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🔴Exclusive: Government scientist Neil Ferguson resigns after breaking lockdown rules to meet his married lover

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🔴 Prof Ferguson allowed the woman to visit him at home during the lockdown while lecturing the public on the need for strict social distancing

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🔴 Antonia Staats, 38, travelled across London from her south London home to spend time with the government scientist, nicknamed Professor Lockdown

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🔴 The first of Ms Staat's visits, on Monday March 30, coincided with a public warning by Prof Ferguson that the one-week-old lockdown measures would have to remain until June

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😷Men are worse affected than women
😷Elderly are more likely to suffer
😷Those with underlying health issues are vulnerable
😷BAME are disproportionately represented among critically ill patients

What about #COVID19 patients who are obese? Let's talk about it 👇
Data from the first 2204 Covid ICU admissions show 73% were overweight

Carrying more visceral weight:
🔴Puts pressure on the lungs

🔴Causes the immune system to dysfunction

🔴Instigate the cytokine storm that floods lungs causing pneumonia-like complications #covid19
🇬🇧 The UK is the sixth most obese country in the world.

🇰🇷 South Korea is at the bottom of the table and has a far lower death rate from Covid-19

Is it time for the government to tackle obesity head on?

#covid19 #coronavirus

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How long do lockdowns last?

🌐 According to The Telegraph's analysis, countries which acted fastest could be freed first.

Find out why 👇

#Coronavirus #CoronaLockdown #UKlockdown
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🇨🇳 For example, China enforced lockdowns relatively early. The number of daily infections peaked in mid-February, around 22 days after their lockdown was imposed

#Coronavirus #CoronaLockdown #UKlockdown
🇮🇹 Italy locked down faster than most in Europe - 39 days after the first #Covid19 case, and new cases peaked 13 days later.

🇪🇸 In Spain, the peak in new cases came 19 days after quarantine was imposed.

As the virus hit both countries hard, it will take longer to dissipate
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🔴 What is viral load and why are so many health workers getting sick?

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#Coronavirus #Covid19 #Covid19UK
Your viral load is simply how much virus you have in your body.

In medical terms, it refers to how much virus is measured in a standard volume of fluid, usually blood or plasma

#Coronavirus #Covid19 #Covid19UK
😷 But what does this mean for transmission of coronavirus?

The “infectious dose” is the amount of virus that an individual needs to be exposed to for them to pick up the virus.

In #Covid19, scientists don’t yet know how big a dose a person needs to be exposed to
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