Corona virus

Jackflash

Midfield General
Staff member
I think its woken us up to just how vunerable we humans are as a species, For almost five months we have had to sit back and watch it wipe out thousands and thousands, irrespectful of colour or creed.It's made all the other problems in the world seem so trivial, as no news channel reoprts anything other than the virus. Gone are the conflicts that filled the 1 hour news broadcast. Maybe they too realise just how fragile they are.When this is over maybe it will make for a more peaceful world, because at the moment the entire world is singing off the same hyme sheet.
 

CroJack

Key Player
Three more months and this will be over. Norway is the first European country where the infectious pressure has fallen under 1. It"s now 0,7, which means this virus is under complete control there.
In Denmark the number of hospitalised people keeps falling.

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472 hospitalised
127 in intensive care.
103 need respirator out of 127 in ICU
 

ivoralljack

Grizzled Veteran
Staff member
Thought I'd bring some light relief to this thread for a change.

Just be careful because people are going crazy from being in lock down!

Actually I've just been talking about this with the microwave and
toaster while having a drink and all of us agreed that things are
getting bad. I didn't mention anything to the washing machine as she
puts a different spin on everything. Certainly not to the fridge as he
is acting cold and distant. In the end the iron straightened me out as
she said everything will be fine, no situation is too pressing. The
vacuum was very unsympathetic... told me to just suck it up, but the fan
was more optimistic and hoped it would all soon blow over!

The toilet looked a bit flushed when I asked its opinion and didn’t say
anything but the door knob told me to get a grip. The front door said I
was unhinged and so the curtains told me to ........yes, you guessed it
.....pull myself together .
 

ivoralljack

Grizzled Veteran
Staff member
If scientists of the world are as creative as the comedians we will have a vaccine soon!!! Half of us are going to come out of this quarantine as amazing cooks. The other half will come out with a drinking problem.

I used to spin that toilet paper like I was on Wheel of Fortune. Now I turn it like I'm cracking a safe.

I need to practice social-distancing from the refrigerator.

Still haven't decided where to go for Easter ----- The Living Room or The Bedroom Every few days try your jeans on just to make sure they fit. Pajamas will have you believe all is well in the kingdom.

Homeschooling is going well. 2 students suspended for fighting and 1 teacher fired for drinking on the job.

I don't think anyone expected that when we changed the clocks we'd go from Standard Time to the Twilight Zone This morning I saw a neighbor talking to her cat. It was obvious she thought her cat understood her. I came into my house, told my dog .... we laughed a lot.

THE KITCHEN. You have to gather all the ingredients and make your own meal. I have no clue how this place is still in business.

My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when I pee it cleans the toilet.

Day 5 of Homeschooling: One of these little monsters called in a bomb threat.

I'm so excited --- it's time to take out the garbage. What should I wear?

I hope the weather is good tomorrow for my trip to Puerto Backyarda. I'm getting tired of Los Livingroom.

Classified Ad: Single man with toilet paper seeks woman with hand sanitizer for good clean fun.

Day 6 of Homeschooling: My child just said "I hope I don't have the same teacher next year".... I'm offended.



Oh well - Better 6 feet apart than 6 feet under
 

Jackflash

Midfield General
Staff member
Thought I'd bring some light relief to this thread for a change.

Just be careful because people are going crazy from being in lock down!

Actually I've just been talking about this with the microwave and
toaster while having a drink and all of us agreed that things are
getting bad. I didn't mention anything to the washing machine as she
puts a different spin on everything. Certainly not to the fridge as he
is acting cold and distant. In the end the iron straightened me out as
she said everything will be fine, no situation is too pressing. The
vacuum was very unsympathetic... told me to just suck it up, but the fan
was more optimistic and hoped it would all soon blow over!


The toilet looked a bit flushed when I asked its opinion and didn’t say
anything but the door knob told me to get a grip. The front door said I
was unhinged and so the curtains told me to ........yes, you guessed it
.....pull myself together .
Yea, Thats all well and good provided you don't get a power cut,
 

Jackflash

Midfield General
Staff member
Just been given the biggest lockdown yet here, as from midnight last night (Friday) absolutely NO ONE is allowed out of their homes for three days until midnight Monday night.They say with no exceptions.
 

