Blues Harp
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That's crap and you know it....a cabinet of cheats, bullies and liars..and that's just johnson
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John Ashton and Richard Horton should be called upon to take charge of the scientific and medical teams. Whitty and Vallance have been abysmal. The longer the Tories are allowed to bumble along incompetently and incoherently, the more the country will suffer needlessly.
gonetomorrow
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Surely even the most redneck family in Hicksville, Indiana can see Trump is talking out of his ass right now?
Boris Johnson accused of coronavirus complacency
Johnson is a liability to this country. Complacency costs lives.
"Experts questioned whether Johnson had been shielded from the virus effectively enough, and asked why ministers and other colleagues who have worked closely with him in recent days were not being tested.
The deputy chief medical officer, Dr Jenny Harries, said detailed contact-tracing was “not appropriate” at this stage of the outbreak, but that the men would have been tested because of their importance to the government’s response to the crisis".
What a fool Jenny Harries is, hasn't she heard about what South Korea did to stem the flow. It's obvious, she's still going for herd immunity - take it on the chin, let it run its course.
"Prof Susan Michie, director of the centre for behaviour change at University College London, said: “Those in leadership positions should practise what they preach. If leaders do not adhere to their own recommendations, this undermines trust in them, which in turn can undermine the population’s adherence to their advice. The advice was to go to work only if essential or if you could not work from home and could guarantee your own and others’ safety by keeping at least two metres apart.
“Given the transmission routes, of touching contaminated surfaces and breathing in virus-laden droplets, it should not come as a surprise to hear that the prime minister and health secretary have tested positive.”
Dr John Ashton, a former regional director of Public Health England, said: “The government has been too slow to act on this, and they’ve been slow as individuals. I was surprised to see prime minister questions going ahead this week – it was clearly unnecessary.
“It reinforces the view that lockdown measures taken earlier this week should have been taken sooner, and raises questions about the ability of people in power, including the prime minister, to discipline themselves. They should all have been more careful.”
Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, said: “Leaders need to lead by example. It wasn’t a good thing that he was telling people that he was going around shaking hands and being quite nonchalant about the virus.”
Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, said: “Leaders need to lead by example. It wasn’t a good thing that he was telling people that he was going around shaking hands and being quite nonchalant about the virus.”
Johnson is a liability to this country. Complacency costs lives.
"Experts questioned whether Johnson had been shielded from the virus effectively enough, and asked why ministers and other colleagues who have worked closely with him in recent days were not being tested.
The deputy chief medical officer, Dr Jenny Harries, said detailed contact-tracing was “not appropriate” at this stage of the outbreak, but that the men would have been tested because of their importance to the government’s response to the crisis".
What a fool Jenny Harries is, hasn't she heard about what South Korea did to stem the flow. It's obvious, she's still going for herd immunity - take it on the chin, let it run its course.
"Prof Susan Michie, director of the centre for behaviour change at University College London, said: “Those in leadership positions should practise what they preach. If leaders do not adhere to their own recommendations, this undermines trust in them, which in turn can undermine the population’s adherence to their advice. The advice was to go to work only if essential or if you could not work from home and could guarantee your own and others’ safety by keeping at least two metres apart.
“Given the transmission routes, of touching contaminated surfaces and breathing in virus-laden droplets, it should not come as a surprise to hear that the prime minister and health secretary have tested positive.”
Dr John Ashton, a former regional director of Public Health England, said: “The government has been too slow to act on this, and they’ve been slow as individuals. I was surprised to see prime minister questions going ahead this week – it was clearly unnecessary.
“It reinforces the view that lockdown measures taken earlier this week should have been taken sooner, and raises questions about the ability of people in power, including the prime minister, to discipline themselves. They should all have been more careful.”
Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, said: “Leaders need to lead by example. It wasn’t a good thing that he was telling people that he was going around shaking hands and being quite nonchalant about the virus.”
Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, said: “Leaders need to lead by example. It wasn’t a good thing that he was telling people that he was going around shaking hands and being quite nonchalant about the virus.”
