and, sadly, in the care homes I've visited round here, most of the staff don't have English as a first language. This might make make instructions on use of PPE difficicult to communicate.
Re: ot Matt
May 16, 2020
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Jim GM4DHJ ... formulated the question :
They will send you a letter, to take to your local surgery for the bloods. The surgery will then forward them onto the hospital.
From what I've heard they've used 31 of the 4,000 beds in the London one. The latest data (1) I have had about 13,000 hospital admissions in London.
Andy
Haven't heard that one. I can't think it would last more than a day or two. Do you have a source? (Obscure scientific papers acceptable - Daily Fail not)
Andy
Most care homes are privately run. It is for the owners of the care homes to make their own pandemic plans, NOT the NHS or the taxpayer.
The most likely route for infection was agency staff who visit numerous care homes.
I have seen a few references to this, here are couple:
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Most families are privately run. It is for the head of the family to make their own pandemic plans, not the State. Do you see a logical fallacy here?
Perhaps Andrew hails from the deep south of the US?
Very interesting, thank you.
Those papers seem to suggest that the patients were shedding live virus for a while after clinical recovery (18 days in one case) and shedding dead bits for much longer (60 days after recovery for the same patient).
Andy
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