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I really wish Boris and his health minister would stop dishing out the bull., telling us all that the UK is really well prepared for this virus. The battle plan, having more people manning the 111 number, What for? for them to tell you to self isolate, that's if you get through at all, you may have to listen to a recorded message of the lords prayer while waiting for them to tell you that.
He also states that the NHS as stockpiles of medicines, ( to treat what)?
Well prepared, or even partly prepared would be to have done what China did, masses of beds on stand by, and a lot more than 50/ 500 ventilators in stock. Maybe time to stop giving £3 a month to all the other crapp, and divert ones £3 a month to ventilators, as it don't look like the government worry to much about not having them. Rant over:0)
He also states that the NHS as stockpiles of medicines, ( to treat what)?
Well prepared, or even partly prepared would be to have done what China did, masses of beds on stand by, and a lot more than 50/ 500 ventilators in stock. Maybe time to stop giving £3 a month to all the other crapp, and divert ones £3 a month to ventilators, as it don't look like the government worry to much about not having them. Rant over:0)
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I don't think it would have been reasonable to close the borders to everybody almost as soon as somebody China coughed. In any case, by then it was probably already too late, given that this disease seems to spread asymptomatically.
For what little it's worth, I haven't seen much yet in the government's approach worth criticising. I don't think Johnson's advice to wash hands is laughable, as I believe someone else suggested elsewhere. I was surprised that the emergency Cobra meeting happened three days after it was announced -- should have been no more than a day after. In as much as the response has been deficient, it's only because the reality is that the disease's progress was always going to be faster than any government could feasibly respond.
I hope that Johnson et al are aware of the dangers. That's what I meant in my first post. It's right for the government to be optimistic, but behind the scenes they should be nowhere near so complacent, and had best prepare for the worst case.
For what little it's worth, I haven't seen much yet in the government's approach worth criticising. I don't think Johnson's advice to wash hands is laughable, as I believe someone else suggested elsewhere. I was surprised that the emergency Cobra meeting happened three days after it was announced -- should have been no more than a day after. In as much as the response has been deficient, it's only because the reality is that the disease's progress was always going to be faster than any government could feasibly respond.
I hope that Johnson et al are aware of the dangers. That's what I meant in my first post. It's right for the government to be optimistic, but behind the scenes they should be nowhere near so complacent, and had best prepare for the worst case.
I think that is a little drama queeny, tbh. If we had just not allowed it into the country in the first place... that would have been easy and perfectly possible.
Now... we don't actually know how bad it might get, people might be off work for weeks etc... it's unknown. That isn't useful either. It would have been better to take a short "hit" for long-term certainty. (I presume you were a Remainer, lol) x
Now... we don't actually know how bad it might get, people might be off work for weeks etc... it's unknown. That isn't useful either. It would have been better to take a short "hit" for long-term certainty. (I presume you were a Remainer, lol) x
//Why is that, spice? My point is, we could have stopped it coming here, but haven't. Why is that silly?//
It certainly is just as well you are not a politician, pixie. Just looking at Heathrow, it handled 80m passengers last year. Assuming half arrived and half left, that's 40m arrivals - over 100,000 every day. You plan would involve either stopping those movements or quarantining 100,000 people per day. Stopping them is impractical. How would you stop someone who lives here from returning from their holidays or business trips? And how long will it be before they can return under your plan? So we quarantine the. How can you control the movements of the 100,000 people who arrived today, and the next batch arriving tomorrow, and the next day?
When outbreaks like this develop it is virtually impossible to stop its spread. People move about. Of course nobody has yet asked the Chinese whether they are going to stop eating what is effectively roadkill purchased from filthy market places, but that might be a bit too sensitive.
It certainly is just as well you are not a politician, pixie. Just looking at Heathrow, it handled 80m passengers last year. Assuming half arrived and half left, that's 40m arrivals - over 100,000 every day. You plan would involve either stopping those movements or quarantining 100,000 people per day. Stopping them is impractical. How would you stop someone who lives here from returning from their holidays or business trips? And how long will it be before they can return under your plan? So we quarantine the. How can you control the movements of the 100,000 people who arrived today, and the next batch arriving tomorrow, and the next day?
When outbreaks like this develop it is virtually impossible to stop its spread. People move about. Of course nobody has yet asked the Chinese whether they are going to stop eating what is effectively roadkill purchased from filthy market places, but that might be a bit too sensitive.
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