Coronavirus Disease Outbreak COVID-19 #15

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What region of the country do you live in?

I live in Wales and it’s all a bit secretive. When the cases and deaths started here we were told where they were and how old the victims were, but there has been nothing for over a fortnight just general numbers for the whole of Wales. We do know that Gwent in S.Wales has been very badly hit because the head of the health authority there made a statement saying they were very close to being overwhelmed.

My Mum knows someone who works in the local hospital and I’m of the belief it’s worse than we are being told from what she has told my mum. All non urgent appointments have been cancelled.
 
I live in Wales and it’s all a bit secretive. When the cases and deaths started here we were told where they were and how old the victims were, but there has been nothing for over a fortnight just general numbers for the whole of Wales. We do know that Gwent in S.Wales has been very badly hit because the head of the health authority there made a statement saying they were very close to being overwhelmed.

My Mum knows someone who works in the local hospital and I’m of the belief it’s worse than we are being told from what she has told my mum. All non urgent appointments have been cancelled.

I cant get my head around why everything is such a secret. Surely they can give the public more information, more in depth information rather than just numbers
 
I live in Wales and it’s all a bit secretive. When the cases and deaths started here we were told where they were and how old the victims were, but there has been nothing for over a fortnight just general numbers for the whole of Wales. We do know that Gwent in S.Wales has been very badly hit because the head of the health authority there made a statement saying they were very close to being overwhelmed.

My Mum knows someone who works in the local hospital and I’m of the belief it’s worse than we are being told from what she has told my mum. All non urgent appointments have been cancelled.

I cant get my head around why everything is such a secret. Surely they can give the public more information, more in depth information rather than just numbers

I might be wrong but I think they found that giving out too much information wasn’t helpful to people, I know in the beginning they was a weird witch hunt going on around who was diagnosed and where they lived, who they might have been in contact with and where they might have been, I do believe too much information is dangerous at times 🤷‍♀️
And they need to respect the privacy of those who have died. I’ve seen some really intrusive questions on twitter about how these people died/what they died from/had they stopped or struggled to breathe and suffocated 🤦‍♀️ Twitter is weird.

This is just my opinion 🤷‍♀️ It could also be because they’re arsing their way through it all and they’re trying to cover up the lack of testing 🤷‍♀️

in other news....
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NO.....unless you’re willing to send me snacks PayPal, piss off.

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I cant get my head around why everything is such a secret. Surely they can give the public more information, more in depth information rather than just numbers
Where I live it's a smallish town so they've said they wouldn't give exact locations for patient confidentiality, that could be the case there also ? all our non urgent procedures have been cancelled here for a few weeks ..it's so they can get as much med staff onboard solely to deal with the virus cases...
 
I am worrying too. I am on thyroid meds and Gp said I’m nit high risk but I alol have other conditions that cause fatigue so I’m terrifired if I got it I’m a goner. I am fatigued daily so I can’t see how my body would have the energy to fght such a virus, even if thr Gp says I’m not high risk. I’ve convinced myself I’m going to die, this anxiety is bloody awful,
Hey. I’m on thyroid medication too but although we are fatigued do listen to your doctor, I’ve not heard anything about it making us high risk. Of course I understand your anxiety. Try and step away from the news for a day and look after yourself x
 
As of Monday our local hospital has said, all ante natal appointments/scans are to be attended alone :(

Hey. I’m on thyroid medication too but although we are fatigued do listen to your doctor, I’ve not heard anything about it making us high risk. Of course I understand your anxiety. Try and step away from the news for a day and look after yourself x
Someone already posted that thyroid does not put you more at risk..
 
As of Monday our local hospital has said, all ante natal appointments/scans are to be attended alone :(


Someone already posted that thyroid does not put you more at risk..
They told me that and when I went to the hospital alone they were letting partners in still.. safe to say I wasn’t happy!
 
I got an email saying I'd passed checks etc and could now volunteer calling people in isolation (y)

Went to Tesco at 11.30 and the queue was around the building, people spaced out on taped crosses on the floor, someone handing out cloths soaked in antibacterial spray to the queue, others wiping baskets, only 1 adult per household in allowed. Inside was almost empty and well stocked. Everyone respecting space etc. Really impressed with the staff, doing an amazing job.
 
Does anyone work for the local council and has been redeployed due their work closing due to corona? I've just had a phone call about my skill sets. Just wondering where I could be redelopied to. No way am I going anywhere that will put my family as risk.
 
Probably not necessary but for those avoiding the white noise of twitter....

Three more people have died after testing positive for covid-19 in Scotland taking the total number of deaths in the country to 25

From Ireland.

Officials are working on establishing temporary mortuary facilities to deal with expected deaths from Covid-19. "We are still in the preparation phase to deal with the surge when it comes," Liz Canavan, assistant secretary for social policy, Department of the Taoiseach.

from the USA

A record 3.3 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the economy faces unprecedented blow from coronavirus
To put it in context, previous record was 695,000 in a single week in 1982. Last week, nearly 5 times that many Americans filed for unemployment.
 
I might be wrong but I think they found that giving out too much information wasn’t helpful to people, I know in the beginning they was a weird witch hunt going on around who was diagnosed and where they lived, who they might have been in contact with and where they might have been, I do believe too much information is dangerous at times 🤷‍♀️
And they need to respect the privacy of those who have died. I’ve seen some really intrusive questions on twitter about how these people died/what they died from/had they stopped or struggled to breathe and suffocated 🤦‍♀️ Twitter is weird.
I think it is down to psychology, people moving out of areas where there has been a higher number of deaths reported which just leads to a higher concentration of people in areas that can't cope like we saw with Cornwallgate.
The number of deaths reported is not accurate due to lack of testing and underlying conditions. The danger is people poster about loved ones who have died of an underlying condition, the underlying condition being the official one recorded on the death certificate and family members claiming/being adamant it is CV19. It then seems like hospitals are lying. This causes further panic.

Temporary morgues are to open all over the UK, most will be located as close to coroner's buildings and retain dignity and privacy. As the weather changes, a sudden increase in temperatures raises the amount of deaths, along with a higher suicide rate this combined with the number of people testing negative or dying due to a lack of healthcare it all adds up and I think it's good the temporary morgues are in place to prevent cases like Spain where an ice rink has been used as a morgue.
 
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