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David O'Day

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  • Aug 6, 2020
  • #30,381
This Karol Sikora?

The Right Wing's Favourite 'Crazy Scientist' - Professor Karol Sikora

Watching & Exposing the Hatred, Fraud and Hypocrisy in Ukip, Nationalist, Far Right, Neo-Fascist & Neo-Nazi Groups in the UK and Europe.
www.farrightwatch.net
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 6, 2020
  • #30,382
OffenhamSkyBlue said:
Karol Sikora is also very critical of the impact of the pandemic on cancer care. He estimates that there may be in excess of two million people in the UK who have not been able to access proper cancer treatment or even go to their GP with lumps, etc., since corona reared its ugly, spiky little head.
Luckily my wife's consultant has managed to get her a CT scan tomorrow at the Cobalt Centre in Cheltenham, which is a charity specialising in cancer imaging, and mops up a lot of the NHS surplus.
You lot supported me a lot last year around the time of her op (thanks again, by the way) - this is her one year follow-up scan, so fingers crossed.
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Hope things go OK for your wife
 
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OffenhamSkyBlue

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  • Aug 6, 2020
  • #30,383
fernandopartridge said:
Hope things go OK for your wife
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Thanks FP!
 
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OffenhamSkyBlue

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  • Aug 6, 2020
  • #30,384
David O'Day said:
This Karol Sikora?

The Right Wing's Favourite 'Crazy Scientist' - Professor Karol Sikora

Watching & Exposing the Hatred, Fraud and Hypocrisy in Ukip, Nationalist, Far Right, Neo-Fascist & Neo-Nazi Groups in the UK and Europe.
www.farrightwatch.net
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Some may say that, but i prefer to focus on his medical attributes when he is commenting on medical matters.
Double first at Cambridge, PhD in Immunology at Stanford, founding Professor of Oncology at Imperial College, Deputy Clinical Director at Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Chief of the WHO's Cancer programme, etc, etc.

But yes, he does also write a column for the Express (apparently).
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2020
  • #30,385
OffenhamSkyBlue said:
Some may say that, but i prefer to focus on his medical attributes when he is commenting on medical matters.
Double first at Cambridge, PhD in Immunology at Stanford, founding Professor of Oncology at Imperial College, Deputy Clinical Director at Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Chief of the WHO's Cancer programme, etc, etc.

But yes, he does also write a column for the Express (apparently).
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Cancer expert Karol Sikora accused over honorary professorship claim

Imperial College seeks legal advice to prevent arch-critic of NHS cancer care from using title associated with the university
www.theguardian.com


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Sikora was a Foundation Fellow of Prince Charles' now-defunct alternative medicine lobby group The Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health.[40] He is also a "professional member" of the College of Medicine, a patient-oriented healthcare lobby group also linked to the Prince of Wales that appeared shortly after the collapse of the FIH.[41] Correspondents to the British Medical Journal have criticised the College for its promotion of alternative medicine,[42][43][44][45][46] claims which it has contested.[47] Sikora is on the advisory panel of complementary cancer care charity Penny Brohn Cancer Care[48] (formerly the Bristol Cancer Help Centre) of which Prince Charles is a patron, and is a patron of the Iain Rennie Hospice at Home.[49]

The pharmacologist David Colquhoun noted that the School of Medicine at Buckingham University, of which Sikora is Dean, had briefly offered a diploma in "integrated medicine" (a euphemism for alternative medicine) run by the "Faculty of Integrated Medicine", adding that Sikora's own views on the subject were a "mystery wrapped in an enigma".”



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In a 2017 Newsnight opinion piece, he described the NHS as "the last bastion of communism - it is a monolithic, unmanageable and inefficient system [...] the staff are great but the system is not".[28] He proposed instead regarding it as a tax-based insurance scheme covering "basic costs", and allowing private providers to enter the market.[29]




He’s basically a quack for hire from what I can see. Dodgy testimony for Libyans, rent a doc for the right wing, alternative medicine. Last published anything of note over a decade ago.
 

