Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Nymzee]

Hopefully those people won't be part of the increase of hospitalization we are seeing for the "nerds" to post up. Who wants to be a statistic!?

They won’t.

 

[BlueToff]

So, we have had the predicted outbreak at work. Loads have phoned in with failed home tests, and vast majority struggling to get a proper test.
Actually had a whole ward of staff had to leave work yesterday. Outbreak on the ward with patients. All staff told to do a lateral. All failed. 6 staff sent home. That was a fun day. Proplem now being, you have to replace them. When nearly every patient has been diagnosed with COVID, what's gonna happen to the staff covering, and then they go off and so on.
This is gonna be a fun few weeks.

Absolutely mad mate, all the best.

There should be priority access to PCRs for any hospital. It baffles me that there isn't.

 

[Seanjd]

Because Australia and New Zealand are already sending folk to camps. Did you not know that?

It's hardly madness to be concerned such camps could make their way into Europe, especially considering the incessantly aggressive & poisonous narrative towards the unvaccinated.

Nope. Sorry. Again, this is madness.

They have had temporary places set up to quarantine people returning from other countries, much in the same way we have used hotels.

Your claim is that they are sending, or will send, unvaccinated people there for being unvaccinated.

It is actually scary how people will cling on to small pieces of false rumours or Facebook news and actually believe it.

Stop spreading rubbish on internet forums.

 

[BlueToff]

Nope. Sorry. Again, this is madness.

They have had temporary places set up to quarantine people returning from other countries, much in the same way we have used hotels.

Your claim is that they are sending, or will send, unvaccinated people there for being unvaccinated.

It is actually scary how people will cling on to small pieces of false rumours or Facebook news and actually believe it.

Stop spreading rubbish on internet forums.

I don't particularly like Aus' government (just for their right-wingness more than anything) but Morrison basically said the other day they aren't going to even consider allowing any more restrictions now.

The quote was "we need to treat Australians like adults." Think some of the State Premiers went a bit too far.

 

[spectateur]

As long as the last two don't rise and hopefully fall, then that's what matters

What about the effect of loads and loads of people sick and poorly at home, unable to work.
some services ready affected by it.

 

[Tipp blue]

What about the effect of loads and loads of people sick and poorly at home, unable to work.
some services ready affected by it.

Big difference between being sick and poorly at home and having to isolate because you have a runny nose..

 

[Seanjd]

I don't particularly like Aus' government (just for their right-wingness more than anything) but Morrison basically said the other day they aren't going to even consider allowing any more restrictions now.

The quote was "we need to treat Australians like adults." Think some of the State Premiers went a bit too far.

Still believe caution is/was the best stance.

Morrison is playing politics and knows that he needs to do and say those things because his polling is rock bottom. He came out a matter of months ago saying he wanted 0 cases.

 

[spectateur]

Big difference between being sick and poorly at home and having to isolate because you have a runny nose..

Yes, but they both keep people a way from the workplace.

 

[tsubaki]

Big difference between being sick and poorly at home and having to isolate because you have a runny nose..

The problem is though that your runny nose can be somewhat worse in the many, many people you can infect with it.

 

[BlueToff]

Absolutely mad mate, all the best.

There should be priority access to PCRs for any hospital. It baffles me that there isn't.

Just on this @woomy

Last October I was ill for a day - like the worst bout of fatigue I've had (before I got COVID this past summer, like). I was living with a friend at the time who worked on the respiratory wards. As I was ill, even though I'd stayed in my room she had to isolate too until I went to get a test. But because I didn't have a cough or loss of smell/taste or high temp, I couldn't get a PCR. So her hospital actually rang me up to book me in on their testing site.

I just assumed that all hospitals would have that capability?

 

[BlueToff]

Still believe caution is/was the best stance.

Morrison is playing politics and knows that he needs to do and say those things because his polling is rock bottom. He came out a matter of months ago saying he wanted 0 cases.

Yeah he's a muppet mate but the CMO was right in what he said - that the modelling shouldn't have been leaked as it was worse case scenario.

They haven't ruled out reintroducing measures but they do have things in their favour - spread out population, vaccine roll out done, boosters on the way. Plus Omicron is just not as severe. Like that is factual information now, from everywhere.

Caution is the best stance but it has to be reasoned to the thing you're facing and the other factors, such as vaccine uptake etc. There comes a point that we'd reach very soon in the UK (and for many we've already reached it) where overcaution is more damaging than the virus to the majority of people.

And people here have definitely changed their behaviours in the last few weeks.

 

[BlueToff]

The problem is though that your runny nose can be somewhat worse in the many, many people you can infect with it.

Just as an aside can you get out of your isolation early now, or was there a cut off?

 

[woomy]

Absolutely mad mate, all the best.

There should be priority access to PCRs for any hospital. It baffles me that there isn't.

There should be. I think there should be an area in each hospital for staff. Fail a lateral, come drive through here and get a test. Result on the day. Surely the cost of that would be a lot cheaper than having to pay staff to be off sick and then pay other staff to work.

I have Xmas Eve and day off. Got the obligatory guilt trip email asking me to give up my time off.
I didn't even get offered more money. Just the time back in lieu and Saturday enhancement. So would only get paid the 30% enhancement of my standard hourly rate for a weekday shift, and the hours back at a later date.
My response. Nope. Sorry I am not available to work, spending time with my immediate family is worth more than that ridiculous offer. Pay triple rate and sat enhancement and i will do a few hours in the afternoon.
Got told no.
Hope management enjoy giving up their Xmas to cover. Cause nobody else is picking it up either on those terms.

 

[WA Toffee]

Where in the article does it mention 4-6 weeks before protection reduces?

It doesn't. He clicked on one of the links because he was challenged then tried to cherry pick something that supported his narrative. Basically he know he is wrong, but is reluctant to admit it.
It's usually at this point people just disappear from the discussion because they can't justify their position, but I have a feeling he will be back

 

[woomy]

Just on this @woomy

Last October I was ill for a day - like the worst bout of fatigue I've had (before I got COVID this past summer, like). I was living with a friend at the time who worked on the respiratory wards. As I was ill, even though I'd stayed in my room she had to isolate too until I went to get a test. But because I didn't have a cough or loss of smell/taste or high temp, I couldn't get a PCR. So her hospital actually rang me up to book me in on their testing site.

I just assumed that all hospitals would have that capability?

They might. But my hospital is a mental health onez with very limited physical health capacity. All general medicine stuff gets sent out elsewhere. Any patient who needs general treatment, we have to take them to a general hospital. Same with the patient COVID swabs, general bloods etc. All goes out elsewhere. We just don't have the capacity or staff to process an onsite test centre.