Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Bruce Wayne]

They are awful. You have to really get up in there or false negatives will be high.

Holy mother of pearl

 

[Billy Dean]

It's interesting that you, an academic, are so in favour of this despite there being no peer reviewed research showing they do anything. The mood is very much that these will be mandatory so that governments can say they're doing stuff, but intellectually, you seem to be backing these on a feeling rather than evidence?

Is it not proven that whilst masks won't 100% stop you from getting infected, they cut down the amount of infected droplets that you yourself exhale, and thus do in fact cut transmission down if everyone would wear one?

 

[Brennan]

It's interesting that you, an academic, are so in favour of this despite there being no peer reviewed research showing they do anything. The mood is very much that these will be mandatory so that governments can say they're doing stuff, but intellectually, you seem to be backing these on a feeling rather than evidence?

To be fair Bruce surely you don't need to have peer reviewed evidence for every policy decision.

I cannot see a scenario where wearing a face mask would increase transmission, for example.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Is it not proven that whilst masks won't 100% stop you from getting infected, they cut down the amount of infected droplets that you yourself exhale, and thus do in fact cut transmission down if everyone would wear one?

If we take peer review as the benchmark for scientific reliability, there's nothing saying that I'm afraid.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Notification of a death from a home is available more quickly as data than official death registration.

I didn't realise that ONS, or anybody else for that matter, have been collating data from care and nursing homes. Is this a new thing? Not before time if so.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

To be fair Bruce surely you don't need to have peer reviewed evidence for every policy decision.

I cannot see a scenario where wearing a face mask would increase transmission, for example.

Person 1 works from home wearing no mask
Person 2 goes to work on the tube wearing a mask because it's safe

I'd say person 2 is more likely to transmit than person 1.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Now starting to see the mental health repercussions for those on the frontline.

They will have some truly awful visions in their minds for years to come.
I hope they will all get the aftercare that they need once this awful tragedy is over.

Many will self manage for years with a number of vices that have a detrimental effect on their physical health. But don't you worry there will be waggy finger to teach them about personal responsibility... Just don't talk Post Traumatic Stress Disorder it's not good for their morale or the nation.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

I imagine seeing someone come in mangled from a smash on the motorway is a bit more horrific than watch a geriatric slip away in their sleep due to this.

Most the geriatrics are passing in care homes or hospices, not hospital... They are separated disciplines for good reason.

 

[RAFUH]

If they worked in healthcare before then they are likely well accustomed to it.

 

[arminisgod]

deaths down today compared to last week

 

[Goat]

Person 1 works from home wearing no mask
Person 2 goes to work on the tube wearing a mask because it's safe

I'd say person 2 is more likely to transmit than person 1.

What if person 1 goes shopping without his mask?

 

[RAFUH]

To be fair Bruce surely you don't need to have peer reviewed evidence for every policy decision.

I cannot see a scenario where wearing a face mask would increase transmission, for example.

It can. Touch the mask with virus coated hands and now you've put the virus is just the right place to breath it in.

 

[Jebus_lives]

I'm not saying it won't contribute. But the exposure that healthcare workers go through on a daily basis is already significant.

 

[Brennan]

Person 1 works from home wearing no mask
Person 2 goes to work on the tube wearing a mask because it's safe

I'd say person 2 is more likely to transmit than person 1.

Well yes, but I feel you know that's not what I meant.

 

[Brennan]

It can. Touch the mask with virus coated hands and now you've put the virus is just the right place to breath it in.

I'd imagine somebody touching the mask with virus coated hands would be likely to touch their face with virus coated hands anyway ?