David O'Day

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  • Aug 6, 2020
  • #30,386
OffenhamSkyBlue said:
Some may say that, but i prefer to focus on his medical attributes when he is commenting on medical matters.
Double first at Cambridge, PhD in Immunology at Stanford, founding Professor of Oncology at Imperial College, Deputy Clinical Director at Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Chief of the WHO's Cancer programme, etc, etc.

But yes, he does also write a column for the Express (apparently).
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Imperial college threatened legal action to stop him saying he was ever a professor there as he has never been a professor at Imperial let alone the founding one. He's also never been part of their research fun either/.

He hasn't been a practicing clinical cancer doctor since the mid 90s and he worked for the WHO between 1997 and 1998 and was then sacked by the WHO.

Man is a crank
 
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clint van damme

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,387
 
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shmmeee

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,388
clint van damme said:
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Bozza, what a lad. Conning pensioners into raising money for his mates bantz!
 

David O'Day

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,389
shmmeee said:
Bozza, what a lad. Conning pensioners into raising money for his mates bantz!
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Yes Boris Ladddddd!
 

stupot07

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,390

Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk
 

ajsccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,391
I was following Sikora but it turns out positivity is his snake oil.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,392
stupot07 said:

Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk
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The government paid the shipping. Did they know this at the time? I doubt anyone in government knows the difference between FOB, EXW, DDU etc. Based on their track record on, well, everything.
 
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tisza

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,393
stupot07 said:

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How the hell can you buy 50 million pounds worth of the wrong PPE. Must have been a sample or a picture of the product to show some medical adviser " is this any good?"
Stinks to high heaven.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,394
clint van damme said:
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There's just so many levels to get angry about on this.

Not just the shitty 'look after your mates' corruption, which in normal times would have me absolutely seething.

But even worse is that by doing so they've put selfless people trying to help in huge danger just so their mates can get rich.

That goes way beyond corruption and shows a govt willing to endanger lives for profit. These people should be in jail for a very very long time and never allowed near any kind of high office ever again.

Al Capone would be looking on this thinking "you've gone too far".
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,395
tisza said:
How the hell can you buy 50 million pounds worth of the wrong PPE. Must have been a sample or a picture of the product to show some medical adviser " is this any good?"
Stinks to high heaven.
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Also, if it;s not fit for purpose contract law states you are entitled to your money back. So why aren't we reclaiming it?
 

Ian1779

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,396
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
There's just so many levels to get angry about on this.

Not just the shitty 'look after your mates' corruption, which in normal times would have me absolutely seething.

But even worse is that by doing so they've put selfless people trying to help in huge danger just so their mates can get rich.

That goes way beyond corruption and shows a govt willing to endanger lives for profit. These people should be in jail for a very very long time and never allowed near any kind of high office ever again.

Al Capone would be looking on this thinking "you've gone too far".
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Let’s see what Captain Hindsight has to say about this.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,397
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
There's just so many levels to get angry about on this.

Not just the shitty 'look after your mates' corruption, which in normal times would have me absolutely seething.

But even worse is that by doing so they've put selfless people trying to help in huge danger just so their mates can get rich.

That goes way beyond corruption and shows a govt willing to endanger lives for profit. These people should be in jail for a very very long time and never allowed near any kind of high office ever again.

Al Capone would be looking on this thinking "you've gone too far".
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Johnson should be at least put on trial for his handling of the pandemic. He’ll end up getting an increased majority.
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,398
Ian1779 said:
Let’s see what Captain Hindsight has to say about this.
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It's going on his to do list.
 

chiefdave

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,399
Seems theatres and venues have been told no audiences allowed until 2021 at the earliest and the DCMS won’t even be carrying out further assessments on the viability of audiences returning until the end of the year.
 

