Might be worth dropping a tweet to this arsehole, he's a scumbag but if he's calling out companies who are refusing to close then it might embarrass your bosses enough to close:
I'd actually second this.
Might be worth dropping a tweet to this arsehole, he's a scumbag but if he's calling out companies who are refusing to close then it might embarrass your bosses enough to close:
I mean, I don't think we're fundamentally disagreeing. I'm just saying it's better to take a week rather than a day 😺It still allows you to predict with reasonable accuracy for those entries. Considering what your dealing with here that's pretty good. It's actionable data, it's not enough to indicate on the bigger picture whether those actions are correct but it's a lot better than a total shot in the dark.
Yeah that's definitely true.I mean, I don't think we're fundamentally disagreeing. I'm just saying it's better to take a week rather than a day 😺
This is amazing.
But surely they are doing CRB checks on the volunteers? I would hope? These are vulnerable people and volunteers will be transporting them and taking them to their homes etc.
Might be worth dropping a tweet to this arsehole, he's a scumbag but if he's calling out companies who are refusing to close then it might embarrass your bosses enough to close:
I don't drive otherwise I would be all over this. I would do the phone thing but I absolutely detest speaking over the phone.Ive registered for the transport stuff, should have time to spare after all!
I don't drive otherwise I would be all over this. I would do the phone thing but I absolutely detest speaking over the phone.
Posted? Unfortunately behind a paywall though:
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News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publicationwww.ft.com
Apparently it theorises that half of us are already infected and that only 1 in 1000 show any symptoms.
I guess the latter, but I can't see the article.I mean... unless they have evidence to suggest the coronavirus test is inaccurate does this make any sense? We're testing only those with major symptoms and nowhere near half are positive. Or is the notion that we've all already had it and thus don't show up on tests?
Posted? Unfortunately behind a paywall though:
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News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publicationwww.ft.com
Apparently it theorises that half of us are already infected and that only 1 in 1000 show any symptoms.
NHS staff may be being targeted for their ID badges, this is really disgusting.
If that were true, why would it be surging now? Seems like a strange idea.Posted? Unfortunately behind a paywall though:
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Apparently it theorises that half of us are already infected and that only 1 in 1000 show any symptoms.
'Confused, dangerous, flippant': rest of world pans PM's handling of coronavirus
Boris Johnson’s breezy and contradictory declarations, similar to those on Brexit, have observers wincingwww.theguardian.com
Something to bear in mind is that our media have been treating the government with kid gloves to avoid the appearance of scare-mongering and acting like vultures in a time of crisis.
This makes no sense though. We're seeing the rate of infection climb in proportion to how it did in other countries. The NHS would surely have already been overwhelmed. It's hard to ignore a death toll when its headed towards hundreds and almost a thousand a day elsewhere.Up to half of the UK population may have already contracted the coronavirus, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Oxford. The study claims the disease reached the UK by mid-January 'at the latest' and appears to counter the modelling at Imperial College London, which the government has based its responsive measures on so far during the pandemic. The research suggests that the disease may have already been prevalent in the UK as much two months earlier than the first case was officially diagnosed. Sunetra Gupta, professor of theoretical epidemiology at Oxford, led the study and says the UK must ramp up antibody testing to discover the true stage of the pandemic in Britain. 'We need immediately to begin large-scale serological surveys — antibody testing — to assess what stage of the epidemic we are in now,' Gupta told the Financial Times.
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/24/coro...cted-half-uk-population-12451012/?ito=cbshare
this would be a game changer
how could the death toll have been ignored for a month? I just cant buy it but hope it's true
That FT article isn't paywalled - they opened it up like the rest of their COVID coverage. Here is the report. It seems somewhat suspect - it rests on the assumption that only a very small number of people will be hospitalised, which somewhat puts the cart before the horse - what we need to know is how many people will get seriously ill!
Their model assumes that only a very small number of people will get hospitalised, and that we are only seeing hospitalisation now due to the virus penetrating vulnerable populations.This makes no sense though. We're seeing the rate of infection climb in proportion to how it did in other countries. The NHS would surely have already been overwhelmed. It's hard to ignore a death toll when its headed towards hundreds and almost a thousand a day elsewhere.
