Posted on Nov 1, 2020
Covid: PM warns of virus deaths 'twice as bad' as spring
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Covid-19 deaths could be twice as high over the winter as they were in the first wave of the pandemic, PM Boris Johnson is expected to warn MPs later.
In a Parliamentary statement he will say there is "no alternative" as he seeks to win support for the planned four-week lockdown across England.
But Mr Johnson will explain he was "right to try every possible option" before ordering people to stay at home.
Labour has said it will back the lockdown but criticised the delay.
Mr Johnson announced at a Downing Street news conference on Saturday that strict measures would be imposed across England from Thursday, closing pubs, restaurants, gyms, non-essential shops and places of worship.
Full details of the regulations are expected to be published before MPs vote on the measure on Wednesday.
In a Parliamentary statement he will say there is "no alternative" as he seeks to win support for the planned four-week lockdown across England.
But Mr Johnson will explain he was "right to try every possible option" before ordering people to stay at home.
Labour has said it will back the lockdown but criticised the delay.
Mr Johnson announced at a Downing Street news conference on Saturday that strict measures would be imposed across England from Thursday, closing pubs, restaurants, gyms, non-essential shops and places of worship.
Full details of the regulations are expected to be published before MPs vote on the measure on Wednesday.
Covid: PM warns of virus deaths 'twice as bad' as spring
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With US mortality rates way down, and people starting to get vaccinated by the new year, I kind of doubt need to worry about anything.
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LTC Eugene Chu
1. Mortality rates are only one part of issue. Other issues include limited ICU space and survivors with disabilities after recovery
2. Vaccination will take time. It requires delicate approval based on accelerated testing and supply chain for distribution will take time to build
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200916/pre-covid-life-may-not-return-until-2022
2. Vaccination will take time. It requires delicate approval based on accelerated testing and supply chain for distribution will take time to build
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200916/pre-covid-life-may-not-return-until-2022
Pre-COVID Life May Not Return Until 2022
The WHO's chief scientist says a return to “pre-COVID” life -- without social distancing or precautions such as face masks -- may not happen until 2022.
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LTC Eugene Chu - Nice to see the news is finally catching up (a day late and a dollar short in my opinion). Many of us always said the only useful metric is available hospital space. For flare ups additional capacity needs to be planned for, for a national emergency it’s not difficult to do, as we have been. I so dislike people and/or organizations who try to scare others with raw numbers that have no context.
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