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Although I am loath to back up Patel in any way, shape or form, her error was just one of stumbling over her words rather than just getting her actual figures wrong. So I don't expect her to get quite as much grief over it as Abbott. If she does though it would be quite instructive as to where...

So why are so many in charge of the wards desperately requesting it? Are there studies proving it's ineffective and thus stop us wasting time and money on it? I'm getting images of that Blackadder episode with Tom Baker on whether a ship needed a crew. "Opinion is divided on the subject. All...

Which is interesting as it supports a misogynistic/racial element to the criticsm given that the two couldn't be more polar opposites politically but she's had a stronger reaction than the male in her political party who made a far bigger error.

We've done eleventy billion tests. It was just a slip-up and there's far more to criticise her for. However it will be interesting to see the reaction to it as Abbott's was supposedly all because she's a woman and/or ethnic minority, boxes Patel also ticks. Will she get the Abbott treatment...

Because this is NOT normal times. It's not wasting PPE, it's following the guidelines to stay protected (both themselves and the people they care for.

While I get what you're saying it is effectively trying to shift blame from government failings onto the health workers. According to guidelines the PPE should be changed for every patient due to fear of cross infection etc and while that would not appear to be feasible it is NOT the health...

But was he doing it to the tempo of the Archers theme tune?

Deflecting. Instead of investigating this (I wonder if people caught this disease in the place which is filled with people with it that they have to be very close to to treat them or elsewhere) how about investigating where the fuck all the PPE and ventilators you supposedly had on order have...

Without doubt that's his MO. The frightening thing is how many people believe him, and even worse when it's pointed out his revisionist take on things with old tweets/comments they still refuse to believe he was ever wrong or changed his rhetoric.

Well it is Easter so likely to feature quite a bit on the telly I suppose.

If I remember rightly it was deadlier, but harder to catch. Don't take that as gospel though. What needs to be remembered is that there are probably hundreds of these things that organisations like the WHO monitor and track, nipping them in the bud before they start. It's inevitable that once...

Not just here though. Many countries have that same nationalism. The US is the prime example, although places like China and Russia are good examples too.. Being a patriot seems to be someone who just blindly accepts that whatever their country does it the way it should be done. If it's not a...

By letting it develop naturally in terms of antibodies in the general population as it spreads. Only minor downside to that is it'd kill a huge number of people :emoji_thinking:

I agree but there's no probably about it. Planning for a massive global health crisis that could kill hundreds of thousands or potentially millions of people should not be approached in the same way as building a car. It needs to be there ready to go from the off - there won't be time to produce...

At a social level I'm hopeful it will. But at other levels it won't lead to a fairer society at all. If anything it'll make them worse. They'll feel vulnerable and hoard even more to protect themselves where possible. JRM's investment company is playing up the opportunities to make large...

Assuming we have the raw materials readily available to do so. But if there was any doubt before this on not to trust the Americans in a trade agreement it must surely have disappeared now. Seized a load of ventilators destined for export that had been ordered and paid for but when India...

Isn't Shanghai the financial capital?

Also withholding funds and equipment from certain states that have said his response hasn't been great. He's literally letting people die because he's a snowflake that can't accept criticism. He should be on trial for that in due course. Also the reason why I don't want a president here.

Althoough this lockdown is making time distort it does seem like they've been talking about ramping up testing and PPE for weeks. When do we stop talking about it and actually do it?

I was told that as well after an infected insect bite. Middle of bloody summer too!