We have zero success for patients who were intubated. Our thinking is changing to postpone intubation to as long as possible, to prevent mechanical injury from the ventilator. These patients tolerate arterial hypoxia surprisingly well. Natural course seems to be the best.
New York City doctor, EVMS Medical Group, April 15th 2020
One rationale for the imposition of extreme social distancing measures is so that we can “flatten the peak”, thereby buying the NHS time to increase its emergency surge capacity. In time, the argument goes, we can begin to relax these measures when the NHS has acquired more vital equipment for treating COVID-19 patients, such as ventilators. To that end, the Government launched a campaign to encourage British manufacturers to start making ventilators – a corona version of the ‘Dig for Victory‘ campaign launched in 1942.
But what if ventilators aren’t much good at saving the lives of patients critically ill with COVID-19? Depressingly, the evidence so far suggests they’re not. According to a report from the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Center (ICNARC), 66.3% of ventilated patients with COVID-19 died – and that is lower than the rate suggested by early data out of Wuhan, which showed 97% of ventilated patients succumbing to the disease.
The brutal logic here is that if hospitals cannot do much to save critically ill Covid patients, why go to such lengths to prevent the NHS becoming overwhelmed? On the other hand, this could also be an argument for prolonging the lockdown after the NHS has increased its surge capacity to cope with an increase in the number of Covid patients because it will mean a rise in infections will result in a corresponding rise in the number of deaths, with the NHS being unable to mitigate that even if the number of infections remains within capacity. Like so many bits of data throw up by this crisis, this one can be made use of by lockdown sceptics and lockdown advocates.
Further Reading
‘Clinical course and mortality risk of severe COVID-19‘, Paul Weiss, David R Murdoch, The Lancet, March 17th 2020
‘Ventilators aren’t a panacea for a pandemic like coronavirus‘ by Matt Strauss, The Spectator, April 4th 2020
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“Theresa May says she is ‘woke and proud’”
Silly sod…damaged our country more than she will ever realise…
‘Former PM is not sound on trans issues’ – whereas on…..um…..
Your post discloses a view that Tory Ministers are basically trying to do what their supporters want but they make mistakes, suffer Supreme Court restrictions or just don’t understand what they are doing. I disagree.
what Mrs May’s statement shows is the Tory Party is full on with woke, etc and intended to facilitate the destruction of our nation, culture and democracy. It was all done intentionally b
‘Proof your government hates you’ German edition. But I think this is the state of play in all Western countries as far as I can see. Deep pockets with limitless spending when it comes to Ukraine or migrants but skinflints when it comes to native people who are legitimately struggling and getting overlooked.
”German leader, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, laughed off the possibility of providing seniors with a pension inflation bonus, telling an audience that the cost is far too great. The claim that the costs are too great to support seniors on meager pensions follows unprecedented spending from Germany’s left-wing government on weapons for Ukraine and social benefits for migrants.
As poverty rises in Germany, seniors on fixed pensions, known as “Rentner” and “Rentnerinnen,” have been hit especially hard. There are different categories of pensions in Germany, with those earning a higher pension, such as doctors and professors, receiving a far higher sum than those in the “Rentner” class. Those receiving smaller pensions, which totals millions of German seniors, are more acutely affected as rising costs for food, housing and energy eat into their income at a far faster rate.
As of March 2023, Germany has sent Ukraine at least €14 billion in weapons and aid shipments, which was six months ago. Since then, that figure has risen to €22 billion and is only expected to rise over time. It must also be noted that due to sanctions on Russia, which is tied to the war in Ukraine, there has been an enormous increase in the cost of energy in Germany, which has not only eaten into the pocketbooks of households but also led to an increase in bankruptcies and a recession in Germany.
In addition, the German federal government plans to spend €36 billion on migrants in 2023, which includes housing, social benefits, and education, but that figure is likely a lowball estimate, as there are numerous hidden costs as well, such as millions more spent for police and security at German swimming pools to protect against migrant assaults and sexual violence.”
https://rmx.news/article/germany-chancellor-scholz-laughs-when-asked-why-elderly-receive-no-pension-inflation-bonus/
More rewriting of history and treating people like they’re stupid. Is this BS not getting the Marianna Spring Verify treatment then??
”The BBC has sparked a furious race row after being accused of “rewriting history” following the release of a new song on children’s show Horrible Histories.
The TV series received a barrage of criticisms on social media over its song “Been Here From The Start”.
Conservative commentator Anna McGovern added: “BBC’s children show Horrible Histories has released a song called Been Here From The Start which is about black people always being in Britain. BBC is rewriting history by teaching children that the original Britons were black.”
