piebaps Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 29 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: This argument is so absurd I don't even know what its about. Something to do with Lego and Albert's home planet. TBF many of us have wondered about the latter for some time. Someone mentioned anal swabs a few posts back too. I'm not sure why I mentioned that though. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, horatiotheturd said: "If" we got to that point, which we won't, then we wojld increase the capacity at Nobles like we did before. Where are we magically going to make the extra doctors and nurses appear from to work all the wonderful extra capacity? Or do you think we can just crack the whip and make the current staff work even harder? Edited January 28, 2021 by AlanShimmin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, horatiotheturd said: At a peak? Cases in the UK today are less than half what they were two weeks ago? Not according to the presentation yesterday. Prof. Whitty described the position as precarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 31 minutes ago, Barlow said: More than the population of the Isle of Man, death's with covid Fixed that for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcousticallyChallenged Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 18 minutes ago, horatiotheturd said: At a peak? Cases in the UK today are less than half what they were two weeks ago? A number of sources have been reporting a government poll suggesting only 17% of people coming forth to get a test when they have symptoms. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/21/ministers-ponder-paying-500-to-all-with-covid-in-england Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatiotheturd Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 28 minutes ago, AlanShimmin said: Where are we magically going to make the extra doctors and nurses from to work all the wonderful extra capacity from? Or do you think we can just crack the whip and make the current staff work even harder? Same place as the spring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 NEW cases are falling (although they're up today at 28k from yesterday's 25k), but that's not the total number of infected. Cases don't just disappear because they were yesterday's number. Some will now end up in hospital, some will die, there's an obvious time lag between infection and possible death. 1 in 8 UK hospitals now have no spare ITU capacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatiotheturd Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 30 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Not according to the presentation yesterday. Prof. Whitty described the position as precarious. No idea what you are on about. Its black and white and very simple to prove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Just now, Non-Believer said: NEW cases are falling (although they're up today at 28k from yesterday's 25k), but that's not the total number of infected. Cases don't just disappear because they were yesterday's number. Some will now end up in hospital, some will die, there's an obvious time lag between infection and possible death. 1 in 8 UK hospitals now have no spare ITU capacity. That’s means the vast majority do have ITU capacity! The daily cases are half what they were a few weeks ago so hopefully deaths will fall in next few weeks. There does seem delight in lots of quarters including on MF when cases & deaths are high in UK for some reason 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, horatiotheturd said: No idea what you are on about. Its black and white and very simple to prove As I stated. They're NEW daily cases. But the previous daily cases haven't just magically gone away. Some of them are very sick people who will end up in hospital with some of them losing the fight. The total case numbers have now plateaued at their highest peak which is why Prof Whitty described the situation as precarious. If the virus takes off again it's starting from an already very high point which is what the concern is. A sobering thought. The average rolling daily death count is presently around 1300. That's a little less than 60 an hour or one a minute. Edited January 28, 2021 by Non-Believer extra bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatiotheturd Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: As I stated. They're NEW daily cases. But the previous daily cases haven't just magically gone away. Some of them are very sick people who will end up in hospital with some of them losing the fight. The total case numbers have now plateaued at their highest peak which is why Prof Whitty described the situation as precarious. If the virus takes off again it's starting from an already very high point which is what the concern is. That is not even close to what you said you Walter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 In an attempt to help out in this absurd argument that I still don't really understand I went looking at some stats. Did you know that an astonishing 27000 people have died from it in January alone? Anyway, cases are falling, and hospital admissions, and the total number in hospital (still 30846 from a high of 34336 on the 18th, but a lot of people have died since then), but not quick enough. I still don't know what the point is though. They're a very long way from getting it sorted. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 10 minutes ago, Banker said: That’s means the vast majority do have ITU capacity! The daily cases are half what they were a few weeks ago so hopefully deaths will fall in next few weeks. There does seem delight in lots of quarters including on MF when cases & deaths are high in UK for some reason You're confusing delight with concern for what people not too far away are going through. It's easy to be blasé when it hasn't been here and you've had it so good for so long. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatiotheturd Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 9 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: In an attempt to help out in this absurd argument that I still don't really understand I went looking at some stats. Did you know that an astonishing 27000 people have died from it in January alone? Anyway, cases are falling, and hospital admissions, and the total number in hospital (still 30846 from a high of 34336 on the 18th, but a lot of people have died since then), but not quick enough. I still don't know what the point is though. They're a very long way from getting it sorted. Is 27,000 a massive figure when younfactor in the normal death rate from respiratory diseases? Its higher than normal, but not by a huge amount Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, horatiotheturd said: Is 27,000 a massive figure when younfactor in the normal death rate from respiratory diseases? Its higher than normal, but not by a huge amount Oh right, how many people normally die from respiratory diseases in 27 days in January? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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