Bert Raccoon Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 3 hours ago, Alert Mongoose said: Are we sure this is a medical professional? She may well be a green grocer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik's tongue Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 14 minutes ago, Bert Raccoon said: Are we sure this is a medical professional? She may well be a green grocer Wid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Todd_is_God said: Yes. The question most are asking now, though, is at what point is it ok to go about our lives again? Eradicating the virus completely is unlikely, and putting everything on hold till a vaccine maybe appears is unfeasible. The answer seems to be we set shortish term targets at which we review the data and make decisions at that point, be it to relax if its working, strengthen if it isn't, and panic like f**k if it's severely worsening. During this time we're led tonbelieve that the NHS will be increasing capacity meaning to reach saturation point there would need to be more cases than the figure that was last weeks saturation point. Given we're chucking up temporary hospitals, I've no reason not to believe that that's what we're doing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I’ll give you a clue. it comes from the UK flu epidemics of 99/00 and 14/15Which were both less than 50,000 by the way. The 1999/2000 Swine Flu pandemic caused around 20,000 deaths (easily searched, links to the Independent, the ONS and the BBC all cite the 20,000 figure; the Guardian has the highest figure at 22,000) and the 2014/15 figure often cited at being around 44,000 is the total excess winter mortality figure as defined by the ONS as the number of deaths in November to February compared to the prior three months and includes all deaths (there was a particular cold snap that winter which exacerbated things); there were also several strains of flu going round at that time including H5N1 and H1N1 as well as a Middle Eastern Coronavirus which wasn't seen as a big problem as it was mild. On top of all that there was a highly publicised problem with the flu vaccine that winter, with it only being effective in around 3% of patients given the injection rather than the usual 45-60%. Its all available again from multiple sources including the WHO, the BBC, the Telegraph, the Independent and the ONS. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 22 minutes ago, Bert Raccoon said: Are we sure this is a medical professional? She may well be a green grocer He's a big man but he's in bad shape. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Samuel L Jackson working in a shop now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 8 minutes ago, Salvo Montalbano said: 1 hour ago, Jeremiah Cole said: I’ll give you a clue. it comes from the UK flu epidemics of 99/00 and 14/15 Which were both less than 50,000 by the way. The 1999/2000 Swine Flu pandemic caused around 20,000 deaths (easily searched, links to the Independent, the ONS and the BBC all cite the 20,000 figure; the Guardian has the highest figure at 22,000) and the 2014/15 figure often cited at being around 44,000 is the total excess winter mortality figure as defined by the ONS as the number of deaths in November to February compared to the prior three months and includes all deaths (there was a particular cold snap that winter which exacerbated things); there were also several strains of flu going round at that time including H5N1 and H1N1 as well as a Middle Eastern Coronavirus which wasn't seen as a big problem as it was mild. On top of all that there was a highly publicised problem with the flu vaccine that winter, with it only being effective in around 3% of patients given the injection rather than the usual 45-60%. Its all available again from multiple sources including the WHO, the BBC, the Telegraph, the Independent and the ONS. I don't think this is how excess winter mortality is calculated. It's the difference between the number of deaths occurring in the winter period December-March and the average of the preceding and succeeding four-month periods. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 He's a big man but he's in bad shape.Is it a Full Time Job for you? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 18 minutes ago, D.A.F.C said: Samuel L Jackson working in a shop now? this is epic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 [mention=40968]Raidernation[/mention] looking well[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]Isolation would kill me if I looked like that! [emoji15] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expatowner Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Moomintroll said: 2 hours ago, heedthebaa said: If there is not a tsunami of Kenneths in response to that post then I don't really want to be part of P&B anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Thanks for the reminder that Fiona Fullerton was in Angel's... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 YAAASSSS! Given that I am obviously going to be indisposed for a while, it's time to rewatch Blackadder from the beginning.Blackadder goes forthBlackadder IIBlackadder the ThirdThe Blackadder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, Arabdownunder said: Blackadder goes forth Blackadder II Blackadder the Third The Blackadder Goes Forth II III Christmas Carol Cavalier Years The Black Adder Back and Forth 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 3 hours ago, trainspotter said: She has a nice voice 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Katie Holmes was considered the hot one in Dawson’s Creek but Michelle Williams was nicer. Cracking theme tune though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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