Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[roydo]

Will i have to pay the extra tax rate to pay for for all these giveaways when things get back to normal.As im self employed and have basically been told go on the dole when work dries up

They havnt done much since saying they would have they? I guess from an admin view, its very very difficult to know how to do it, and how much to pay.

 

[nsno-chris]

This pandemic has confirmed one thing.

people are horrible self centred bellends

 

[peteblue]

the responsibility can be spread a bit further than that. The CMO comes from an impressive background, albeit, not anything to do with virology or epidemiology- and I'm not sure how long he was a boots on the ground Doctor rather than academic with (I think) vascular focus? Before you point out, yes, I'm also not a virologist ect- I'm O&G with a background in Genetics- but if the flaws were obvious to a non-specialist, and there were lots of vocal specialists as I found out late frustrated with the approach. They also went against advice from the WHO, and countries already in the grip of the pandemic. Nevermind the Hancock flapping and begging for ventilators last week. The Boris not closing schools/Shake hands with corona virus patients stuff. You'd have to hope EVERY one of them is incompetent, as the alternative doesn't bare thinking about.

Thanks. I suppose medicine like anything else has opposing views. I’m not too impressed with the WHO tbh who seemed to spend more time sucking up to China before deciding how serious it was. With luck, the manufacturers will sort out the ventilators and I saw one article where, I think it was a Canadian consultant, he had turned one ventilator effectively into nine. Boris without doubt has followed advice, whether that advice was sound we will find out in the fullness of time.....

 

[DrEFC]

It is allowed and our license covers it. It’s getting those damned cartons is the problem. Every time I get in touch it’s sold out, try next week......

As long as distance is maintained, they need to allow novel ways of allowing businesses to survive whilst maintaining safety.

 

[LinekersLegs]

A big thing happened on that ship that did not happen most places: everyone was tested aggressively and received care right away if ill. What you are looking at in the Diamond Princess numbers is an absolute best case scenario for fatalities.

Elsewhere, only the severely ill are receiving tests and we do not know the true scope of the problem. In places such as Italy, Spain, Iran and China that became overwhelmed, the fatality rate is far higher. Some of that is probably explained by unobserved cases of the disease, and some of that is probably explained by proper acute care simply not being available.

The point of shutting everything down is to slow down the spread of the virus to prevent unnecessary fatalities resulting from the health care system becoming overwhelmed. In the short term that will have a massive economic impact, but the alternative does far more long term damage by wiping out more productive human capital.

Also haven’t seen any data from the Diamond Princess cases on the long term health effects of those that survived. Indications from some of the Asian cases so far is some have lung damage but still very early to know what the full ramifications are on anyone who has a bad case.

 

[Toast]

This pandemic has confirmed one thing.

people are horrible self centred bellends

And that's just the Kopites.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Thanks. I suppose medicine like anything else has opposing views. I’m not too impressed with the WHO tbh who seemed to spend more time sucking up to China before deciding how serious it was. With luck, the manufacturers will sort out the ventilators and I saw one article where, I think it was a Canadian consultant, he had turned one ventilator effectively into nine. Boris without doubt has followed advice, whether that advice was sound we will find out in the fullness of time.....

He's been and continues to be a complete shambles.

 

[peteblue]

As long as distance is maintained, they need to allow novel ways of allowing businesses to survive whilst maintaining safety.

Which is why I’d rather give it away and no cash was passing hands. Arranging a distance between the customer and the beer dispenser is the easy bit.....

 

[xena]

They havnt done much since saying they would have they? I guess from an admin view, its very very difficult to know how to do it, and how much to pay.

I get what your saying but i don't deal in cash all my customers pay into my bank .

 

[peteblue]

And that's mostly the Kopites.

fixed...

 

[LinekersLegs]

@Harryflashman thought you’d be interested in this from WHO

 

[Harryflashman]

@Harryflashman thought you’d be interested in this from WHO

Brilliant thanks . At first glance looks exactly like what someone as stupid as me was trying to say the other day .

 

[edge]

All NHS staff leave cancelled from Monday.
One nice thing today a Chinese family who live a few doors up from my daughter's, knocked with a little goodie bag with face masks and a few bits in it,
God bless them , restored a bit of faith in humanity.

 

[summerisle]

 

[LinekersLegs]

Brilliant thanks . At first glance looks exactly like what someone as stupid as me was trying to say the other day .

We can only hope those in our respective governments listen.