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COVID-19: Christmas may trigger 'tsunami' of COVID cases, top nurse warns - as anger grows over tier moves
SKY News ^ | December 18, 2020 | by Chris Robertson

Posted on 12/18/2020 2:39:23 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

The relaxation of restrictions over Christmas could trigger a "tsunami" of coronavirus cases, according to a nursing chief, as frustration continues over England's tier system.

More than two-thirds of England will be living under Tier 3 restrictions from Saturday, only for restrictions on household mixing to be relaxed from next Wednesday for the festive period.

With a week to go until Christmas Day, nurses are calling on the government to give "fresh and more detailed" advice to the public in an effort to prevent a surge in COVID-19 cases in the new year.

Dame Donna Kinnair, chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said: "After a difficult year, it is everybody's instinct to want to be together and see loved ones - especially those who live far apart or feel isolated.

"But what is at stake is coming into sharp focus."

"Travelling and family visits associated with this time of year will undoubtedly lead to more cases, more pressure on NHS and care services, and more deaths. By turning the second and third waves into an unrelenting tsunami, we would begin 2021 in the worst possible way."

Dame Donna added that nurses would not be able to enjoy the Christmas period "knowing what awaits them in January", and urged ministers to give more information on the risks of mixing at Christmas, saying: "This virus isn't taking Christmas off and nor should we."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: china; christmas; lockdown; virus
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1 posted on 12/18/2020 2:39:23 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gotta keep the fear going with scaring people about things that might happen and never will.

Most of what we fear to happen doesn’t.

Still waiting for evidence of that tsunami of cases from Thanksgiving.


2 posted on 12/18/2020 2:45:16 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: metmom

top nurse warns, no name


3 posted on 12/18/2020 2:48:39 AM PST by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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To: ronnie raygun

Just give everyone invermectin when they start feeling sick and the problem is solved. Period. No need for lockdowns or even for vaccines.

But there’s no profit for big pharma in that...


4 posted on 12/18/2020 2:52:00 AM PST by CondorFlight
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To: ronnie raygun

She’s the head nurse with dirty knees.


5 posted on 12/18/2020 2:52:30 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: CondorFlight
But there’s no profit for big pharma in that...

Exactly.

6 posted on 12/18/2020 2:54:37 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: ronnie raygun

They left her name out, to prevent everyone threatening her for being the Christmas Scrooge.

Suspect like our Fauci, everyone is sick of listening to the “experts”. Their batting record is not very good.


7 posted on 12/18/2020 2:54:39 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: metmom
Still waiting for evidence of that tsunami of cases from Thanksgiving.

I live in a Spanish tourist town on the Mediterranean coast. Naturally all coastal towns in Spain are Spanish ones except Gibraltar but, unlike Estopona, Marbella, Benidorm, Nerja, etc. we attract mostly locals and people from the interior rather than Europeans who have to fly in. Our population is normally around 27,000 people but in the summer season the population doubles and triples depending on what's going on. So this past summer we had people coming from all parts of Spain to enjoy the beaches, the weather, the dining, etc.

The busiest part of the Summer season is from July 1 until September 1. During that time we had more people drown than die of covid.

8 posted on 12/18/2020 2:54:40 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: metmom

Everyone who attended my illegal Thanksgiving gathering has been fine.


9 posted on 12/18/2020 2:59:48 AM PST by Tax-chick (I've got your worldwide wave of madness right here. Cthulhu Fhtagn!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The hoax continues.......


10 posted on 12/18/2020 3:00:39 AM PST by Beth2034
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is getting old!!!!!!


11 posted on 12/18/2020 3:09:18 AM PST by LoveMyFreedom (That i would not doubt)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What’s the mortality rate of Covid, again? Less than 1 percent?


12 posted on 12/18/2020 3:13:53 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (We must FIGHT, I repeat it sir, we must FIGHT! -Patrick Henry)
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To: ronnie raygun

Her name is Nurse Wratched. And she’s making it all about her and her fellow nurses. Why don’t they just wear masks?


13 posted on 12/18/2020 3:17:19 AM PST by RealVirginia
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To: metmom

Cases in my state were leveling off. A 25% spike after Thanksgiving.


14 posted on 12/18/2020 4:34:06 AM PST by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate other.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Define “case”.


15 posted on 12/18/2020 4:44:07 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: Tax-chick; Oshkalaboomboom
If they get sick, it's because of a SEASONAL situation. As I wrote elsewhere, what we are seeing is not due to a "surge.

The majority of deaths in most countries can be attributed to causes that feature a distinct seasonal pattern. The figure depicts the relative monthly frequencies of nine selected causes of death in the United States for women and men combined for the years 1959–2014. The reported number of counts in parentheses in the title of each panel is the actual number of deaths.

Viruses gonna virus. Even non-viruses gonna non-virus.

The only thing that will cause an abatement is the vernal equinox, not a deepened loss of liberty.


16 posted on 12/18/2020 4:45:55 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: DoodleBob

Very interesting, thanks.


17 posted on 12/18/2020 4:54:37 AM PST by Tax-chick (I've got your worldwide wave of madness right here. Cthulhu Fhtagn!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

CONTROL™!!!!!!


18 posted on 12/18/2020 5:27:20 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT The NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR & Faux Snooze! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper!)
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To: Texas Fossil; ronnie raygun; RealVirginia

Her name is Donna Kinnear, she is the head of the Royal College of Nursing.

It’s right in the article extract. Sheesh!


19 posted on 12/18/2020 5:31:21 AM PST by Jim Noble (Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Its been shown that the dreaded Thanksgiving tsunami was a flop. Its all about control, not the disease.


20 posted on 12/18/2020 5:38:16 AM PST by Godzilla ( I just love the smell of COVFEFE in the morning . . . . )
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