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SBT

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,946
Evo1883 said:
A doctors educated guess isn't an answer
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Also this is correct - in the biz, they call it "a diagnosis"
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,947
SBT said:
I would think that a doctor treating a geriatric dementia patient in a care home would have done some tests. And I would think their diagnosis, whatever it was based on, would be more accurate than mine. But what do I know, that's just an educated guess.

But anyway, as you say, clearly you don't really wish to argue
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I dont wish to argue

A doctors guess isn't an answer.

My father's friend who was fobbed off for 4 months with a slipped disk found that out when he died of spinal cancer 2 days after finally being admitted.

So yea
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,948
SBT said:
Also this is correct - in the biz, they call it "a diagnosis"
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But its a guess without tests... Isn't it? It's not 1750
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,949
For reference, clinical diagnosis of COPD (educated guesses based off signs and history)


Moving on from this as I said... An educated guess isn't an answer
 
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SBT

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,950
Evo1883 said:
A doctors guess isn't an answer.
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I would still feel pretty confident in it being the best guess you're going to get, though. If you don't trust doctors, then I'm not surprised you feel upset at the thought of someone going into their care.
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,951
SBT said:
I would still feel pretty confident in it being the best guess you're going to get, though. If you don't trust doctors, then I'm not surprised you feel upset at the thought of someone going into their care.
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I dont distrust doctors, I can question their logic behind the answer.. As the attachment above shows.. A doctors educated guess... Isn't an answer

I dont feel upset going into their care, I haven't said that once you made that up

We're circling here because you're wrong

It's worrying you will just take somebody's word as gospel because they went to uni and got a degree in that field (basically what you alluded to) , therfore I assume you trust the government completely I know I don't
 
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Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,952
Onto other news, another fuck up with border control / arrivals by the government despite months of warnings

It's unbelievable really
 
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Grendel

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,953
Evo1883 said:
I dont distrust doctors, I can question their logic behind the answer.. As the attachment above shows.. A doctors educated guess... Isn't an answer

I dont feel upset going into their care, I haven't said that once you made that up

We're circling here because you're wrong

It's worrying you will just take somebody's word as gospel because they went to uni and got a degree in that field (basically what you alluded to) , therfore I assume you trust the government completely I know I don't
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Doctors can issue a certificate on an assumption of Covid without any clinical tests so of course there will be some errors around individual deaths being recorded accurately
 
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Evo1883

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,954
Grendel said:
Doctors can issue a certificate on an assumption of Covid without any clinical tests so of course there will be some errors around individual deaths being recorded accurately
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And that's really all I've said tbh... It's sad for some families who will never know either way
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,955
Evo1883 said:
If your 99 year old mum dies and they put the cause of death as covid despite never testing positive... That's going be stressful for a family who want to know the truth.

I'd be bothered by it

Strange question tbh
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You’re talking one or two random cases out of hundreds of thousands though. No data collection exercise is 100% accurate. The plural of anecdote isn’t fact, there’s no evidence of wide scale COVID death inflation and this is just people who previously denied COVID at all backpedaling now they can’t hold their previous position and using bereaved families to do that.

Cause of death isn’t simple. Have a read of this: https://assets.publishing.service.g...l-certificates-of-cause-of-death-covid-19.pdf




“the disease which initiated the train of morbid events” I.e. what triggered whatever killed them. You get hit by a car and car accident is your cause of death even though you may have died from blood loss, or organ failure, or something else. What cause that was the accident.

COVID is known to make existing conditions worse. It’s a fair judgement to say that someone who catches COVID and that worsens existing conditions has died of COVID.

Also remember that coroners will have been massively overwhelmed the last year and will be completing far more paperwork than ever and will be making snap judgements. That’s OK, again no data is 100%. But we’re talking maybe a few hundred cases at most out of 120k, taking even 1200 examples it’s only a 1% error rate.

