Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Tea_drinker]

This isn't a party politics thing Pete. It's a competence thing. He won an overwhelming majority against the weakest opponent imaginable.

Why do you regard him as a big beast? What, in his career, has especially impressed you about his leadership, or any other skills? Would you hire him?

Exactly. If hes a big enough beast to get on the phone to trump and queenie he should be a big enough beast to address those who were stupid enough to vote for him.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Eric is a smart guy. He did a review of NHS staffing requirements last year if you're interested - https://topol.hee.nhs.uk/. In the interests of transparency, he is American, so do feel free to toss in the usual privatisation stuff.

His plan for increasing testing looks good

 

[roydo]

Am the only one who sees this current exchange as Dr Who and the Prof from Back to the Future?

 

[peteblue]

I think France have started adding them in the last couple of weeks mate, hence their numbers have jumped radically - they didn't initially. They have appeared in some studies done in the last few days detailing a 40-50%, in Italy, Spain, France, Belgium and Ireland showing 43-57% of all virus deaths are in nursing homes and or other community settings as an European average.

Half of coronavirus deaths happen in care homes, data from EU suggests

Figures from Italy, Spain, France, Ireland and Belgium suggest UK may be underestimating care sector deaths

www.theguardian.com

They may well be measuring them, and be available on other graphs, but the Daily graphs showing the comparisons at these briefings only show deaths in hospitals.....

 

[Jebus_lives]

So having decided to buy ppe, and announced why didn’t the CS buy it.....

• Shortage of PPE globally
• Delay in supply chain because of disruption to supply chains
• Wrong specification or a changing specification on what PPE was required by who in what circumstances
• PPE has been ordered it's just too late in the process to have been stockpiled effectively
• There is PPE but not sufficient logistics to get it where it is needed
• It's the Civil Services job to advise and develop government policy - not manage supply chains and procurement

Take your pick from that.

 

[Aqui1a]

@mellowblue The numbers speak for themselves. I was expecting something much bigger, but the data is very surprising. History will look back on this period and judge it to be a massive overreaction.

 

[orly]

So having decided to buy ppe, and announced why didn’t the CS buy it.....

Hahahahhahahaha

 

[carlos21]

Hahahahhahahaha

Hello mate how are you doing today.

 

[carlos21]

Am the only one who sees this current exchange as Dr Who and the Prof from Back to the Future?

It is getting bad this virus.

 

[ramacca]

The Scientist said that the graph showing the middle group of European Countries, France etc, is only showing deaths in hospital, so not sure where you are getting your data from....

He said, 'the slide is indexed .....for almost all the countries on this slide the reporting like the UK has been for hospital deaths'. Not in hospitals, Spain (57%), Italy (53%), France(45%) on the slide includes those that have died in care homes and at home.

 

[orly]

Hello mate how are you doing today.

I'm wondering why Pete thinks the Civil Service say "yes Secretary of State, and do you want me to use the MasterCard?"

I am fine other than that Minister Carlos, hope you are well also

 

[Tea_drinker]

Hancock on the ropes but has control of the mic and wont engage in proper questioning. He ran away from that final question on Germany there.

 

[carlos21]

I'm wondering why Pete thinks the Civil Service say "yes Secretary of State, and do you want me to use the MasterCard?"

I am fine other than that Minister Carlos, hope you are well also

Yes we are all good mate.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Well he managed to win an overwhelming majority and become PM. In my whole life I can only think of two Labour leaders to have done similar....

Natwarlal conned lots of people into buying things that he couldn't deliver. Doesn't make him the man you'd want to lead a country.

 

[carlos21]

Natwarlal conned lots of people into buying things that he couldn't deliver. Doesn't make him the man you'd want to lead a country.

I ag with you on this point.