They have changed the criteria for qualification for testing as of yesterday in order to take this into account. People now have to have two of the symptoms, be a healthcare worker or be a member of a vulnerable group to qualify. Having a cold and no backbone is no longer good enough.My grandson, a vulnerable member of the community, has been waiting 5+ days already and that may stretch to 10+ to be swabbed plus the time it takes to get the sample tested, plus the time to communicate the results. But of course Leo, Simon, Holohan & Co are doing a great job according to those they hold in thrall of them
Of course they should not discard PPE. The point I'm making is that testing needs to be scaled up rapidly to cope with demand, appropriate patient management and use of resources.
Staff are using PPE around the clock to manage these possible cases, possibly wasting PPE if they are negative.
New Testing Criteria from HSE -They have changed the criteria for qualification for testing as of yesterday in order to take this into account.
Matt Hancock UK Health Tsar has been caught out lying about the number of ventilators / respirators available to the NHS. He also lied about the progress being made by an industrial consortium including Ford, McLaren and others to create alternative sources. He said they'd be at volume production in a few days, they say they'll likely have a prototype available by the end of March and that it'll take them months to get to volume production.
Leo, Harris, Holohan would never to lie to us would they? I mean they fired O'Brien over the BreastCheck disgrace and that settled that and none of them or their counterparts were involved, were they? I mean based on their track records we'd have every faith in them? Who was the Minister for Health that over saw BreastCheck? Leo? Not that Leo surely?
We are doubling every two or so days,
I dont mean to be disrespectful at all and I hope macthepac's grandson is doing well, but if he is tested and is positive what happens then? He will be advised to continue self isolation. It will make no difference to his condition.They have changed the criteria for qualification for testing as of yesterday in order to take this into account. People now have to have two of the symptoms, be a healthcare worker or be a member of a vulnerable group to qualify. Having a cold and no backbone is no longer good enough.
That should free up availability for people such as your grandson.
They are making this up mas they go along, changing procedures and rules as more information becomes available.
He will need to be admitted to a paediatric ICU and will require access to a respirator, such is the nature and degree of his vulnerability.
You dont know that so I wouldn't panic. I have a relative with cystic fibrosis who caught it and didnt require ICU care. It was mild. Her healthy sister also had it and was admitted to intensive care. This was in the US though. There is no simple formula of if a certain person gets it, they will get it worse than somebody else. Otherwise we would just isolate the vulnerable and let the rest of us get it.
(I hope everyone pulls through and that was v fortunate that it didn't hit your relative harder)
Not saying it's a simple formula but the vulnerable will be asked to cocoon \ self-isolate. Your post could be read as implying that certain groups are not considered vulnerable and hish risk.
An escalation of the lockdown will see old and vulnerable people “cocooned” in their homes for weeks on end as the emergency inevitably worsens.
Taoiseach confirms elderly will eventually have to 'cocoon' as COVID-19 spreads
He addressed all of Ireland in a rare national broadcast at 9pm on RTE and Virgin Media Onewww.dublinlive.ie
a stupid question
am i understanding correctly the ppe equipment is being reused, what would be used to clean them completely of this bug ,microwaves or just standard disinfectants ?
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