Ita really a nothing story and if anything the skeptics using the grief and confusion of families to boost their nonsense are the bad guys here IMO.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,956
shmmeee said:
You’re talking one or two random cases out of hundreds of thousands though. No data collection exercise is 100% accurate. The plural of anecdote isn’t fact, there’s no evidence of wide scale COVID death inflation and this is just people who previously denied COVID at all backpedaling now they can’t hold their previous position and using bereaved families to do that.

Cause of death isn’t simple. Have a read of this: https://assets.publishing.service.g...l-certificates-of-cause-of-death-covid-19.pdf


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“the disease which initiated the train of morbid events” I.e. what triggered whatever killed them. You get hit by a car and car accident is your cause of death even though you may have died from blood loss, or organ failure, or something else. What cause that was the accident.

COVID is known to make existing conditions worse. It’s a fair judgement to say that someone who catches COVID and that worsens existing conditions has died of COVID.

Also remember that coroners will have been massively overwhelmed the last year and will be completing far more paperwork than ever and will be making snap judgements. That’s OK, again no data is 100%. But we’re talking maybe a few hundred cases at most out of 120k, taking even 1200 examples it’s only a 1% error rate.

Ita really a nothing story and if anything the skeptics using the grief and confusion of families to boost their nonsense are the bad guys here IMO.
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Il roll with it, I'm playing apex legends on my day off
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,957
So somebody has brought a variation in but they have no idea who...

Nice job.
 
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SomersetSB

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,958

Even lefties are talking about just how well this Boris-led Tory government is doing

Even lefties are talking about just how well our Tory government is doing

“FOR those who like to talk Britain down, the vaccination figures are shocking. “Twenty million first doses administered. A forward- thinking procurement plan. 🦠 Read our coronavirus live blog for …
www.thesun.co.uk
 
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jimmyhillsfanclub

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,959
Nick said:
So somebody has brought a variation in but they have no idea who...

Nice job.
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Needle in a haystack panic.....or alarmist mountain out of a mole hill?

Bearing in mind the UK pretty much leads the world with the genomic sequencing required to I.D variants, and yet we still only complete this testing on between 5% - 20% of all positives cases, Id suggest its probably the latter.......

...good scary headline though innit...
 
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PVA

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,960
It’sabatch87 said:

Even lefties are talking about just how well this Boris-led Tory government is doing

Even lefties are talking about just how well our Tory government is doing

“FOR those who like to talk Britain down, the vaccination figures are shocking. “Twenty million first doses administered. A forward- thinking procurement plan. 🦠 Read our coronavirus live blog for …
www.thesun.co.uk
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Yes mate, everyone's absolutely delighted with 130,000+ deaths. Go on Boris lad!
 
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Johnnythespider

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,961
Grendel said:
Doctors can issue a certificate on an assumption of Covid without any clinical tests so of course there will be some errors around individual deaths being recorded accurately
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But that wouldn't be included in the 28 days of a positive test figures would it ?
 
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chiefdave

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,962
This thing of the figures being wrong keeps coming up yet nobody seems able to explain what's causing the excess deaths in the more accurate ONS figures if not covid.
 
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PVA

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,963
chiefdave said:
This thing of the figures being wrong keeps coming up yet nobody seems able to explain what's causing the excess deaths in the more accurate ONS figures if not covid.
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Yes exactly. Usually they have no response, but if they do it's often things like deaths because of cancelled cancer treatments, suicides etc.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,964
chiefdave said:
This thing of the figures being wrong keeps coming up yet nobody seems able to explain what's causing the excess deaths in the more accurate ONS figures if not covid.
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100% right, the excess deaths will provide a true picture. I know what you’re saying PVA but the other deaths are relevant as there will unfortunately be a large number of non Covid deaths which will have been indirectly caused by the pandemic, lockdown, government/NHS actions and decisions (cancelling appointments, screenings) etc which will be in that excess deaths figure.

