Who Is Telling The Porkies

[teacake44]

Government keep saying we are well prepared for the virus, doctors all over the UK are saying no there not, the NHS will struggle to the point of having to decide who gets treated and who don't., should they have breathing problems. Not just China telling porkies.

[dannyk13]

TC //Government keep saying we are well prepared for the virus, doctors all over the UK are saying no there not,//
Have you a link please?

[ladybirder]

Let's hope we don't have to find out tc.

[Spicerack]

A lot of doctors are left wing. They'll be lying.

[anneasquith]

OMG . :-)

[ChillDoubt]

As someone who works in the NHS I can assure you that currently we’re running on empty, almost on fumes in fact.

Should there be a sudden surge in Coronavirus patients, we’d buckle.
We simply do not have the resources/manpower, it’s that simple.

[youngmafbog]

But what do you suggest? That we keep a permanent team on hand for such eventualities?

[jno]

well, I hope you've removed your beard as advised, ChillDoubt.

[mushroom25]

//I hope you've removed your beard as advised, //

are masks now mandated in public? do you have a link?

[bookbinder]

The final two paragraphs of this article seem to bear out teacake44's contention. One para says: NHS would struggle to cope (Jonathan Ball, professor of molecular virology at the University of Nottingham. The final para says: government says we are well prepared for UK cases. NHS is well prepared, says a Number 10 spokesman.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-goes-global-should-expect/

[Old_Geezer]

Yes, there should always be slack in the system. Efficiency is good but not when done to excess so there's no leeway. A 'just too late' system isn't a wise system.

[teacake44]

12.43 there is no such teams to handle what they already have at winter time.

[ChillDoubt]

This is from a paper as far back as 2003:

Currently there is little evidence that wearing a surgical mask provides sufficient protection from all the hazards encountered in an acute health care setting. For this reason, the use of a respirator and face shield should be considered depending on the situation.

General surgeons rarely wear masks these days due to their ineffectiveness.
Orthopaedic surgeons wear hoods when inserting prosthetic knees/hips etc in order to reduce the risk of infection.
The general figure I’ve heard bandied about is that a surgical mask loses any remaining effect after about 8 minutes.

[jno]

mushroom, advised, not ordered, and there's nothing about having to wear masks. The story is here

https://news.sky.com/story/cdc-which-facial-hair-styles-are-best-for-preventing-coronavirus-spread-11944169

I've seen references to other hospitals making the same request but can't find any direct link at the moment.

[teacake44]

It appears that three senior consultants in every hospital will make decisions on rationing care to ones who may need ventilation. Medics have said the reduction of intensive care beds was scandalous, and have spoken out amid frustration of the dishonest spin the government have put out.