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<blockquote data-quote="DavidGrahamJones" data-source="post: 2240162" data-attributes="member: 245335"><p>In a word <strong>NO!</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>A <em>Times</em> newspaper comment (<strong>17 April</strong>) that ‘an influenza epidemic has affected thousands of Hong Kong residents’ heralded the start of rapid movement across the East with <strong>100 000</strong> cases in <strong>Taiwan</strong> by <strong>mid-May</strong> and over a <strong>million</strong> in <strong>India</strong> by <strong>June</strong>.</p><p></p><p>The first cases in the <strong>UK</strong> were in late <strong>June</strong>, with a serious outbreak in the general population occurring in<strong> August.</strong> From mid-<strong>September </strong>onwards the virus spread from the North, West, and Wales to the South, East, and Scotland. One GP recalled ‘we were amazed at the extraordinary infectivity of the disease, overawed by the suddenness of its outset and surprised at the protean nature of its symptomatology.</p><p></p><p>It peaked the week ending<strong> 17 October</strong> with <strong>600 deaths</strong> reported in major towns in England and Wales. By early 1958 it was estimated that ‘not less than 9 million people in Great Britain had … Asian influenza during the 1957 epidemic. Of these, more than 5.5 million were attended by their doctors. About <strong>14 000 </strong>people died of the immediate effects of their attack.’</p><p></p><p>Source: British Journal of General Practice.</p><p></p><p>One other thing, in those days they were actually in a position to close hospital wards if need be. If hospital beds have halved since 1988, what happened in the previous 30 years.</p><p></p><p>The NHS will not be able to treat the number of severe cases of this virus, especially as BoJo has actually refused the help offered by the EU in obtaining PPEs/ventilators because he's got this idea of not needing the EU so far up his backside that he can't back down. Us being sensible will help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DavidGrahamJones, post: 2240162, member: 245335"] In a word [B]NO! [/B] A [I]Times[/I] newspaper comment ([B]17 April[/B]) that ‘an influenza epidemic has affected thousands of Hong Kong residents’ heralded the start of rapid movement across the East with [B]100 000[/B] cases in [B]Taiwan[/B] by [B]mid-May[/B] and over a [B]million[/B] in [B]India[/B] by [B]June[/B]. The first cases in the [B]UK[/B] were in late [B]June[/B], with a serious outbreak in the general population occurring in[B] August.[/B] From mid-[B]September [/B]onwards the virus spread from the North, West, and Wales to the South, East, and Scotland. One GP recalled ‘we were amazed at the extraordinary infectivity of the disease, overawed by the suddenness of its outset and surprised at the protean nature of its symptomatology. It peaked the week ending[B] 17 October[/B] with [B]600 deaths[/B] reported in major towns in England and Wales. By early 1958 it was estimated that ‘not less than 9 million people in Great Britain had … Asian influenza during the 1957 epidemic. Of these, more than 5.5 million were attended by their doctors. About [B]14 000 [/B]people died of the immediate effects of their attack.’ Source: British Journal of General Practice. One other thing, in those days they were actually in a position to close hospital wards if need be. If hospital beds have halved since 1988, what happened in the previous 30 years. The NHS will not be able to treat the number of severe cases of this virus, especially as BoJo has actually refused the help offered by the EU in obtaining PPEs/ventilators because he's got this idea of not needing the EU so far up his backside that he can't back down. Us being sensible will help. [/QUOTE]
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