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I seen the figures for care homes in Europe. Between 45% and 57%!

Ireland figure is 54% deaths are happening in care homes

Where are you getting 54% from? HSE update this evening said that 64% of deaths had occurred in hospital

https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0415/1130739-covid-ireland-update/

In relation to the people who have died, 284 or 64% occurred in hospital. In 84% of cases there was an underlying condition. The median age is 82

The figure came up on the Peston show

France was including them it seems as they were giving off about how the UK was saying they were better! Until they were told you are not including care home numbers!

So France are actually below Britain if they just count hospital deaths

I'm really not sure how anyone can compare numbers by country and then make statements about them with conviction.

This is currently on the Peston show

France was including them it seems as they were giving off about how the UK was saying they were better! Until they were told you are not including care home numbers!

So France are actually below Britain if they just count hospital deaths

I seen the figures for care homes in Europe. Between 45% and 57%!

Ireland figure is 54% deaths are happening in care homes

The news are reporting care home deaths now, I take it that spiked up the registered deaths from hospitals.

25% deaths in Scotland happened in care homes

I'd imagine if you take that figure and add in as a minimum to the rest of the UK you'll be closer to the real figure?

As mentioned above there's going to be a serious amount of people laid off when things open back up again and probably until the end of the year as businesses struggle for cash flow!!

Would be a minimum of 3 weeks for any cash flow going into a company again after lockdown measures would be lifted. Well that's what I've been told through our work

So when will lockdown measures start showing an improvement? 7/8 weeks?

LOCKDOWN LETTER FROM YOUR DOG

Dear hoomans

I have noticed over the past couple of weeks you have been staying in my home for extended periods of time. It is lovely having you here but I feel I should set a few ground rules. I would appreciate it if you would follow the rules whilst you are staying with me.

1. When you do pop out you will need to take me with you.

2. You seem to be eating lots of nice goodies whilst lazing about the house. I am entitled to a share of these. I won't make a fuss I will just sit in front of you and quietly stare at you until I get my quota.

3. Don't call me for another bath, I am clean now. Just because you are bored doesn't mean I need a wash or haircut. I suggest you go clean the metal box on wheels outside again. Daddy human has done that a few times now even though it hasn't moved in weeks.

4. As you are here constantly at the moment, it is your duty to let me out as often as I require. That means that even if I have just come in and want to go out again you should let me. Sometimes I miss a spot whilst sniffing about and I need to recheck.

5. When I am asleep, leave me sleeping, this isn't a cue for the little humans to play with me. I can also sleep where I like, I don't expect to be woken so you can move me.

6. Do not shhhh me when I am barking. As you are here more, my job of protecting you has increased. I have to listen out for every little noise and inform you of it in case it's a threat.

7. Don't leave a room without me, I know how sneaky you guys can be. Just the other day I am sure I heard a crisp packet being opened upstairs and no one called me to share. So from now on I will be following you about.

8. This is a very important rule. If it lands on the floor it's MINE, if it's in my mouth it's MINE.

9. You will never pee alone again, you watch me pee so I do not understand why you shut me out and close the loo door when you pee.

10. If you do not follow these rules I will use SAD PUPPY DOG EYES TO GET WHAT I WANT !🐶

New York at this rate should be the safest place to go after this is all done a dusted!

Explain why?
NY is a very safe place

I'm talking about the virus, with most of the inhabitants getting Covid at this rate,  it will hopefully be better equipped when through the other side

I did mean NY 70' 80's style!

Trying to set the old fella up with access to the GAA archive, but does anyone know what's the best way to get this on a TV for him.

Smart TV, Firestick are all options at the minute but need to keep the complexity down or he won't be able to use it.

Are you using this link?

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1uTk-R4Tik_tD3dzG4Ph9RhN1j58DPMz5

So did my first draft yesterday, 3,600 odd words.

Have decided on short stories, or memoirs, not for publication (would never get that far anyways)

But I suppose it's a way of looking back and writing down times had!

My daughter will add her natural writing skills to my drafts and hopefully bring better structure and fluency to it.

