Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[gwladysnight]

Hasnt Germany only just released theres today (or very recently?)

Add in people calling for Hancock to be sacked because he patted a bloke on the shoulder just seems people trying to attack the Govt for any reason at the moment since Cummings gate.

He is the health secretary, he stands up daily and tells other people to social distance. He was at the centre of a cluster that involved Dorries, Whitty, Harries, Cummings and Hancock himself all contracting the virus and Johnson ending up in ICU.

It is the perfect example of one rule for us plebs and one rule for them.

 

[BlueInNZ]

I see Hancock has already started prioritising who gets the potential vaccine "first" and as usual I am back of the bus.

Got a good mind to stop paying my taxes until I get fair treatment

"No taxation without vaccination" , or something like that

 

[YoboCopter]

He is the health secretary, he stands up daily and tells other people to social distance. He was at the centre of a cluster that involved Dorries, Whitty, Harries, Cummings and Hancock himself all contracting the virus and Johnson ending up in ICU.

It is the perfect example of one rule for us plebs and one rule for them.

You never made a mistake in work mate no?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

 

[roydo]

UK debt now larger than size of whole economy

May's record borrowing as income drops and spending balloons sees country's debt outstrips its economy.

www.bbc.co.uk

"Slightly" higher than April. June, July and probably August to come as well.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Wife got the test results back this morning. They suggest she had it. No idea how reliable the results are like, but pretty quick overall.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Wife got the test results back this morning. They suggest she had it. No idea how reliable the results are like, but pretty quick overall.

So.chances are you had it too but were assymptomatic as I don't recall you saying you were unwell whilst you self isolated.

How do you feel about that?

 

[paultheblue]

You never made a mistake in work mate no?

lol

 

[Bruce Wayne]

So.chances are you had it too but were assymptomatic as I don't recall you saying you were unwell whilst you self isolated.

How do you feel about that?

Seems quite likely, aye. Thinking of doing an Alan Sugar style video this morning.

 

[Barnfred 55]

My missus antibody tests have come back negative.

She’s gutted, as she was convinced she’d had it in mid March - cough, weird sense of taste and bad headaches.

Isn't it something like only 70% reliable?

I know we have quite a few links to NHS on here but it's good to see the number of antibodies tests being done

 

[Barnfred 55]

Seems quite likely, aye. Thinking of doing an Alan Sugar style video this morning.

You gonna put your batman outfit on first?

 

[Harryflashman]

Isn't it something like only 70% reliable?

I know we have quite a few links to NHS on here but it's good to see the number of antibodies tests being done

most stuff I’ve read says the ‘ Specificity ‘ of the main antibody test means it’s considered relatively reliable in terms of a positive result perhaps less so in terms of a negative . like I say that’s only from the things I’ve read but there might be other contrasting stuff . I think there are also issues because it’s not telling you how many antibodies you have , or whatever the correct term for that is .

 

[longers]

 

[Barnfred 55]

most stuff I’ve read says the ‘ Specificity ‘ of the main antibody test means it’s considered relatively reliable in terms of a positive result perhaps less so in terms of a negative . like I say that’s only from the things I’ve read but there might be other contrasting stuff . I think there are also issues because it’s not telling you how many antibodies you have , or whatever the correct term for that is .

Maybe I'm getting it confused with the other test to see if you have the virus.

 

[Harryflashman]

Maybe I'm getting it confused with the other test to see if you have the virus.

I don’t think it’s massively reliable I think there are issues Like with everything because it’s all new . Without googling I think it was around 90% or something like that but I think it’s possibly less reliable in terms of negatives than positives, I’m sure it’s described as ‘sensitivity and specificity’ but that’s me trying to pretend like I know .