All this stuff can only really be reviewed properly in the whole once the pandemic is (hopefully) out the way, even then the full ramifications of long Covid, missed screenings, delayed operations etc will take months/years to work through and become fully apparent. Frightening and very sad but at least with the vaccine programme, assuming it continues to be successful in protecting against the variants, gives us some proper light at the end of tunnel
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,965
PVA said:
Yes mate, everyone's absolutely delighted with 130,000+ deaths. Go on Boris lad!
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No question as a country the vaccinations programme has been absolutely nailed
 
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PVA

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,966
Sky Blue Pete said:
No question as a country the vaccinations programme has been absolutely nailed
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Of course. No one is denying that (or they shouldn't be).

But that doesn't mean that everything up until the vaccination should be ignored or excused.

Also I think it shows how well things in this country can go when the relevant skilled and qualified people are in charge (i.e. the NHS) compared to handing jobs and contracts to mates and donors (i.e. PPE, Track and Trace).
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,967
clint van damme said:
because up until now there has never been a requirement to get a vaccination and a certificate of proof in order to travel, none whatsoever. It's a totally new concept!
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Vaccinations should be around travel insurance/health coverage. Certain areas have always had pre-required jabs to travel (i.e. malaria).

So instead maybe it'd be based around 'get the jab or you'll not be covered for insurance'. No insurance and many operators won't book the journey. It's effectively the same thing as a 'vaccine passport'.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,968
Sky Blue Pete said:
Mutations happen when the virus is mingling. That’s the only matter. It has to be one of the considerations. I don’t know if that’s a genuine worry or a theoretical one. I have to tell myself not to worry as I can’t do anything about it
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More travel to different areas does increase the likelihood of a mutation, and also mutations that are more resistant to the vaccines will inevitably become the dominant variants.
 
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Deleted member 4439

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,969
Apologies if this has already been flagged up, but for those over 60 and waiting for the invite for a vaccination, these letters are due to start landing from today. For those 50-60, they are due in a week or so, so the booking system is going to get extra busy.

If you are over 60, you do not need to wait for the letter, you can book on the system now.

Book, change, or cancel a COVID-19 vaccination appointment online

Book, change or cancel a COVID-19 vaccination appointment online.
www.nhs.uk
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,970
It’sabatch87 said:

Even lefties are talking about just how well this Boris-led Tory government is doing

Even lefties are talking about just how well our Tory government is doing

“FOR those who like to talk Britain down, the vaccination figures are shocking. “Twenty million first doses administered. A forward- thinking procurement plan. 🦠 Read our coronavirus live blog for …
www.thesun.co.uk
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By choosing one of a hundred different metrics they could.

All they're doing is focusing on ONE thing - the vaccine rollout which is going very well. What about the procurement, the failure to put in necessary travel restrictions etc early enough, mixed/unclear messages and changing/ignoring the metrics for lockdown repeatedly, billions in contracts to mates and donors which even the courts have agreed isn't right, excusing their own ministers and advisors of breaking restrictions resulting in a breakdown of compliance amongst the general public etc. Do the 'lefties' think that Boris-led govt is doing well?

Plenty of 'righties' think most of what they've done is an absolute amateur shitshow so why aren't they also writing 'even righties are talking about just how badly this Boris-led Tory government is doing'?
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,971
SBT said:
I would still feel pretty confident in it being the best guess you're going to get, though. If you don't trust doctors, then I'm not surprised you feel upset at the thought of someone going into their care.
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On the whole I trust doctors but it's also dangerous to think of them as infallible. You would at least in your own head question how can you put it down as Covid when they've not even been tested for it. Extreme example is Shipman - got away with hundreds of just saying 'old age'. Old age is not a cause of death - health complications related to old age are. It should be the medial professionals job to discover which complications were the cause of death (i.e. heart, renal failure etc)

I had doctors adamant that I must have diabetes or a thyroid problem - all the symptoms pointed to it. Tests all came back negative and have been repeated since. Still undiagnosed to this day and it's been years. I've just had to learn to live with it and do whatever I can to minimise the effects.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,972
PVA said:
Of course. No one is denying that (or they shouldn't be).

But that doesn't mean that everything up until the vaccination should be ignored or excused.