She added: “Facts the BBC got wrong: – It says that Septimius Severus was black.
“That’s false. – It says that the Aurelian moors were black.
“That’s false. – It says that Western Hunter Gatherers, the original people of Britain, were black. That’s false. It’s time to defund the BBC.”
https://www.gbnews.com/news/bbc-race-row-horrible-histories-here-from-the-start
I’m sorry but this is beyond a joke. Dove, you are a disgrace. WTF is ‘fat liberation’? This is just wrong and warped on every level. Refusing to airbrush models and using ‘real women’, as opposed to stick thin models, is one thing but this is now insane.
https://twitter.com/OliLondonTV/status/1702672648793141437
Mogs, never start with:
“I’m sorry but…”
What are you sorry for?
Just a figure of speech, hux. You can take the girl out of Newcastle….
Good Question…..
Rustler
@TheRustler8
Scotland Q2 Births/Deaths
11,061 BIRTHS
-1,103 below average (12,164)
-9.1%
DEATHS
+1,024 above average (13,963)
+7.3%
Stillbirths
+18.6% above average
50 Infant Deaths
+21.4% above average
Where is the media coverage of this?
Antibodies don’t equate immunity…Dr Chase 1940
Merrill W. Chase (September 17, 1905 – January 5, 2004) was an immunologist working at Rockefeller University New York City who is credited with discovering cell-mediated immunology in the early 1940s. While working with Dr. Karl Landsteiner Dr. Chase discovered that white blood cells, and not antibodies alone, were important instruments of the immune system. His findings laid the groundwork for later research that discovered the role of B Cells, T Cells, other types of white blood cells…..
Did all the vaxx ‘experts’ during Covid just forget??
“British TV ‘allowed monarchy to censor coverage of king’s coronation’”
That’s alright, MSM – I self-censored the whole lot by not watching any of it.
Ditto.
Britain in a state of distress by Kruger is yet more overthinking…..
We need many fewer politicians, fewer layers of government, doing a great deal less.
What we have now is certainly ‘The Idea’ but it is an old idea: socialist fascism.
And it is not working, has never worked.
The USA (de facto NATO)….has over 750 overseas military bases….it has over 300 alone in South East Asia..over nine thousand miles away from America….completely surrounding China….
But remember the Mantra…it’s only defensive..it was un-provoked….defensive..un-provoked…defensive..un-provoked…OM…….
Theresa May is an excellent example of why hard work can be so dangerous…..
LOL! I think it’s now against the law to make an Irish joke.……So…..
…but his level of stupid is why they can convince people to have seven jabs for a cold, LOL!!
https://www.tiktok.com/@ladbibleireland/video/7278649311334780192
A dog walker found a crater on Portmarnock beach near Dublin, which he believed was created by a meteor strike….
Don’t Panic! They must be worried…LOL
https://theintercept.com/2023/09/12/national-security-dementia-mcconnell-feinstein/
AS THE NATIONAL security workforce ages, dementia impacting U.S. officials poses a threat to national security, according to a first-of-its-kind study by a Pentagon-funded think tank. The report, released this spring, came as several prominent U.S. officials trusted with some of the nation’s most highly classified intelligence experienced public lapses, stoking calls for resignations and debate about Washington’s aging leadership.
” …..honestly I’d forgot what it was for, and I just fell over onto the Nuclear Weapon control button”…!!!”………LOL!!
Thinking Slow
@ThinkingSlow1
·Sep 15
Coerced vaccination of care home workers
In a consortium with @hartgroup_org and @ukmfa1
We today wrote to 319 MPs who supported forced vaccination of care home workers in July 2021 to ask about MP’s rationale, given;
The right to informed consent is absolute.
Vaccines did NOT stop transmission.
The public consultation opposed this initiative (57% against).
There were already 300,000 post Yellow card reports at 30 June 2021.
Care home residents suffered as a result of care workers leaving the sector.
Please look up to see if your MP supported this initiative and write to them
https://thinkingcoalition.org/covid-19/coerced-vaccination-of-care-home-workers/
On Roisin Murphy, as on JK Rowling, it´s:
TERFS 6 . . . TRANNIES 0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8_-9bDWaHY
Neil Oliver…Fancy A Revolution?
Hard to argue with anything Neil says here..and he says what many of us are thinking and feeling right now…..
Frasier‘s one saving grace might be that Kelsey Grammer is a Republican, hates PC garbage and is a producer on this series.