Boris..intensive care..

Well it appears the science is unclear at the moment because some people in Korea have tested positive previously and now having recovered, have tested positive again. No one knows whether a dose of Coronavirus really does give either permanent or temporary immunity. Therefore if Boris Johnson is walking in the gardens with Carrie at Chequers neither he nor anyone else knows if he is immune. I hope he is, and I wish him a speedy and complete recovery.

I stand corrected Jane10, I'm not familiar with Scottish vocabulary, (although I do know the word bide!) and I thought it was a super insult aimed at Carrie Symonds. Apologies, I was wrong, it was just an ordinary insult! I can remember having Asian Flu in 1957 and feeling very ill and pretty wobbly afterwards, so I can certainly believe that Boris won't feel
A 1 for quite sometime .

Oh, I'm sure he won't....

Re Boris needing time to recover. I can well believe it. I had plain old flu and was knocked for six. I was exhausted by the slightest thing and lost a lot of weight. It took me several weeks to recover. I hope he doesn't feel pressured to return too early.

Argh! It's not 'biddy' it's bidey. From the Scots verb to bide - to live in. Eg I bide in a flat, you bide in a hoose. Ergo Carrie is Boris's bidey in - his live in girlfriend.

Well, either way Johnson and his biddy are now happily immune and strolling in the sun at Chequers with their little dog so at least we don't have to worry about them any more.

Clearly this whole saga was, and is a vile Tory plot in cahoots with St Thomas's hospital! This is as believable as 'knowing' that Larry the cat has super sensitive finally tuned whiskers that automatically open doors! I have heard that they also warn him of the presence of Dilyn the dog! A super cat indeed!!!!

'BJ left his wife in order to live with Miss Biddy before his wife's confirmation of cervical cancer!'...that makes it so much better, doesn't it...

No, Jabberwok A bidey-in (pronounced like b-eye-dee-in is not an old biddy, he or she is someone who lives permanently (and usually respectably) with a man or woman but without marrying them. They could be any age or sex, and of any level of society. The word is connected with "abide" and "abode" and such words that imply having a home.

I think you spell 'bidey' Biddy! and incidentally BJ left his wife in order to live with Miss Biddy before his wife's confirmation of cervical cancer! Chequers was gifted to the nation for the sole use of any sitting PM both then, and in perpetuity for their Rest and Recreation. It doesn't belong to any PM including Boris, as it belongs to the nation and cannot be classified as a second home for him or anyone else!

Yes we do NotSpaghetti
I'm glad your son is well recovered now.

Well, I must say that Larry seems to go in through the front door without knocking or being security checked. He seems to just point his whiskers at the door and it opens as if by magic.
Open Sesame!

I feel sorry for anyone who has to spend time in this type of unit, and for the people who love them. Boris Johnson is lucky. I hope it changes his attitude to the NHS and social care more generally. I also hope we all learn from this virus and accept that we need to pay higher taxes in order to deliver better services in future.

When my grandson was in ICU he had his own room with independent air filtration. I don't know the set up at St. Thomas's but you could easily have had guards outside my grandson's unit.
Oh, and he did have a form of PTSD after. And nightmares. And worse. It was horrible - but we are very grateful that he is fine now.

rofl

Oh yes
You mean like the ones outside the hospital when Boris was in?

Not that any of this really matters.
He could have pans people dancing around his bed for all I care, now I come to think of it

It doesn't matter.

Yes MissAdventure and there's a lock on the front door of 10 Downing Street but there is a police officer on duty outside.
(.....shakes head in disbelief)

There is a number code on an itu.
Only the staff can let you in.

Chewie surely not ?

Sorry, that was for Grannylaine For Labaik - I think notanan answered your question earlier in the thread. Oxygen can be delivered in several ways, depending on how much help the patient needs with breathing it into their lungs.

I think the whole unit is secure, Labaik

So; are many people in a ITU just given oxygen? Or is it just for people on ventilators?

I think I must have landed in a parallel universe. Security NOT allowed for The Prime Minister????

It was probably all a ruse to take our minds of Brexit. In fact, I bet theres no damned virus at all! The buggers are just trying to keep us all indoors as some kind of house arrest so that we can't protest about Brexit! Yes! It all makes sense now! <slaps palm to forehead>