COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Chippy_boy]

Being a twat of course

Better than being dim IMO.

 

[twosips]

I think by most judgements we have not done well. I don't blame anyone in particular, I think there's been mistakes made all the way along by all sorts of people. From the duff advice about herd immunity, IMO locking down too late, allowing various activities (and paradoxically barring other relatively innocuous ones), the shameful clinging to this nonsense about no benefit in face masks - doubtless influenced by the acute lack of PPE for the medical professionals. Idiotic behaviour by certain members of the public. It's not been a catalogue of disaster and cock up and it is admirable that we have managed to keep critical case load below the NHS's capacity to cope with it. The Nightingale hospitals are an inspiration.

But the bottom line is we had a 2 or 3 week advantage over Spain, France and Italy and have ended up with more dead than they have. That cannot be described as us having done well. At all.

Spot on. There are many on here who are convinced we have handled this well though. Baffling.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

But the bottom line is we had a 2 or 3 week advantage over Spain, France and Italy and have ended up with more dead than they have. That cannot be described as us having done well. At all.

Have you any evidence to support this claim ? I'd be interested to see it if you have.

 

[George Hannah]

I think by most judgements we have not done well. I don't blame anyone in particular, I think there's been mistakes made all the way along by all sorts of people. From the duff advice about herd immunity, IMO locking down too late, allowing various activities (and paradoxically barring other relatively innocuous ones), the shameful clinging to this nonsense about no benefit in face masks - doubtless influenced by the acute lack of PPE for the medical professionals. Idiotic behaviour by certain members of the public. It's not been a catalogue of disaster and cock up and it is admirable that we have managed to keep critical case load below the NHS's capacity to cope with it. The Nightingale hospitals are an inspiration.

But the bottom line is we had a 2 or 3 week advantage over Spain, France and Italy and have ended up with more dead than they have. That cannot be described as us having done well. At all.

The real death league stats will not be available for quite a while, it's a terrible situation why make a tragedy into a fake competition?

 

[g180aj]

Have you any evidence to support this claim ? I'd be interested to see it if you have.

I'm confused by this question?

 

[bluemonkey71]

There’s got to be lots of different strains going around which would account for the massive differences in death rates.

I think being a major airline hub, we should have shutdown the airports right at the start.

 

[g180aj]

The real death league stats will not be available for quite a while, it's a terrible situation why make a tragedy into a fake competition?

It's not about anything other than the fact people have died needlessly and a fucking lot of people.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Have you any evidence to support this claim ? I'd be interested to see it if you have.

Is this a trick question? I don't remember Lombardy-like scenes in Manchester at the time they were happening in Lombardy. Perhaps I missed it.

As far as I can recall, whilst people were dying in their hundreds every day in Lombardy, we were still going to footy matches and out and about shopping.

 

[mayo31]

Better than being dim IMO.

Was the guy dim or did he just want clarification.

I am sure he knows a few things now.

 

[George Hannah]

It's not about anything other than the fact people have died needlessly and a fucking lot of people.

You don't know that, neither does anyone else. Hindsight is wishful thinking.