Slow news day, or end of the world?

”Aggressive” new variant has landed in Moscow. Makes people, even those that have been vaccinated, more poorly than previous types.

Time for Uncle Joe to push the button? Short term pain.

15 minutes ago, boltondiver said:

So we shouldn’t be proud of the NHS?

of course we should

but not for the reason you suggested

Just now, Casino said:

of course we should

but not for the reason you suggested

What alternative was there to stopping or reducing some services?

Other nations were suffering in similar ways. It was a common sense thing to do.

Doesn't make it easy though. 

Hope the Queen makes it to her jubilee. 

Extra Bank Holiday innit 

1 hour ago, Ani said:

Assume given Boris is ending Covid today this thread will close ? 

"Ahh berr berr, erm peppa pig, err agamemnon, err kermit" where the fuck are Al Qaeda sponsored assassins when you need them, useless cunts.

1 hour ago, boltondiver said:

So we shouldn’t be proud of the NHS?

Goodness, no! We (the royal ‘we’) will then be bitching about other Covid related stuff. 

8 minutes ago, stevieb said:

Hope the Queen makes it to her jubilee. 

Extra Bank Holiday innit 

If she pegs it there'll be fuck all on telly for a month - not even on Dave.

15 minutes ago, stevieb said:

Hope the Queen makes it to her jubilee. 

Extra Bank Holiday innit 

Then croak the day after? For maximum days off?

On 20/02/2022 at 11:56, boltondiver said:

Hope the Queen is ok

 

12 hours ago, mickbrown said:

I'm sure she'll appreciate this post, scrolling through wanderersways as she takes a dump.

 

6 hours ago, boltondiver said:

She waved to me once

Whilst she was having a dump? 

1 hour ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

What alternative was there to stopping or reducing some services?

Other nations were suffering in similar ways. It was a common sense thing to do.

Doesn't make it easy though. 

I doubt there was any

but to suggest the NHS, when you don't work in it. avoided being overwhelmed seems a bit naive to me 

it's more it managed to get through the worst of it, I guess

or did it, dunno

but anedotaly, it sounded overwhelming

 

3 minutes ago, Zico said:

I doubt there was any

but to suggest the NHS, when you don't work in it. avoided being overwhelmed seems a bit naive to me 

it's more it managed to get through the worst of it, I guess

or did it, dunno

but anedotaly, it sounded overwhelming

 

Naive?

was it overwhelmed?

No

it coped magnificently with the incredible numbers in early 2021.

1 hour ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

What alternative was there to stopping or reducing some services?

Other nations were suffering in similar ways. It was a common sense thing to do.

Doesn't make it easy though. 

my point is, without cancelling stuff, it wouldve been overwhelmed

BD is suggesting the NHS just upped its game

well, it didnt

it did what it does every winter and cancelled appointments, this winter, more than 'normal'

5 minutes ago, boltondiver said:

Naive?

was it overwhelmed?

No

it coped magnificently with the incredible numbers in early 2021.

I'd say it was 

24 NHS trusts declared a “critical incident” in the first week of January,
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/06/nhs-trusts-england-critical-incidents-covid-pressures-omicron

In November 2021, 10 000 patients waited over 12 hours in emergency departments after a decision to admit to hospital—five times more than in 2020 and nine times more than in 2019
https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/nhs-performance-summary-october-november-2021

 

even Johnson saw it coming

Parts of NHS may be overwhelmed by Covid wave, admits Boris Johnson
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/04/parts-of-nhs-may-be-overwhelmed-by-covid-wave-admits-boris-johnson

well, he said it might be, the BMA said:

“The facts, figures and the living reality for thousands of patients and NHS staff daily demonstrate undoubtedly that the NHS is currently already overwhelmed,”

it's taken it's toll on staff, and now 6 million people are waiting for treatment

so you know

depends what you mean by "not overwhelmed"

51 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Then croak the day after? For maximum days off?

Another jab in spring for over 75s , folk in care homes and immunosupressed folk over 12 yrs old.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/sajid-javid-fourth-booster-vaccine-covid-jcvi-b983710.html

 

3 hours ago, Casino said:

my point is, without cancelling stuff, it wouldve been overwhelmed

BD is suggesting the NHS just upped its game

well, it didnt

it did what it does every winter and cancelled appointments, this winter, more than 'normal'

This is true. We'll be dealing with the consequences of these cancellations for years. There was little choice at the time mind! 

1 hour ago, kent_white said:

This is true. We'll be dealing with the consequences of these cancellations for years. There was little choice at the time mind! 

Quite

 

5 hours ago, boltondiver said:

Naive?

was it overwhelmed?

No

it coped magnificently with the incredible numbers in early 2021.

See cancellations

If she pegs it no Robocop or Total Recall on the telly, and Charlie will be King and he will wear a fur coat and a crown.

And if we live to antiquity we might see that bald bastard as King, pissing our pants in a nursing home, with his gypsy wife as Queen. They used to run a waltzer.

Get it shaved you mug, why keep a bit on the sides?

Edited February 21, 20224 yr by Youri McAnespie

22 minutes ago, Spider said:

See cancellations

See what Kent said

1 minute ago, boltondiver said:

See what Kent said

 

1 minute ago, boltondiver said:

See what Kent said

I did

Hes said that it only coped because of cancellations. 😁

 

So just to be clear…. We no longer have to self-isolate if we get Covid. But if we get Covid then we should self-isolate. 

9 minutes ago, wiggy said:

So just to be clear…. We no longer have to self-isolate if we get Covid. But if we get Covid then we should self-isolate. 

Has Boris done a Covid briefing on the ten o’clock news?

Whitty and Vallance weren’t exactly shoulder to shoulder with yo-yo knickers in that briefing were they?