Her book A Place of Greater Safety (set around the French revolution) is a great read to add to your list.
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The “mild” description also seems like it could be a triage term - you’d know better than me so correct if wrong but the one friend I have who had walking pneumonia (classed as mild iiirc) felt like death for quite a while even if she was never hospitalized.
It's not gonna be a magic money tree.
We are going to have to pay for this.
The Bank of England have dropped interest rates to an all-time low of 0.1%. Totally unprecedented, didn't even happen in 2008.
This will cost. I'm sure this time next year taxes will have gone up. But it is needed in this stage. The country was staring down the barrel off mass unemployment on a level not seen in years and years.
I've had six bottles of beer tonight which is more than I'd usually drink if I just went to the pub.
Went to asda earlier as needed a mother's day card and it has genuinely gone from people panic-buying bog rolls to people panic-buying booze. And yes, the empty shelves at the end of the booze aisle had hand sanitiser on.
Wish me well, all the local licencees and cab drivers have now turned up to drink the place dry.
Godspeed.
Godspeed.
The scary thing is that even increasing VAT to 30% wouldn’t come close to paying off the national debt caused by these actions in a decade.
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We´ve paid for austerity every single day since it was implemented and after this what will 10 years of cuts actually achieved? The last decade is pinned on a legacy of preacarious jobs that can be binned off within literally seconds. It´s no wonder we´re looking down the barrel of a smoking gun.
Playing party politics in this situation is naive.
Countries all over regardless of their economic structure or political leanings are being battered by this crisis.
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Fully on board with that, just think it rips apart the Tory economic policy of the last 10 years. We were told again and again that the money was simply not there and could not be used, yet here we are.
Genuinely puzzling why this outbreak hasn't hit Japan. Among the first cases outside China were there. They have very few isolation policies and no lockdown, but there is no surge...perhaps it is coming? This article lays out all the possibilities:
www.bloomberg.com
A Coronavirus Explosion Was Expected in Japan. Where Is It?
Japan was one of the first countries outside of China hit by the coronavirus and now it’s one of the least-affected among developed nations. That’s puzzling health experts.
www.bloomberg.com
There aren’t any official definitions this being so new and of course it’s a spectrum, but basically I‘d say
Mild: dry hacky cough, low grade fever, maybe a bit of aches and pains and fatigue; OTC med probably relieve many symptoms. You’d definitely notice, but be able to get on with life.
Moderate: all the above, but worse to the point you’re dont want to or can’t get out of bed; some shortness of breath with basic activity or tough catching your breath after coughing; OTC meds may take the edge off, but you are still utterly miserable.
That's a free shot you fool lolI've had six bottles of beer tonight which is more than I'd usually drink if I just went to the pub.
Went to asda earlier as needed a mother's day card and it has genuinely gone from people panic-buying bog rolls to people panic-buying booze. And yes, the empty shelves at the end of the booze aisle had hand sanitiser on.
An epidemiologist who helped eradicate smallpox was asked “Is this the worst outbreak you’ve ever seen?” and answered “It's the most dangerous pandemic in our lifetime.”
The article itself ends on a positive note though.
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The article itself ends on a positive note though.
The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What's Coming
Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, who warned of pandemic in 2006, says we can beat the novel coronavirus—but first, we need lots more testing.
But I don’t see how you can completely divorce them either. Some actions, taken both months ago and recently, make a country less able to identify and react well to this crisis even when given ample warning.
I’m sympathetic to the concept that you shouldn’t “play politics” but what about accountability? Especially when it is still influencing current response?
'It's the most dangerous pandemic in our lifetime'An epidemiologist who helped eradicate smallpox was asked “Is this the worst outbreak you’ve ever seen?” and answered “It's the most dangerous pandemic in our lifetime.”
The article itself ends on a positive note though.
The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What's Coming
Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, who warned of pandemic in 2006, says we can beat the novel coronavirus—but first, we need lots more testing.
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