Govt’s Chief Scientific Officer publicly rebuked by epidemiologist for ignoring isolation rules
Ward is a professor in infectious disease epidemiology at the Imperial School of Public Health, about as authoritative a voice on the issue as could be imagined".
Incredible. It's time for a mass clear out of these imbeciles and replaced by the likes of Richard Horton and John Ashton.
Ward is a professor in infectious disease epidemiology at the Imperial School of Public Health, about as authoritative a voice on the issue as could be imagined".
Incredible. It's time for a mass clear out of these imbeciles and replaced by the likes of Richard Horton and John Ashton.
Ireland has just gone into proper lockdown.
IT is great pity there is no transfer window in politics, I would terminate Arlene Foster's contract and put in a bid for Leo Varadkar, he is no longer required in the Riadas na hEireann. Just watching him addressing the Republic and clearly spelling out the next stage for them.
In the north our party leaders are arguing over whether a carpet factory can stay open.
In the north our party leaders are arguing over whether a carpet factory can stay open.
Maybe, but it's a low base line.
tim cahill
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He's done nothing for me, except tell me I'm going to have to pay more tax when this is over. To pay back the money he has given to other people.
Catfish Blues
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Farage thrives on publicity.
By posting his ( and any other similar right wing nutcases for that matter ) tweets on here, all you do is give him the oxygen he craves.
Obviously I'm contributing a bit by even talking about him.
Yet another fine mess this government has got NHS staff in by ignoring front line staff. Save lives get rid of the Tories.
Govt starts testing NHS staff – in a tiny way – and gets it completely wrong by ignoring medics
The government is starting this weekend to test front-line NHS staff after weeks of desperate calls from those in the firing line of the coronavirus to do so – and is squandering its testing capacity by ignoring the advice of medics on who should be tested. Until now, hospitals have been told not to test staff.
But the numbers to be tested are tiny – and the tests will be carried out on the wrong people.
The programme will test only NHS staff who are showing symptoms of the virus or are living with people who are showing symptoms – and testing of seriously-ill patients will continue, meaning that only a fraction of the small testing capacity will be available for NHS staff.
Michael Gove said on Friday that ‘hundreds’ of tests would be made available for testing staff this weekend. The English NHS has around 640,000 clinical staff, according to the latest NHS England figures.
But senior medics and public health experts slammed the squandering of testing capacity even before the government started its latest misdirected and woefully under-resourced programme – saying that staff and patients with symptoms must be assumed to have the virus when there are not enough tests to go round – because the biggest risk to staff and patients is infection spread from staff who do not yet have symptoms.
Lies, lies and more lies from this crowd of Tory imbeciles.
Tories Can’t Afford To Be Caught Lying
Govt starts testing NHS staff – in a tiny way – and gets it completely wrong by ignoring medics
The government is starting this weekend to test front-line NHS staff after weeks of desperate calls from those in the firing line of the coronavirus to do so – and is squandering its testing capacity by ignoring the advice of medics on who should be tested. Until now, hospitals have been told not to test staff.
But the numbers to be tested are tiny – and the tests will be carried out on the wrong people.
The programme will test only NHS staff who are showing symptoms of the virus or are living with people who are showing symptoms – and testing of seriously-ill patients will continue, meaning that only a fraction of the small testing capacity will be available for NHS staff.
Michael Gove said on Friday that ‘hundreds’ of tests would be made available for testing staff this weekend. The English NHS has around 640,000 clinical staff, according to the latest NHS England figures.
But senior medics and public health experts slammed the squandering of testing capacity even before the government started its latest misdirected and woefully under-resourced programme – saying that staff and patients with symptoms must be assumed to have the virus when there are not enough tests to go round – because the biggest risk to staff and patients is infection spread from staff who do not yet have symptoms.
Lies, lies and more lies from this crowd of Tory imbeciles.
Tories Can’t Afford To Be Caught Lying
Blues Harp
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People just don't want to know....the neo Liberal policies enacted over the past few decades have weakened our ability to cope with the situation.
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