Coronavirus Update 17.3.20

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UK, 1 950 cases, 71 deaths, mortality rate 1 in 27

Scotland, 195 cases, 2 deaths, mortality rate 1 in 97

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-51932090

Useful reading:

Courting controversy – outsourcing NHS cleaning services:

http://www.practical-patient-care.com/features/featurecourting-controversy-outsourcing-nhs-cleaning-services-4264001/

Outsourcing cleaning services increases MRSA incidence: Evidence from 126 English acute trusts:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953616306864

Studies on Nurse staffing and Healthcare Associated Infection: Methodological Challenges and Potential Solutions https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4456687/

Nurse staffing, burnout, and health care–associated infection: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3509207/

8 thoughts on “Coronavirus Update 17.3.20”

  2. You do realise glasgow and clyde has the second highest insidence in the country. It is also likely to get worse and stay here longer because of our weather. Being smug about it isnt helpful

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  3. There will be more deaths very soon and with the best will in the world no health systems will be able to cope. Doctors in Italy have had to choose who to prioritise.

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  4. We just need to hang in there until a vaccine is being distributed – hopefully well before the end of the year – be considerate, but not too fatalistic folks.

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  5. Response to Robert Miller’s withdrawn comment
    I agree BUT
    My purpose is to strike back at the BBC/Westminster/Herald propaganda against all things Scottish especially our NHS and all is fair. While my stats are I agree limited in meaning they are not devoid of it and at least as good as most of those repeated by BBC/Westminster etc?

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