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Stephenite

Membå
Location
OslO
Meditating, my arse. She'd admitted to have been drinking. She was getting pissed on a park bench. Shows how much of a dick she is by putting the video on YT.
 

Electric_Andy

Heavy Metal Fan
Location
Plymouth
I've just been on a call and heard from my NHS colleagues that the tests are unreliable. A high rate of of false negatives (based on hearsay, not fact). We were quoted our figures from the south west (low infection rate): 400 and something confirmed cases, 700 and something deaths?? Which we were told is because there's very little testing going on.

There are loads of these types of videos going around. I get that key workers need to have some fun and a break. But why does everyone need to upload them to social media now? I was asked to create one for our team the other day. I said no. In the teams' defence though, it's hardly as if they were dancing INSTEAD of treating critically ill patients. But that's the image some people will get from it, especially those whose loved ones are seriously ill or have died. Which is perhaps why these videos shouldn't be uploaded
 

Glow worm

Legendary Member
Location
Near Newmarket
What a thoroughly annoying woman really hope she was finned, my thoughts are she shown no regard either for the lockdown or respect for the police.
To be fair a taser and throw in river would be better


She's a lot more likely to be finned in the river too!
Straight from the 'It's my right, I'll do what I want'' Brigade. Insufferable. Police incredibly patient with her. I'm not sure I'd have shown such restraint.
 
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lane

Veteran
The day before yesterday I saw someone someone from the WHO say that social distancing would be with us for the foreseeable future. Then yesterday Whitty parrots the exact same phrase at the briefing. Am I the only one who thinks Whitty seems a waste of space.
 

tom73

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
I've just been on a call and heard from my NHS colleagues that the tests are unreliable. A high rate of of false negatives (based on hearsay, not fact). We were quoted our figures from the south west (low infection rate): 400 and something confirmed cases, 700 and something deaths?? Which we were told is because there's very little testing going on.

There are loads of these types of videos going around. I get that key workers need to have some fun and a break. But why does everyone need to upload them to social media now? I was asked to create one for our team the other day. I said no. In the teams' defence though, it's hardly as if they were dancing INSTEAD of treating critically ill patients. But that's the image some people will get from it, especially those whose loved ones are seriously ill or have died. Which is perhaps why these videos shouldn't be uploaded

It was reported in the Daily hate so say's all you need to know really.
 

tom73

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
If you still think this whole thing is joke well you may have a chance to prove it.
Los Vegas Mayor offers the city to be a control group. :crazy:

View: https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1253041723510587394?s=21
 

marinyork

Resting in suspended Animation
Location
Logopolis
The day before yesterday I saw someone someone from the WHO say that social distancing would be with us for the foreseeable future. Then yesterday Whitty parrots the exact same phrase at the briefing. Am I the only one who thinks Whitty seems a waste of space.

Not really. He's said a key part of controlling an epidemic is changing a population's behaviour. Long before the present outbreak.

I found this more recently.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn55z95L1h8

Shame that the public press conferences have mostly been dumbed down. They could have just played this video in March instead of the press conferences, or better still early March/late Feb.

The unknown in terms of sage/government is the behavioural science stuff and how this interacts with other stuff.
 

lane

Veteran
Thanks for that. What's his actual job? You know when there isn't a pandemic? I get the impression he must be some sort of gorified administrator but am probably wrong.
 

tom73

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
Whitty is the CMO he's not the government he and the rest can only give advice they don't make things happen governments do.
All he's giving is facts not sound bites he's not part of the "I must be seen to popular in the media" game.
They ask a question he replies with science in matter of fact way he's not about to give the reply the media want to hear.
 

lane

Veteran
The impression I get is that the advice which was correct / actually mattered was provided by University College London and Whitty gave some seriously dodgy advice on herd immunity which was why there was a delay in doing what should have been done. Is he competent?
 

tom73

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
Thanks for that. What's his actual job? You know when there isn't a pandemic? I get the impression he must be some sort of gorified administrator but am probably wrong.

He's still a practicing Dr at UCLH he was till becoming CMO A Professor of Public and International Health at LSHTM
A pen pusher he's not and is well respected is his field put in simple terms his government job is basally to act as the lead on all matters of public health.
 
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