Butch Willykins
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Oh OK Mr Chief Coroner.
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Oh OK Mr Chief Coroner.
kevo
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- Mar 8, 2008
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You are being very weird. It's pretty well known, and admitted by the government themselves, that they are only testing people who have been admitted to hospital. Look it up if you don't believe me. And maybe lay off the isolation beers a bit, eh?
They are only currently testing those admitted. That doesn't mean it cant be picked up as a possible cause of death in those not admitted
Butch Willykins
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I’ve not had a drink in months, but thanks for the advice.
kevo
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- Mar 8, 2008
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Agreed. That's a different point, though.
Yes, of course they will. The suggestion otherwise is just so much nonsense. In many AIDS deaths, for example, the ultimate cause was pneumonia (which the body's AIDS ravaged immune system just couldn't fight) but they were still recorded as AIDS related.
Motogull
Todd Warrior
- Sep 16, 2005
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Yup. In that case 'cause of death' as recorded on the death certificate would be 1A pneumonia 1B AIDS.
Thank you - I only knew the general idea, not the detail.
Butch Willykins
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You were literally saying this wouldn’t happen a few posts back !
That was how I'd read it too. That they would only be recorded as deaths due to covid 19 if they had been admitted to hospital
oldboyroy
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I would guarantee that anyone who dies at home with even slightest suspicion of Corona virus will be tested after death as virus only dies a few days after death.
Weststander
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From Imperial College, this would be (relatively) great news, if it panned out that way:
But what happens then? This lockdown can’t last another 12 to 18 months whilst a vaccine is available for all those whose bodies hadn’t yet been infected and survived, can it?
But what happens then? This lockdown can’t last another 12 to 18 months whilst a vaccine is available for all those whose bodies hadn’t yet been infected and survived, can it?
Mr Banana
Tedious chump
Not to say it won't (hopefully) prove true, but I think this is flawed.
It's based on lockdown measures in China, which are far more stringent than the ones in England.
Our glorious leaders reiterated the 20,000 target today.
I feel bad casting aspersions on someone who's accumulated more knowledge in ten years than I could in 17 lifetimes, but the guy interviewed is an engineer, not a medical authority.
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With 260 people more people announced dead in yesterday’s figures, it’s already tragically out of date.
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 28,272
The theory is that by using social distancing, handwashing, changes in social behaviour and by testing, the number of infections is kept to a low enough level for the NHS to be able to cope with everyone with severe illness.
I think that's all we have.
Weststander
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Do the numbers (20,000 just now) come from our politicians, or from civil servant scientists and public health officials? I thought ministers simply relayed what the experts tell them on numbers.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Grim news from Spain 838 deaths in last 24 hours
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
They are from experts advising Government although Michael Gove advised he went for a jog yesterday and also a walk to the supermarket and back to get weekend provisions
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
Wow. 235 dead in a day in Switzerland. All of a sudden they're the 5th worst affected in Europe.
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