Also I think it shows how well things in this country can go when the relevant skilled and qualified people are in charge (i.e. the NHS) compared to handing jobs and contracts to mates and donors (i.e. PPE, Track and Trace).
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Still gets in my throat how its NHS Track and Trace when it clearly isn't but the vaccination process is never referred to as NHS vaccination programme. For me it's a clear indication of where this govt intends to go with the health service - trying to distance private enterprise from the fuck ups but make sure the state provider is intrinsically linked but not giving it the due credit it deserves for arguably the one thing that has gone well.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,973
What were the figures for cases like just after the 12th and 13th? They are putting out alerts for anyone who took a test and has not rceived their results then to call 119.
 

shmmeee

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,974
David O'Day said:
What were the figures for cases like just after the 12th and 13th? They are putting out alerts for anyone who took a test and has not rceived their results then to call 119.
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That’s because of that untraced person with the new variant.
 
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SBT

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,975
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
On the whole I trust doctors but it's also dangerous to think of them as infallible. You would at least in your own head question how can you put it down as Covid when they've not even been tested for it. Extreme example is Shipman - got away with hundreds of just saying 'old age'. Old age is not a cause of death - health complications related to old age are. It should be the medial professionals job to discover which complications were the cause of death (i.e. heart, renal failure etc)

I had doctors adamant that I must have diabetes or a thyroid problem - all the symptoms pointed to it. Tests all came back negative and have been repeated since. Still undiagnosed to this day and it's been years. I've just had to learn to live with it and do whatever I can to minimise the effects.
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Not that I've ever claimed them to be either, but if it's a choice between "All doctors are infallible" and "All doctors are Harold Shipman", then I know which side I would lean towards.

Evo1883 said:
And that's really all I've said tbh... It's sad for some families who will never know either way
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Which takes me back to my original question - why does it matter what it says on the death certificate if the families apparently know better anyway?
 
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Skybluefaz

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,976

Encouraging progress
 
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clint van damme

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,977
It’sabatch87 said:

Even lefties are talking about just how well this Boris-led Tory government is doing

Even lefties are talking about just how well our Tory government is doing

“FOR those who like to talk Britain down, the vaccination figures are shocking. “Twenty million first doses administered. A forward- thinking procurement plan. 🦠 Read our coronavirus live blog for …
www.thesun.co.uk
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Doing well on vaccines, definitely.
Everything else an absolute shit show.
Remember it 2ss this time last year Johnson missed 5 COBRA meetings on the trot, one because he went away for 5he weekend - any 'righties' care to comment on that?
 

Ian1779

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,978
It’sabatch87 said:

Even lefties are talking about just how well this Boris-led Tory government is doing

Even lefties are talking about just how well our Tory government is doing

“FOR those who like to talk Britain down, the vaccination figures are shocking. “Twenty million first doses administered. A forward- thinking procurement plan. 🦠 Read our coronavirus live blog for …
www.thesun.co.uk
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Think you’ve misunderstood.... ‘lefties’ are congratulating the NHS on the outstanding roll out of the vaccine programme. They are also wondering how much better test, track and trace would have been if they’d been able to do that instead of spaffing billions up the wall at Serco.

They are also wondering why ‘righties’ don’t get the irony that the NHS is the biggest socialist success this country has ever seen.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,979
shmmeee said:
That’s because of that untraced person with the new variant.
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clint van damme said:
Doing well on vaccines, definitely.
Everything else an absolute shit show.
Remember it 2ss this time last year Johnson missed 5 COBRA meetings on the trot, one because he went away for 5he weekend - any 'righties' care to comment on that?
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The government have had very little to do with the Vaccine Roll Out - It's being run and organised mostly by groups of local GP surgeries.

It's a twat is the kind of moron that thinks the sun is a valid source and he also claimed Arlene Foster was delighted the Brexit deal. He's a lonely internet WUM.

Also 122k dead is a real fucking shit show.
 
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SG21

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  • Mar 1, 2021
  • #42,980
Worth noting. The vaccine rollout is the only thing the gov hasn't had a "friend" set it up. It was all the NHS and is the only thing in this mess that's worked well.

122k dead and yet, tories are still set to win if an election is called.
 
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