[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Cherie

The target for you is you will be offered by md Feb Ness

Hope the manage it

My Dad had an email from Matt Hancock saying he would have his appointment by mid feb too

[Nicky91]

Netherlands: fewer positive coronavirus tests, and hospital admissions fall again

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/0...ns-fall-again/

Lockdown

Virologist Ab Osterhaus told NPO radio on Friday that the cabinet must now extend the current lockdown. ‘Relaxing it is not on the cards,’ Osterhaus said. Tougher measures, such as a curfew as in Germany, would be an option, he said.

Sources told NOS earlier this week that schools, restaurants, bars and shops were likely to remain closed until the end of January and more places could be shut in an attempt to bring the numbers down.

The cabinet is due to make a decision next Tuesday after consulting the Outbreak Management Team.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

I'm in the at risk group.

I have kidney disease.

Wow you will have to be extremely careful then ...


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[Cherie]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

My Dad had an email from Matt Hancock saying he would have his appointment by mid feb too

Good old Matt

[AnnieK]

The Queen and Prince Philip have had their vaccines today

[arista]

Today 59,937 have caught Covid-19


1,035 have died

Patients in hospital
Latest available
32,294


Patients on ventilation
Latest available
3,098



80,868 Total deaths

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

[arista]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

The Queen and Prince Philip have had their vaccines today

[A royal source confirmed the injections were
administered by a royal household doctor at Windsor Castle.
The Queen, 94, and Philip, 99, have been spending
the lockdown in England sheltering
there after deciding to have a quiet Christmas
at their Berkshire residence,
forgoing the traditional royal family
gathering at Sandringham.]


https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-...tions-12183316



Yes that's fair enough.

[bitontheslide]

i think young Philip is using his status to jump the queue, after all, he is only 99

[arista]

[Three police officers wearing face masks
question a man sitting on a bench
in St James's Park in central London this morning]

[Nicky91]

Portugal is confirmed to be going into Lockdown 2.0

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Zizu

The virus does so much damage to your system but the main problem is that you will lose over 2kg of muscle mass each DAY !!! If you are in intensive care for two to three weeks you lose a frightening amount of muscle mass .

I'm certain you must have misunderstood these numbers Zizu. A 13st relatively fit male only has about 33kg muscle mass to start with, and so by your figures if they were in ICU for 4 weeks they would become a black hole.

To add to that, most people in ICU are elderly and thus have significantly less than 33kg to start with.

[bitontheslide]

Coronavirus: Company's apology after £5,000 vaccine offer


A property investment company has offered GP surgeries £5,000 for unused coronavirus vaccine doses.

The Hacking Trust's medical division approached surgeries in Bristol and Worthing offering to pay the money to charity "or the staff member directly".

Robyn Clark, from the Institute of General Practice Management, said it was "just appalling".

The company, based in London, has apologised, saying its "good intentions" were "misinterpreted".

NHS England said people "will rightly take a dim view of anyone who tries to jump the queue".

"The NHS is free at the point of access for everyone who needs it," said Ms Clark.

"What we felt this company was trying to do was jump the queue."

The Bristol-based manager said she worried it could "create more health inequality".

She said: "The JCVI [Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation] is trying to prioritise the vaccine based on the vulnerability to Covid."

The e-mail sent to the GP surgery in Worthing said The Hacking Trust was aware that "many appointments" for vaccinations are not kept, and that it would be interested in being informed of "any no-shows".

A donation of £5,000 would be paid to a staff member or given to charity for each dose it could secure, the e-mail said.

In a statement, the Battersea-based company said it "offered charitable donations to staff or surgeries in this difficult time for any vaccines which were unused".

It added: "We had heard that some vaccines were being unused due to missed appointments. We would apologise that our good intentions have been misinterpreted."

NHS England said it knew "these particular emails were received across the country".

Dr Nikki Kanani, GP and NHS medical director for primary care, said hundreds of NHS teams across the country were "working hard to deliver vaccines quickly to those who would benefit most".

"NHS staff will never ask for, or accept, cash for vaccines," she said.

The Department of Health and Social Care said vaccinations were available from the NHS "for free" and "cannot be sold privately in the UK".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-55593210

[Nicky91]

New York update today's numbers over there

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I'm certain you must have misunderstood these numbers Zizu. A 13st relatively fit male only has about 33kg muscle mass to start with, and so by your figures if they were in ICU for 4 weeks they would become a black hole.

To add to that, most people in ICU are elderly and thus have significantly less than 33kg to start with.

That’s what he said though .. maybe he meant 2kg per week .. Even if one of us is wrong the fact is they’re losing massive amounts of muscle mass which is indeed debilitating..


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[Zizu]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Coronavirus: Company's apology after £5,000 vaccine offer





A property investment company has offered GP surgeries £5,000 for unused coronavirus vaccine doses.



The Hacking Trust's medical division approached surgeries in Bristol and Worthing offering to pay the money to charity "or the staff member directly".



Robyn Clark, from the Institute of General Practice Management, said it was "just appalling".



The company, based in London, has apologised, saying its "good intentions" were "misinterpreted".



NHS England said people "will rightly take a dim view of anyone who tries to jump the queue".



