COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Bovril]

Good to see Nick Carter involved a top man and superb leader

 

[denislawsbackheel]

I'm tuning in for the first time in weeks to find out what on earth Nick Carter has to say about things.

“Move over Dom, we’re in charge now...”

 

[kaz7]

Briefing

559,935 total tested

133,495 positive tests

18,100 died in hosp

Right steps at the right time (sigh) difficult times for everyone,mentally very stressful but measures have to stay in place,making progress but trying to avoid another spike and lock down

Paying tribute to armed forces for helping build 7 new hospitals and deliver supplies etc

NHS has not been overwhelmed

Ramping up testing

PPE,tireless effort to get it in and distribute

Getting stranded brits home

(This is a look how well we have done)

Armed forces officer

Supporting in lots of different ways,the biggest logistics operation they have ever done,building hosps,delivering PPE,involved in testing,getting natives home,etc,full time in service and reservists

 

[Summerbuzz]

Good to see Nick Carter involved a top man and superb leader

Sure, but what the hell is the point? It's just twenty minutes of propoganda. Zero information we can actually use for anything apart from increasing our appreciation of what they are doing. "Three times around the world". Jesus H.

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

Good to see Nick Carter involved a top man and superb leader

I hope peston asks a rambling question sniping and talking wank and he gives him a fucking hiding

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Hmmmmm.....

It's piss poor if there are bogus offers of help from people looking to exploit the crisis. Also, where there are genuine offers of help from small to medium sized manufacturers, I would expect NHS purchasing hubs and /or managers in Trusts and other care organisations to get out there and sort PPE deals.

I am just hearing Raab thank the armed forces for their tremendous work in distributing kit / PPE and helping to plan and build the Nightingale Hospitals. The military help has gone even wider than that including providing medics. A member of our SC Branch is the Cannon (senior church official) for the Royal Marines. He is giving 20 funerals per day (sadly) and John isn't a spring chicken. We are so lucky to have our tremendous armed forces.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

Christ on a bike. I wouldn’t want every town in the country full of people like the barracks town of Hampshire!

Well it's not military based...

 

[paulchapo]

I understand the need for social distancing etc but the loss to the economy is horrific and has to be addressed soon.
Where did you see those news reports Paul?

It was on the Mail online. It is interesting that I haven't seen reports of retail workers being badly hit by the virus and they are in constant contact with others. Similarly I have lots of friends still working on the ships in Dover. They are only carrying freight but that is up to 150 freight drivers per trip, so far they have been okay.

 

[Bovril]

Sure, but what the hell is the point? It's just twenty minutes of propoganda. Zero information we can actually use for anything apart from increasing our appreciation of what they are doing. "Three times around the world". Jesus H.

Its just comforting that he is involved, leadership is what is required here and he has it in abundance. He is also a hard taskmaster doesn't do bullshit and demands results.

 

[mackenzie]

It was on the Mail online. It is interesting that I haven't seen reports of retail workers being badly hit by the virus and they are in constant contact with others. Similarly I have lots of friends still working on the ships in Dover. They are only carrying freight but that is up to 150 freight drivers per trip, so far they have been okay.

Thanks Paul, and hope you and your friends keep safe x

 

[mat]

I assume the science says we're hitting the peak.

Just been in with our management about running full rail service In 3 weeks time. They were told no problem as long as staff are afforded all the protections of working with the public. We were offered sanitiser and blue bog roll.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

No wonder they are covering their face.

 

[paulchapo]

Thanks Paul, and hope you and your friends keep safe x

You too.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

It was on the Mail online. It is interesting that I haven't seen reports of retail workers being badly hit by the virus and they are in constant contact with others. Similarly I have lots of friends still working on the ships in Dover. They are only carrying freight but that is up to 150 freight drivers per trip, so far they have been okay.

That’s interesting because Brittany ferries are not carrying lorry drivers.
It’s containers loaded on at one port and taken off at another.

 

[kaz7]

Medical officer

Movement of people,remaining pretty stable,car use up a bit

New cases, in and out of hosp,broadly flat and slight down but not enough

People in hosp,london continues down,pretty stable else where

Deaths in hospital,gone up a bit last couple of days,but flattened off in last couple of weeks

Global death rates,hosp data,still bang on italy line

7 day rolling average v all countries,similar to italy,going down slowly,will not be a sudden drop

 

[hcblue95]

Hmmmmm.....

Twitter is toxic and the left and right will both have hundreds doing shit like this. I've seen duplicate posts like this trying to make the government look bad, but I've also seen a lot of fake posts from the right saying stuff like 'I'm a nurse and we have more than enough ppe, it's all fake news'. Twats the lot of them.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Imagine living with Peston... “a a a a a errr e e e a a a eee WHAAaaaAAAT a a a are errr we goingtohaveforforteatonight?”

 

[AlgarveBlu]

I wish some research would be done in who is catching the virus currently. Is it those on public transport, is it supermarket workers, builders etc or is it people who are acting like twats and gathering in large numbers. Majority of people are being relatively sensible, is it those people who catching it? After nearly 5 weeks you would have hoped that the rate of infection would be reducing quicker than it is but even in countries with far stricter lockdowns this doesn't seem to be the case which is quite worrying.

I've been mythed for some time how countries such as Spain and Italy are still getting quite a lot of positive test numbers having been under such comparative drachonian lockdowns for much longer than everyone else. Italy's today is an additional 3,370 - surely these aren't all frontline and care home workers?

I understand the trajectory is down which is more important but still...

I may have missed something on the longevity of the virus for it to still to be picked up at this stage on the PCR tests for the antigen? I know people are saying there is more testing going on but people must surely still be getting infected outside frontline roles in the last 2/3 weeks?

16:10 GMT - Italy's coronavirus death toll climbs by 437 to 25,085
The death toll from the coronavirus in Italy climbed by 437 to 25,085, against 534 the previous day, according to the Civil Protection Agency.

Meanwhile infections increased by 3,370 to 187,327, the third highest global tally behind the US and Spain.

 

[TCIB]

No wonder they are covering their face.

People should have the courage of their convictions certainly, the coward.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Twitter is toxic and the left and right will both have hundreds doing shit like this. I've seen duplicate posts like this trying to make the government look bad, but I've also seen a lot of fake posts from the right saying stuff like 'I'm a nurse and we have more than enough ppe, it's all fake news'. Twats the lot of them.

Post fake sh*t and get fined I say.