COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Rammy Blue]

Spain with under 100 deaths for the first time in 2 months, and only slightly over 1k new cases. Positive news.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Hopefully she's as accurate as the other expert Ferguson the we have based our response so far on. I do wonder what the agenda is from people like this woman making perfections such as this to try and keep people scared.

Thought I read that although Ferguson has been miles off in the past, his predictions for covid prior to his resignation have been pretty accurate thus far, in terms of deaths with lockdown impact? Might be wrong here btw.

I don't think she needs to have a particular agenda as such, sadly it might be the way it goes. Horrible news that nobody needs to hear but she wouldn't be doing her job if she wasn't speaking about it.

 

[True_Blue69]

Thought I read that although Ferguson has been miles off in the past, his predictions for covid prior to his resignation have been pretty accurate thus far, in terms of deaths with lockdown impact? Might be wrong here btw.

I don't think she needs to have a particular agenda as such, sadly it might be the way it goes. Horrible news that nobody needs to hear but she wouldn't be doing her job if she wasn't speaking about it.

Total opposite of what I read yesterday which was when other experts have tried to make sense of his data it was described as 'a mess' and if a business had produced such analysis they would go bust. The guy has a history of failure yet we allowed him to dictate our response. Probably the biggest failure of the whole episode for me.

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

Hopefully she's as accurate as the other expert Ferguson the we have based our response so far on. I do wonder what the agenda is from people like this woman making perfections such as this to try and keep people scared.

What is the harm in listening to the advice and ensuring we’re well stocked on ventilators and ppe for the next wave?

 

[Kirkstall Blue]

They were buying their own PPE which was enough for normal use,hospitals were sending patients with covid into homes,if the gov didn't see anything coming in care homes why would the owner of one do,they were left unprotected,lambs to the slaughter

The Rockwood/NICE clinical frailty scoring is why.[/
This is a bit silly but I’ve no ides what the rock wood/nice clinical frailty scoring is could you explain please

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

This has fallen on the national health infrastructure, not sure what she means by the public health one. When public health responsibility was taken from the NHS about 7 years ago and given to councils who weren't sure what there role was meant to be, was when all this fell down.

I see her tweets as sound bites that don’t really educate but rather sensationalise or grab headlines.

just my opinion but there are a few in the scientific and health community that are doing this type of thing.
Fact of the matter is, they haven’t got a scooby doo, much like the rest of us.

 

[True_Blue69]

What is the harm in listening to the advice and ensuring we’re well stocked on ventilators and ppe for the next wave?

'All signs point to the virus hitting hard in winter'. How does she know what's going to happen in the next 8 weeks never mind 5 months.

 

[mexico1970]

What is the harm in listening to the advice and ensuring we’re well stocked on ventilators and ppe for the next wave?

There is that much advice it's become white noise, what we need is a strategy and a firm one, we have to pick our poison and give it a chance to work. If we listen to government ministers there is a raft of conflicting advice depending on whatever study or "Top" scientist they have been listening to.

Safety equipment as you say should be one of the first objectives but the implementation of a coherent strategy has to be put in place, listening to every expert isn't cutting the mustard.

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

'All signs point to the virus hitting hard in winter'. How does she know what's going to happen in the next 8 weeks never mind 5 months.

meanwhile a former director of the WHO is claiming we may not need a vaccine as the virus could burn itself out .

torygraph are reporting ....

 

[BlueAnorak]

There was never the required number of staff or the required stocks of PPE to ever have them operating. They were a complete white elephant.

They were built for two reasons.
1. In case the initial epidemic got too out of hand.
2. For the 2nd winter wave.