"The NHS is free at the point of access for everyone who needs it," said Ms Clark.



"What we felt this company was trying to do was jump the queue."



The Bristol-based manager said she worried it could "create more health inequality".



She said: "The JCVI [Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation] is trying to prioritise the vaccine based on the vulnerability to Covid."



The e-mail sent to the GP surgery in Worthing said The Hacking Trust was aware that "many appointments" for vaccinations are not kept, and that it would be interested in being informed of "any no-shows".



A donation of £5,000 would be paid to a staff member or given to charity for each dose it could secure, the e-mail said.



In a statement, the Battersea-based company said it "offered charitable donations to staff or surgeries in this difficult time for any vaccines which were unused".



It added: "We had heard that some vaccines were being unused due to missed appointments. We would apologise that our good intentions have been misinterpreted."



NHS England said it knew "these particular emails were received across the country".



Dr Nikki Kanani, GP and NHS medical director for primary care, said hundreds of NHS teams across the country were "working hard to deliver vaccines quickly to those who would benefit most".



"NHS staff will never ask for, or accept, cash for vaccines," she said.



The Department of Health and Social Care said vaccinations were available from the NHS "for free" and "cannot be sold privately in the UK".



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-55593210

That property company should be prosecuted.. if nothing else but for offering to pay the money directly to the staff member !!

That has to come under bribery and corruption surely ??

Imagine how many other rules and regulations that property company could be breaking in their business .


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[bitontheslide]

they were obviously hoping to exploit greed of people and got caught

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

The Queen and Prince Philip have had their vaccines today

Do we know WHICH vaccine they had !!??


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[Zizu]

....

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Do we know WHICH vaccine they had !!??


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No, the Palace did not release that info. My money would be on the more effective, more expensive Pfizer one though

[Zizu]

Sedated coronavirus patients have suffered delusions and hallucinations, and the mental and physical trauma is so devastating some "say they would rather have died ", says London consultant Dr Zudin Puthucheary


Critically ill patients in comas of a working age lose muscle before fat, with around 2-3% of muscle mass typically wasting away a day, which for a 90kg patient would mean a loss of 1-2kg a day.

Dr Puthucheary, an Intensive Care Society national rehabilitation lead, told Mirror Online: "Some people will be able to say in two to three years time that they are happy to be alive.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...l-22307375.amp

[The Slim Reaper]

Remember that this government made sure that Rupert Murdoch received this before the royals. I'm no royalist, but...

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Sedated coronavirus patients have suffered delusions and hallucinations, and the mental and physical trauma is so devastating some "say they would rather have died ", says London consultant Dr Zudin Puthucheary


Critically ill patients in comas of a working age lose muscle before fat, with around 2-3% of muscle mass typically wasting away a day, which for a 90kg patient would mean a loss of 1-2kg a day.

Dr Puthucheary, an Intensive Care Society national rehabilitation lead, told Mirror Online: "Some people will be able to say in two to three years time that they are happy to be alive.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...l-22307375.amp

90kg is 14st, which would be very heavy for an elderly person, so I would imagine less than 1kg/day for the vast majority, definitely not 2+kg a day. Also, all of this is standard for any coma/ICU patient and isn't specific to Covid... It's just what happens when you don't move for days/weeks.

Most people coming out of a coma (medically induced or otherwise) will need some physio rehab but plenty of people exit ICU stays needing minimal physiotherapy.

This rhetoric seems extreme and designed to alarm. I have no idea why any medic would be spreading this "information"... Probably a misguided attempt to scare people into lockdown compliance I would guess.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Remember that this government made sure that Rupert Murdoch received this before the royals. I'm no royalist, but...

Tbf my wife also got it before the royals, which seems right to me.

[reece(:]

Originally Posted by arista

Covid: Fines reviewed after women 'surrounded by police'




[A police force that was criticised for
its "intimidating" approach to two walkers
is to review its lockdown fines policy.
Jessica Allen and Eliza Moore said they were
surrounded by police after driving five miles
from their home for a walk
on Wednesday, and fined £200 each.
Derbyshire Police initially said driving
to exercise was "not in the spirit" of lockdown.
But it now says new national guidelines
mean it will review its position.

In a statement, the force said all of
its fixed penalties issued during
the new national lockdown will be reviewed.]




["I said we had come in separate cars,
even parked two spaces away and
even brought our own drinks with us.
He said 'You can't do that as it's classed as a picnic'."
Ms Allen said the experience was "very intimidating"
and had left her feeling scared of police in general.]



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-55594244

I wanna know who took that photo, serving a setup.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Sedated coronavirus patients have suffered delusions and hallucinations, and the mental and physical trauma is so devastating some "say they would rather have died ", says London consultant Dr Zudin Puthucheary


Critically ill patients in comas of a working age lose muscle before fat, with around 2-3% of muscle mass typically wasting away a day, which for a 90kg patient would mean a loss of 1-2kg a day.

Dr Puthucheary, an Intensive Care Society national rehabilitation lead, told Mirror Online: "Some people will be able to say in two to three years time that they are happy to be alive.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...l-22307375.amp

I also has hallucinations when I was sick back in march.
I often wonder if that was corona.