Main Coronavirus / Covid-19 Discussion Thread

[mikeyjh]

I used to know the NHS Trust CEO in the Hasting area, unfortunately she died of cancer two months after retiring, she left her role because of political interference. She was always saying about the waste in the NHS, especially interestingly the use of PPE and consumables. As an example she would use the cost of equipment in an operation in the NHS compared to a private hospital. Because the focus is to make money in the private sector everything is accounted for unlike the NHS where it's free vend. She said the more equipment bought, the more was used, but not always necessary. I make this point because I'm convinced the here and now needs to be somewhere between the two examples. Not an easy task.

Firstly, there a few things sadder, IMO, than someone working on hard for many years and not getting to enjoy their retirement.

It's extremely complex - The NHS cannot (or rather should not) work in the same way as a UK Private enterprise will, I've mentioned elsewhere that ultra efficiency, in terms of people and equipment will lead us to a situation where any great peak in demand will results in shortages and specifically in the case of the NHS, deaths. It would be interesting to know why more PPE was used but "not always necesary"??

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

Is that true, as in from a NHS source.

Looks like we should have shielded the at risk and not a total lock down from that data.

You're a scientist then?

 

[The Wizard]

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...type-and-could-kill-patients-if-used-11981290

China not helping themselves are they with all this faulty equipment.

 

[drew]

How many homes - which has been answered - 320 hundred odd

Which puts the figure in a completely different light

No one is trying to put a positive spin on death - just stopping the mass hysteria making it sound like everyone in care homes is dying.

You're Priti Patel and I claim my prize!

 

[Notters]

Just spotted this - sorry if already mentioned. Don't know if it links to that Oxford University study that I and others on here signed up for?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...100000-will-determine-end-date-of-uk-lockdown

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

You're Priti Patel and I claim my prize!

Because I want the press to report responsibly?

How much panic do you think these headlines are causing Those in care homes and families but reporting guesses and people who have “indirectly” died of corona?

 

[Napper]

Because I want the press to report responsibly?

How much panic do you think these headlines are causing Those in care homes and families but reporting guesses and people who have “indirectly” died of corona?

negative and fear is what they have to spread

 

[Mellotron]

Wish I liked Rugby a bit more - Australian National Rugby League to recommence from 28th May.

 

[Deleted member 22389]

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...type-and-could-kill-patients-if-used-11981290

China not helping themselves are they with all this faulty equipment.

Sooner we all stop buying their shit the better. I will do what I can to avoid buying anything manufactured in this country now, it's going to be hard, but I will try.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Sooner we all stop buying their shit the better. I will do what I can to avoid buying anything manufactured in this country now, it's going to be hard, but I will try.

You may have a problem with your smartphone, unless it is Samsung.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Wish I liked Rugby a bit more - Australian National Rugby League to recommence from 28th May.

Big TV money in it down under. Warriors won't be playing any home games in Auckland for a while though. Rugby League here has teams from France and Canada in it, which will prove tricky.

I wonder when Super Rugby in Union will ever start - franchises from South Africa, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and Japan all represented. Best of luck to them with the logistics of that.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Sooner we all stop buying their shit the better. I will do what I can to avoid buying anything manufactured in this country now, it's going to be hard, but I will try.

You may want to check what you are typing this with

 

[Surport Local Team]

You may want to check what you are typing this with

I would have thought it has already been purchased, unless he has broken into PC world!

 

[WATFORD zero]

I would have thought it has already been purchased, unless he has broken into PC world!

Good point, well made

[MENTION=22389]bashlsdir[/MENTION] does have my sympathies though. I think that 20 years on, he is still struggling with the fact that we are actually in the 21st century and all that entails.

 

[Birdie Boy]

My wife is a dental nurse. Her practice has just received a new mask that is designed for front line when the practice reopens. These masks can last for 4 hours, so they require 2 marks per day per dentist /nurse etc. These masks are costing them £19 each! That is a pretty big cost to the surgeries.

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[Deleted member 22389]

Good point, well made

[MENTION=22389]bashlsdir[/MENTION] does have my sympathies though. I think that 20 years on, he is still struggling with the fact that we are actually in the 21st century and all that entails.

I just purchased a Theo Klein toy for my daughter, manufactured in Germany, we have options.

 

[ManOfSussex]

My wife is a dental nurse. Her practice has just received a new mask that is designed for front line when the practice reopens. These masks can last for 4 hours, so they require 2 marks per day per dentist /nurse etc. These masks are costing them £19 each! That is a pretty big cost to the surgeries.

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I got an email from my dentists earlier in the week saying they are hoping to reopen from June 1st. Is your wife's practice got the same reopening date and is that date thought as optimistic, out of interest?

 

[WATFORD zero]

I just purchased a Theo Klein toy for my daughter, manufactured in Germany, we have options.

You are, of course, correct. We always have tariff free imports from the EU

Unless of course the toy includes parts from Sanshui Sanlian Plastic & Cement or any of Theo Klein's other Chinese suppliers. Once you start looking into it, it seems a little more complicated than it first appears, but that's the 21st century for you

 

[The Wizard]

Mildly interesting article in the mail, ‘affluent’ Hastings has the lowest death rate in the UK, Worthing also amongst the lowest.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...reas-England-Wales-Official-figures-show.html

 

[Yoda]

I just purchased a Theo Klein toy for my daughter, manufactured in Germany, we have options.

You are, of course, correct. We always have tariff free imports from the EU

Unless of course the toy includes parts from Sanshui Sanlian Plastic & Cement or any of Theo Klein's other Chinese suppliers. Once you start looking into it, it seems a little more complicated than it first appears, but that's the 21st century for you

You beat me to it [MENTION=396]WATFORD zero[/MENTION]

I would expect a lot of components used in technology manufacturing elsewhere are made and come from China