Taiwan is strangely not part of the WHO as Beijing objected so have not been involved in discussions around the Coronavirus outbreak. Look at how they dealt with it and thing is they learnt their lesson from other outbreaksI would say Taiwan did a very good job. Considering they were one of the countries most highly considered to be affected. Millions of people flying between there and China yet only about 50 cases. They changed how they communicated, and took stark measures immediately.
It doesn’t make his point.
The mortality rate of regular flu is about 0.1%. The mortality of coronavirus is conservatively 1% and potentially as high as 3.5%, so at least 10 times more deadly.
Also, the NHS is geared up to deal with the regular flu and can quite accurately predict the numbers and it has enough capacity to cope.
With coronavirus, it’s spreading so quickly that the major problem is the NHS does not have the capacity to deal with all of those people all at the same time.
There are only a finite amount of beds, so when they are all taken up the doctors are going to have to make decisions on who gets treated - the elderly coronavirus patient or the kid who’s got leukaemia.
The idea of Social Distancing isn’t to protect yourself from getting it if you’re fit and healthy. It’s to slow down the rate at which this spreads so that the NHS doesn’t collapse because it can’t cope with the volume of people all at one time.
eBay is full of bog roll at ridiculous prices. Hope the cunts end up stuck with it.I went Tesco before. Had them cheap toilet rolls in stock. Packs of 4. So I put 2 packs in my trolley. I have a family of 5!. Got to the till and was told I was only allowed 1 pack. The woman in front of me had just purchased a big pack of 18 toilet rolls.
She caused a big scene by asking the manager to come over. Society has become ridiculous.
All because of wankers over the past week filling trolleys full of toilet rolls. Normal folk who don't panic buy have to wipe there arse with kitchen roll.
Just to be clear. the WHO value of 3.5% is not a mortality rate. It is deaths / reported cases.
Buy kitchen roll before everyone thinks about it,you can't put it down the loo but it doesn't kill the greeks to bag iteBay is full of bog roll at ridiculous prices. Hope the cunts end up stuck with it.
I would say Taiwan did a very good job. Considering they were one of the countries most highly considered to be affected. Millions of people flying between there and China yet only about 50 cases. They changed how they communicated, and took stark measures immediately.
Me and my family have had to do just that over the past few days. Havent been able to find toilet roll anywhere.Buy kitchen roll before everyone thinks about it,you can't put it down the loo but it doesn't kill the greeks to bag it
my last reply before i put you ignore,from day one the gov and health advisors have talked about herd immunity as their plan,their actions confirm that plan,we would still be going to football and other mass gatherings if the football authorities hadn't have pulled the plug,you have sought to take this down party lines,it is way beyond thatKaren, read it again.
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"We think this virus is likely to be one that comes year on year, becomes like a seasonal virus," he told Sky News.
"Communities will become immune to it and that's going to be an important part of controlling this longer term.
"About 60% is the sort of figure you need to get herd immunity.""
that is not the same as saying the current plans aim is to use herd immunity.
They have been clear about the strategy and where we are in it and why it's the strategy and how extreme the measures will become and why they are not doing everything right now.
ha everyone will do it now but it is fast becoming the only optionMe and my family have had to do just that over the past few days. Havent been able to find toilet roll anywhere.
It's like wiping your arse with a pillow though!
Me and my family have had to do just that over the past few days. Havent been able to find toilet roll anywhere.
It's like wiping your arse with a pillow though!
" that is not the same as saying the current plan aims to use herd immunity"Karen, read it again.
"We think this virus is likely to be one that comes year on year, becomes like a seasonal virus," he told Sky News.
"Communities will become immune to it and that's going to be an important part of controlling this longer term.
"About 60% is the sort of figure you need to get herd immunity.""
that is not the same as saying the current plans aim is to use herd immunity.
They have been clear about the strategy and where we are in it and why it's the strategy and how extreme the measures will become and why they are not doing everything right now.
14 more deaths.
That last part beggars belief. The greatest threat this country has faced in many of our generations and only a select few should be privy to the latest information. Unfuckingbelievable.The converse is also true. The desire to support, the need to see a purposeful pattern in what the Govt does. In times of crisis it becomes an article of faith that the Govt has got this right and is listening to the best advice. To achieve this we have had Britain leads to world in this field and our unique approach is better than mass lockdowns.
In reality what we were doing wasn’t that much difference from the continent given the different timeline and our comms strategy is a mess as I have already pointed out with the ‘business as usual’ quickly followed by ‘restrictive measures on the way’ as the British public and industry were not going with ‘business as usual’.
All week we had discussion on ‘herd immunity’ and in one paywalled article the Health Sec. says it was never a thing. In what universe does someone think this contradiction is good comms strategy or putting briefings by a Health minister behind a paywall or anonymous briefings to journos is a good way to handle the situation?
Do you have sky on a loop you were quicker than the breaking news