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06 Apr 2020, 2:23 pm

Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to intensive care after condition worsens

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care after his condition worsened, Downing Street has said.


CNN reporting that Dominic Raab has been deputized to do the Prime Minister’s duties.


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06 Apr 2020, 2:39 pm

Death rate of this level is around 47%.



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06 Apr 2020, 2:45 pm

Sobering news.



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06 Apr 2020, 2:58 pm

He was diagnosed 10 days ago, hospitalized yesterday.

This scenario where by the patient is mild for a significant period of time then suddenly worsens is common with COVID-19. Scary stuff.


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06 Apr 2020, 3:02 pm

Awful situation for him and his family. Hope he makes a full recovery as swiftly as possible.



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06 Apr 2020, 3:27 pm

Another atypical aspect of this new virus. I know cold and influenza viruses aren't the same, but both come on fast and are typically over in a week or so. Scary that this virus takes so long to gain traction.



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06 Apr 2020, 4:03 pm

Complications can arise with influenza over time as well. A person relapses or takes a turn for the worse. Probably usually when it develops into pneumonia. There was a time when I got sick and over the course of over a couple of weeks it got worse, and then started getting better and then suddenly got worse again to where I ended up in the hospital with what finally became double pneumonia and nearly died. Took a long time to fully recover. I missed a good chunk of a semester over it.

It says in the article that he was moved into intensive care as a precaution.



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06 Apr 2020, 5:09 pm

"I am shaking hands. I was at a hospital the other night where I think there were coronavirus patients and I was shaking hands with everybody, you will be pleased to know, and I continue to shake hands" :jester:

Hope he pulls through.

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09 Apr 2020, 3:23 pm

Boris Johnson moved out of intensive care

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson late Thursday was moved out of an intensive care unit as he recovers from COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.

Downing Street said in a statement that Johnson would move to London's St. Thomas Hospital ward, "where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery."

"He is in extremely good spirits," Downing Street said.

https://thehill.com/policy/internationa ... nsive-care


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09 Apr 2020, 4:12 pm

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/apr/09/raab-patel-downing-street-press-briefing-women

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At least with Boris you get some kind of hopeful bollocks



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09 Apr 2020, 4:19 pm

I knew he'd pull through.



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12 Apr 2020, 2:43 pm

Boris Johnson discharged from hospital after battling coronavirus

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was discharged from the hospital on Sunday, a week after he was admitted due to coronavirus symptoms, Downing Street announced in a statement.

But his office said Johnson will not immediately return to work and will recover at Chequers, the prime minister’s official country residence north of London.

“On the advice of his medical team, the PM will not be immediately returning to work,” the Downing Street statement said. “He wishes to thank everybody at St Thomas’ for the brilliant care he has received. … All of his thoughts are with those affected by this illness.”

https://nypost.com/2020/04/12/boris-joh ... ronavirus/


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12 Apr 2020, 3:09 pm

New Zealand has a decent Prime Minister who acts on behalf of the people. She deserves a clap.



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12 Apr 2020, 4:39 pm

domineekee wrote:
New Zealand has a decent Prime Minister who acts on behalf of the people. She deserves a clap.

So does Boris



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12 Apr 2020, 4:57 pm

Yeah sure,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/election-2019-50727790
General election 2019: Have 17,000 NHS beds been cut in England?

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After a row over a sick four-year-old boy sleeping on a hospital floor due to a shortage of beds, the Labour Party has claimed 17,000 NHS beds have been cut since the Conservatives came to power.

Labour's shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth made the claim on BBC Radio 4's Today programme , as part of the party's bid to keep the NHS at the forefront of the general election campaign. But was he right?

Claim: Labour says 17,000 NHS beds have been cut since the Conservatives came to power.

Reality Check verdict: There are 17,000 fewer NHS England beds since 2010. About half of these are general hospital beds - there has also been a significant reduction in mental health beds. This, though, is part of a long-term trend which has seen a decline in the numbers of beds since the 1980s.

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According to NHS England figures , there were 144,455 overnight NHS beds available between April-June 2010, falling to 127,225 in July-September 2019.

In other words, a drop of about 17,000.





Tories cheering when they voted to block a pay rise for Nurses In 2017.



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13 Apr 2020, 2:19 am

domineekee wrote:
Yeah sure,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/election-2019-50727790
General election 2019: Have 17,000 NHS beds been cut in England?

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After a row over a sick four-year-old boy sleeping on a hospital floor due to a shortage of beds, the Labour Party has claimed 17,000 NHS beds have been cut since the Conservatives came to power.

Labour's shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth made the claim on BBC Radio 4's Today programme , as part of the party's bid to keep the NHS at the forefront of the general election campaign. But was he right?

Claim: Labour says 17,000 NHS beds have been cut since the Conservatives came to power.

Reality Check verdict: There are 17,000 fewer NHS England beds since 2010. About half of these are general hospital beds - there has also been a significant reduction in mental health beds. This, though, is part of a long-term trend which has seen a decline in the numbers of beds since the 1980s.

Short presentational grey line
According to NHS England figures , there were 144,455 overnight NHS beds available between April-June 2010, falling to 127,225 in July-September 2019.

In other words, a drop of about 17,000.





Tories cheering when they voted to block a pay rise for Nurses In 2017.



You can’t put all that krap on Boris as he’s only been in charge a few months in which time he’s done marvellous things

Give the guy a chance for gawds sake