As many will know my son works part time in Tesco he challenged an idiot going the wrong way down an Isle on Saturday and people in the Isle clapped as the red faced customer walked back down the Isle.
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There were big queues outside the Nike store in Central London
Demand across England's high streets, retail parks and shopping centres surged on Monday morning as some shops reopened after a three month lockdown.
Research firm Springboard said that footfall, up until midday, was 42% higher than last week, and likely to be even higher by the end of the day.
It came as pent-up demand led to reports of long queues at shops such as Primark, Zara and Sports Direct.
However, the shopper numbers were still far below the same time last year.
All shops in England are now allowed to open, although retailers have had to introduce strict safety measures.
These include plastic screens at the tills and floor markings to keep shoppers two metres (6ft 5ins) apart - measures that are already a regular fixture in supermarkets.
There were big queues outside the Nike store in Central London
Demand across England's high streets, retail parks and shopping centres surged on Monday morning as some shops reopened after a three month lockdown.
Research firm Springboard said that footfall, up until midday, was 42% higher than last week, and likely to be even higher by the end of the day.
It came as pent-up demand led to reports of long queues at shops such as Primark, Zara and Sports Direct.
However, the shopper numbers were still far below the same time last year.
All shops in England are now allowed to open, although retailers have had to introduce strict safety measures.
These include plastic screens at the tills and floor markings to keep shoppers two metres (6ft 5ins) apart - measures that are already a regular fixture in supermarkets.
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FDA have just warned that in lab tests hydroxychloroquine actually gets in the way of remdesivir working. France have also stopped all research on hydroxychloroquine.
The situtation in Beijing looks worrying, with SARS2 being found in the largest agricultural wholesale market in Asia.
The situtation in Beijing looks worrying, with SARS2 being found in the largest agricultural wholesale market in Asia.
I mentioned in the thread a while ago that the death rate amongst the ethnic minorities was quoted as being four times higher than that of the white population soon after it was all over the news that it was 2 times more likely and the four times figure was never mentioned again well this morning on 5 live the figure reared its head again and a professor from Scotland said it is four times.
ITV News -
People from black backgrounds in England and Wales are four times more likely to die from coronavirus than people from white backgrounds, new statistics suggest.
Data from the Office for National Statistics found that black females in England and Wales are 4.3 times more likely to die from a Covid-19-related death than white females, after accounting for age.
Meanwhile, black males are 4.2 times more likely than white males to die from a coronavirus-related death.
People of Bangladeshi and Pakistani, Indian, and mixed ethnicities also had an increased risk of death involving Covid-19 compared with those of white ethnicity, the ONS found.
Bangladeshi and Pakistani males were 1.8 times more likely, and Bangladeshi and Pakistani females 1.6 times more likely, than white people when these factors included.
The ONS found increased mortality rates due to Covid-19 for all ethnic minority groups, except for in Chinese women.
Shadow justice secretary David Lammy said the figures showing black people were at greater risk of death from Covid-19 were "appalling".
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People from black backgrounds in England and Wales are four times more likely to die from coronavirus than people from white backgrounds, new statistics suggest.
Data from the Office for National Statistics found that black females in England and Wales are 4.3 times more likely to die from a Covid-19-related death than white females, after accounting for age.
Meanwhile, black males are 4.2 times more likely than white males to die from a coronavirus-related death.
People of Bangladeshi and Pakistani, Indian, and mixed ethnicities also had an increased risk of death involving Covid-19 compared with those of white ethnicity, the ONS found.
Bangladeshi and Pakistani males were 1.8 times more likely, and Bangladeshi and Pakistani females 1.6 times more likely, than white people when these factors included.
The ONS found increased mortality rates due to Covid-19 for all ethnic minority groups, except for in Chinese women.
Shadow justice secretary David Lammy said the figures showing black people were at greater risk of death from Covid-19 were "appalling".
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Some good news from Oxford - dexamethasone, a cheap steroid that reduces inflammation, significantly reduces deaths among those on oxygen/intensive care (ie in the second, cytokine storm phase of Covid-19) :
A total of 2104 patients were randomised to receive dexamethasone 6 mg once per day (either by mouth or by intravenous injection) for ten days and were compared with 4321 patients randomised to usual care alone. Among the patients who received usual care alone, 28-day mortality was highest in those who required ventilation (41%), intermediate in those patients who required oxygen only (25%), and lowest among those who did not require any respiratory intervention (13%).
Dexamethasone reduced deaths by one-third in ventilated patients (rate ratio 0.65 [95% confidence interval 0.48 to 0.88]; p=0.0003) and by one fifth in other patients receiving oxygen only (0.80 [0.67 to 0.96]; p=0.0021). There was no benefit among those patients who did not require respiratory support (1.22 [0.86 to 1.75]; p=0.14).
