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to be only killing the elderly and those already sick or dying.
originally posted by: PhyllidaDavenport
I'm mainly referring the deaths that WERE caused by other factors but the patient contracted covid 19 in hospital or was found to be infected AFTER death by the existing condition.
originally posted by: ConfusedBrit
originally posted by: PhyllidaDavenport
I'm mainly referring the deaths that WERE caused by other factors but the patient contracted covid 19 in hospital or was found to be infected AFTER death by the existing condition.
Michael Gove's performance today in the daily press conference was awkward and exploitative. He referred to the total number of Covid-related deaths in the UK as all being "FROM" rather than "with" Covod-19 - a consciously lazy, ham-fisted attempt to frighten the sheep...
But things are likely to change soon...
Professor Graham Medley, from the scientific body advising the government’s responses, is adamant that mass unemployment, domestic violence and mental ill health problems will cause far more problems for the NHS in the long-term as a result of this lockdown.
In other words, the lockdown 'CURE' is exacerbating the very issue it is trying to curb: hospital intakes.
It's not exactly rocket science.
Okay, cue Phage again...
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Zcustosmorum
However, if the patient is confirmed via test and died of heart failure, then the cause of death must be Covid-19
Are you a medical examiner?
And I see people are mentioning mental health issues, which most definitely is going to be a serious problem, the longer this goes on
I do believe the panic & fear created is most definitely fabricated. Now as I said in another thread, unless our glorious leaders know that there is going to be an enormous surge in the death figures, why all the hysteria? Creating empty field hospitals? Calling in the army etc? I understand that some hospitals may be overwhelemed certainly in the UK, as the NHS has had its funding cut year after year, that crisis has again been caused by the media fear mongering.
The following factors should be considered when determining if an autopsy will be performed for a deceased PUI: medicolegal jurisdiction, facility environmental controls, availability of recommended personal protective equipment (PPE), and family and cultural wishes.
If an autopsy is performed, collection of the following postmortem specimens is recommended:
• Postmortem clinical specimens for testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19:
- Upper respiratory tract swabs: Nasopharyngeal Swab and Oropharyngeal Swab (NP swab and OP swab)
-Lower respiratory tract swab: Lung swab from each lung
• Separate clinical specimens for testing of other respiratory pathogens and other postmortem testing as indicated
• Formalin-fixed autopsy tissues from lung, upper airway, and other major organs
If an autopsy is NOT performed, collection of the following postmortem specimens is recommended:
• Postmortem clinical specimens for testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to include only upper respiratory tract swabs: Nasopharyngeal Swab and Oropharyngeal Swab (NP swab and OP swab)
• Separate NP swab and OP swab specimens for testing of other respiratory pathogens
For every media claim of overwhelmed hospital war-zones, there are a dozen reports from actual workers, nurses, doctors and medical personnel reporting exactly the opposite; and yes, a disparity in reporting even in the New York metropolitan area.
Medical personnel in Wisconsin, Missouri, California, Florida, Colorado, Oregon, Georgia New Jersey, and every region in the USA are reporting there are few to no patients in their facility and the medical staff is being laid-off, or told to go home and/or stay home, because there is nothing to do.
Same at LAC+USC Med Center–>part of the same LA County hospital system as UCLA. My nurse friends there say nothing is going on!! County laying off staff!!! WTF is going on???? LA is not New York. We aren't seeing this surge at all. NY data is sketchy —t.co...
— Rebecca Diserio (@rebeccadiserio) April 4, 2020
From a DM: "I am a nurse in a hospital, and I am FURIOUS at what is happening in our country. What is being reported is NOT what’s happening. Our large hospital is so underwhelmed with patients, we are being put on call instead of working our scheduled shifts." #coronavirus
— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) April 4, 2020
Space Coast empty – can confirm!
Brevard County FL 700,000 pop, 60 cases, 7 hospitalizations, 0 deaths. Nurses being sent home 'on call'
— Belle (@Oily_Princess) April 4, 2020