COVID-19 — Coronavirus

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Just to point out that isolating the vulnerable doesn't work well. It is so easy for carers to take it into a home or care home if the carer is asymptomatic.
The larger the numbers with the virus in a community, the more likely it will get in.
Not just caters either- relatives, delivery drivers an posties too.
We desperately need the 10 minute saliva test to even stand a chance of protecting the vulnerable.
 
marcus said:
As you ignored earlier , i mentioned the 2 most vulnerable. You skipped that.
Yes can probably only protect so many, but, again, for your benefit..

over 70, doesnt work, underlying health issues. Stay in!
Any age but with a particular health issue that is dangerous to C18, doesnt work. Stay in!

and, again, those two sets of people make up a HIGH % of deaths and hospitalisations. So stay in, protect yourselves, and the NHS.

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No, which is why there isn’t a single country that has tried protecting the vulnerable while everyone else carries on as normal. Not one. Why do you think that is if.Simply because it’s nonsense. It doesn’t protect the NHS.
 
mosssideblue said:
Christ, you were being serious. Have a think practically how your proposal would work and why it isn't being considered by government.
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Isn't that the point here? Not everyone is opening their arms up and begging for a new lockdown, and there is opposition towards it in the media, politically, scientifically and even by the WHO itself, but if you watch certain channels ( mainly the BBC ) you will see a one sided narrative. Why isn't there another solution being assessed that also incorporates economically and mental consideration? Who is going to be held to account for the fall out that will occur here. It also doesn't help when the new measures are contradictory and don't seem to be logical. Test cases are up, because more people are being tested. To me that is dangerous because if the test results are the determining factor, this could go on forever even in light of the fact that the deaths have declined the longer the virus has been around.
 
oman0115 said:
Isn't that the point here? Not everyone is opening their arms up and begging for a new lockdown, and there is opposition towards it in the media, politically, scientifically and even by the WHO itself, but if you watch certain channels ( mainly the BBC ) you will see a one sided narrative. Why isn't there another solution being assessed that also incorporates economically and mental consideration? Who is going to be held to account for the fall out that will occur here. It also doesn't help when the new measures are contradictory and don't seem to be logical. Test cases are up, because more people are being tested. To me that is dangerous because if the test results are the determining factor, this could go on forever even in light of the fact that the deaths have declined the longer the virus has been around.
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The same people who if they did nothing and stood and watched as death rates continued to increase
 
Purely out of curiosity and a future pub quiz question, are we officially in the first wave still?
 
somapop said:
Purely out of curiosity and a future pub quiz question, are we officially in the first wave still?
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I think this is the second wave ( lockdown ) we've been conditioned to expect for the last few months, roll on the third one ....
 
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