Coronavirus outbreak

[Rocky]

Now if only we were like the Swiss


View: https://twitter.com/samgadjones/status/1238170163029118979?s=21

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Just read this on BBC site

”Trump shut down the dedicated Obama-era, White House unit that had focused on preparedness against a global pandemic.”

You couldn’t make it up.

 

[kingrollo]

So we have gone from
"For most people this is a mild illness"
To
"Many more people are going to lose loved ones before there time"

 

[RecordAceFromNew]

Announcing the ban from the Oval Office on Wednesday night, Mr Trump said: "This is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history".
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Well that is clearly complete and utter bollocks.

Have a heart. What's the poor man to do? COVID-19 hasn't even opened a twitter account for him to throw insults at...

 

[nickyboy]

I have confidence in Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance. These are two men on the top of their game.

100% agree

Our epidemic appears to be a week or two behind Germany, Spain, France etc etc. That could be some fluke. Or it could be that we have the top people who have pushed it back.

So I'm happy to stand behind their advice and decisions. If they say don't close schools, we don't close schools. I'm also very pleased that Johnson is not caving in to pressure to "do something" in the face of scientific advice to the contrary

I hope when all this is over we can say "well that was shoot, but at least it wasn't as shoot as all those other countries"

 

[Mugshot]

Just read this on BBC site

”Trump shut down the dedicated Obama-era, White House unit that had focused on preparedness against a global pandemic.”

You couldn’t make it up.

He used to have a specific department that he could have got advice from;

In May 2018, the top White House official in charge of the U.S. response to pandemics left the administration. Rear Admiral Timothy Ziemer was the senior director of global health and biodefense on the National Security Council and oversaw global health security issues, a specialty that had been bolstered under President Barack Obama.
After Ziemer’s departure, the global health team was reorganized as part of an effort by then-National Security Adviser John Bolton. Meanwhile, Tom Bossert, a homeland security adviser who recommended strong defenses against disease and biological warfare, was reportedly pushed out by Bolton in 2018. Neither White House official or their teams, which were responsible for coordinating the U.S. response to pandemic outbreaks across agencies, have been replaced during the past two years.

I'll keep criticising him I think.

 

[BoldonLad]

So we have gone from
"For most people this is a mild illness"
To
"Many more people are going to lose loved ones before there time"

Speaking as one of the elderly, with other health conditions, I don’t see any contradiction in the statement. The elderly and vulnerable are most at risk, fortunately, the majority are not elderly and/or vulnerable.

Stop panicking

 

[Rusty Nails]

So we have gone from
"For most people this is a mild illness"
To
"Many more people are going to lose loved ones before there time"

Both those are true.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Well well, endurance sports and immune system.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180420122807.htm

 

[Milzy]

Some moron on Facebook has just said it's a bank crash scam. I mean wtf!!?? Hopefully he will get it.

 

[Pale Rider]

I agree Whitty and Vallance - the two docs either side of Boris on the telly - appear to be as well on top of it as anyone could be.

Boris insists public policy will be guided by them and their fellow scientists, so I reckon the job's a good 'un.

Excellent couple of days for the government following the well received budget.

 

[BoldonLad]

I agree Whitty and Vallance - the two docs either side of Boris on the telly - appear to be as well on top of it as anyone could be.

Boris insists public policy will be guided by them and their fellow scientists, so I reckon the job's a good 'un.

Excellent couple of days for the government following the well received budget.

Has there been a budget? Missed that in all of the virus hysteria.

 

[tom73]

On the 1st point yes it is. It’s easy to kill with soap and water.
On the 2rd point think about how many times people touch door handles and how many people go onto touch them. Then go on to touch there face all without thinking about it. Airborne droplets are an issue but where do you think they go once they settle back down. ? Unless your near enough to breath them in then then the surface they settle on is a higher risk as you have no idea if its contaminated or not. Someone coughs around you you can try and avoid them. Most hard surfacers you can’t.

The deputy chief medical officer today talked about masks being a greater danger to general public. Pointing out people are likely to Place them down on a infected surface then put them on and end up breathing the virus in or adjusting them with unclean hands .

 

[Pale Rider]

Just read this on BBC site

”Trump shut down the dedicated Obama-era, White House unit that had focused on preparedness against a global pandemic.”

You couldn’t make it up.

Trump not having a task force when it had no tasks to deal with isn't much of a criticism.

He has one now, and he's following its advice.

Seems a reasonable response to me.

Too many commentators start with the fixed view that Trump is a nutter, and then scrabble around trying to find evidence to prove it.

Start with a clean sheet and rationally assess his approach to this crisis then a different picture emerges.

Unless you think he shouldn't follow his experts' advice, but other leaders are being congratulated for doing that.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Unless you think he shouldn't follow his experts' advice

He literally called the virus a hoax. How much further from his experts advice is it possible to be?