Brexit, for once some facts.

[flecc]

There is an interesting addendum in the Figures for London ... This is a table identifying all deaths , locations ,whether in or out side hospitals. It makes the case that the number of deaths outside formal settings of Hospitals and care homes, is anomalously low at 43% , and posits that the total number of deaths in the London area maybe under reported by 20%.

I don't agree with this, partly on the basis that it's impossible to hide nearly 4000 bodies, partly on the basis that in London's crowded housing conditions there's rarely spare rooms for bodies to lay to rest. In my 58 years of continuous London living experience, bodies are virtually always promptly removed from where the person died and we have elaborate recording precautions.

However, for your interest I've recalculated the London total Covid deaths on the near impossible basis that 20% haven't been recorded.

The result is there are 230 deaths per 100,000 in London against the still 256 deaths per 100,000 in the UK, leaving London at over a 10% lower deaths advantage.

There's been much futile clutching at straws to explain the London low deaths outcome, but I think it's about time this stopped and the reality is accepted. We have gained what we have from the extent of the known superiority of prior infection, it really is that simple.
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[Danidl]

I don't agree with this, partly on the basis that it's impossible to hide nearly 4000 bodies, partly on the basis that in London's crowded housing conditions there's rarely spare rooms for bodies to lay to rest. In my 58 years of continuous London living experience, bodies are virtually always promptly removed from where the person died and we have elaborate recording precautions.

However, for your interest I've recalculated the London total Covid deaths on the near impossible basis that 20% haven't been recorded.

The result is there are 230 deaths per 100,000 in London against the still 256 deaths per 100,000 in the UK, leaving London at over a 10% lower deaths advantage.

There's been much futile clutching at straws to explain the London low deaths outcome, but I think it's about time this stopped and the reality is accepted. We have gained what we have from the extent of the known superiority of prior infection, it really is that simple.
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I don't think the implication was that there were pits under the Hammersmith Flyover with 4000 bodies stashed away, but that the deaths were attributed to other causes .. but like I say I didn't follow that argument. And I might have expected it to be repeated in the rest of England statistics.
I also looked at the possibility that ill people were transferred out of London to die else where , and indeed that did happen, but the statistics are not conclusive. Upwards of 2000 were transferred between hospitals but that was in a later phase .. mostly into this year, and of course a lot of these people are recovered.

 

[flecc]

I don't think the implication was that there were pits under the Hammersmith Flyover with 4000 bodies stashed away, but that the deaths were attributed to other causes ..

Agreed about the bodies not being stashed away, but definitely not about the attribution of other causes. It is completely the opposite and you may remember me complaining strongly about this last year.

UK law requires a doctor to enter a specific cause of death on death certificates, which with modern medical care arrangements divorcing known GPs from patients is often near to impossible. For decades this resulted in the UK having an unfair reputation for a very high heart death rate as doctors when at a loss of what to enter put down heart failure.

Covid was a sudden gift to them, an all to easy cop out, hence the very large numbers of "covid being mentioned on the death certificate" taking over from heart failure.

I'm quite sure all of our Covid death numbers have been inflated by this, and by the "within 28 days" ruling, and further by the recalculation of 2020 Covid deaths to "within 60 days of a positive test".

These "mentions on the death certificate" inflate London's deaths from Covid by 7.7%, the UK's by 6.4%, so again a disadvantage to London.
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[I893469365902345609348566]

Yep, exactly... Not sure what score is at moment but I had Stem cell therapy on other arthritic knee... Around 8 years ago.. Avoided implant... And it's great. But had to go private. (Surgeon was Ricky Villar,(not the footballer, believe he's ex SAS) through Florence Nightingale /Princess Grace in London/Cambridge)
Cost a fortune but probably worth researching.??? Worked for me..

Thank you, I'll look into it.

 

[oyster]

It isn't just the UK's membership of the EU that has come to an end, so, too, a once huge mobile device company's main product:

 

[oyster]

One of the quadrillions of brexit lies:

Johnson wrong to say crown stamps on pint glasses only possible after Brexit, says EU

The European Commission has rejected Boris Johnson’s claim that EU law prevented the British crown mark being embossed on pint glasses.

In his New Year message the prime minister lauded “restoring the crown stamp on the side of pint glasses” as one Brexit success notched up since the UK left the orbit of EU rules one year ago.

Officials at the commission said there was nothing that had prevented the crown stamp being on pint glasses, as long as the CE mark was also visible.

A spokesperson said: “EU law does not prevent markings from being placed on products, so long as it does not overlap or be confused with the CE mark.”

UK Covid: Johnson admits some hospitals already feel overwhelmed at times – as it happened

Latest updates: PM also announces daily testing for 100,000 key workers; more NHS hospital trusts declaring critical incidents

www.theguardian.com

Note: Just adding that I believe the crowns were etched/sandblasted rather than embossed.

And I'd like the freedom to buy my beer in quarter, half or full litres. Please. It is about freedom and taking control, isn't it?

