Coronavirus
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Czech Republic's healthcare system on the brink of collapse
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/30/europe/czech-second-wave-hospital-crisis-teens-intl/index.html
The Czech Republic has an infection rate that is higher than almost any other major country on earth -- six times higher than the United States. Officially, one in every 63 people in the country are currently infected with the virus.
"We don't have enough nurses, doctors and technicians," explained Dr. Tomáš Gabrhelík, the head ICU doctor in Zlín. About 15% of his colleagues are out sick with the virus. He says he will soon have to ask them to come back to work even if they're still ill. Students and volunteers are helpful, he says, but doctors are irreplaceable. The government, he says, can only do so much to help, "because every region has the same problem."
The hospital says if things don't change, it will be forced to turn away new patients by November 2.
The US National Guard has committed to sending a few dozen medics to the Czech Republic, and the European Union will send 300.
They're nice gestures, but only a drop in the bucket. It will take 140 more doctors and nurses to make just the Zlín Hospital alone fully functional again.
The sudden turn-for-the-worst comes after the Czech government was praised for its handling of the first wave in the spring. A strict stay-at-home order, along with an unpopular but effective legal mandate to wear a mask anywhere outside the home helped quickly tamp down the virus. By early summer, the daily death toll was down to zero. After that, it seems complacency set in.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/30/europe/czech-second-wave-hospital-crisis-teens-intl/index.html
The Czech Republic has an infection rate that is higher than almost any other major country on earth -- six times higher than the United States. Officially, one in every 63 people in the country are currently infected with the virus.
"We don't have enough nurses, doctors and technicians," explained Dr. Tomáš Gabrhelík, the head ICU doctor in Zlín. About 15% of his colleagues are out sick with the virus. He says he will soon have to ask them to come back to work even if they're still ill. Students and volunteers are helpful, he says, but doctors are irreplaceable. The government, he says, can only do so much to help, "because every region has the same problem."
The hospital says if things don't change, it will be forced to turn away new patients by November 2.
The US National Guard has committed to sending a few dozen medics to the Czech Republic, and the European Union will send 300.
They're nice gestures, but only a drop in the bucket. It will take 140 more doctors and nurses to make just the Zlín Hospital alone fully functional again.
The sudden turn-for-the-worst comes after the Czech government was praised for its handling of the first wave in the spring. A strict stay-at-home order, along with an unpopular but effective legal mandate to wear a mask anywhere outside the home helped quickly tamp down the virus. By early summer, the daily death toll was down to zero. After that, it seems complacency set in.
Moron from Bolton when inevitably confronted by reality suddenly changes views:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-manchester-54730059
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-manchester-54730059
Secondary school infections one of the key factors propelling the rise of cases it would seem..
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...iruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/30october2020
There has been growth in all age groups over the past two weeks; older teenagers and young adults continue to have the highest current rates while rates appear to be steeply increasing among secondary school children.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...iruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/30october2020
There has been growth in all age groups over the past two weeks; older teenagers and young adults continue to have the highest current rates while rates appear to be steeply increasing among secondary school children.
Trouble is, schools can do all they can to enforce measures, but - generalisation alert - older kids go round in gangs after school, smoke in groups outside Costcutter, etc. and often have that rebellious don't care streak that makes them least likely people in society to take a blind bit of notice of grown ups telling them not to do stuff.
Infections of all sorts have always spread quickly in schools.
And schools also include many adults in age groups right up to retirement.
It's nonsense to say don't mix with another household and then have everyone in schools mixing for hours every day with people from dozens and up to hundreds of different households.
It surely could be done more safely. Have partial classes (Etonian in size!) go to school in turn, one day or half day at a time. Give out homework for other days. Mix that with online classes. Things are possible.
And schools also include many adults in age groups right up to retirement.
It's nonsense to say don't mix with another household and then have everyone in schools mixing for hours every day with people from dozens and up to hundreds of different households.
It surely could be done more safely. Have partial classes (Etonian in size!) go to school in turn, one day or half day at a time. Give out homework for other days. Mix that with online classes. Things are possible.
Apparently not according to education secretary Gavin Williamson in August
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53718066
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53718066
Oh and wee bit furious to say the least.
Furlough scheme gets extended just five hours before October ends!
Well my company and I'm pretty sure many others too, have just made redundant all my colleagues who had been on furlough.
And that decision was made at start of month (as a month's notice is of course standard).
So I have lost good friends of many years who are unlikely to find any other work in current climate all because of this most shameful of governments.
Furlough scheme gets extended just five hours before October ends!
Well my company and I'm pretty sure many others too, have just made redundant all my colleagues who had been on furlough.
And that decision was made at start of month (as a month's notice is of course standard).
So I have lost good friends of many years who are unlikely to find any other work in current climate all because of this most shameful of governments.
Imagine, we could of had a prime minister suspended by his own party to sort this night mare out.
Sadly tonight having our last pre lockdown meal with relatives who work in the front line end of the nhs, blame the idiots who can’t obey the rules and look for every turn to look for a loophole to exploit the government rules.
The man who is the king of Manchester who kept them out of tier 3 for 9/10 days, how many lives will this sadly cost.
Sadly tonight having our last pre lockdown meal with relatives who work in the front line end of the nhs, blame the idiots who can’t obey the rules and look for every turn to look for a loophole to exploit the government rules.
The man who is the king of Manchester who kept them out of tier 3 for 9/10 days, how many lives will this sadly cost.
