Coronavirus outbreak

[kingrollo]

Ok - so I joked earlier that we could hit the 100,000 testing target by letting people self diagnose via the app.

....well a few hours later ....it's not a joke anymore ! (Ok not hitting the target but self diagnosis via an app is an option)

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

Steady on old chap - we need man competitive against another man, cut throat , back stabbing - competitiveness , exploitation is where it's at ..

None of this love thy neighbour- solidarity crap !!!

A bit like this you mean?

Maybe if we were not so generous at the start of this out break by sending China 650000 sets of protective clothing without thinking can we replace this if we need them in the future

Remind me where the oximeters have come from again?

 

[Mugshot]

Now this reminds me of a book I read.

 

[tom73]

Guess the guy at the back was eliminated later. Either that or moved to the PPE dept.
Both have end in same result of never being seen again.

 

[Mugshot]

Guess the guy at the back was eliminated later. Either that or moved to the PPE dept.
Both have end in same result of never being seen again.

There's a lot of bowed heads in there, I'm guesing the war isn't going so well.

 

[slowmotion]

The Prof has just received the first consignment of 100 oximeters (to measure oxygen saturation of blood) - a personal donation from a Chinese doctor and there are more to come. There's a huge shortage of these in Oxfordshire and surrounding areas - they'll be used to help monitor Covid patients to see if they need to be admitted to hospital. There are many other examples of individual generosity from Chinese professionals - it's quite touching to see this solidarity.

Why didn't they just buy the oximeters on Amazon? The £18 one I got gives exactly the same readings as the ones they use in the Cardiology Department at Charing Cross Hospital. They are still available.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Now this reminds me of a book I read.

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Mr Hancock in hot water

 

[tom73]

Mr Hancock in hot water

That's the self destruct

 

[Rocky]

Why didn't they just buy the oximeters on Amazon? The £18 one I got gives exactly the same readings as the ones they use in the Cardiology Department at Charing Cross Hospital. They are still available.

Because the ones that are available (and I’ve just checked) now cost around £40-50 each. I got a similar one for £12 a month ago. Indeed, the cheaper ones simply aren’t available now (all with longish delivery times). There’ll be about 500 of them coming, free gratis.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Mr Hancock in hot water

Or he provides the hot air to heat the water....

 

[tom73]

Or he provides the hot air to heat the water....

He'd even get that wrong

 

[Ming the Merciless]

He'd even get that wrong

A 100,000 hair dryers a day by mid May.

 

[tom73]

A 100,000 hair dryers a day by mid May.

They'd probability be the wrong voltage and arrive with the wrong plug.

 

[BoldonLad]

So we have to stay indoors and stop movement, don’t attend work, etc and it’s just announced that there are going to be several incoming flights of migrant workers to pick fruit. Hope it’s well controlled.

Why do we need to fly people in, we have tens of thousands sitting at home?

 

[BoldonLad]

Oh for fecks sake, yes it does.

The OP said: Why are we allowing pregnant health workers on the frontline ?

The whole point or the OP falls if she was not working.

Quite.