Skybluefaz

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,400
chiefdave said:
Seems theatres and venues have been told no audiences allowed until 2021 at the earliest and the DCMS won’t even be carrying out further assessments on the viability of audiences returning until the end of the year.
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That's a real shame, this thing needs to fuck off.
 
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skybluesam66

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,401

Virus cases 'may be levelling off' in England, figures suggest

After a low in cases at the end of June, the ONS estimated infections had been rising slightly in July.
www.bbc.co.uk

Amazing, that they are basing the stats on this. Who would do a survey for the worst pandemic in our lifetime, as the key guide to its current status, with a sample size of 53!!! This is from the ONS .

Virus cases 'may be levelling off' in England - BBC News

However, there is uncertainty around these figures because they are based on modelling a sample of the population and a very small number of positive tests - just 53 people from 53 households.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,402
skybluesam66 said:

Virus cases 'may be levelling off' in England, figures suggest

After a low in cases at the end of June, the ONS estimated infections had been rising slightly in July.
www.bbc.co.uk

Amazing, that they are basing the stats on this. Who would do a survey for the worst pandemic in our lifetime, as the key guide to its current status, with a sample size of 53!!! This is from the ONS .

Virus cases 'may be levelling off' in England - BBC News

However, there is uncertainty around these figures because they are based on modelling a sample of the population and a very small number of positive tests - just 53 people from 53 households.
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I think it’s 53 positives tests from 120k sample Sam

Could be a bit of positive news. Fingers crossed
 
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shmmeee

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,403
skybluesam66 said:

Virus cases 'may be levelling off' in England, figures suggest

After a low in cases at the end of June, the ONS estimated infections had been rising slightly in July.
www.bbc.co.uk

Amazing, that they are basing the stats on this. Who would do a survey for the worst pandemic in our lifetime, as the key guide to its current status, with a sample size of 53!!! This is from the ONS .

Virus cases 'may be levelling off' in England - BBC News

However, there is uncertainty around these figures because they are based on modelling a sample of the population and a very small number of positive tests - just 53 people from 53 households.
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Sample size isn’t 53, sample size was 120,000. Positive samples were 53.
 
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ajsccfc

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,404
Is this promising news? I can't tell what's what any more
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,405

I had thought this might be the case, hard to know what the reasons are.
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,406
97 positive for the city on 7 day measure Longford Folehill Holbrook's circa 15 each

This is off FB
Can't seem to copy.
Bear in mind 4 weeks ago about 12
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,407
fernandopartridge said:

I had thought this might be the case, hard to know what the reasons are.
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Age?
 

David O'Day

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,408
wingy said:
97 positive for the city on 7 day measure Longford Folehill Holbrook's circa 15 each

This is off FB
Can't seem to copy.
Bear in mind 4 weeks ago about 12
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Strange as the 7 day week is from sunday to sunday

How many confirmed cases are there in your area? and type in coventry
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,409
Up to 4th Aug.
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,410
David O'Day said:
Strange as the 7 day week is from sunday to sunday

How many confirmed cases are there in your area? and type in coventry
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Nothings ever clear

Says at the top from July 21 and 7 days at the bottom.
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,411
Spoilsport?
Nanny?

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon slaughters the Aberdeen 8

Aberdeen's visit to St Johnstone on Saturday has now been called off after eight players were forced into self-isolation.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
 

David O'Day

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  • Aug 7, 2020
  • #30,412
wingy said:
Nothings ever clear

Says at the top from July 21 and 7 days at the bottom.
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skybluetony176

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  • Aug 8, 2020
  • #30,413

Coronavirus: Randox recalls up to 750,000 test kits over safety concerns

Some kits sent to care homes should be returned, but the government says the risk to safety is low.
www.bbc.co.uk
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Aug 8, 2020
  • #30,414
We are all complicit for not marching on parliament at these chancers
 
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  • Aug 8, 2020
  • #30,415
Sky Blue Pete said:
We are all complicit for not marching on parliament at these chancers
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At a suitable distance from one another!
 
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