Hi everyone,
I was just wondering if anyone felt the same as me. I remember reading a study out of China back in February which assessed who were most vulnerable to COVID, it showed that approx 7.3% of all diabetic patients with covid died.
So I knew prior to first wave in the UK that diabetics were vulnerable but it seemed that those in power in the UK dragged their feet and let the pandemic get out of control. In typical UK fashion we were reactionary and not proactive.
So the first wave comes and goes and then Public Health England publish a study showing that 26% of all COVID deaths in England and Wales during the first wave were people with diabetes. It also suggested those with type 1 and type 2 diabetes are respectively 3.5x and 2x more likely to die from COVID than those without diabetes.
So when I read this I thought to myself "well yeah I could have told you that was going to happen".
So from these observations I've come to the following conclusions:
1. The government did not and will not include diabetics on the sheilding list because there are too many of us.
2. The government is actively pursuing a herd immunity strategy (without saying it out loud) and is only concerned about the NHS reaching capacity, not about protecting the vulnerable.
3. 'COVID secure workplace' is probably the most BS phrase I've ever heard.
Would be great to get people's perspective on this.
Here are the links to the papers I referenced in the text:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762130
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(20)30272-2/fulltext
I was just wondering if anyone felt the same as me. I remember reading a study out of China back in February which assessed who were most vulnerable to COVID, it showed that approx 7.3% of all diabetic patients with covid died.
So I knew prior to first wave in the UK that diabetics were vulnerable but it seemed that those in power in the UK dragged their feet and let the pandemic get out of control. In typical UK fashion we were reactionary and not proactive.
So the first wave comes and goes and then Public Health England publish a study showing that 26% of all COVID deaths in England and Wales during the first wave were people with diabetes. It also suggested those with type 1 and type 2 diabetes are respectively 3.5x and 2x more likely to die from COVID than those without diabetes.
So when I read this I thought to myself "well yeah I could have told you that was going to happen".
So from these observations I've come to the following conclusions:
1. The government did not and will not include diabetics on the sheilding list because there are too many of us.
2. The government is actively pursuing a herd immunity strategy (without saying it out loud) and is only concerned about the NHS reaching capacity, not about protecting the vulnerable.
3. 'COVID secure workplace' is probably the most BS phrase I've ever heard.
Would be great to get people's perspective on this.
Here are the links to the papers I referenced in the text:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762130
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(20)30272-2/fulltext