UK's PM's Recovery from COVID - 19 - Update 1 - Health

BBC News: Reports " Boris Johnson is taking short walks between periods of rest as part of the care he is receiving for coronavirus.  "

Lets Get Real:

This above will be good news for the Country, the political helm of State is held by PM Boris, the news that he had been taken to hospital and then to the ICU was a major shock to the UK system and people.  The PM should taken his time to recover, the Foreign Secretary and the Cabinet can stand in for him while he recovers.   The major question for the Cabinet is when to open the UK ECONOMY again, it can not be placed in the freezer for months on end, if that happens, there will be no economy to return too.  It will be a difficult decision and one that will define the Government, the Cabinet should wait for the PM to come back, the election victory was his, he is supported by the UK VOTERS.

Dominic Raab the Acting PM - Update 3 - Health

Daily Mail: Reports " Dominic Raab takes the reins: Foreign Secretary is called on to 'deputise for' stricken PM Boris Johnson while he is in intensive care "

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If Boris is removed, through ill health or worse, the question is who will follow him, the 2019 General Election mandate was for him, not for the Conservative Party.  The question is who in the Cabinet has the support of Conservative MPs and can LEAD the Country.  It should be noted that Raab was a candidate for the Conservative leadership after PM May was forced out.  The question is does he have the presence to to LEAD the UK through the COVID - 19 crisis and will people support him.   If it comes down to it, this blog would prefer to see Michael Gove as the next Prime Minister, he has presence and is very brainy, he has showed his loyalty to Boris and has a presence at the Dispatch box in the House of Commons.  One only hopes the above does not happen, our thoughts are with the PM and his family. 

Data from COVID - 19 - Update 2 - Health

Sky News: Reports " Coronavirus patient deaths rise by 439 across the UK...Earlier today figures from Wales and Scotland showed they had seen an increase in fatalities of 27 and two respectively. "

Lets Get Real:

At some point either PM Boris or someone else will have to decide when to open the UK economy, the economy can not be kept in the freezer for moths, if so when the COVID - 19 issues passes there will be no economy worth opening up.   At some point someone will have to take a risk, open to early and the virus will get out of control, leave it to late and the economy will make the Great Depression and the Great Recession look like happy hour.  Also people will start to go stir crazy with being locked up, they will want to go out, meet friends, go to the pub, get on with life.  It will be a big decision, one hope's that it will be Boris making the decision, the election mandate of 2019 was for him, not the Conservative Party. 

PM Boris in ICU - Update 1 - Health

BBC News: Reports " Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms "worsened", Downing Street has said.  "

Lets Get Real:

Our thoughts and our prayers are with the PM and his family, this news is a shock to the system, a few days ago the PM was in self isolation, still with hand on the tiller of State.  Then he was moved to hospital, after the isolation did not work, that was red flag, and he did not look good in videos and this was followed up when he was shown clapping in support of NHS.   One takes it as a give that he is getting the best possible health care, but this blog is always straight, what happens if things go worse, one does not have to be Sherlock Holmes to see where the dots go could.  Let's hope we never have to find out what happens if the story gets worse. Again our thought and prayers are with the PM and his family. 

Ten Million Americans OUT OF WORK - US 2020 Election

Daily Mail: Reports " Ten million Americans are now jobless amid coronavirus pandemic after record 6.6million new unemployment claims are filed in one week - after 3.3million last week "

Lets Get Real:

The election in November should be a walk over for VP Biden and the Democrats, Trump will join the club of Presidents who were not elected to a 2nd term, in that club there is Hoover who failed to deal with the Great Depression, Carter who made the US a laughing stock around the World, Bush 41 who had a mild recession and did not seem to understand the problems of MAIN STREET.  The Democrats would have to be complete losers to lose the election, but the we have Joe Biden, who's grip on reality has been questioned, and that is the lesser of his bad aspects, to recall what former Secretary of Defence stated about Biden, he had not been right on any national security issue in four decades.   Let's recall that Trump is a dirty fighter, he will not go down without a dirty fight. 

Data from COVID - 19 - Update 2 - Health

Sky News: Reports " 569 more COVID-19 deaths in UK - bringing total to 2,921...In England, 44 of the 561 people who died had no known underlying health condition.  "

Lets Get Real:

As stated in previous post, the best figure for a bad case would be twenty thousand, if you remove around ten thousand for those who would have died this year due to other medical problems, that should leave around ten thousand, if the NHS can keep the numbers down to around seven thousand then according the boffins that would be a win, if you can win with COVID - 19.  One should always recall that each number is a person, who have wifes,  husbands, daughters, sons etc.   They will be missed, thus it is important that the people follow the rules of the Government, stay inside, you save yourself and other people.  No one safe, from the high to low, STAY IN. 

There are a Million cases of Coronavirus in the World - Update 1 - Health

BBC News: Reports " More than a million cases of coronavirus have been registered globally, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University - another grim milestone as the world grapples with the spreading pandemic.  "

Lets Get Real:

If this was 1918 and the World had COVID - 19 it would have the same result as the Spanish flu.  There would be millions NOW Dead, modern meds has curtailed the power of the virus, the worry should be if it mutates, then that would kill millions.   The Covid - 19 danger will pass, it it passed with the Spanish flu, the lesson is the NEXT time and there will be a NEXT TIME, the World has to be ready, it has been 102 years since the Spanish Flu, and the World was not ready for COVID -  19, next time, we should spend the years in between making sure that the Medics have what the need and do not end up playing God, having to decide who lives and who dies.  Mother Nature is an unforgiving Mistress, it demands respects and needs to be feared, in less you think Covid - 19 is an ACT of GOD, then it's his Master plan.  Covid - 19 can put you off the religious thing, so many deaths, so many young people, what kind of God does that.