Coronavirus outbreak

[mjr]

Interesting as BCG was routine in UK schools between 1953 and 2005. So oldest would now be 67.

It's only thought to protect for a year or so, so protection from 60+ years ago would be surprising - but any extra immunity helps cut the spread rate.

 

[Mo1959]

Interesting as BCG was routine in UK schools between 1953 and 2005. So oldest would now be 67.

I remember getting it in 2nd year.

 

[Blue Hills]

Renzi, despite being as pro EU as they come from Italy had no reserves criticising initial response of ECB ( now somewhat corrected through PEPP) and EC (which is only now allowing for the suspension of fiscal rules)
Therefore my comment stands, not only far right anti EU politicans are not very happy with the response of the union

ah, I thought you described him as far right.

 

[Eziemnaik]

I guess we will really relive 1930s this time...
Close to a million people on Universal credit in UK
Same amount in Spain on "paro"
As much as I think our current economic model is not sustainable this is not going to make it better

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It's only thought to protect for a year or so, so protection from 60+ years ago would be surprising - but any extra immunity helps cut the spread rate.

It says up to 20 years in the wiki page. I wouldn't have thought they’d be a school programme at secondary school if it only lasted a year.

 

[winjim]

I just watched about two minutes of Hat Mancock doing the daily briefing and I can't stand it any more. He keeps referring to workers in health and social care as 'colleagues'. No Hancock, I am not your colleague.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I just watched about two minutes of Hat Mancock doing the daily briefing and I can't stand it any more. He keeps referring to workers in health and social care as 'colleagues'. No Hancock, I am not your colleague.

Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Sack Hancock.

 

[mjr]

It says up to 20 years in the wiki page. I wouldn't have thought they’d be a school programme at secondary school if it only lasted a year.

What wiki page? And I'm talking about it protecting from coronavirus for about a year or so - are you?

 

[winjim]

Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Sack Hancock.

I would suggest a government of national unity, but with two of the other main parties being leaderless right now, I'm not sure how that'd work.

 

[mjr]

More criticism of the dumb idea of a smartphone app and tough questions for its advocates: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/...tion-surveillance-would-help-contain-covid-19

 

[Mo1959]

I just watched about two minutes of Hat Mancock doing the daily briefing and I can't stand it any more. He keeps referring to workers in health and social care as 'colleagues'. No Hancock, I am not your colleague.

He still seems reluctant to test nhs staff instead concentrating on patients. Would it not be better to treat patients as if they’ve got it, and test the staff so that they know they are safe to keep working?

 

[Unkraut]

I would suggest a government of national unity, but with two of the other main parties being leaderless right now, I'm not sure how that'd work.

You could argue that three of the main parties are leaderless ...

Did I read you correctly saying the govt was trying to reduce lab capacity in the NHS up thread (or somewhere else)? How does that square with 40 new hospitals, I wonder.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Did I read you correctly saying the govt was trying to reduce lab capacity in the NHS up thread (or somewhere else)? How does that square with 40 new hospitals, I wonder.

Sceptics would never have thought the government would get started so quickly on the hospital building programme ....
Excel, NEC, Harrogate Conference, that's 3 hospitals already

 

[Ming the Merciless]

What wiki page? And I'm talking about it protecting from coronavirus for about a year or so - are you?

BCG the one year for Corona is a theory is it not?

 

[kingrollo]

I made an assessment of the character of the party leaders and therefore an estimation of their aptitude in dealing with a crisis of this scale, and also of their party's history and attitude regarding the NHS.

But @Rusty Nails is right, this should be a thing that the civil service have in hand. I've said it before, but every NHS trust in the country will have a major incident plan which, as soon as such an incident is declared, swings into action with (hopefully) everybody knowing their roles and responsibilities, what to do, who to report to, which services to suspend, etc etc. We should have had that on a nationwide level.

Pretty much sure they do. The problem isn't the plan its in the execution.