It’s Monday Mourning & we are in the midst of a Sahara Desert if Shocking Statistics:

CH3OH · 11-05-2020 2:21pm

I need a private room....

11-05-2020 2:22pm

Dan Jaman wrote: »

Addison's Disease - JFK had that.

Symptoms generally come on slowly and may include weight loss.

I definitely don't have it.

Orwellmerchant · 11-05-2020 2:22pm

Great, a new mother. She will solve everything.

Dan Jaman · 11-05-2020 2:22pm

Gods Gift wrote: »

And see what happened him.

A high dose of lead wasn't in the prescription.

gmisk · 11-05-2020 2:22pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Adrenal cortex failure. It’s not that very rare or mysterious.

My cousin got it when he was about 20, really bad, people used to take the piss and say he was on the sunbeds as his skin colour changed so much. My mum was the one who suggested it could be Addison's (she was a nurse for about 30 years) He has huge issues with his hands unfortunately.

11-05-2020 2:23pm

I’ve been on plenty of steroid drips in my life, hospitals are well used to that, but of course measuring steroid replacement accurately is important in Addisons.

11-05-2020 2:23pm

gmisk wrote: »

My cousin got it when he was about 20, really bad, people used to take the piss and say he was on the sunbeds as his skin colour changed so much. He has huge issues with his hands unfortunately.

Jane Austin famously died of it, diagnosed posthumously by experts in the field.

Dan Jaman · 11-05-2020 2:24pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Scottish I think.

Posh or a highlander.

pc7 · 11-05-2020 2:24pm

Just reminded me, waiting on a private appointment for one of the smallies. Must check if it’s affected by this.

Atlantic Dawn · 11-05-2020 2:24pm

Not much point in the government buying up access to the private hospitals and not using them.

Gods Gift · 11-05-2020 2:24pm

Dan Jaman wrote: »

A high dose of lead wasn't in the prescription.

Lead poisoning.

11-05-2020 2:25pm

pc7 wrote: »

Just reminded me, waiting on a private appointment for one of the smallies. Must check if it’s affected by this.

It certainly will be

11-05-2020 2:25pm

To be fair. What are the hospitals supposed to do?

It's the same the world over

zell12 · 11-05-2020 2:26pm

Joe loves counting deaths

pc7 · 11-05-2020 2:26pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It certainly will be

Feck

11-05-2020 2:26pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Not much point in the government buying up access to the private hospitals and not using them.

It was merely an emergency resource that thankfully wasn’t needed. Time to start using some of them for other purposes, and redesignating again if necessary.

gmisk · 11-05-2020 2:26pm

I think there is a plan for urgent appointments to start going ahead quite soon though?

zell12 · 11-05-2020 2:27pm

yeah but yeah caller, are you going to die now, live on air?

11-05-2020 2:28pm

pc7 wrote: »

Feck

I have zero access to my private consultants, fortunately not needed currently. The great knee man I found has now gone back to his native Spain to work as he had none here other than his research fellowship.

Roger_007 · 11-05-2020 2:29pm

These scientists are great at advising how to lock down........not so good at advising how to get out of it!

Atlantic Dawn · 11-05-2020 2:31pm

Tests while you wait are needed.

2smiggy · 11-05-2020 2:31pm

is this expert after calling into the wrong show ???

gmisk · 11-05-2020 2:31pm

Every country in the world is trying to scale it up...we do a comparably really good job on testing volumes...it takes time there are shortages of kits, reagents, and capacity all over the world.