Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #44

[CoverMeCagney]

Yes, she told me about BoJo some minutes before I saw it on BBC. She then expressed concern, as I said, for HMQ.

Why is she concerned for the Queen?

 

[oceanblueeyes]

No one is ever intubated just to be on the safe side - intubation has real risks to it.

Tracheal intubation in the ICU: Life saving or life threatening?

It has to be very serious if he's actually been intubated. I wonder who is releasing the information here.

I wouldn't expect any sort of official announcement but people tweeted he was taken to the hospital before any news media picked up the story.

What makes me know it is extremely serious is he is no longer the one making all of the decision as PM.

My heart, thoughts. and prayers go out to BJ, his family, and the UK.

Jmho

 

[Simply Southern]

From my vet friend -
the chances of getting out of icu are slim, about 10% make it as they only take the worst. On average they die within 3 weeks or survive after 3 weeks.

I so hope he can pull through.

Oh, my heart breaks for England, Boris and his family. In such dire times with the virus and now this.

 

[Boston Corbett]

Why is she concerned for the Queen?

Because of Her Majesty's age, and the fact she is beloved by both royalists and republicans alike

 

[tresir2012]

Inside an intensive care unit fighting coronavirus

Three harrowing stories of surviving Covid-19

These articles might give us an idea what BoJo is going thru in ICU ATM.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Doubtful, as the Queen recorded it last week, Boris was still running the country while in isolation and clapping the NHS from his doorstep on Thursday night. I think it was Friday when he released a video update (though I admit I've totally lost track of time scales!)

i agree.... it is just a tragic coincidence in my mind.

Yes, that's usually what it means and that's what the Russian press is reporting - they've been right so far. (I have someone who is fluent in Russian reading the news for me in real time).

Sounds like information is leaking out to the various media pretty quickly.

Thank you in advance, for keeping us informed with what s/he learns...

 

[jjenny]

I am kind of wary to order from Amazon-- their employees are not happy
and i wonder about steps they are taking to protect their employees which
impacts their customers--also it seems deliveries are a lot slower

I am pretty sure that supermarket's employees aren't too happy either. Slower deliveries are to be expected if demand is going through the roof.

 

[mickey2942]

Oh, my heart breaks for England, Boris and his family. In such dire times with the virus and now this.

Let's hope that he was placed in ICU to receive the best care. Not because he is crashing. So sad.

 

[jjenny]

Let's hope that he was placed in ICU to receive the best care. Not because he is crashing. So sad, I bet that he has never even held his new baby yet. Didn't his GF just recently have a little boy?

No, his girlfriend is pregnant right now.

 

[JnRyan]

I saw some better news on COVID 19 today. Last week VA Gov. Northam stated that Virginia would not peak until late May. I checked the Univ. of WA projection tool, IMHE, and it reflected that same thing. However, it was revised on Sunday and now shows Virginia peaking a month earlier on 20 April.
IMHE: IHME | COVID-19 Projections

Well, I suppose I have to retract what I said about this looking like good news. Listening to Gov. Northam's Monday update he and his staff addressed this and did their level best to down play it. Last week they were citing projection data like this as a talking point for the stay-at-home order going out to 10 June. Today, the message is we shouldn't put much stock in these projections because they change too much. But then again I'm not a politician, so what do I know.

 

[HongKongPhooey]

Let's hope that he was placed in ICU to receive the best care. Not because he is crashing. So sad, I bet that he has never even held his new baby yet. Didn't his GF just recently have a little boy?

No, she's expecting a baby.

Bbc reports he is conscious and moved to ICU in case he needs a ventilator.

 

[musicaljoke]

One of many google results on my emphasis re: this subject:
Coronavirus - COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #22 - Websleuths
Jan 17, 2020 · 20 posts · 9 authors
This virus likes politicians and leaders a lot. margarita25, Mar 13, 2020.

We learned this very early on, via Iran specifically moo.

They see so many people and shake so many hands. Maybe politicians need to wear long white gloves like the queen does. Any word on Prince Charles? Is he back to good health?

 

[10ofRods]

Because of Her Majesty's age, and the fact she is beloved by both royalists and republicans alike

And she's had contact with Boris and with a positive-testing employee.

Hopefully, it was before Boris was shedding virus. And, wouldn't they have kept a distance from each other?

 

[margarita25]

Sorry if repost, trying to wrap my head around this, woozy moo:

“Johnson spent over a week in self-isolation after developing symptoms of COVID-19 before he was taken to the hospital on Sunday for tests.

As of Monday morning, Downing Street had insisted that the prime minister was still running the UK government. Johnson's spokesman had said the prime minister was in "good spirits" and was "comfortable" after spending the night at the central London hospital.

However, his condition significantly worsened later in the day, forcing doctors to move him into intensive care.”

Boris Johnson has been put in an intensive-care unit after his coronavirus symptoms worsened

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They see so many people and shake so many hands. Maybe politicians need to wear long white gloves like the queen does. Any word on Prince Charles? Is he back to good health?

Yes what’s the latest on that.

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Dbm think positive, not what happens if...

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And she's had contact with Boris and with a positive-testing employee.

Hopefully, it was before Boris was shedding virus. And, wouldn't they have kept a distance from each other?

Hi are the latest viral shedding reports available I referenced last night? Link for reference in progress

 

[Gardenista]

From my vet friend -
the chances of getting out of icu are slim, about 10% make it as they only take the worst. On average they die within 3 weeks or survive after 3 weeks.

I so hope he can pull through.

Somebody posted an article about this recently and it said only about 14% make it off the vent.

 

[tresir2012]

And she's had contact with Boris and with a positive-testing employee.

Hopefully, it was before Boris was shedding virus. And, wouldn't they have kept a distance from each other?

Her weekly meetings have been by telephone since he was isolated it was reported last week.

 

[tresir2012]

Somebody posted an article about this recently and it said only about 14% make it off the vent.

I saw 1 in 4 make it but can't find the link so MOO for now.

 

[Gardenista]

I saw 1 in 4 make it but can't find the link so MOO for now.

That sounds much better, even though it is still not great. Maybe the article I saw was just for one specific hospital.

 

[tmar]

More than 100 medics have died during Italy's coronavirus crisis, including two nurses who took their own lives, as many struggle with the trauma of seeing colleagues die

Jemma Carr For Mailonline
6 hrs ago
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More than 100 medics have died from coronavirus in Italy as many struggle with the trauma of seeing their collegues die.

Traumatised hospital staff have asked 'who will be the next' after 80 doctors and 21 nurses died from the bug.

Two nurses took their own lives since the outbreak, which has killed more than 15,800 and infected 124,600 in Italy, began.

A total of 300 medics were infected in one hospital in Lombardy - the area worst affected by the bug - while 12,000 hospital staff have been diagnosed nation-wide.
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[CoverMeCagney]

I saw 1 in 4 make it but can't find the link so MOO for now.

34% of COVID patients in ICU on a ventilator pull through, according to NHS data.

NHS data shows 66% of coronavirus patients hooked up to ventilators will die | Daily Mail Online