tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482732367812174734.post8694880796571894034..comments2024-02-28T08:42:52.675+00:00Comments on The Junior Doctor: Global 'Flu PandemicDr Michael Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05340927185641717290noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482732367812174734.post-40556700896874200062009-05-06T16:38:00.000+00:002009-05-06T16:38:00.000+00:00Hi there. I'd just like to say that as a med stude...Hi there. I'd just like to say that as a med student, I find your blog pretty entertaining. <br /><br />I'm currently on a placement on ITU in a hospital in the East, and over here, all of the ITU and respiratory staff are being fit-tested with masks to use in cases of ?H1N1, as they'll be the staff making the most 'close' contact with such patients. <br /><br />As far as I can tell, that seems to be the only sort of preparation I can see, but goodness knows what happens behind the scenes...!<br /><br />VAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482732367812174734.post-74720979512651883962009-04-30T18:32:00.000+00:002009-04-30T18:32:00.000+00:00"I really hope that a whole chain of events with (..."I really hope that a whole chain of events with (sic) swing into action once we have a suspected case come through the hospital doors." I wouldn't bank on it - I know how the civil service and officialdom in general works! I think the best policy is to be prepared and think what YOU would do.ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482732367812174734.post-56254265539646455402009-04-30T18:19:00.000+00:002009-04-30T18:19:00.000+00:00I wouldn't want to be in China, but I would rather...I wouldn't want to be in China, but I would rather be in Hong Kong than in the UK. They know what they got wrong 6 years ago. Oh, and doctors and nurses who die in HK will get a state funeral.. wonder if that would happen here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482732367812174734.post-22801312248181800912009-04-30T08:42:00.000+00:002009-04-30T08:42:00.000+00:00if i was feeling more facetious i would say here t...if i was feeling more facetious i would say here that we're all dying (life being a sexually transmitted condition with a 100% mortality rate and all that ;))<br /><br />so basically the govt is telling people to exercise common sense? god i wish people here believed "washing hands" and "using a tissue" was common sense, China is by and large a filthy hole when it comes to hygiene. wonder how fast the disease can spread here when it arrives?<br /><br />regarding what to do when we all start to die, i suppose they'll want us to mark our house with an X, board up the windows and lie down conveniently outside, so the death-carts can pick us up with minimal fuss a la plague circa 1600.<br /><br />oh the fun times we live (and die) in, eh? ;)Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039651341334249628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482732367812174734.post-40251654117678284512009-04-30T08:10:00.000+00:002009-04-30T08:10:00.000+00:00Don't worry - the government is going to put leafl...Don't worry - the government is going to put leaflets through all of our doors telling us what to do when we all start dying... <br /><br />(news report this morning said that the advice included using paper handkerchiefs and washing your hands when you sneeze...)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965300148218903639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482732367812174734.post-30876728046395143032009-04-30T02:31:00.000+00:002009-04-30T02:31:00.000+00:00what seems to be most worrying is you're not alone...what seems to be most worrying is you're not alone in saying this. another doctor's blog also says he has no official guidance on what to do, despite media reports (or whatever the govt feeds them) saying otherwise.<br /><br />still, i'd rather be in the UK than here in China if this thing takes off bigtime. don't trust the "medicine" here for toffee.Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039651341334249628noreply@blogger.com