COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[johnnytapia]

So you’d have just let this flight in then?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-quarantines-all-passengers-from-qatar-flight

Won't someone think about the economy????

 

[johnnytapia]

Thank Christ parents and teachers are averse to the Johnson bullshit:
https://www.theguardian.com/educati...s-in-england-yet-to-reopen-to-any-more-pupils

 

[Mike N]

If it’s not already been mentioned on here tonight, heads-up for Despatches Channel 4 and Newsnight on bbc2, regarding the Government’s response to the virus. Both are worth catching up with.

 

[Mon Autre]

More deaths here today than in the entire EU 27 combined. There is no excuse for this. It's unforgivable.

 

[johnnytapia]

If it’s not already been mentioned on here tonight, heads-up for Despatches Channel 4 and Newsnight on bbc2, regarding the Government’s response to the virus. Both are worth catching up with.

Newsnight and the care homes was essential viewing and should be played, on loop, every fucking night before the government 5pm briefing.

 

[paulchapo]

City now have face masks for sale.

https://m.shop.mancity.com/stores/m...5&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=retail_030620

 

[johnnytapia]

More deaths here today than in the entire EU 27 combined. There is no excuse for this. It's unforgivable.

You naysayer, doom merchant.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Interesting Newsnight article on Covid-19 in care homes - specifically a care home in Blackpool run by a charity called MHA.

On the shocking side:
- Local authority and NHS attempts to force care homes to take untested patients from hospital were shocking ( even trying to trick employees to take them by saying the employee's managers approved it).

Bad things:
- Major issues with a lack of PPE.
- Staff being off sick. (No mention of what if anything was done to cover for staff off sick. Temporary staff?)
- No testing of staff and patients till after 15th April when symptomatic cases could be tested and 11th may (all patients & staff on demand) .
- Lack of financial assistance from local authorities and what assistance they had had strings attached.

Good things (as they wern't mentioned):
- No mention of tests not happening when they were available after the 15th April (for symptomatic patients and staff) and 11th May (on demand for anyone).

Questions that should have been asked for bakance:
- What PPE stock did you have before Covid-19?
- What did you do from mid January to try and acquire PPE?
- What was your policy for staff who were off sick? I.e. Did you try and get temporary staff to replace them?
- What hygene and disinfecting procedures did you put in place?
- What quarantine measures did you have in place for residents returning from hospital?
- MHA has so far had Covid-19 in 90% of its homes compared with a 40% average in England. How do you account for this difference?

 

[johnnytapia]

City now have face masks for sale.

https://m.shop.mancity.com/stores/m...5&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=retail_030620

Is that legit? I fucking hope not

 

[paulchapo]

Is that legit? I fucking hope not

Yes they are selling them on the website.