Gransnet forums

Coronavirus

Page 2 of 2 | First | Previous | Next | Last
| Flip | Customise |

Covid Management

(32 Posts)
Add comment | Report
Daisymae Sat 19-Mar-22 19:05:22

Seems to me that the government and CMO have all but given up on the management of Covid, I expect that they are bored with the whole thing and are already dismantling systems which have helped including the ZOE app. However have just looked at the official website and cases in our area (rural) are up by 165%. Is this what living with Covid means - just let it rip? Living with a vulnerable person is really more of a responsibility than ever. Of course there's also long covid which is already blighting many lives. I did read that some schools are having to send whole year groups home because of infections, giving up testing making the situation worse.
www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/covid-schools-absence-send-year-groups-home-cases-spike
Feels like a dereliction of responsibility to me. Surely living with it doesn't mean doing nothing to abate infection? I know that Covid is not as severe as it was but currently over 12,000 people are in hospital with it. According to the NHS itself 'The majority of inpatients with Covid-19 are admitted as a result of the infection.' Which is pretty clear. Shouldn't there be more information, guidance etc? Quote from the BMJ Colin Angus, senior research fellow at the University of Sheffield’s school of health, also identifies BA.2 as the key factor. He told The BMJ, 18 March “The recent rise in covid-19 infections, which is being driven by the emergence of the more transmissible BA.2 variant of omicron, has led to increases in the number of people in hospitals in England with covid-19 in all age groups and across all regions of the country.” Most people think it's all over when it's quite clearly not.

Add comment | Report
maddyone Mon 21-Mar-22 19:07:15

I’m confused to be in a country with 3.2 million active cases of a debilitating viral infection, with currently unknown future impact for persistent symptoms in those millions, and we’re unbothered and proclaiming it beaten.

Thank you for that quotation from the eminent Professor Danny Altman Farzanah because it sums up exactly how I feel despite the fact that I am not a professor of anything. I did have Covid though in January 2021 and was hospitalised with it and was very ill. I don’t want it again but feel that in all probably I’m going to get it again. It is not all over despite what a few Gransnetters and the government would have us think.

Add comment | Report
Daisymae Fri 25-Mar-22 15:10:31

Well it seems that about 1:15 people actually have the virus at the moment. Javid remains unconcerned about the number of infections and the rate of increase. Well that's tickety boo then. We won't worry our little heads about the 1.5 million who have long covid, the increase in hospital admissions or anything else to do with Covid as it all sorted.

Add comment | Report
Farzanah Fri 25-Mar-22 16:39:24

There is a real problem just now in the NHS because of increasing hospital admissions with, or due to Covid. There are infection control issues of course and high levels of staff off sick.
Added to the fact there isn’t provision for NHS staff to have free tests after the end of the month, so may be going to work symptomless, but infecting others.
This is what “living with covid looks like”, and may do for some years yet.

Add comment | Report
Daisymae Fri 25-Mar-22 16:41:30

Farzanah

There is a real problem just now in the NHS because of increasing hospital admissions with, or due to Covid. There are infection control issues of course and high levels of staff off sick.
Added to the fact there isn’t provision for NHS staff to have free tests after the end of the month, so may be going to work symptomless, but infecting others.
This is what “living with covid looks like”, and may do for some years yet.

Our nearest hospital has now banned just about all visiting because of the dramatic rise in infection. The Government is wishing it away. It's not working.

Add comment | Report
Ilovecheese Fri 25-Mar-22 17:05:04

So covid infections are increasing to record levels. Is this "living with covid".

Add comment | Report
Ilovecheese Fri 25-Mar-22 17:06:12

Sorry, I seem to have repeated other posts.

Page 2 of 2 | First | Previous | Next | Last
| Flip | Customise |