Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Catfish Blues]

antropomorphize

This is a tremendous word and, if you'd spelt it right, I'd have happily given you maximum rep.

 

[Goat]

That isn't the NHS saying that BAME people are more susceptible. That is the whole point of shielding vulnerable individuals. If the BAME population had a genetic susceptibility then we should have been shielded. There is absolutely no evidence for that.

It is the NHS saying it.

The reason shielding wasn't in place is cos its a fairly recent finding.

Coronavirus: BAME safety plan not published

A senior academic reveals he has worked on a government report containing measures to cut Covid risk.

www.bbc.co.uk

BAME coronavirus protection advice ‘unpublished’, says senior academic

Labour urges government to publish report that includes safeguarding suggestions for BAME communities

www.theguardian.com

Coronavirus: BAME people should get targeted health advice in event of second wave

Public Health England has laid out seven recommendations following its inquiry into why more BAME people are dying from COVID-19.

news.sky.com

Support and resources for BAME Communities | www.gmcvo.org.uk

This page lists information, sources of support and resources for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities during the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. There is also more general information on our main Coronavirus web page here. Please note that this is a fast changing situation and...

www.gmcvo.org.uk

But if the NHS isnt a good source, pick another.

 

[Neiler]

This paper concludes that face masks actually supersede social distancing policy as a mitigator. Essential to prevent a pandemic for aerosol-based transmission like COVID19. Facemasks therefore critical to prevent surges.

Identifying airborne transmission as the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19

We have elucidated the transmission pathways of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by analyzing the trend and mitigation measures in the three epicenters. Our results show that the airborne transmission route is highly virulent and dominant for the spread of COVID-19. The mitigation measures...

www.pnas.org

 

[Goat]

I think you’re misunderstanding. Having a higher rate of infection/mortality doesn’t automatically mean more susceptible. For example, these statistics are being taken nationwide, and nationwide there is a far lower average of minority people than in dense population centres like London. The difference in percentage of population could well be five or ten fold comparing say Cornwall and London.

Yes there are more people of minority backgrounds who are getting/dying relative to percentage of population. But no that doesn’t mean they are more susceptible. Living in a densly populated area means you’re more susceptible.

I’m bored of this, can we go back to slagging off the mutants from across the park now please?

Yes, susceptible was the wrong word.

The link I used said " disproportionate mortality and morbidity ".

 

[Neiler]

Here’s some data from a German paper on masks and preventing the spread in country’s that have introduced masks regulation and those that didn’t. Black straight line indicates the growth in the number of cases after the introduction of masks as a regulation on April the 6th. Black broken line indicates growth rate amongst countries that didn’t.

 

[Neiler]

Meanwhile huge number of trial underway, 238 treatments, Antibody 64, Antiviral 24, cell based 16 and the rest anti-inflammatory. 161 vaccines under trial.

 

[peteblue]

Yes, a government that never listens to experts merely repeated the words of experts.

ah, but which experts......

 

[gwladysnight]

It is the NHS saying it.

The reason shielding wasn't in place is cos its a fairly recent finding.

Coronavirus: BAME safety plan not published

A senior academic reveals he has worked on a government report containing measures to cut Covid risk.

www.bbc.co.uk

BAME coronavirus protection advice ‘unpublished’, says senior academic

Labour urges government to publish report that includes safeguarding suggestions for BAME communities

www.theguardian.com

Coronavirus: BAME people should get targeted health advice in event of second wave

Public Health England has laid out seven recommendations following its inquiry into why more BAME people are dying from COVID-19.

news.sky.com

Support and resources for BAME Communities | www.gmcvo.org.uk

This page lists information, sources of support and resources for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities during the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. There is also more general information on our main Coronavirus web page here. Please note that this is a fast changing situation and...

www.gmcvo.org.uk

But if the NHS isnt a good source, pick another.

Why do you think a Tory government is seeking to cover this up. It isn't about race it is about deprivation. The reason BAME people are dying at a higher rate is because of deprivation. Forget COVID-19 BAME people were dying at a higher rate before the pandemic.

Independent reports have shown that Tory austerity has killed 130,000 people. We ignore that and focus on a once in a lifetime pandemic.

 

[Neiler]

Trends in Ireland currently some stark reading on the trajectory of the virus, 8% of all men diagnosed died, 6% women, 95% of RIP’s never were admitted to ICU.

Biggest risk at the moment is picking up the virus at home.

Irish Covid-19 trends show plenty of reasons for hope

There is no doubt that we now have coronavirus on the run. Our collective efforts through hand hygiene, cough etiquette, social distancing, and lockdown have saved thousands of lives and prevented an incredible amount of sickness and misery.

www.rte.ie

 

[Goat]

Why do you think a Tory government is seeking to cover this up. It isn't about race it is about deprivation. The reason BAME people are dying at a higher rate is because of deprivation. Forget COVID-19 BAME people were dying at a higher rate before the pandemic.

Independent reports have shown that Tory austerity has killed 130,000 people. We ignore that and focus on a once in a lifetime pandemic.

Nobody ignores the fact that the Tory rats are killing people.

 

[Jebus_lives]

ah, but which experts......

We've had enough of all of them haven't we?

 

[Neiler]

Coronavirus ordered by country by peak.

 

[peteblue]

Trends in Ireland currently some stark reading on the trajectory of the virus, 8% of all men diagnosed died, 6% women, 95% of RIP’s never were admitted to ICU.

Biggest risk at the moment is picking up the virus at home.

Irish Covid-19 trends show plenty of reasons for hope

There is no doubt that we now have coronavirus on the run. Our collective efforts through hand hygiene, cough etiquette, social distancing, and lockdown have saved thousands of lives and prevented an incredible amount of sickness and misery.

www.rte.ie

are you saying we’d be safer at the pub......cheers.....

 

[davek]

This paper concludes that face masks actually supersede social distancing policy as a mitigator. Essential to prevent a pandemic for aerosol-based transmission like COVID19. Facemasks therefore critical to prevent surges.

Identifying airborne transmission as the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19

We have elucidated the transmission pathways of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by analyzing the trend and mitigation measures in the three epicenters. Our results show that the airborne transmission route is highly virulent and dominant for the spread of COVID-19. The mitigation measures...

www.pnas.org

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You know the way we in the west always stated in the past that certain countries / cultures in Africa/Asia dont place a lot of value on human life? Well, that applies to the UK now. The absolute scorn for face mask wearing in this country underlines that there is no ability to empathise with the plight of others, a key feature in societies that have sunk into semi-barbarism.

That's where we are as a country. Johnson's UK Banana Republic.

 

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are you saying we’d be safer at the pub......cheers.....

Chicken and Egg. In fact I’ve been in a pub with that very name.