1. Emergency care in Northern Ireland has essentially collapsed. This was eminently predictable, especially considering the high incidence of influenza in the region at this point. The cause is multi-factorial. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... - ThreadSky

brownecfm.bsky.social • 61 days ago

1. Emergency care in Northern Ireland has essentially collapsed. This was eminently predictable, especially considering the high incidence of influenza in the region at this point. The cause is multi-factorial.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3we3yjv05lo

Comments

catfraser74.bsky.social•60 days ago

Why can’t government just have an honest conversation about this? The system is broken and we need to be honest with the public. Until then nothing will change

duilleogeile.bsky.social•60 days ago

Why are healthcare settings so afraid of HEPA filters?
Is it a tacit admission that they got it Covid transmition wrong?
Surely we have all acknowledged that Covid is airborne.
And what about all the other airborne diseases?

drmj.bsky.social•61 days ago

“Flu and respiratory infections”
Why can’t they just say it?

brownecfm.bsky.social•59 days ago

The word is taboo.

drmj.bsky.social•59 days ago

Yeap, the C word, the virus that shall remain unnamed 🙄

gandalfpc.bsky.social•60 days ago

However
https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/30/cases-of-respiratory-virus-hmpv-remain-low-in-hong-kong-epidemiologist-says-amid-mainland-china-outbreak/
https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2023/02/20230228/20230228_172824_329.html

tom01-5.bsky.social•61 days ago

GET YOUR FUCKING SHOT!

nifferama.bsky.social•60 days ago

WEAR YOUR FUCKING MASK!

tom01-5.bsky.social•60 days ago

DO BOTH….

brownecfm.bsky.social•61 days ago

2. The ability to discharge patients in a timely fashion is a very significant factor, due to considerable issues with social care in Northern Ireland.

In such overcrowded conditions, nosocomial infections are extremely difficult to prevent - especially Covid-19.

brownecfm.bsky.social•61 days ago

3. If a patient acquires Covid-19 in hospital, especially in the context of a co-infection with influenza, it is likely that their hospital stay will be longer than if they had not acquired Covid-19. The same principle holds for any airborne nosocomial infection.

brownecfm.bsky.social•61 days ago

4. As such, a relatively low-cost intervention to reduce pressure on the system is to reduce airborne nosocomial infections. High-quality HEPA should be running at all times in all hospital areas, and FFP2 minimum required for all staff.

We should know this by now.

/end

cheshiredoglady.bsky.social•60 days ago

The immuno suppressed could then access health care without fear.

markyoung23.bsky.social•61 days ago

Honestly four years later I still don’t understand why HEPA filters aren’t in all buildings, especially healthcare ones. Also why people aren’t made to mask in medical facilities just blows my mind, it’s a simple easy action.

cheshiredoglady.bsky.social•60 days ago

Exactly.

greensagainstcovid.bsky.social•60 days ago

#ItsCommonSense. Why is it such a struggle? https://bsky.app/profile/greensagainstcovid.bsky.social/post/3lbjlgsqrtk26

mark-ungrin.bsky.social•60 days ago

There's a straightforward explanation, and it starts with asking "Cui bono?"

The choice is between doubling down and letting more people die, or changing course and exposing the incompetence of IPC leadership.

And the people making that choice?

IPC leadership.

https://bsky.app/profile/catinthehat.bsky.social/post/3lczu35eh3c2j