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Health secretary tests positive.....

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Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36029213)

It's a disproportionately high number I'm sure everyone would agree. Pointing to a far wider problem in the population at large.

Or it is simply that they have more contacts, shake more hands, etc?

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36029216)

An infected NHS worker could infect most of a hospital.

l have nothing against the PM being tested as he felt unwell but its a national scandal that the majority of the frontline NHS staff who are laying their lives on the line have still yet to be tested.

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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36029215)

If he was showing symptoms do you not think it a good idea to test him as seen as he could infect the entire government!

There really are some dweebs on this site, you know who you are.

And some others who bring absolutely nothing useful to the table.

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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36029219)

Or it is simply that they have more contacts, shake more hands, etc?

They should follow the advice.

I think we all know that the headline Coronavirus figure is absolute crap, explaining the disparity. The probability is we are already staggering obliviously into an Italy type situation.

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36029216)

An infected NHS worker could infect most of a hospital.

There not important though

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36029209)

Media driven obviously

Big news if someone 'important' tests positive, but not so much interest about Alice Bodworth (62) of 17 Bishops Lane, Harrogate

I get that the media are why I hear about them and not poor Mrs Bodsworth just not why they're a disproportionate amount of the headline figure when 99.99999% of us are nobodies.

Latest update from the Department of Health.

https://twitter.com/DHSCgovuk/status...41321601748993

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As of 9am 27 March, a total of 113,777 people have been tested in the UK: 99,198 negative. 14,579 positive.

As of 5pm on 26 March, of those hospitalised in the UK, 759 have sadly died.
That is a rise of 181 deaths, up from 578 yesterday.

makes me wonder if yesterdays deaths were under reported so it looks like a bigger jump today.

They changed the way they are reporting I believe.

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Originally Posted by Angua (Post 36029184)

Of those NHS staff who have been tested, the majority were asymptomatic at the time. This is the problem with this particular virus, so many people have no symptoms at all, yet can infect many.

My mum had no symptoms, the hardest part we cannot see her for 2 weeks. i hope she is strong enough if worst is to come.

England's Chief Medical Officer is self-isolating now.

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Originally Posted by deadite66 (Post 36029233)

makes me wonder if yesterdays deaths were under reported so it looks like a bigger jump today.

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...postcount=1369

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Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36029227)

And some others who bring absolutely nothing useful to the table.

don't put yourself down, sometimes you do contribute something useful......sometimes.

Pointless insulting post removed - if this keeps up, it won’t only be the posts that get removed.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/g...line-nhs-staff

Testing for frontline NHS staff.

Another policy u-turn. Let me delve into the news today and see what prompted that...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...droidApp_Tweet

At least we are getting things right in the end I suppose.

My wife came down with the Virus symptoms and so did my stepson. So nearly 7 days in me and my 6 year old are the only ones that appear to be virus free and I even share a bed with the wife still.

So when I approached my manager about it I said I wasn't sure if this was just a cold bug or the symptoms of covid-19. They said to be safe have 14 days off. Now because they don't test and me and my daughter haven't got it.

I'm a bit worried that because they don't test and it wasn't Covid then my wife and stepson who might have just had a bug will be walking about thinking they are immune to it now and may end up catching it at a later date and think it's a bug then end up spreading it.