I guess that makes a bit more sense. It seems so unlikely that it could have dodged the vulnerable for so long while spreading amongst everyone else though, not to mention that non vulnerable people have been getting hospitalised with it.Their model assumes that only a very small number of people will get hospitalised, and that we are only seeing hospitalisation now due to the virus penetrating vulnerable populations.
I know a lot of people who got sick in Dec/Jan, but it's impossible to know if it was just seasonal flu or not.we need to know when the virus entered the uk
it's clear that it's very easy to transmit, so it's plausible that many more people have it than thought
and anecdotally people I work with are adamant they had something similar in dec/ jan.
the antibody tests will be crucial at determining this
Well... this YouGov poll seems to back up their opinion.My parents were talking about how Boris would be going down as one of the best PMs in history at dinner.
Which I just don't understand considering how awful he has been at handling any of this
I know a lot of people who got sick in Dec/Jan, but it's impossible to know if it was just seasonal flu or not.
I know a lot of people who got sick in Dec/Jan, but it's impossible to know if it was just seasonal flu or not.
Well... this YouGov poll seems to back up their opinion.
Coronavirus reaction pushes PM’s popularity into positive territory | YouGov
For the first time since becoming Prime Minister in July, Johnson’s fans outweigh his detractors – but he remains less popular than Chancellor Rishi Sunakyougov.co.uk
I know a lot of people who got sick in Dec/Jan, but it's impossible to know if it was just seasonal flu or not.
It's impossible to say 🤷♂️. I got the worst flu of my life in 2017 and it knocked me out for a week, and I couldn't speak for the week after either. Sometimes it just hits you like that.Re: Oxford uni article:
It's anecdotal but I was really ill in December, had the worst flu I've ever had, and it lasted weeks. Didn't think much of it at the time because nothing much was known about coronavirus at the time. Starting to wonder if I had it then.
It's impossible to say 🤷♂️. I got the worst flu of my life in 2017 and it knocked me out for a week, and I couldn't speak for the week after either. Sometimes it just hits you like that.
It's bollocks, we would have seen a massive uptick in hospitalisations of people showing symptoms of the virus like we're seeing now; not just here but everywhere else. It is not uncommon for people to contract seasonal flu while showing only minor or even no symptomsUp to half of the UK population may have already contracted the coronavirus, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Oxford. The study claims the disease reached the UK by mid-January 'at the latest' and appears to counter the modelling at Imperial College London, which the government has based its responsive measures on so far during the pandemic. The research suggests that the disease may have already been prevalent in the UK as much two months earlier than the first case was officially diagnosed. Sunetra Gupta, professor of theoretical epidemiology at Oxford, led the study and says the UK must ramp up antibody testing to discover the true stage of the pandemic in Britain. 'We need immediately to begin large-scale serological surveys — antibody testing — to assess what stage of the epidemic we are in now,' Gupta told the Financial Times.
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/24/coro...cted-half-uk-population-12451012/?ito=cbshare
this would be a game changer
how could the death toll have been ignored for a month? I just cant buy it but hope it's true
Senior Conservatives are questioning whether Boris Johnson will need a national unity government or emergency cross-party council to share responsibility for the coronavirus crisis if the situation worsens.
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One argument circulating among some Tories is that Johnson may need to to share responsibility for decision-making with Labour and other opposition parties in order to survive the crisis, but he would need to convince the opposition that they would have meaningful input in return. One Tory MP said there was a political argument that Johnson may be keen to "drag Labour in" so the public do not associate the crisis solely with the Conservatives, if the situation worsens.
They fear that Johnson could end up losing public support – despite surveys currently showing he is strongly backed – if it looks like he alone is responsible for a crisis that ends up involving tens of thousands of deaths.
It's really premature to see how good anyone is doing. Give it a couple of months once we're at the tail end of the pandemic.Well... this YouGov poll seems to back up their opinion.
Coronavirus reaction pushes PM’s popularity into positive territory | YouGov
For the first time since becoming Prime Minister in July, Johnson’s fans outweigh his detractors – but he remains less popular than Chancellor Rishi Sunakyougov.co.uk