scrubbedexpat091

China to temporarily bar foreign nationals arriving from Canada from entering China.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-tem...045804090.html

bats

What happened to Magnum pi? Has he been aroubd? Is he ok?

BristolUK

He's under cover.

scrubbedexpat091

Deep undercover.

Hopefully he is well. His profile indicates his last sign in was middle of December.

Danny B

Sometimes I wish I lived on an island that could block travel to non residents. Lucky buggers

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-eu...f-man-55894179

Danny B

Captain Sir Tom Moore dies in hospital with coronavirus

Siouxie

He had been ill with pneumonia for a few weeks - and was only tested last week for Covid .. so which did him in, pneumonia at 100 years old, or Covid? I noticed the media states 'WITH Covid, not OF Covid" - but no doubt it will become 'he died from covid"
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-...herts-55881753
Sad news, regardless.

Danny B

That's the argument people have been making since Feb 2020. Thousands of elderly folk all over the world have been dying in a similar way, but their death certificate says they died from COVID because they tested positive for the virus.

Some Trumpers would go as far to say that if you died in a car accident but had a positive COVID test, you would still be marked as dying from COVID.

scrubbedexpat091

Cause of death can be complicated sometimes.

Jerseygirl

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My father had diabetes from being a young boy. In his early 30’s he had pancreatic cancer. No 1 cause of death on his birth certificate was diabetes millitus, 2nd was pancreatic cancer.

scrubbedexpat091

My grandfather had heart surgery and got an an infection in the breast bone but his cause of death is listed as respiratory failure followed by surgical complications but no mention of the infection that started the chain of events.

My grandmother the medical examiner didn't include a cause of death, just manner of death.

Danny B

Agreed, but it is important to be able to distinguish between deaths where COVID-19 was a contributory cause from those where COVID-19 was the underlying cause of death.

In the case of poor old Tom, I think it's safe to assume that COVID was a contributory cause, and pneumonia was the underlying cause of his death.

bats

I've sent him a pm.

Nand

Cause of death is dying.

Danny B

Despicable.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55932997