Why should they give up staff/equipment if they have the capacity at the existing hospitals?ZedLeg wrote: Sun May 10, 2020 6:52 pmWasn’t the reason that the nightingale hospitals aren’t being used that they expected hospitals to give up staff and equipment for them.McSwede wrote: Sun May 10, 2020 5:47 pmWasn't the reality of the nightingale hospitals that they were for when the NHS became overwhelmed? They'll end up being where all Covid-19 patients go so we can keep hospitals as free of the virus as possible and able to do what they do under normal circumstances. I'm sure there will be further waves of the virus over the next 12-18mths.drcarlos wrote: Sun May 10, 2020 5:18 pm
There’s a couple of things that have come up over the past couple of weeks.
The model we are following developed by ic London and caused so much panic and karening has serious questions over its validity.
Firstly the code has not been peer reviewed and they will not release it and it’s parameters in full.
Secondly the disgraced team leader is connected to activists.
Thirdly when applied to Sweden (and their measure or lack there of) it predicted over 40k deaths at this stage, which is wildly inaccurate.
The nhs
We haven’t over run the hospitals, there have been no filmed packed out wards and people dying in corridors like we saw in Italy.
The nightingales have been shut having only taken a handful of patients.
Nurses seem to have so much time on their hands they are filling ticktock with dances.
At this stage going bankrupt could probably cause more harm that by starting relaxation of the restrictions, but it needs to be done sensibly.
There were reports last week that the ones in London had been knocking back patients because they didn’t have nurses to look after them.
It’s good that we have these emergency hospitals, regardless of if we have the staff yet, but it’s even better that we don’t need to use them yet.