Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Dixieslaces]

forgive the ignorance here, but why are so many of them lying on their front?

relieves pressure on the lungs and allows the ventilators to function more effectively, im sure this is only for Covid as it is not normal positioning

 

[neil999]

forgive the ignorance here, but why are so many of them lying on their front?

If you watch it they explain

 

[Neiler]

forgive the ignorance here, but why are so many of them lying on their front?

Apparently its the best way of getting oxygen into the bloodstream.

 

[roydo]

Spent best part of 2 months in an ICU, arsed if I want to be reminded of them.

But them Italian (and no doubt other nationalities working with them) staff will be among the worlds finest. Saints the lot of them.

 

[Neiler]

Which Country Has Flattened the Curve for the Coronavirus? (Published 2020)

These charts show the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic in each country. New cases have dwindled in China and South Korea, but the virus continues to spread rapidly in most of the world.

www.nytimes.com

Worth a look, international comparisons on cases, managment, waves and flattening the curve and where each country is at.

 

[tsubaki]

If you watch it they explain

Apparently its the best way of getting oxygen into the bloodstream.

I did, but saying that they were doing it so that gravity could help is not really something that makes sense.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

relieves pressure on the lungs and allows the ventilators to function more effectively, im sure this is only for Covid as it is not normal positioning

Standard practice for treatment of pneumoia

 

[Bruce Wayne]

A bailout for Britain’s railways?

Rail companies will probably end up under state control

www.economist.com

I wonder if an unintentional consequence of this is that the railways get nationalised?

 

[Paris]

A bailout for Britain’s railways?

Rail companies will probably end up under state control

www.economist.com

I wonder if an unintentional consequence of this is that the railways get nationalised?

We can but hope.

 

[aazak]

 

[Neiler]

The UK releasing its new cases data later then usual today, they've released the unfortunate increased death numbers though. That seems like a change to other days.

Is something a foot?

Maybe they are going to announce something like increased social restrictions but will do it when the shop close. Im speculating of course.

 

[Paris]

The UK releasing its new cases data later then usual today, they've released the unfortunate increased death numbers though. That seems like a change to other days.

Is something a foot?

Maybe they are going to announce something like increased social restrictions but will do it when the shop close. Im speculating of course.

We can only hope that your speculation does not come to fruition. Be arsed having to spend 14 days in isolation, only to have to be forced into isolation again for spurious reasons.

I'd rather poo in my hands and clap before shooting myself.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

And there it is. We can put in for vacation and that will be fully paid and after that we have to claim dole.

Corporations are scum.

However, on a devious note... I've been off sick for 2 weeks already, they cant lay me off when I'm sick and I've just made a doctors appointment for tomorrow.

Ain't I a stinker?

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

The UK releasing its new cases data later then usual today, they've released the unfortunate increased death numbers though. That seems like a change to other days.

Is something a foot?

Yes, that thing at the bottom of your leg.

 

[aazak]

Net government approval rating hits highest level since 2010, poll suggests

Voters are more likely to approve of the Boris Johnson and the government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak than disapprove, according to some new polling from Ipsos MORI. Some 49% of people think the government is handling it well, against 35% who think it is handling it badly (a net rating of +14), and Johnson’s rating are 47% v 38% (a net rating of +9).