sjc Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 16 minutes ago, Busta Nut said: My da phoned me today. He won't be getting any further treatment for his (terminal) cancer as it's not worth the risk of him going into hospitals. He was also told if he catches this virus he'll die (quicker than he is due to). It was a weird call. Sorry to hear this mate. Sounds like they (NHS) are prioritising who gets access to treatment brought about by the pandemic and limited resources. Doesn't make it any easier for you or your Dad though. Gambatte. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Busta Nut Posted April 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2020 Cheers guys. I'm not looking for any sympathy or such it's just so fucked up. It's also what I was expecting to hear. He was on chemo to stretch out his life a bit. He met his first granddaughter two weeks ago. It's just a shame he can't spend time with her now so hopefully we all see this out and get a bit more out of it. 45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) Not peaked yet, clearly, but Scotland's figures overall seem to be relatively encouraging. Be interesting to see what these look like come w/b 13/4 & 27/4 respectively. Edited April 2, 2020 by Todd_is_God 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post welshbairn Posted April 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2020 25 minutes ago, Busta Nut said: My da phoned me today. He won't be getting any further treatment for his (terminal) cancer as it's not worth the risk of him going into hospitals. He was also told if he catches this virus he'll die (quicker than he is due to). It was a weird call. 5 minutes ago, sjc said: Sorry to hear this mate. Sounds like they (NHS) are prioritising who gets access to treatment brought about by the pandemic and limited resources. Doesn't make it any easier for you or your Dad though. Gambatte. I'm in a similar position though hoping I've got a good few years to go, there's no cure. Been told that my next chemo will be discussed with my Oncologist to decide the balance of benefit versus the risk of catching the virus by turning up for my treatment, but basically it's up to me. It's not about resources. Unless it's Armadeddon out there I'm going to finish my chemo and hit my bucket list, feeling perfectly fit so I want to get the treatment out of the way ASAP. 54 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, welshbairn said: I'm in a similar position though hoping I've got a good few years to go, there's no cure. Been told that my next chemo will be discussed with my Oncologist to decide the balance of benefit versus the risk of catching the virus by turning up for my treatment, but basically it's up to me. It's not about resources. Unless it's Armadeddon out there I'm going to finish my chemo and hit my bucket list, feeling perfectly fit so I want to get the treatment out of the way ASAP. Just bare in mind that you're high risk from colds and flu anyway. Good luck mate. I've literally just had a CT scan with the results showing no growth in the suspected tumor but my tumor markers are slightly elevated again. So good news and bad there. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: Not peaked yet, clearly, but Scotland's figures overall seem to be relatively encouraging. Be interesting to see what these look like come w/b 13/4 & 27/4 respectively. Sweden are galloping away from Denmark and we're bringing up the rear. RUK 39 per million Sweden 24 per million Denmark 17 per million Scotland 13 per million All approximates. Edited April 2, 2020 by ayrmad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 7 hours ago, Ludo*1 said: Aye, but you still wear a mask to the supermarket when almost every chief medical officer in the world has said this is pointless. Swings and roundabouts. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52126735 Everyone will be wearing a mask in about 1 month....same as Asia, where the numbers are nowhere near the same as Western countries. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 1 minute ago, SlipperyP said: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52126735 Everyone will be wearing a mask in about 1 month....same as Asia, where the numbers are nowhere near the same as Western countries. I was just making a joke based on an earlier comment from Mixu. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 If you weren’t scared enough of getting the virus then be scared you’re going to be sacked. People really need to stay inside. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) Edited April 2, 2020 by dirty dingus 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 3 hours ago, ayrmad said: Sweden are galloping away from Denmark and we're bringing up the rear. RUK 39 per million Sweden 24 per million Denmark 17 per million Scotland 13 per million All approximates. Norway on 8, Iceland on 6, Finland on 3. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 While the rest of the world panic buys bog roll & pasta good USAAAA https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-52130552?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5e85772f4e049e066f59660b%26US gun demand soars%262020-04-02T05%3A27%3A55.210Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:f2337a0a-f837-468b-b9d4-a31c046813a1&pinned_post_asset_id=5e85772f4e049e066f59660b&pinned_post_type=share GUNS!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) Can't imagine why Sweden is pulling ahead of the rest of the Nordics tbh. Edited April 2, 2020 by Marshmallo -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Does anyone else know why there is a clamour still for temperature checking at airports, just about every expert has said it's a waste of time and can give false positive results, yet just about everyday at the moment I see some "commentator" almost screaming that this is something the government should be doing urgently. I hope the slight decline in new cases continues in Scotland but we really need to get testing ramping up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true_rover Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Can't imagine why Sweden is pulling ahead of the rest of the Nordics tbh.Especially when its population density is considerably lighter than that of Denmark next door... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, 101 said: Does anyone else know why there is a clamour still for temperature checking at airports, just about every expert has said it's a waste of time and can give false positive results, yet just about everyday at the moment I see some "commentator" almost screaming that this is something the government should be doing urgently. I hope the slight decline in new cases continues in Scotland but we really need to get testing ramping up False positives aren't a problem though. No one should be flying now anyway unless absolutely necessary and I'd say every single person entering the UK should be getting 14 days in a hotel room on the government tab. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 22 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: Can't imagine why Sweden is pulling ahead of the rest of the Nordics tbh. It's a turn up for the books. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, 101 said: Does anyone else know why there is a clamour still for temperature checking at airports, just about every expert has said it's a waste of time and can give false positive results, yet just about everyday at the moment I see some "commentator" almost screaming that this is something the government should be doing urgently. I hope the slight decline in new cases continues in Scotland but we really need to get testing ramping up Isn't the slight decline due to the fact that Tuesday's figures were artificially high because one lab didn't work over the weekend and reported 3 days' worth of figures in one go? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, Detournement said: False positives aren't a problem though. No one should be flying now anyway unless absolutely necessary and I'd say every single person entering the UK should be getting 14 days in a hotel room on the government tab. I would agree with that forced isolation would be about the only logical step. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 1 minute ago, The DA said: Isn't the slight decline due to the fact that Tuesday's figures were artificially high because one lab didn't work over the weekend and reported 3 days' worth of figures in one go? Very true forgot about that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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