The advice given above is very appropriate but the statistics in Europe have been very different. The majority of patients recover but a large proportion need some kind of respiratory support – Oxygen and non-invasive assistance with breathing. Those who end up on a ventilator have a mortality rate of just over 50%. There is also a high incidence of Kidney failure – 20% of those who are ventilated. The virus produces very small blood clots which clog up the arteries in the Kidney to make them fail.

Men make up 70% of the patients and are more likely to die than women. Whilst the old and infirm are more at risk plenty of young patients have died in the UK. There have been 173 deaths of healthcare workers to date – Doctors, Nurses and ancillary staff.
True that lock down merely buys time but that time is required to put in place a programme of mass Testing, Tracing and Isolation (TTI).

The only ultimate solution is a vaccine which, in fact, may well come from the Serum Institute in India. Until then we are sailing through uncharted waters!

Jagat Aulakh (Rivaz 58-66)

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