Was surprised how quickly I done it once I committed to writing stuff down. Though giving it to my daughter will prove amusing.

Anyone doing something during this break (if you're not a key worker that is) that they would like done but never had the time to do it?

[as no one thought it would spread like it did.]

There were stories doing the rounds in Italy and Spain that there were old peoples homes where the staff just legged it and the army had to come in. How true that is I don't know but you could well believe it

There is some truth to that. But staff in these places had little or no PPE, a lot of them came down with the virus and had to isolate, so things became increasingly impossible for those left. In most cases they didn't just leg it, but had been calling for help for many days. These types of homes are a real point of vulnerability and places that have kept the deaths down have had a plan for such places.

How could you plan for this? I never heard one expert on here discuss it other that the SARS, Bird flu and other virus attacks which were not global to this extent.

Unfortunately it takes something like this to change mindsets. Everyone,  every country it seems was caught out

There were plenty of people *on this thread* talking about early stage mitigation procedures which could and should have been have been put in place to minimise the effect of this on people.  Personally, I feel that the decisions taken by businesses and the GAA in the north were influenced by people of this ilk in the wider community and very definitely helped things by their early actions.

Experts *on this thread* were telling those people to shut up because they didn't like what they were hearing and "there's nothing we can do about it so we may as well just let it play out".

Those "experts" include you.   

Take your hard on for me elsewhere, I'm not into that

I'm talking about long before that. not a week or two into this, as no one thought it would spread like it did.

I put a thread up on experts, to gauge who would actually know what they were talking about rather than trailing things of Wiki or Google, letting things play out I'm nearly sure I said for Brexit after it was voted, its going to be a lot worse after this, but I'd that's the least of the economies worries.

But sure just keep rowing in behind my posts every so often

You keep up spouting the nonsense, I'll keep rowing in.

As for the bit in bold.

L O L

There are none so blind....

Whatever amuses you

Your posts are more funny strange than funny ha-ha if I'm honest.

Whatever keeps you posting back then. stay safe and hope you get through it

[as no one thought it would spread like it did.]

There were stories doing the rounds in Italy and Spain that there were old peoples homes where the staff just legged it and the army had to come in. How true that is I don't know but you could well believe it

There is some truth to that. But staff in these places had little or no PPE, a lot of them came down with the virus and had to isolate, so things became increasingly impossible for those left. In most cases they didn't just leg it, but had been calling for help for many days. These types of homes are a real point of vulnerability and places that have kept the deaths down have had a plan for such places.

How could you plan for this? I never heard one expert on here discuss it other that the SARS, Bird flu and other virus attacks which were not global to this extent.

Unfortunately it takes something like this to change mindsets. Everyone,  every country it seems was caught out

There were plenty of people *on this thread* talking about early stage mitigation procedures which could and should have been have been put in place to minimise the effect of this on people.  Personally, I feel that the decisions taken by businesses and the GAA in the north were influenced by people of this ilk in the wider community and very definitely helped things by their early actions.

Experts *on this thread* were telling those people to shut up because they didn't like what they were hearing and "there's nothing we can do about it so we may as well just let it play out".

Those "experts" include you.   

Take your hard on for me elsewhere, I'm not into that

I'm talking about long before that. not a week or two into this, as no one thought it would spread like it did.

I put a thread up on experts, to gauge who would actually know what they were talking about rather than trailing things of Wiki or Google, letting things play out I'm nearly sure I said for Brexit after it was voted, its going to be a lot worse after this, but I'd that's the least of the economies worries.

But sure just keep rowing in behind my posts every so often

You keep up spouting the nonsense, I'll keep rowing in.

As for the bit in bold.

L O L

There are none so blind....

Whatever amuses you

Personally I'd ask my mum or dad or the in-laws to move in if one of them were on their own.

If your gonna do that, you have to be very sure that your contact points with others outside that family isolation bubble are as few and low risk as possible!

The shop is the most dangerous place I'm at! I'd like to think I'm safe, meet no one else

New York at this rate should be the safest place to go after this is all done a dusted!