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Physiology & Medicine / Re: Octogenarians rights in NHS to refuse treatment & allowed to Die with Dignity

« on: 20/11/2022 22:13:30 »

A tricky situation.  If the hospital keeping the bed blocking patient in their ward it might make sense to check with the Octy whether he would still prefer to Die with Dignity as declared in the Will codicil.  If this is confirmed then it would be in the NHS interest to give the final medication to the Octy for self administration when the 7 days are up.  But what is going to be entered on the Death Certificate.  I would suggest "Died with Dignity of Old Age"..

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Physiology & Medicine / Re: Octogenarians rights in NHS to refuse treatment & allowed to Die with Dignity

« on: 15/11/2022 20:23:22 »

Alan, I entirely agree it is not for the family to interfere but the hospital legal team will need to inform the nearest relative or next of kin.
Come to think of it, if the GP or NHS have a copy of last will and testament of the Octy they may even find a codicil to the effect.
If I reach the age of 80 and suffer a fall or stroke which seriously incapacitates me to the extent that I cannot look after myself at home then I would request the option to be allowed to Die with Dignity within 7 days rather than being forced to suffer further humiliations.
In that the will has been witnessed by two independent neighbours or friends would certainly allay any fears of fowl play by the NHS or GP.

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Physiology & Medicine / Re: Octogenarians rights in NHS to refuse treatment & allowed to Die with Dignity

« on: 13/11/2022 21:03:06 »

Thanks Alan,
Terminally ill can ask to Die with Dignity here which is accepted but still debatable as shown in attached link https://euthanasiadebate.org.nz/
Summed up quickly; what is required is that the hospital legal admin need to take the Octogenarian [Octys] request seriously and discuss the request with the Octys normal GP and closest family members.
If all theses persons agree that the Die with Dignity request be granted then a label should be attached to the Octys bed  DWD agreed Expiry date [ 7 days later] with any other signs like DNR etc
The Octys can at any time change their mind and be treated or sent home with 20 pills, a gallon of water and some nappies.
Most Octys will be thankful for opportunity to die with dignity and swallow the sleeping draught thus releasing the blocked bed for other patients.
A happy ending to their life without having to go through the pain/suffering of stiff aching bones, wet beds and lonely misery.   

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Physiology & Medicine / Octogenarians rights in NHS to refuse treatment & allowed to Die with Dignity

« on: 13/11/2022 04:49:55 »

Normal people have the right to treatment of their illnesses and once the patient understands their medical condition; are able to agree to start the cure process prescribed by their doctors.
Now If they refuse treatment then the NHS will need to send them home or they will be bed blocking.

What happens if an Octogenarian who is no longer working or actively supporting the nation economy falls and breaks a hip with no-one at home and decides to refuse treatment?
Investigation reveals that their partner died recently and all their friends are dead; and confirms that they live alone with no home help or carer meaning returning them home is impractical..
So can that Octogenarian demand the right to end their life now or within a week and die with dignity either at home with a 3 weeks sleeping pills or in a hospice?
How can the NHS assist Octogenarian to die with dignity without appearing to be biased in any legal way??

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Cells, Microbes & Viruses / Re: Flu crisis what crisis?

« on: 09/11/2022 23:41:03 »

We have had 4th Covid plus flu injections this October and are travelling fro Heathrow via Vietnam and Sydney to New Zealand.
Week into trip overnight flight from Saigon to Sydney arrive jetlagged at 9.30 am.
Cleared airport agricultural test queue by 11am and caught underground train to circulate quay a real easy trip just a credit card flash is enough and same with catching ferry at quay3 to Manly . Beautiful sunny day enjoying views but suddenly a sharp breeze blew across the seating and I started to shiver. So sunny could not be bothered to unpack all the luggage and 3 hours I later developed a sore throat and had to wrap up in our hotel bed as I also had a temperature of 39deg.C.
Used decade old soluble Aspirin pill as could not swallow new giant Codeine tablets as throat was to sore and needed soothing by the Aspirin dust.  This common old day chill was later to develop and a Covid test confirmed positive.  What good did all our vaccination do??.  Even the new medicine are all totally overpackaged and litter up the planet with plastic packaging that all has to be thrown away. In New Zealand now thank goodness.

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The Environment / Global Warming. long term effects.

« on: 07/08/2022 13:49:20 »

Politicians should not panic about warming as it is a natural reaction to the increase in world population.
There are 4 times as many people now that in 1945 at end of WW2 who need to be fed with carbohydrates, meat and live in new warm houses and drive cars to work.  It is their human right to have all these things.
So the increase in CO2 is to be expected as a necessity and we must live with it.
But hydrocarbon fuels must be preserved for transport and as much solar, wind , tidal, nuclear developed for electric and heat generation as is financial practical but not by expensive panic investments.
Sea weeds like kelp are ideal for sequesting  carbon dioxide into the oceans and these grow extremely quickly.

See

So CO2 is not so much a problem but we must bubble the CO2 from power plants into deep sea water which is a slow process but possible but what of the sea level rises?


"The PSMSL WWW page reports the 2013 IPCC WG1 statement that 

"It is very likely that the mean rate of global averaged sea level rise was 1.7 [1.5 to 1.9] mm/yr between 1901 and 2010, 2.0 [1.7 to 2.3] mm/yr between 1971 and 2010 and 3.2 [2.8 to 3.6] mm/yr between 1993 and 2010. Tide-gauge and satellite altimeter data are consistent regarding the higher rate of the latter period"

So it looks as if the sea rise will be around 36 mm per decade or one and a half inches which should be easily containable.

