|
Post by hippopotamus on Mar 18, 2020 13:36:37 GMT
I feel a bit guilty that I'm not working in a hospital at the moment. I mean... no one wants me to do ANYTHING at the moment, as the baby is full term and could come any day. But STILL. My friends in Ireland have told me that have expedited the final medical exams for students and making them all start in April so there are more doctors on the ground. My friends who are also paediatricians have been warned they may be moved into working in Adult medicine if they are needed... (and given advice such as "you should not try using bubbles and play therapy in adults when performing procedures"). And here I am, about to start 8 months of mat leave!
|
|
|
Post by Playground LEVINE on Mar 18, 2020 14:00:38 GMT
Can anyone explain the science behind allowing a number of people to get infected and then immune to this virus? If people become ill, then recover, how does that benefit society as a whole?
|
|
|
Post by hippopotamus on Mar 18, 2020 14:25:55 GMT
Can anyone explain the science behind allowing a number of people to get infected and then immune to this virus? If people become ill, then recover, how does that benefit society as a whole? What do you mean by "allowing a number of people to get infected?"
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 14:34:58 GMT
They've now dropped that approach and Matt Hancock denies it was their initial aim (which is confusing).
I'm not an expert but essentially if enough people become immune to the virus, you starve the virus of the chance to spread further. It's how vaccines work, but in this case you wouldn't have been tricking the body with an inactive form of the disease, but allowing the body to be infected with the live form. So it would have necessarily meant a lot of people becoming sick. It also means that vaccines only work if enough people have them, which is why anti-vaccers are so dangerous.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 14:45:16 GMT
Yes, well explained by Rodya. I have to say I've been struggling to understand the logic behind it. I guess the thinking was it would be better to concentrate, or confine, the outbreak in a limited amount of time rather than have the rate of infections drag out for many months on end. They then realised that this approach would generate such large numbers needing medical care and place such huge demands on the health services that people would not receive the care they needed and even more deaths than expected would occur.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 14:52:49 GMT
I don't know how catastrophizing this is, but I heard on the news that some economists predict 20% unemployment.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 17:28:01 GMT
Apparently, in response to pandemic, Americans are buying more liquor and guns. Always a good combo.
|
|
|
Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Mar 18, 2020 18:53:31 GMT
No, because it would end up just like something you read in the press. You're letting us stew in our own ignorance!
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2020 11:20:42 GMT
My contract has been extended. Such a weight off my head. WFH as default as well.
|
|
|
Post by DarknessFish on Mar 19, 2020 12:02:12 GMT
I've never been so pleased to have a job of little consequence, where no-one knows what I do anyway.
|
|
|
Post by hippopotamus on Mar 19, 2020 14:59:40 GMT
My contract has been extended. Such a weight off my head. WFH as default as well. Well done! I'm sure at this time, unemployment or potential unemployment is such a huge threat. I'm really pleased for you!
|
|
|
Post by hippopotamus on Mar 19, 2020 15:03:06 GMT
I've never been so pleased to have a job of little consequence, where no-one knows what I do anyway. They're stealing away doctors from different specialties to go help with more "frontline" emergency work. Best meme I've seen about it was "stay at home, unless you want to be intubated by a gynaecologist."
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2020 2:24:16 GMT
California's governor just issued a statewide stay-at-home order. I went to supermarket this morning and the shelves are still pretty bare.
A friend of mine who owns a San Francisco bar/nightclub had to lay off all her workers. She set up a donation link for them on Facebook and I contributed what I could - it ain't cheap living here and rent is due in 10 days. The unemployment claims have shut down the unemployment website.
|
|
|
Post by DarknessFish on Mar 20, 2020 10:37:36 GMT
The Wigan outbreak of coronavirus is just half a mile from my house. I drove past it today, it's on Swinley Crescent, a house has signs taped up on the front wall warning people of the risk. It's either that, or they really don't like Jehovah's Witnesses.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2020 11:43:02 GMT
[gallowshumour] Bring out your dead.
I don't want to go on the cart!
Oh, don't be such a baby. [/gallowshumour]
|
|