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This is fact and can't be twisted Pete.
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All decisions are taken by and are the responsibility of Ministers.
Civil servants present options and recommendations only, then action the Ministerial decision.
This is fact and can't be twisted Pete.
@Brisan123 Here is a recent paper based on the China data
Background: Patients with obesity are at increased risk of exacerbations from viral respiratory infections. However, the association of obesity with severity of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is unclear. We hereby examined this association using data from the only referral hospital in Shenzhen, China.
Methods: 383 COVID-19 patients admitted from 11 January to 16 February 2020 in the Third People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, China were included. Underweight was defined by body mass index (BMI) lower than 18·5 kg/m2, normal weight by 18·5-23·9 kg/m2 , overweight by 24·0- 27·9 kg/m2 and obesity as ≥28 kg/m2.
Findings: Of them, 53·1% were normal weight, 4·2% were underweight, 32·0% were overweight, and 10·7% were obese. Patients with obesity, versus without, were tended to have cough (P=0·03) and fever (P=0·06). After adjusting for potential confounders, compared to normal weight, overweight showed 86% higher, and obesity group showed 2·42-fold higher odds of developing severe pneumonia. Despite a non-significant sex interaction was found (P=0·09), the association appeared to be more pronounced in men than in women. The odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for severe pneumonia in overweight and obesity was 1·96 (0·78-4·98) and 5·70 (1·83-17·76) in men, and 1·51 (0·57-4·01) and 0·71 (0·07-7·3) in women, respectively.
Interpretation: This is the first study showing that obesity, especially in men, significantly increases the risk of developing severe pneumonia in COVID-19 patients. As the 2019n-Cov may continue to spread worldwide, clinicians should maintain a high level of attention in obese patients. Obese patients should be carefully managed with prompt and aggressive treatment.
Obesity and COVID-19 Severity in a Designated Hospital in Shenzhen, China
Background: Patients with obesity are at increased risk of exacerbations from viral respiratory infections. However, the association of obesity with severity of
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Background: Patients with obesity are at increased risk of exacerbations from viral respiratory infections. However, the association of obesity with severity of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is unclear. We hereby examined this association using data from the only referral hospital in Shenzhen, China.
Methods: 383 COVID-19 patients admitted from 11 January to 16 February 2020 in the Third People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, China were included. Underweight was defined by body mass index (BMI) lower than 18·5 kg/m2, normal weight by 18·5-23·9 kg/m2 , overweight by 24·0- 27·9 kg/m2 and obesity as ≥28 kg/m2.
Findings: Of them, 53·1% were normal weight, 4·2% were underweight, 32·0% were overweight, and 10·7% were obese. Patients with obesity, versus without, were tended to have cough (P=0·03) and fever (P=0·06). After adjusting for potential confounders, compared to normal weight, overweight showed 86% higher, and obesity group showed 2·42-fold higher odds of developing severe pneumonia. Despite a non-significant sex interaction was found (P=0·09), the association appeared to be more pronounced in men than in women. The odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for severe pneumonia in overweight and obesity was 1·96 (0·78-4·98) and 5·70 (1·83-17·76) in men, and 1·51 (0·57-4·01) and 0·71 (0·07-7·3) in women, respectively.
Interpretation: This is the first study showing that obesity, especially in men, significantly increases the risk of developing severe pneumonia in COVID-19 patients. As the 2019n-Cov may continue to spread worldwide, clinicians should maintain a high level of attention in obese patients. Obese patients should be carefully managed with prompt and aggressive treatment.
Wait are we clapping every week?
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Last week was for the NHS, this week for the carers, next week is for the politicians. So no we're not clapping every week.
Toast
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Step mum ( carer ) still hasn’t had the PPE she was promised this week, let alone the test she was promised last week.Last week was for the NHS, this week for the carers, next week is for the politicians. So no we're not clapping every week.
30 visits to the sick and elderly of The Wirral on last nights shift on her own.
Utter joke Hancock saying it’s all being rolled out successfully.
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Exactly what I was saying.
Whether a respiratory virus is affecting smokers more significantly which is why more younger people are having to go to hospital.
We don't have that data but that is absolutely a factor if there was a connection.
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Sickening mate. Hope she comes out of all this unscathed.
Toast
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Bet she dosent mate.
She’s got bad asthma as well.
My lad is living with them whilst doing his degree and has a Saturday job in supermarket. He could bring some germs home just as easily as my step mum.
Tough times for everyone though.
RIP, so many lives lost already and families impacted
We have a fair few beauts alright mate, I tend to trust the majority though, learning how to use, fit, remove and dispose of a mask properly is simple. I think most would adhere and do it properly if they had the knowledge, like washing your hands properly. You will always have a few beauts I agree.
I think it would be part of an important mitigation plan for getting back to normality and helping against a second surge, if everyone complied on the basis of I’m helping you, your helping me by wearing a mask. It’s not a panacea or absolute solution, or makes everyone immune, nothing will be until a vaccine but could be a measure as a safeguard in reduction of community transmission, with a little bit of education.
Different people in healthcare will have different opinions on masks and the general public, that’s just mine. You will find no one in healthcare will expose themselves to someone with the virus without a mask(and much more PPE), whether they agree or disagree with the general public using them, that says a lot. Imagine a standing room only bus at rush hour on a rainy day, not being able to see out the window with condensation in a couple of months, would you feel safer everyone wearing a mask or no one.
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I doubt there will be many that will come out of this without knowing at least one person who has been really bad at home/hospitalised, even if it is friend of a friend type thing. My brother is an ICU nurse in Leicester and hoping he comes out of it ok seeing the PPE situation.
That's why it makes you angry when you see bells not following the lockdown. A car was stopped around here with 4 people in it and their excuse was they were 'seeing a mate'. Not much you can do when people don't even care for friends/loved ones.
All he ever says it will be sorted next week.What is this big logistical problem he talks about?
If you have a warehouse full of the stuff
Just put it in vans and lorries and deliver it to the hospital .
My wife has a nurse out everyday to change the driver on her arm so they sit right in front of her for 15 minutes with no protection whatsoever. She has terminal cancer so if she catches it she is dead .
our local supermarket as do many in Ireland have staff who wipe down every trolley and basket as its put back
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