No. I'm saying your interpretation of what is a complex dynamic involving the WHO, Taiwan and China is simplistic.
And I reckon, given I attend daily national meetings about Covid-19 in the NHS and across multiple agencies, I've got a pretty decent idea about what should, what is and what isn't happening in response.
In that case you can tell me the process which the UK Govt are using to purchase the ventilators and face masks from China and the budget in place to do this?
Thats the side I know about...
On a grand scale no, but it is still easy to tell whether you or your loved ones are seriously ill/dead which is a pretty key metric for most of us.
The vaccine isn’t the only possible medical treatment either, there could well be antivirals that make the disease less unpleasant/fatal.
Sweden and Norway might end up with the exact same % of coronavirus fatalities over the course of say two years but the Norwegian ones will still have had more time with their loved ones.
True, my point is simply that no one knows...there may not be a vaccine.
We dont even know if its related to or affected by climate, carrier, blood type etc.
For all we know it could have been sent down from Mars...
But youre right about extra time with loved ones.
“The interesting thing for me is, I’ve worked with Singapore in 2003 and 2009 and basically they copied the UK pandemic preparedness plan. But the difference is they actually implemented it.”
- Martin Hibberd, professor of emerging infectious diseases at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Friends in SG were quatantined at home after arriving from London a month or so ago...14 days.
Aside from that + closing offices and telling people to self isolate at home...everything remained open till a couple of weeks ago.
Korea is at 17 and yet they were considered to be extremely efficient.