Based on these results, 1 death would be prevented by treatment of around 8 ventilated patients or around 25 patients requiring oxygen alone.
That's how science works - not pushing dangerous drugs like hydroxychloroquine on the basis of anecdote. (Edit - although I see they've not actually released their paper yet, not even a preprint. That's not so good.)
A total of 2104 patients were randomised to receive dexamethasone 6 mg once per day (either by mouth or by intravenous injection) for ten days and were compared with 4321 patients randomised to usual care alone. Among the patients who received usual care alone, 28-day mortality was highest in those who required ventilation (41%), intermediate in those patients who required oxygen only (25%), and lowest among those who did not require any respiratory intervention (13%).
Dexamethasone reduced deaths by one-third in ventilated patients (rate ratio 0.65 [95% confidence interval 0.48 to 0.88]; p=0.0003) and by one fifth in other patients receiving oxygen only (0.80 [0.67 to 0.96]; p=0.0021). There was no benefit among those patients who did not require respiratory support (1.22 [0.86 to 1.75]; p=0.14).
Based on these results, 1 death would be prevented by treatment of around 8 ventilated patients or around 25 patients requiring oxygen alone.
That's how science works - not pushing dangerous drugs like hydroxychloroquine on the basis of anecdote. (Edit - although I see they've not actually released their paper yet, not even a preprint. That's not so good.)
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SOme good news at last
So can we stop injecting Dettol now.
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Well technically if you did inject yourself with bleach you’ll probably not die of COVID-19.
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New Zealand has ended it's C-19 free run with two cases...from guess where...yup, leper colony Britain
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ses-after-women-arrive-from-uk-carrying-virus
The pair were released early from government quarantine and permitted to drive from the city of Auckland to Wellington, the capital – nearly 650km away – before being diagnosed or even tested, health officials said.
Sound familiar?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ses-after-women-arrive-from-uk-carrying-virus
The pair were released early from government quarantine and permitted to drive from the city of Auckland to Wellington, the capital – nearly 650km away – before being diagnosed or even tested, health officials said.
Sound familiar?
MyQul
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Saw an alcoholic passed out, outside Waterloo station today. What made me laugh, was although he was decked out unconscious he had a blue mask on 
Did a Covid test today. Wasnt fun shoving the pipe cleaner thingy up my nostrils
Did a Covid test today. Wasnt fun shoving the pipe cleaner thingy up my nostrils
A self test or did you go to a test station?
MyQul
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Work had a big box of postal tests come in. So any of the Support Worker that hadn't previously had a test were asked whether they wanted one. We also took tests out to any clients that wanted one (tbh it was more of a case of any that didnt refuse, as Im not sure some of out clients understand what they are)
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It's been suggested that this is one reason why kids appear to be less susceptible, the difficulty of getting samples means they're more prone to false negatives.
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It was difficult do the test on my client (an 81yr old man with learning disabilities) today. I tried to get him to do it himself but he couldnt manage properly so n the end I had to shove the pipe cleaner up his shnozz
You couldn't make it up -
Coronavirus: 51 workers get Covid-19 at KFC and M&S meat plant
A chicken processing plant that has contracts with KFC, Tesco and Marks & Spencer has suspended production and closed due to a coronavirus outbreak.
Public Health Wales (PHW) said there were 51 confirmed cases at 2 Sisters in Llangefni on Anglesey, with more than 200 people said to be self-isolating.
The company has closed the plant for two weeks, saying it was to demonstrate "how seriously we take this issue".
Health Minister Vaughan Gething admitted the outbreak was a "concern".
He said it "reiterates the importance of social distancing and hand hygiene".
Other countries have also recorded outbreaks in abattoirs, including France and the US, where workers in at least two food plants have died amid outbreaks.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53091149
A chicken processing plant that has contracts with KFC, Tesco and Marks & Spencer has suspended production and closed due to a coronavirus outbreak.
Public Health Wales (PHW) said there were 51 confirmed cases at 2 Sisters in Llangefni on Anglesey, with more than 200 people said to be self-isolating.
The company has closed the plant for two weeks, saying it was to demonstrate "how seriously we take this issue".
Health Minister Vaughan Gething admitted the outbreak was a "concern".
He said it "reiterates the importance of social distancing and hand hygiene".
Other countries have also recorded outbreaks in abattoirs, including France and the US, where workers in at least two food plants have died amid outbreaks.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53091149
MyQul
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I heard the thing about abattoirs before. Now this outbreak at a chicken processing plant. Wonder if there's some specific link between c-19 and meat, or is it just coincidence? Glad I dont eat the stuff
If they were following the distancing rule surely they shouldn't have caught it off each other a couple of people at work have had it and non of the others have caught it off them.
