Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Joey66]

Boris is taking one hell of a gamble here - plus it is clear as mud causing confusion a smokes and mirrors approach could be disastrous or will he be just lucky again?
he is playing Russian roulette imo......

 

[Goat]

Currently the government are swab testing;

• over 65
• cannot do their work from home
• living with those identified above

That's pretty much the general population. They've made this decision because for some reason the government decided 100,000 was vital to show how committed they were to testing, so vital they've actually lied to claim 100,000 tests on the deadline date they gave.

I think it's a bum steer to tick a testing box - it seems to me it's common sense that mass prolonged swab tests shouldn't be for the general public. They should be to get NHS workers back to work (not as vital at the moment), vulnerable people who have symptoms so they're aware, or in the absence of blood test availability, targeted regionally on sample groups to inform modellers.

The sooner the government can find a blood test for the general population, and create an infrastructure to gather data from those tests the better.



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I think its silly, my daughter has ordered 4 tests for us to take in this house, now granted she is at risk, but none of us have symptoms, I think its pointless that we are taking tests away from the many people who need it more.

For clarity, my daughter ordered the tests without my consent.

 

[roydo]

Boris is taking one hell of a gamble here - plus it is clear as mud causing confusion a smokes and mirrors approach could be disastrous or will he be just lucky again?
he is playing Russian roulette imo......

Its all a bit odd, I have to say.

Like we have been social distancing in supermarkets with 50 other folk in the store, (and at times way more in the new queue), for 7 weeks.

I have not seen the data, but I dont think 1000's have died after getting it at the shops.

But now, we can see 1 person at a time who we know, er, safely.

That said, its something I guess.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Being a photographer, you will carry it off just fine.

Always promised myself I would never end up being one of those pervy blokes with a grey tinted bun but here we are lol

 

[RAFUH]

It's much more responsible to stay away from crowded areas and go shopping once a week than go everyday but wear a mask.

Doing both is even better.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Doing both is even better.

I'm wearing a mask right now. Mainly so I can't see what Dave is writing.

 

[Joey66]

Always promised myself I would never end up being one of those pervy blokes with a grey tinted bun but here we are lol

Your just trying the Tom Davies look ......lol

 

[peteblue]

It was at 60,000 this morning according to him. Few must have sprung back up.

ah the Lazarus effect......

 

[scratchnsurf]

I think its silly, my daughter has ordered 4 tests for us to take in this house, now granted she is at risk, but none of us have symptoms, I think its pointless that we are taking tests away from the many people who need it more.

For clarity, my daughter ordered the tests without my consent.

I blame the parents.

 

[peteblue]

5,000 people clearly weren't being alert enough

I bet they all feel a bit silly now......

 

[davek]

Sorry I was too busy lending a hand

FFS mate, I have two family members on the front line in hospitals, not pen pushers. Good luck with keeping clear of the paper cuts.

 

[roydo]

FFS mate, I have two family members on the front line in hospitals, not pen pushers. Good luck with keeping clear of the paper cuts.

Ddint you ask them about this before you were shouting its all a con?

Because if you did, and they are/were on the front line, (ICU/Respiratory) they would have said very much so.

 

[RAFUH]

FFS mate, I have two family members on the front line in hospitals, not pen pushers. Good luck with keeping clear of the paper cuts.

Too far Dave

 

[roydo]

Too far Dave

He hasnt a clue.

 

[Jebus_lives]

FFS mate, I have two family members on the front line in hospitals, not pen pushers. Good luck with keeping clear of the paper cuts.

Were you telling them to not bother listening to the Government's lies to protect them?