 

[oyster]

Interesting how the 100,000 are expected to manage to get LFTs.

The PM will attempt to lessen Omicron’s threat to essential services - power, food, nuclear, air traffic control - by requiring around 100,000 workers in specified industries to take daily Covid-19 tests.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1478401616336371715

Sorry, there are no home delivery slots left for rapid lateral flow tests right now

 

[guerney]

New coronavirus variant called 'IHU' discovered in France

A new coronavirus variant called 'IHU' has emerged in France amid the rapid surge of Omicron cases across the world. The B.1.640.2 variant was discovered at the institute IHU Mediterranee Infection. Researchers believe that it contains 46 mutations. This has more mutations than the Omicron...

www.wionews.com

 

[oyster]

New coronavirus variant called 'IHU' discovered in France

A new coronavirus variant called 'IHU' has emerged in France amid the rapid surge of Omicron cases across the world. The B.1.640.2 variant was discovered at the institute IHU Mediterranee Infection. Researchers believe that it contains 46 mutations. This has more mutations than the Omicron...

www.wionews.com

Next we'll get stuck with one from Germany. Uhu.

Why is it being called IHU?

 

[guerney]

Next we'll get stuck with one from Germany. Uhu.

Why is it being called IHU?

Named after the...?

"The B.1.640.2 variant was discovered at the institute IHU Mediterranee Infection "

IHU – Méditerranée Infection

www.mediterranee-infection.com

 

[guerney]

Emergence in Southern France of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant of probably Cameroonian origin harbouring both substitutions N501Y and E484K in the spike protein

SARS-CoV-2 variants have become a major virological, epidemiological and clinical concern, particularly with regard to the risk of escape from vaccine-induced immunity. Here we describe the emergence of a new variant. For twelve SARS-CoV-positive patients living in the same geographical area of...

www.medrxiv.org

 

[oyster]

Emergence in Southern France of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant of probably Cameroonian origin harbouring both substitutions N501Y and E484K in the spike protein

SARS-CoV-2 variants have become a major virological, epidemiological and clinical concern, particularly with regard to the risk of escape from vaccine-induced immunity. Here we describe the emergence of a new variant. For twelve SARS-CoV-positive patients living in the same geographical area of...

www.medrxiv.org

So - because the authors are pig-headed and failed to consult with others as they should.

 

[guerney]

He was all shook up:

Popular entertainer thanks Ipswich Hospital 'angels' for Covid care

An Elvis impersonator and entertainer from Great Blakenham has thanked the 'angels' at Ipswich Hospital for looking after him during his stay over…

www.ipswichstar.co.uk

 

[guerney]

Fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose boosts antibodies five-fold in Israeli study, PM says

A fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine boosts antibodies five-fold a week after the shot is administered, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday, citing preliminary findings of an Israeli study.

www.reuters.com

 

[guerney]

COVID-19 patients have severely increased levels of oxidative stress and oxidant damage, and glutathione deficiency, study finds

Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had significantly increased levels of oxidative stress and oxidant damage, and markedly reduced levels of glutathione, the most abundant physiological antioxidant, according to a new study.

www.sciencedaily.com

 

[Woosh]

COVID-19 patients have severely increased levels of oxidative stress and oxidant damage, and glutathione deficiency, study finds

Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had significantly increased levels of oxidative stress and oxidant damage, and markedly reduced levels of glutathione, the most abundant physiological antioxidant, according to a new study.

www.sciencedaily.com

from Baylor College of Medicine - a private enterprise.
This study was made by people with no abbreviations attached to their names

 

[oyster]

Interesting - from my point of view, especially for the possibility of microclots being significant in other disorders.

Could microclots help explain the mystery of long Covid?
Resia Pretorius


My lab has found significant microclot formation in long Covid patients. Unfortunately, these are missed in routine blood tests

Could microclots help explain the mystery of long Covid? | Resia Pretorius

My lab has found significant microclot formation in long Covid patients. Unfortunately, these are missed in routine blood tests

www.theguardian.com

 

[guerney]

Endogenous Deficiency of Glutathione as the Most Likely Cause of Serious Manifestations and Death in COVID-19 Patients

Higher rates of serious illness and death from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection among older people and those who have comorbidities suggest that age- and disease-related biological processes make such individuals more sensitive to environmental ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[guerney]

Who knows who this cat is...

Eat These Foods to Increase Glutathione in Your Body - Vitality Medical Wellness Center

Food as medicine is a foundation of my wellness practice at Vitality. Consuming the proper nutrients, in combination with a healthy lifestyle, enables your body to grow, detoxify, and heal from most of life’s ills. To prevent or recover from deficiencies or disease, how should we decide what...

www.sommerwhitemd.com

 

[Woosh]

Who knows who this cat is...

they know you can't absorb this glutathione by eating, so the whole article is to entice you to have it injected it into your veins for a price.