Covid 19, Where are the government on this?

[ollie989898]

The idea that this virus is a conspiracy or bio-weapon is borderline ridiculous. For a bio-weapon it's rather unpredictable and could hit the country that unleashed it hardest.

Anyway it's only the flu....

 

[Kidds]

There's a saying, "you couldn't make this sh1t up", seems like you lot can after all.
It beats me how so many can come up with such ludicrous ideas and concepts. Get a grip ffs.

 

[ollie989898]

I guess the government has a fairly straight forward equation in front of it. You can get the elderly and those with chronic conditions into isolation and deal with the small number of people outside of their ranks in a hospital scenario as needed or you can face the real prospect of having to triage people when it comes to allocating the resources available.

I would not want to be in the CMO's shoes having to report to the public that we had to let X number of patients die simply because we didn't have the bed space.

 

[Oldmacdonald]

Post in the comments section of Times online. Interesting - did the Chinamen arrange it after all!!

Impact of coronavirus on stock exchanges worldwide, within 1 month: ?? -26% ?? -26% ?? -25% ?? -27% ?? -20% ?? -19% ?? -16% ?? -24% ?? -14% ?? -17% ?? -12% ?? - 17% Now, look at this: ?? (China) + 0,3% China, creator of the pandemic, has miraculously "recovered", has almost no more cases of coronavirus. The world is now beginning to feel the effects and panic about the disease. Who recovered first ?? China itself! It seems to be that this virus was a move by the Chinese government in response to the loss of the trade war with the United States. The goal: to throw the world into recession !!! Is the scenario not clear? They are already growing! China bought almost everything it devalued on the stock exchanges around the world ... with that the Chinese became owners of the global companies that are in China and without the money leaving China. ☝? This is what it's all about.

Don't be so stupid.

 

[Johnnyboxer]

'I'm losing faith in the leadership': an NHS doctor's story

Working on the frontline of the coronavirus outbreak, a doctor is ‘terrified’ about the lack of protective equipment and ‘cannot understand why they have stopped testing’

www.theguardian.com

It stinks

 

[Still Farming]

Desperate call by Health Secretary Matt Hancock on news this morning for any engineering firms that can build ventilators he will take them all as needed here and long afterwards for rest of the World?
He stated 1950's technology and is putting blue prints on net soon???
SCARY?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Our F1 Team at Brakley , Red Bull and McLaren are looking into ventilators

 

[Zippy768]

Government to now pay 80% of wages for staff of businesses affected by the virus.

The third big intervention by the government. Hope they have done their sums! Seems v drastic just minutes after telling all pubs, cafes, cinemas, restaurants etc to shut doors.

What about the people who can still go to work for businesses (less) affected by the virus BUT aren't a "key worker" and have no child care? Will they be supported?

Government should be careful imo

 

[Still Farming]

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson tells Britons not to be 'tempted to go out' and contract COVID-19 or pass it on to others

Boris Johnson ramps up measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 as the chancellor announces financial help for businesses.

news.sky.com

 

[capfits]

How coronavirus advice from Boris Johnson has changed

From shaking hands to shaking a big stick – the PM’s stance on the contagion has evolved rapidly

www.theguardian.com

 

[capfits]

Only 2000 tests of frontline hospital staff and still reports of lack of PPE.
No idea which staff are fit to return from isolation

 

[robs1]

Only 2000 tests of frontline hospital staff and still reports of lack of PPE.
No idea which staff are fit to return from isolation

They are testing ones that show symptoms, until the test for antibodies is available I'm not sure what the point of testing all nhs staff is if it only shows current infections