Sky News, 14% of all cases in Spain are health workers.
This is what the UK scientists said would happen. 2020 will be a total right off and this will go well into next year too.
Until there’s a vaccine we’ll go round in circles.
This is what the UK scientists said would happen. 2020 will be a total right off and this will go well into next year too.
Until there’s a vaccine we’ll go round in circles.
This is what the UK scientists said would happen. 2020 will be a total right off and this will go well into next year too.
Until there’s a vaccine we’ll go round in circles.
This is what the UK scientists said would happen. 2020 will be a total right off and this will go well into next year too.
Until there’s a vaccine we’ll go round in circles.
No.Good old Jimmy adding to the confusion in a bid to show power. She is deliberately making her speeches before the PM every day. But it's her little piece of the pie and she can do as she wishes.
More pics below from places on the tube this morning:
Needs to be a stronger and clearer message at least tonight. All these workers going to essential jobs yet aren't even close to being 2 metres apart.
More pics below from places on the tube this morning:
Needs to be a stronger and clearer message at least tonight. All these workers going to essential jobs yet aren't even close to being 2 metres apart.
Almost all of them.
He fails to understand that CFR does not take into account the vast majority of cases which are not recorded. His entire point is based on 100% of real cases being recorded cases which we know is not correct. The actual death rate is now pretty much thought to be around 0.7 to 1% which is bad enough without people scaremongering due to lack of understanding.
You worry about our health care workers. Public Health England cynically lowering the specifications... thin plastic aprons, short gloves and dental masks wholly inappropriate and fall well short of WHO recommendations. Promises a plenty from Hancock but Hospitals still reporting that they have no PPE to protect frontline staff.
Because they are on top of the containment stage.This is exactly what everyone is expecting though. Lockdown for 2 months, then every time there seems to be a new outbreak, quickly introduce social distancing to slow the spread and let the track and trace get on top of it. They'll be back to normal in a few days.
When the peak is passed it will collapse, you've seen the model curves, and the real curves from South Korea and China. Afterwards there will be tests and society will have the resources to do the tests. There'll be vaccine trials too which will have increasing effects. Many healthworkers will have immunity and they'll know it from antibody tests.correct that’s why I really struggle with those who say simply lock everything down for 3 or 4 weeks then it will be gone. No it won’t the virus will still be there and in a few weeks time when we all pop out again and we will yo yo through it again Meantime the economy will have gone to absolute shit and then we have years and years of hardship and real austerity for many many millions of people potentially causing more suffering than the virus.
we need to get the balance right I agree we need to flatten the curve to help the initial peak and give the nhs time , but The economy cannot just stop for 6 months and switched back on again.
I think In a few months when we have “turned the tide” as Boris says it will be right you can now start going back to work etc but you must maintain social distancing , hand washing etc.
To be fair, a lock down was never imposed was it? Sensible advice and requested restrictions were passed out and should be enough. The general problem will be morons who will only do what they are absolutely told rather than have the sense of collective and personal responsibility to do what is right.And think about all the offices and workplaces we don't see.
There is no lockdown. The only sectors locked down are schools,colleges and retail and everyone else seems to be working.
Either a botched job, or a deliberate but flawed strategy. I go with the latter. Govt should follow WHO advice as to what works and what doesn't.
Eventually the epidemic will be stopped but it will get much further than it otherwise would have done.
Why are the "extremely vulnerable" being told not to leave the house (even for the garden)?Employers need to take actions that are well within their control and well within the capabilities and willingness to comply, of their employees.
You could lower the number of people travelling to work in the mornings and evenings if employers exercised a staggered working schedule arrangement.
Reduce the number of staff in a building at any one time. You can still keep a place functioning. Reduce the tables and chairs from canteens and encourage staff to stagger breaks.
Not everyone can work from home, but there are sensible ways to reduce risks and enact social distancing.
The only real alternative, and what is probably coming for us all, is a total lock-down, that is properly overseen by law enforcement.
In the Western world this is difficult and costly, but I wonder if in the long run would it be the most economical?
On a different note, I noticed a big shift in the language being used on Irish News reports last night. Because of the fear for mental health, it was being stressed by experts that social distancing is a misnomer. You can and should still stay in contact with people, you can talk to people but should physically distance yourself from them (2 metres).
The manner of how the virus spreads was explained using terminology that has been repeatedly heard in the media.
Aerosol - is the vapour from people coughing and the reason you should maintain a two metre distance.
Droplet - is people sneezing into their tissues etc. Minute droplets of mucous can get on the hands and are then transferred to other surfaces and can be spread that way.
Airborne - is extremely unlikely as it only survives a couple of hours.
I can't remember where I read about it but Singapore had traced nearly all their infections and 59 out of about 509 were from the UK.No report on the tracking of the new cases yet?
I'd say that's important. Where did the new cases originate from.
Edit: just seen Marvin's response.