Let's hope the Queen doesn't get it although when it ramps up I would imagine people that come into contact with her will be made to wear spacesuits
Chas* probably doesn’t agree 😄
* for the avoidance of doubt I don’t mean the February player of the month.
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The NHS had this policy when my granny was in hospital in the 60s. It always has and it happens the world over. I'm an oldie too but I have always accepted that my healthcare is less vital than that of a young person. Nothing to do with this crisis, just a fact of life. You don't think it happens in Italy and Spain and ....n the rest of the world? Read up. Read the news reports from hospitals in northern Italy. Presumably their governments are not bothered either? Oh, you say they are? What you are saying has absolutely no foundation in fact whatsoever, it is just political rhetoric to have a bash at Boris because you don't like him. No doubt you already have an order in at the monumental masons for an epitaph on your gravestone - "There you are - I told you it was Brexit".
Meanwhile in the real world people are actually taking proper responsibility for themselves and their families instead of sitting around waiting for catastrophe just so they can have another pop at politicians.
I mean...I’ve just given some actual examples of what the govt in Italy have done in reality. You can have another read if you like? It’s still there...
Mental how you’re happy for some toff to decide that your life isn’t worth living. Have some pride ffs.
I mean...I’ve just given some actual examples of what the govt in Italy have done in reality. You can have another read if you like? It’s still there...
Mental how you’re happy for some toff to decide that your life isn’t worth living. Have some pride ffs.
If by "toff" you mean the Prime Minister or members of his government then all they are doing is working on the advice from the experts. These experts consist of Public Health experts, virologists, NHS representatives and representatives of the WHO. Seeings as you obviously are an expert in all these matters then perhaps you can could provide a detailed plan of action that you would have implemented.
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But are they? They are being selective who they listen to and appear to be putting the economy before the nations health. TBH, was pretty ignorant regarding this topic until the last few days but have done plenty of research and I fear that the government's policy is more of an ostrich burying its head in the sand and leaving people to fend for themselves.
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They are advisors. Johnson can choose to listen to them or not. If he puts them on TV in a press conference they’re not going to stand there moaning he’s made the wrong decision are they? It’ll be interesting to see how people’s opinions change if Johnson changes his mind.
Crikey Rancido, it sounds like your having a tough time and I hope this virus gives you a free pass / wide berth so to speak.
Latest news today is that 10 more people in the UK have died in the last 24 hours after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 21.
The UK government's chief medical adviser said the patients were all in "at-risk" groups from across England.
The total number of confirmed cases in the UK has reached 1,140 while 37,746 people have been tested, meaning the fatality rate is around 1.8%. This is still way below SARS 10% and MERS 34%.
If you need any hand sanitiser you could contact the legend.
But are they? They are being selective who they listen to and appear to be putting the economy before the nations health. TBH, was pretty ignorant regarding this topic until the last few days but have done plenty of research and I fear that the government's policy is more of an ostrich burying its head in the sand and leaving people to fend for themselves.
If people have different opinions and different advice, then of course he's being selective. What a ridiculous statement! You can't listen to 2 sets of people give opposing advice and then implement both things.
China was in a much worse state than we are now when it went into lockdown, and so was Italy. I don't recall hearing either of those make requests for people to self isolate and try to do the right thing before they "went nuclear". The high death rate from both of those countries at the start suggests the reported cases were only the tip of the iceberg and things were much worse than we know.
Crikey Rancido, it sounds like your having a tough time and I hope this virus gives you a free pass / wide berth so to speak.
Latest news today is that 10 more people in the UK have died in the last 24 hours after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 21.
The UK government's chief medical adviser said the patients were all in "at-risk" groups from across England.
The total number of confirmed cases in the UK has reached 1,140 while 37,746 people have been tested, meaning the fatality rate is around 1.8%. This is still way below SARS 10% and MERS 34%.
If you need any hand sanitiser you could contact the legend.
One way around the hand sanitizer shortage is to follow some of the videos put up on youtube, one has been done by a doctor.
But the majority of those 1140 are still infected. The recoveries vs deaths is much worse than that. Although it seems likely that the number of infections is out by a long long way, possibly more than 10 times as many. Ohio's chief medical officer says he thinks up to 100k people are infected just in that state.
Like a lot of us on here I too am in the at risk category in terms of age and underlying health issues. I suppose a large percentage of over 65's have similar problems and all older people have a reduced immune system.
The NHS is as well equipped as anywhere in the world to deal with such a once in a lifetime event as this. Of course in the fantasy world of some posters we should have spent billions more on NHS funding, with it being spent by an all seeing all dancing socialist government which has been rejected at the ballot box since I was a lad.
No government is perfect but if they are taking expert advice and we take sensible precautions what else can we do?
I couldn’t care less what Johnson says, it’s what he does that counts. What he’s doing at the minute is encouraging the deaths of those his advisors deem expendable. It’s incomprehensible to me that a govt could ever view their own citizens as expendable, but this lot have form I suppose. I’d certainly prefer a response similar to that on the continent where govts at least give the impression that they’re bothered.
Imagine holding your existence in such little regard. wow.
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