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Giving up on the war with this virus is what would be pure folly. The war is not one battle it is a series of battles. By slowing transmission we have saved life for sure. We have given time for better ventilation practices to be developed ,for drugs that mitigate fatality to be identified and...

To be fair at the moment we just don't know what way this is going. The virus's infectivity rate at the moment does seem to have slowed. Is this down to lockdown measures we have taken ? Is it down to ones we are continuing to take, is there some immunological reason eg many more of us being...

Yes but that was 500 000 without lockdown. As it stands there have been in the region of 60 000 excess deaths with nowhere near the total population exposed. Estimates seem to coalesce around the 10%mark . If that was so then 500 000 looks plausible. Also if we look at 1% fatality which seems to...

Given that he predicted less than 10k deaths in the US ,to my lay man's eyes does that not blow any credibility out of the water all politics aside?

From what I've read on here Metformin has only a small effect less than 1 point ish on your meter. It's your diet that has turned things around so give yourself a big pat on the back.

Hi and welcome. You may indeed be able to get your morning readings lower but I think it's important to say where you are is not bad. When you look at the morning readings here they are on the whole very very good when Ch can be a bit dispiriting to those who no matter what they do will never...

Thank you that helps hugely :)

And those for BMI are they comparing to 1.0 for diabetic with a healthy BMI or to a non diabetic healthy BMI or to a nominal population average being 1.0 for hazard ratio?

Hi All, I have been trying to understand the figures in the reports. Is anyone able to explain the hazard ratio .Is 1.0 the hazard ratio that a comparible individual without diabetes would have ?

I think if you work and you shield without the letter you have no protection from being sacked.Tbh I'm not sure how protected you are even if you have the letter I have heard of people being told they'll be "let go " if they don't come in.

I do wonder how statistically relevent 1.1 to 1 to 1.05 is to a lay man they sound pretty much the same and close to the 1.4 ish you already suggested for type 2 well controlled without co morbidities? @Lupf

Thanks lupf for your inciteful help around the data. I realise that we might not like the findings sometimes but personally id rather know than not. Also I know that it's impossible to use any data to predict certainly any individuals outcomes the picture is to complex for that. The best that we...

New article in the guardian today with diabetes data analysed. Here https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/20/type-1-diabetics-type-2-coronavirus-nhs-study I would just say even at 3.5 % for type 1 remember that s 96.5% survival if you take 1% as the average mortality rate.

Max 68 please look at this link for specifically how the government advise employers in education to behave towards those in the high risk clinically group...

I had this problem and the GP out it down to a particular drug prescribed for lowering blood pressure. Came off it and problem disappeared. I was given another type of medication.As others have said consult your doctor.

Hi all, just did a very quick search so this may not be accurate but according to my info nearly 25% of over 65 in the USA and 17 % of the over 45 to 64 bracket are diabetic. These would seem to mitigate somewhat against the death percentages quoted as you'd expect nearly a quarter to be...

By the way Rachox your numbers look AMAZING full stop not just on paper. And I like many others I'm taking inspiration from them. I only hope I can do as well :)

As others have stated Metformin only gives minor support and in no way should anyone on any medication feel that their success in reversing the climbing of blood sugar levels is any less valid than anyone elses. We all have our own individual struggles our own targets and can choose our own...

That's for when I hit the thirties And it will have to be Chinese cauliflower egg fried rice lol

Thanx everyone. I really don't know what I would have done without this forum. Probably bashed away at the eatwell plate and given up in frustration eventually! I feel so much fitter and healthier and most importantly in control because of the advice and information on here :).