Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!
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I suppose the only way is contact tracing but that's a push and would probably have had to be implemented sooner in the UK.
Maybe the antibody tests. Once they're delivered to 'frontline' staff etc, then perhaps they could be sampled across the country and that data used to build up a model or whatever.
Minimeister
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So we got our first few slots for NHS workers to book into today to go and have a swab
Problem is, people have to go to Manchester for them. Absolute shitshow.
Problem is, people have to go to Manchester for them. Absolute shitshow.
Incompetence.
tsubaki
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Blame the buffers who have been running politics in recent years and sympathy for those who put them there.
The rise of the bluffocracy
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kind of mad that appeared in the Spectator, which is pretty much the bluffer's bible
summerisle
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Minimeister
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We'll find out tomorrow if we can get more localised testing. So far the nearest we've got is Haydock racecourse but anyone feeling sick working in Chester is hardly going to fancy that drive like.
We don't and can't know that just yet.
I'm not one for setting targets but it's not even 4 weeks ago that our CMOs were saying the peak was 12 weeks off. I mean, they were completely wrong, as even with the measures to 'delay' it (which have been put in place) the peak seems likely to hit us in the coming days.
Let's hope it does tbh. Because if not we're off track with the rest of Europe.
If the peak is next week, that's still over six weeks until June 1.
This time six weeks ago life was normal here.
I'm not saying life will be 'normal' in six weeks' time, btw. I very much doubt it will be. I'd imagine large gatherings etc will all be banned until at least mid-to-late June.
But if we peak next week we could well be looking at (from now) another 4 weeks of lockdown. Depends how much our cases decline and how other countries manage their declines and lifting lockdowns (which we can get an idea from as they're ahead of us on the curve).
Also, at this stage, the antibodies test is the most important thing.
tsubaki
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".... but I commute from Reading to Whitehall every day" says the person who thought that was a good idea
I know as of last week (or maybe the week before) that there was no testing capability within Liverpool, so the blood tests had to be sent off to Manchester.
Whereas in some locations you'd be getting a positive or negative result within a few hours, it was a case of a day or two to get any results for people in Liverpool.
So, it unfortunately doesn't surprise me that they've still got a similar scenario. The idea that people would even travel that for goes directly against the guidance!
orly
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ForeverBlue92
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Still cant believe we can put a man on the moon and clone a sheep but cant make a test that detects antibodies of a virus.
They need to hurry up - be nice to be able to be tested in the coming weeks and have hopes of being able to my Ma & Da at some point - its crap this time of year not being able to see close family.
Replying to 3 people. Is that allowed according to you?
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The capacity for people to rally round and help others should never ever be underestimated.
I think they are trying
Banned FFS
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