2 care home residents living on the Isle of Wight have sadly died after contracting COVID-19, according to the latest official data.
A total of 142 people have now died on the Isle of Wight within 28 days of testing positive for COVID, with 34 of those deaths occurring in January so far.
Of the 142 deaths, 88 have occurred at St Mary’s Hospital, 50 people have died in care homes, 3 at home and 1 at the hospice.
It’s worth noting that although 2 people died in care homes on the Island in the week ending 8th January having tested positive for COVID, 11 other people died in the same week.
Admissions to hospital and deaths are set to continue in the coming days and weeks with pressure mounting on the NHS. Critically ill patients are now being transferred off-Island by helicopter, as previously reported by Island Echo.
It is an improving picture on the Island in terms of the number of cases with the lockdown having a positive effect on transmission. The Isle of Wight is now considered to be the 17th worse affected area in the country, down from being 4th.
I hope ALL care home staff are vaccinated now.
They often earn little, work hard, and have far less respect than those just answering a phone yet, because they work for the N HS have good wages, better PPE, and have early access to the vaccine.
Treat the needy first, as without them such homes will collapse, whereas some phone operator for the worried will hardly come close to the real work that care home workers endure daily.
Hi what work do you do may I ask
You may ask, yet what it has to do with anything I am unsure.
I work as a carpenter/joiner, but know many who are working in environments far more dangerous than many N h s staff who are just sat in offices, yet being applauded for doing far less for far more money and perks than many other people who are risking their health and that of their families for.
Whilst those at the front line of the N h s cannot be in anymore danger and deserve praise and help, many workers are ‘riding’ on the coat-tails of such, whilst doing little more than playing with their phones whilst paying lip service to the ‘distressed’ phoning for assurance and help.
Whilst such gain an early vaccination, despite not being at any greater risk than most workers, those working hard and in danger in care homes are still waiting, which is so wrong.
Akin to issuing the top-brass back in England a bullet proof vest and a medal, whilst those in the trenches doing the real fighting, because they are deemed a ‘lower order’ are giving a cheap tin hat, tin of spam and a sandbag.
Needs sorting out imo.
Well said
Hancock and SAGE are ignoring evidence of licensed and cheap drug Ivermectin as effective prevention and cure for Covid-19 in order to push unlicensed, emergency approved, expensive, experimental treatments. WHY?
Ivermectin doesn’t have enough evidence to prove its effectiveness against Covid-19. More clinical trials are needed. This has been noted on numerous occasions by different authorities.
Check out the official Covid-19 treatment guidelines for more information. It also comes with plenty of references on the trials that have been performed.
For an added extra, check out clinicaltrials gov, which also shows tests performed by the US, once again stating it’s ineffectiveness to date.
I would post the links themselves but my comment wasn’t approved by IE. Free speech apparently needs auditing.
I hope when this is all over, when ever that will be, that our MP recognises the work of the care home staff and throws a party in their honour.
I think they all would prefer a pay rise worthy of the work and hours they do not a party!
Yes, a party, that will fix all their issues with low pay, long hours and poor working contracts, a party, ffs.
Some deaths are being registered as covid when they’ve not been tested and have obviously died of an on going illness but may have had a symptom such as a cough. The range of symptoms is getting bigger so could apply to anything. It’s easier for G.Ps to register the death as covid especially in care homes because then they don’t have to go into the carehome .
And some deaths are not being registered as covid as the person has died after the 28 days
Its after they have tested positive within the last 28 days please read the article before commenting.
Call too all sheep….why are you thumbing down perfectly true postings?your all thick stupid and brain washed.even for a bad post they get a thumbs up !!! Crazy
Yeah, real intellegent input Liz. Just a slur of insults, well done.
Were these 2 people sadly sent back to the care homes from hospital knowingly infected like many were last year. It was reported yesterday that this is happening again.Surely this government is not so stupid as to let this happen again!
They are putting ‘covid’ as the cause of death but bear in mind they didn’t die because of Covid. My partners family asked for a post mortem when their mother died and they changed the official cause from ‘covid’ to ‘kidney failure’. It’s one big lie.
Yes you’re right no one seems to have died from anything other than covid this past 12 months.It is to keep the numbers up, and no more deaths than any other year either how strange!2018 saw a lot more deaths from flu but that never gets mentioned!
And TROLL 2 returns.
Another true post…thumbs down???clear off here if your that stupid
Your claims of 2018 are not verifiable. Public Health England estimates that across the 2017/18 flu season there were around 22,000 deaths associated with flu in England. There are claims on social media of 64,000 people which is incorrect. That is a checkable figure.
Whilst reporting the true number of deaths from covid 19 is a difficult task and of course some inaccuracies will enviably occur, the statistics speak for themselves. In April and may of 2020 the death rate was double that of the five year average and currently it is up by a third. These spikes cannot be misidenfication of other causes. You can see from the following chart:-
This chart is taken from the following source:- https://news.sky.com/story/covid-news-live-latest-uk-updates-during-lockdown-12192114
Other sources on the 2018 flu death rate are from here:- https://fullfact.org/online/october-2020-flu-covid-pandemic/
Why does it take so long for IE to pass certain posts yet others that are clearly from Covididiots and upsetting so many families get through their so called edit.
I know a lady who, as a civil servant working for the council, has her £100 pension contribution not only matched, but doubled by our local authority. £300 per month in her pension pot. She is a teacher who cannot work because schools are shut. Are nurses, police officers, and the staff in civvy covid central Boot’s getting the same treatment? Perhaps, but the carers won’t be, ever! They are considered the lowest by the elite until it is time to have someone wipe your relatives’ arse. Then, hey presto! You care, because you want their house and call in those poor sods who actually have a vocation, not a career.
If your all to lazy to find out yourselves, then that’s your problem. This report is in the MSM.
I’m not too lazy, I’ll go check anyones claims if given the source of information. Sadly you never show the sources of your information.
Daily mail online
Ah, the immortal words of a conspiracy theorist. “Here is my claim! But you have to go and “research” it yourself. I’m not showing you proof of what I’ve said. But it’s true. And your idiots because you don’t know it. But I won’t show you it. Google it. Sheep”
You ask for proof I told you where it is! Blimey does your mum still wipe your nose?
What, the Daily Mail online and some random guy on YouTube? Are you kidding… ?
The TROLL spoke volumes Skeptic when he mentioned the daily mail he is indeed laughable, maybe he should google the word TROLL to find out his true meaning in life.
Have you bothered to check? No ! So your opinion is void!! So back up the tree to get your nuts!
Check your fake news in a rag like the mail and to trust everything you hear on youtube etc, you sir are the one that needs to climb the tree as you are truelly nuts as well as a troll.
So what is your daily info intake to keep you up to date about what’s going on!?
I wish they would list what the ‘ underlying problems’ are, and not just say Covid..
I would like to know how many are left with massive issues as this is worrying to me.
Yeah,as I thought. The sheep on here are quick to slag someone off who is willing see all sides of a debate, but not do it themselves. To lazy and to dumb! Well I will be back to see your pathetic excuses for the covid 21 ,that’s around the corner! Oh,and of course, the financial collapse, but of course that would be a conspiracy! Ha ha