

"Becky" spoke to the BBC on condition of anonymity, and said she has watched nearly three series of comedy The Good Place, despite being available to help isolate people.

"I'm yet to make a single phone call or be assigned a case," the nurse said.

"I've had no contact from anyone. I've had no contact from supervisors. I've literally been on the system, refreshed the system, and entertained myself during that watching Netflix.

"I've just watched it alongside going back to the system, refreshing it, occasionally having to log back in because it's timed out. I have yet to have contact with anybody regarding contact tracing."

It came as Channel 4 News reported data showing 4,456 confirmed Covid-19 cases were reported to the Test and Trace scheme between 28 May, when it launched, and 31 May.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52904433

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