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Last week my 7 year old daughter was rushed to hospital with ‘Acute exacerbation of asthma’. Except it wasn’t.
It was #covid and she had a false negative tests.
I’m a qualified nurse - and I have been managing her asthma for years, I thought I knew what to look out for.
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It was #covid and she had a false negative tests.
I’m a qualified nurse - and I have been managing her asthma for years, I thought I knew what to look out for.
1/16
She had contact with a covid positive person
Dec 21st & developed a bit of a cough.
On the evening of 22nd Dec my husband heard her cough & went in to check on her. I called out for him to check her sats.
I only asked he check her sats because of a tweet that I’d seen.
2/16
Dec 21st & developed a bit of a cough.
On the evening of 22nd Dec my husband heard her cough & went in to check on her. I called out for him to check her sats.
I only asked he check her sats because of a tweet that I’d seen.
2/16
It told me get prepared for #OMICRON wave.
1. Thermometer
2. Pulse oximeter
3. Watch 2 min video telling me when to be worried
(I already had thermometer, BP machine, nebuliser even a stethoscope - but I didn’t have a sats machine, so ordered one for my armoury).
3/16
1. Thermometer
2. Pulse oximeter
3. Watch 2 min video telling me when to be worried
(I already had thermometer, BP machine, nebuliser even a stethoscope - but I didn’t have a sats machine, so ordered one for my armoury).
3/16
There is a real concern that some decision-makers BELIEVE Covid-19 is only a ‘bit’ worse than Flu. This justifies less effort to treat or prevent Covid.
It is so important to dispel this absolutely wrong comparison.
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RT pls.
#CareForCovid
It is so important to dispel this absolutely wrong comparison.
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RT pls.
#CareForCovid
Let’s use the UK as an example:
Flu directly causes around 4 deaths per day.
Bacterial pneumonia around 55 deaths per day.
Currently Covid-19 causes around 120 deaths per day.
Source: ONS.
Flu directly causes around 4 deaths per day.
Bacterial pneumonia around 55 deaths per day.
Currently Covid-19 causes around 120 deaths per day.
Source: ONS.
Some agencies and scientists report flu and pneumonia together. This leads to the confusing estimate that “Flu and Pneumonia” causes 20k deaths per year. Covid around 40-60k.
Some interpret this as “well Covid is only twice as bad as flu”.
This is entirely wrong!!!
Some interpret this as “well Covid is only twice as bad as flu”.
This is entirely wrong!!!
How to prepare for #Omicron?
We have learned much over the last two years.
As we face another variant we should not panic…
but we should prepare!
Ten things we can each do...
#CareForCovid
We have learned much over the last two years.
As we face another variant we should not panic…
but we should prepare!
Ten things we can each do...
#CareForCovid
1. Keep perspective.
Covid-19 is not the flu. It carries a significantly greater mortality. But, equally, the overall mortality rate is likely to be somewhere between about 0.5 to 0.05% (variance between countries). The odds are most definitely in your favour.
Covid-19 is not the flu. It carries a significantly greater mortality. But, equally, the overall mortality rate is likely to be somewhere between about 0.5 to 0.05% (variance between countries). The odds are most definitely in your favour.
2. But take #Omicron serious.
Whether it is this variant or another or it is another pandemic, we should be ready. Individually we can prepare now so when it arrives we can continue with our lives, less anxious, less consumed.
Whether it is this variant or another or it is another pandemic, we should be ready. Individually we can prepare now so when it arrives we can continue with our lives, less anxious, less consumed.
Dear First Minister Sturgeon,
@nicolasturgeon
Your instincts are right. Covid-19 needs to be taken more seriously; the UK’s national strategy falls well short of adequate. You are right to challenge Johnson’s impotent pandemic response and seeming disregard for public safety.
@nicolasturgeon
Your instincts are right. Covid-19 needs to be taken more seriously; the UK’s national strategy falls well short of adequate. You are right to challenge Johnson’s impotent pandemic response and seeming disregard for public safety.
We support you. By 'we' I mean those of us who can see past the spin and half-truths and the shameful misrepresentation of the evidence. Those of us who respect life and can see the devastation Covid-19 is doing to our society.
Your instincts are right: Covid is not a benign infectious disease. It is, by a long way, the most destructive infectious disease in the UK. It is TRIPLING the number of pneumonia deaths and injuring many more. It is killing more than breast, colon and prostate cancer combined.
Dear Tweeples,
I'm thinking about starting a campaign.
Healthcare provision for people with Covid-19 is far too inadequate in the UK. It does not even meet WHO standards for a low-resource setting.
With #Omicron on the horizon, I felt it was time to call for more #CareForCovid.
I'm thinking about starting a campaign.
Healthcare provision for people with Covid-19 is far too inadequate in the UK. It does not even meet WHO standards for a low-resource setting.
With #Omicron on the horizon, I felt it was time to call for more #CareForCovid.
To date, Covid-19 cases in the UK:
1. Receive no initial assessment (triage)
2. Have no formal follow-up service - not even the high risk patients.
At the moment even an 80yr old can contract Covid and receive no contact from any healthcare professional. UNACCEPTABLE!
1. Receive no initial assessment (triage)
2. Have no formal follow-up service - not even the high risk patients.
At the moment even an 80yr old can contract Covid and receive no contact from any healthcare professional. UNACCEPTABLE!
Finally,
3. Healthcare capacity.
To try and tackle a pandemic without increasing healthcare capacity (beds) is perhaps even more barmy. The UK is the only country I know of that has reduced their bed capacity during the pandemic. Everyone suffers!
3. Healthcare capacity.
To try and tackle a pandemic without increasing healthcare capacity (beds) is perhaps even more barmy. The UK is the only country I know of that has reduced their bed capacity during the pandemic. Everyone suffers!
