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Type 2 diabetes and Coronavirus
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grovesy
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Dr . Amir Khan was on BBC yesterday suggesting the best thing people with Diabetes or Asthma is to contro,l it as best they can.
There is a link at the top of the page linking to Diabetes UK statement on the virus. It was updated yesterday.
There is a link at the top of the page linking to Diabetes UK statement on the virus. It was updated yesterday.
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Welcome to the forum @Shoshi
This is the DUK information @grovesy mentioned - https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about_us/news/coronavirus
Control any co-morbidities and practice social distancing, OCD hand washing etc.
I'm trying hard not to be alarmist - just realistic:
Take UK gov information advice with a ton of salt since they apparently aim for 'herd immunity' when there is evidence that Covid19 like its close relative MERS doesn't give immunity to those who 'recover'. And indeed many 'recover' with permanent(?) heart/lung damage!
If UK gov completely wrong strategy, many extra thousands both in UK and abroad will die. If UK gov get their timing wrong by even 1 week then 8 times as many in the UK will die.
High risk strategy ? - You're not kidding, more like reckless!
I'm trying hard not to be alarmist - just realistic:
Take UK gov information advice with a ton of salt since they apparently aim for 'herd immunity' when there is evidence that Covid19 like its close relative MERS doesn't give immunity to those who 'recover'. And indeed many 'recover' with permanent(?) heart/lung damage!
If UK gov completely wrong strategy, many extra thousands both in UK and abroad will die. If UK gov get their timing wrong by even 1 week then 8 times as many in the UK will die.
High risk strategy ? - You're not kidding, more like reckless!
I think its appallingly bad how this is being handled in the UK. We should be locking things down NOW to prevent it getting worse later and yet... nothing. All of the companies and public offices are waiting for the government to tell them what to do and they are basically doing nothing.
The more I listen to expert opinion, the more I think we are going to have to do the right thing for ourselves, because clearly the government wants to play a very risky (for us) strategy. I say sod that.
The more I listen to expert opinion, the more I think we are going to have to do the right thing for ourselves, because clearly the government wants to play a very risky (for us) strategy. I say sod that.
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