Borini

Key Player
Thought I'd bring some light relief to this thread for a change.

Just be careful because people are going crazy from being in lock down!

Actually I've just been talking about this with the microwave and
toaster while having a drink and all of us agreed that things are
getting bad. I didn't mention anything to the washing machine as she
puts a different spin on everything. Certainly not to the fridge as he
is acting cold and distant. In the end the iron straightened me out as
she said everything will be fine, no situation is too pressing. The
vacuum was very unsympathetic... told me to just suck it up, but the fan
was more optimistic and hoped it would all soon blow over!


The toilet looked a bit flushed when I asked its opinion and didn’t say
anything but the door knob told me to get a grip. The front door said I
was unhinged and so the curtains told me to ........yes, you guessed it
.....pull myself together .
My dustbin said you are talking rubbish
 

The Blobster

Prediction Champ
Happy Easter everyone,
Escaped our confinement yesterday to pick up a click and collect from Tesco In Cadle.
Roads were quiet and not many people out exercising or walking dogs.
Felt like we'd been released from prison, it was our first time out of the house for nearly a month !
 

Behindthegoal

Key Player
Happy Easter, though it really doesn't feel like it.
We've managed to get delivery slots with Sainsbury's, and a newspaper delivery, so now no need for car trips.
Our son lives locally and will brook no excuses.
Fortunately Mumbles village is within walking range , though 400 feet uphill for the return.
 

ivoralljack

Grizzled Veteran
Staff member
Cv 19 is certainly bringing out people’s creative and humorous side!
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CroJack

Key Player
Corona Doctor: I've never seen a hospital so empty

When the media in February began to report chaotic conditions in the Italian hospitals, the news made Gitte Anna Madsen and her colleagues at Aarhus University Hospital feel terribly uneasy.

Soon they would stand with the first corona patients themselves. The question was how many would come and when.

At Aarhus University Hospital, where Gitte Anna Madsen is a doctor specialised in lung diseases, a major preparation work was underway.

“A whole new organisation of the hospital was introduced, ”says Gitte Anna Madsen.

New, stricter procedures for hand hygiene and teamwork were introduced. Every other chair was removed in the meeting rooms, and extra hand sanitisers were installed throughout the departments.

Four covid clusters were created, each with beds for up to 40 patients. Doctors and nurses from various departments were brought together in the clusters. Gitte Anna Madsen's department was affiliated with covid cluster 4.

Doctors and nurses underwent training in dealing with covid patients, where they practiced, among other things, wearing protective equipment, including the special FFP3 masks to use when covid patients should have a higher oxygen flow or intubation. Even the food in the hospital had to be handled differently by individual packaging.

»We read all the articles about covid-19 we could get close to. My colleagues tried to absorb all the knowledge about the new virus from scientific articles and by contacting doctors they knew in Italian hospitals.

The hospital was quite ready to receive a large number of patients with covid disease when the infection was expected to peak at Easter. But the big wave never came.

"There has not been a large number of covid patients, nor has there been a large number of other patients," says Gitte Anna Madsen.

Only one of the four covid clusters is in use and only a few patients. The others are empty.

All Easter, Gitte Anna Madsen was on guard, among other things at the emergency room, which receives possible coronary infections. She had expected a big number of corona infections in those days, but in the midst of the big global pandemic, she had some completely silent guards.

“I was on duty all the days of Easter and I saw almost no patients. It was very special. Half the beds were empty and nurses were sent home. We were in no way pressured, ”says Gitte Anna Madsen.

She is convinced that it is the shutdown of Denmark that has averted an overload of the Danish hospitals.
 

Behindthegoal

Key Player
It's lockdown and now it's raining. What to do?
For me it was declutter the office drawers.
So I came across Premium Bond holder cards for the family, registered address 5 houses ago. The total for the five of us is £21.
There's a facility on NS&I website to check unclaimed prizes and I won £25 two years ago!
 
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