We must live with that climate change until we can slow world population growth.  Now the saving grace is that fully industrialised nations have a negative population growth rate because educated people realize that having more than 2 children is expensive.

Thus the need to educate developing economies and encourage family planning is thus obviously the way forward to improve their standard of living with all the advantages of high standards of living that prosperous states provide..

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The Environment / Re: 7.7 billion people and counting: what can we do about human over-population?

« on: 28/07/2021 17:54:10 »

To reduce the risk of overpopulation needs a system of education that makes our teenage children understand the consequences to the planet of overproduction and how it causes poverty.  They must be taught that 2 is enough if the family is to enjoy a high standard of living.
Government could try large tax reductions for women who have less than 3 children but really its about understanding that climate change is caused by overpopulation and not just CO2 emissions.

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The Environment / Re: 7.7 billion people and counting: what can we do about human over-population?

« on: 06/06/2021 12:27:05 »

Thanks Zero,
Well, we obviously agree that global warming is caused by world population increases  https://www.google.com/search?q=worldometer+population&oq=world&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j69i59j35i39j0i131i433j0i433j46i433j0i131i433j0i433j0i131i433j0i433.7234j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

1.05% each year is 78 million extra mouths to feed and keep warm.

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The Environment / Re: 7.7 billion people and counting: what can we do about human over-population?

« on: 23/05/2021 11:12:02 »

If increases in the global population causes an increase in the CO2 emissions then that will cause global warming problems that scientists must correct somehow, by carbon capture and sequestration.

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Re: How much matter is there on earth?

« on: 19/04/2021 09:42:21 »

We also receive H+ ions from the sun via the solar wind and also solar energy both of which can be absorbed and converted to matter by nuclear fusion in the core of the planet.

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The Environment / 7.7 billion people and counting: what can we do about human over-population?

« on: 29/03/2021 10:12:59 »

Well done Chris Packham for a super Horizon program on BBC2 last night. The World Health Organisation monitors show world population now 7.9 billion already up by 200 million    https://www.worldometers.info/population/   .
We need to plan ahead and reduce this increasing population to save the planet.  Here are some ideas
1.  Reduce childbirth by contraceptive pills and educating young girls to feel free, safe and secure if un-married.
2. Reduce elderly population by encouraging euthanasia for those who cannot look after themselves at home
3. Allow God to choose who lives or dies when He sends a pandemic to protect us from overpopulation.
4.  Have a world war noting that Chris sees this as negative as it causes a baby boom due to insecurity.
CliveS

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Cells, Microbes & Viruses / Re: What are the best answers for Corona statistics?

« on: 18/12/2020 19:03:08 »

From the beginning we knew the statistical result from the Diamond Princess stats where 3711 passengers and staff mixed together for 2 week before recognising that we had a pandemic flu virus19 on our hands.
Result 13 deaths and 712 infections who all survived out of 3711. So  13/3711x100,000=350 people will die per 100,000 most of them elderly.
Stopping our children going to school is a complete denial of their human rights, a total nonsense which only benefits the test drug manufacturers and does nothing to cure the virus. I.E. A waste of money and resources. People in refugee camps life a freer life than that?

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New Theories / Re: On Matter and Anti-Matter

« on: 23/04/2020 16:46:31 »

Interesting idea. Have a look at this video

Can the OP draw a sketch of how the forces spin between the central proton and electron enclosure please.

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Cells, Microbes & Viruses / Re: Is the covid19 coronavirus a new virus?

« on: 14/04/2020 09:17:20 »

Have a look at the website     https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/              This age profile clearly shows that people over the age of 60 and anyone with breathing difficulties should self isolate.  However, children need to go to school and workers under the age of 60 should be encouraged to return to work using a mask, if unable to get a 2 metre separation, as even if they are the 1 in 5 that develop a temperature and have to stay at home, only less than 1 in 500 will need to go to hospital.
NOTE   The WHO advice was that the global community should take precautions to limit the effect of virus.  Lockdowns were never mentioned by them.

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Cells, Microbes & Viruses / Re: Is the covid19 coronavirus a new virus?

« on: 11/04/2020 01:20:59 »

QUOTE - What is uncertain at this time is how many will die

But we do know by looking at the Diamond Princess statistics on website    https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/            Look at the cruise ship Diamond Princess as a reference point. The ship has about 2500 passengers and 1000 crew.  By now  all of these passengers will probably been infected but only 700 odd have fallen ill.  We can assume the remainder had a mild dose of the virus and survived it.
So the virus will on average cause illness in 712/3500*100=20% of the population of which the stats say 11 died.  Thus the virus will kill about 3 people per 1,000 most of them elderly.   
Note panic lockdowns will not affect the numbers who die but only extend the period over which they become infected thus relieving the health service beds fitted with ventilators. But we have already peaked and the NHS survived so why continue the panic??

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New Theories / Is the sun made of antimatter?

« on: 26/02/2020 22:45:12 »

Well done Tommy, I think you are correct in your assumptions.  The sun/stars generate sunshine by nuclear fissioning of matter or anti-matter and over centuries lose weight and gradually fade to red dwarfs.  Where has all that energy gone?  Between the stars is a border where the incoming starlight balances the outgoing sunlight so in fact the energy must be going its own systems planets moons and asteroids of course.  So what are the planets doing with the energy ? Well we are not getting hotter so the inner core must be building up more complex molecules of matter and pushing them upwards into the lava which erupts in volcanoes and builds up the planet.

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Re: Why Does Venus Spin The Other Way Round ?...and other rotational questions !

« on: 20/09/2016 16:54:06 »

It spins because there is a magnetic link between planet and the sun/star.  Faradays law of rotation if flux/amps field is at right angles to the voltage.