COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[andyhinch]

How do you think people get to work?

Are you suggesting if we can’t stop contamination completely we should just say fuck it carry on regardless ?

 

[jay_mcfc]

How do you think people get to work?

Lots of jobs are essential. Football matches aren’t.

 

[marco]

we all know why they wont close schools and that the end of it,,but there is another option if your a parent and thats keep them out, do it and do it tomorrow

 

[BlueHammer85]

My plan is just to take it mate, if the Mrs gets it, not much chance of avoiding it then, it’ll make her feel better anyway.

Christ. I’ll follow government advice and quarantine down the pub to stay away from the infected.

 

[TCIB]

Part of the reluctance to shut schools will likely be due to many of those parents being medical staff. That would be a large chunk of front line staff not available. With the reasoning kids are low risk and most teachers being young and healthy. If they have to close to stop the kids being a carrier the parents will have to stay home, having gran and grandad look after them is not a reasonable solution given this virus is much more of a health risk to them. People are stuck between a rock and a hard place whatever choices they make it seems.

 

[kaz7]

surley a simple blood test on the deceased would seperate the figures and corrrect them,or is that beyond them

It is beyond resources in normal times,let alone now
A lot of what the government put out is designed to negate panic as that crashes the economy and that is their only concern whatever they say

 

[Vegas]

Having attempted to digest the press conference, it seems to me that whilst some other countries are trying to do a controlled containment, we are in fact trying to do a controlled spread of the virus.

 

[SebastianBlue]

People keep saying this and yet no one has come up with anyone of note criticising the UK government's response.

If you want direct quotes criticising the UK government’s new announcement today then you’ll have to wait a day or two.

People are referring to the many instances of guidance provided by the WHO and CDC that contradict the assessment of sporting event associated public behaviour being a low risk for viral transmission in the context of containment and/or delay of transmission in this pandemic. Or, to it put more accurately, that the risk (both health and economic) is not sufficient to outweigh the possible economic impact of prohibiting sporting events and thus reducing the associated public behaviour that may increase viral transmission.

 

[Blue Hefner]

NY Times article on the effectiveness of school closures with reference to the Spanish Flu epidemic. Short version. Closing schools is an effective firewall and should be done as early as possible.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/opinion/coronavirus-schools-closed.html

A bloke who seemed to know his stuff on a podcast I listened to earlier disagrees. Reason for his disagreement was that 38% of nurses have children so would be unable to work

 

[kaz7]

How do you think people get to work?

Indeed but in times of infection you cut that down as much as possible,they are telling people to work from home whilst saying extra millions a week going to sport is no problem