Ah I see now, didn’t see it like that as I hadn’t been properly following the thread (slap on the wrist for me) :-(. Anyway, my apologies for ‘butting in’ on your reply to Bruce.
All I saw with your post was ‘Tasmania’ and having relatives there I thought I would check things out, hence the links. If nothing else I did find out some interesting things I didn’t know so not all was lost! 
Not such good news for young people.
A senior Melbourne intensive care nurse says hospitals are preparing for the prospect of deaths among younger Victorians as authorities battle to rein in the state’s coronavirus cases.
The head intensive care unit nurse at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Michelle Spence, said there was a growing number of younger adults being hospitalised by the virus.
“What we are seeing now is young people who are going to die. There is no doubt about it,” she said.
“And these are people who are 30s, 40s, 50s, who have no past history.”
She said deaths in Victoria had so far predominately been in older people, but that would change.
Yesterday, authorities revealed 20 per cent of people in Victorian hospitals with the virus were aged under 50, including four children.
The figures also showed a quarter of COVID-19 infections were being recorded in people aged in their 20s.
I wasn’t surprised because it’s all about ventilation. That’s why people in a meat factory all get sick but people on the beach do not. The beach is likely to be one of the safest places. So nothing to do with the weather but everything to do with ventilation and dispersion of the virus.
On the radio just now it was reported that 800 people have initiated a class action against Carnival and Princess cruises for their behavior over the Covid cases on the Ruby Princess.
Ruby Princess was the largest single cause of covid infection in Australia.
The action claims that the cruise line and its contractor failed to keep the passengers safe.
Covid data for Friday, 24 July 2020
Global Cases 15,654,649
Global Deaths 636,479
Australia
Cases 13,595
Deaths 139
Critical 42
Cases per Million 533
UK
Cases 297,146
Deaths 45,554
Critical 110
Cases per Million 4,376
USA
Cases 4,169,991
Deaths 147,333
Critical 19,155
Cases per Million 12,593
Victoria has recorded 300 new cases of coronavirus overnight and six more deaths, taking the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 55.
I thought you might find this interesting, it is an official Government Website…Now that’s a surprise…
[I]As of 19 March 2020, COVID-19 is no longer considered to be a high consequence infectious disease (HCID) in the UK.
The 4 nations public health HCID group made an interim recommendation in January 2020 to classify COVID-19 as an HCID. This was based on consideration of the UK HCID criteria about the virus and the disease with information available during the early stages of the outbreak. Now that more is known about COVID-19, the public health bodies in the UK have reviewed the most up to date information about COVID-19 against the UK HCID criteria. They have determined that several features have now changed; in particular, more information is available about mortality rates (low overall), and there is now greater clinical awareness and a specific and sensitive laboratory test, the availability of which continues to increase.
The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) is also of the opinion that COVID-19 should no longer be classified as an HCID.[/I]
Last updated 17 June 2020
Yes, that makes a great deal of sense.
What is this? Damage limitation? Or the result of sacrificing a large number of pension-receiving citizens on GDP?
:shock::shock::shock:
Dunno Lindy, but it seems like the advice Boris and Co have been working to…:shock: Seems we are expendable!..
Hi
Things have to be taken in context.
If it had been classified as a HCID treatment could only have been carried out at 5 centres in the UK.
Airborne HCIDs
There are 5 interim Airborne HCID Treatment Centres in England. Adult and paediatric services are provided by 7 NHS Trusts:
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (adult and paediatric services)
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, with a paediatric service provided by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, with a paediatric service provided by Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (adult and paediatric services)
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (adult service only)
By not classifying it as such treatment could be carried out throughout the UK.
There will be a huge blame game with the full weight of the Government Machine managing the information and delaying anything until after the next election.
It has already started.
I had to look up HCID. According to a gov site it was classified as such until mid march. Perhaps that’s why the Royal free ran out of oxygen capacity (as reported in the excellent BBC documentary based on their experiences).
Covid data for Saturday, 25 July 2020
Global Cases 15,943,547
Global Deaths 642,751
Australia
Cases 13,948
Deaths 145
Critical 46
Cases per Million 547
UK
Cases 297,914
Deaths 45,677
Critical 110
Cases per Million 4,387
USA
Cases 4,248,327
Deaths 148,490
Critical 19,098
Cases per Million 12,830
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced 357 new coronavirus infections in the state.
A further five people have died, after seven people were reported dead.
This takes Victoria’s total number of deaths to 61.
Interesting article on why meat works have become the centre of so many Covid outbreaks.
Headline:
Meatworks and coronavirus: The ‘domino effect’ from Victoria’s abattoirs pushing COVID-19 case numbers higher
Well I have learned something new. A boner is an occupation!
Covid data for Sunday, 26 July 2020
Global Cases 16,202,385
Global Deaths 648,445
Australia
Cases 14,401
Deaths 155
Critical 46
Cases per Million 564
UK
Cases 298,681
Deaths 45,738
Critical 104
Cases per Million 4,398
USA
Cases 4,315,709
Deaths 149,398
Critical 18,984
Cases per Million 13,033
A national record of 10 Covid-19 deaths was reported in Victoria on Sunday, including a man aged in his 40s, with seven of those deaths linked to aged care.
The premier, Daniel Andrews, also announced that 459 more cases of the virus had been identified since Saturday, and acknowledged the toll the virus was having among healthcare workers who were being infected or furloughed after being exposed.
There are now 381 healthcare workers with active cases of the virus, the premier said.
Me too, like a lot of abbreviations recently I hadn’t heard of that one before now. On checking I found a website that contained a lot of information so thought it might be worth posting for others to read, if anyone is interested:
It is not easy for the general public to tell the truth from the misleading information in circulation on ‘social media’ either is it!
[I]"In the week that Oxford University announced promising results from its coronavirus vaccine trial, we’re looking at claims on social media about vaccines and misleading statements about their safety.
The anti-vaccination movement has gained traction online in recent years, and campaigners opposed to vaccination have moved their focus to making claims relating to the coronavirus."[/I]
Such is the technology concerning graphic manipulation and putting words in the mouths of people when they didn’t say any such thing, and adding comments and facts to otherwise official documents, I’ve come to the conclusion that almost everything you read on the internet is bogus, biased, or modified in some way Baz…
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