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KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anybody know where the daily death toll is > being reported and whether that toll is actually > reported afresh each day ? > BBC state the alleged no invariably, but I'm > hoping for a better source. > Ta. I just watch to the daily Downing Street briefing where they report the numbers and show the graphs of the situation up to yesterday. 5pm weekdays + 4pm weekends. It's quite entertaining to hear the media spin as most of them have obviously not listened to what the government advisers have said over the weeks and they all keep trying to get the minister to speculate on the end of the lockdown, or the nature of the easing of the lockdown. And it is also obvious that they are not looking into the situation themselves but instead pick out stuff to score political points. They all go on and on about us not doing loads of testing at the beginning when it was clearly stated that the tests we had early on were analyzed and found to be not accurate enough to use and therefore useless. And https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/31/testing-kits-heading-uk-contaminated-coronavirus-12481933/ Also they seem to have lost sight of the fact that the problems the UK has are the same problems the rest of the world has. An interesting piece of information I saw concerning PPE - it is early April but https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/02/french-officials-describe-assault-course-nations-obtain-protective/ Makes you wonder what happened to our assignment due from Turkey some weeks ago. Investigative reporting is dead

If you visit the pond in Ruskin Park the bold rats often run across your path in broad daylight. Despite signs up everywhere saying 'do not feed the wildlife in this area' people do and the rats scavenge the left overs

micromacromonkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you fall out of a tree and break your legs > don't come running to me. > > dbboy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > When you eventually catch CV 19, can't breath > and > > subsequently die, don't moan, because you > didn't > > follow the guidance. Unfortunately you may yourself very well follow the guidance but if the ICU beds are not protected then you could die of ANYTHING because of a selfish person spreading it around, or the lockdown was eased too soon because of 'pressure' from ignoramuses!

gabys1st Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Re NHS and funding, a large no.of Tory MPs ( dunno > about the others) have "interest shares in private > medicine! Very many private companies offer their staff private health care for themselves and their families... The NHS is not squeaky clean either https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6856745/One-five-NHS-organisations-hidden-deals-drug-companies.html

bsand Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Half of our 60 are already gone eating and cooking > over 10 days. They are still as fresh and lovely > now as they were when we bought them - quite a lot > of baking going on here as well. Reckon we will > have enough for the next couple of weeks then > re-order. There are only 2 adults in our household > but I can imagine with a larger family they would > go down even quicker. You could even double up > with a neighbour and split a batch. Anyway, I put > the info out there for anyone who wants to take it > up and I repeat this is not hoarding or panic > buying, in fact, the complete opposite. We have 4 adults- 3 are vegetarians- we all eat eggs and get through about 30 a week. Shortage of eggs was the only thing I worried about really.

Yeslovewhatcanigetu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We?ve been failed by a government bathing in the > glow of British exceptionalism and not enacting > sensible measures at the appropriate time. We?ve > suffered from underfunding essential services, not > providing appropriate PPE and leaving care homes > out to dry as the residents are old and therefore > not seen as a priority. This has got very little > to do with people jogging, walking, sitting in > parks enjoying a bit of sunshine or buying ice > creams and respecting distancing measures as they > do it. > > edcam Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > There are no soft options. This country is > > failing badly. In no small part due to the > lack > > of observation of the rules. This mentality of > > "being kind" about it and "what's the problem > if > > people are distancing" is one of the reasons we > > have one of the worst death rates in Europe. > It's > > not OK to go out unless you are exercising or > > shopping and even then you need to be careful. > > Why is your exceptionalism more important than > > anything else? Go to the park but don't sit > > around in it. > > > > binkylilyput Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > The point being that those with available > > outside > > > space need to be kinder and stop finger > > pointing > > > at those who choose to sit down in a park > within > > a > > > safe distance from others for a little bit. > > > > > > Not having outside space available (which the > > vast > > > majority of East Dulwichers do) during this > > time > > > is really harsh. > > > > > > As with most things, this lockdown is hitting > > the > > > socially disadvantaged hardest.......and the > > > judgements and scandal from people who have > no > > > need to sit in a park is really shameful. Care homes are either privately owned and run- (I know 2 people who worked in those and they were woefully deprived by their money-grabbing owners). And other forms of care, both care homes and care givers in peoples' own homes, are run by local councils under the adult social care departments of your local council. Therefore the PPE should have been bought in by themselves - the government provided extra for local councils https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/coronavirus-information-councils/covid-19-council-finances However the PPE was a GLOBAL crisis as is the Covid 19....it is an unprecedented disaster that should have been averted after the SARS outbreak in 2002.

Mark Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > President Trump said that ?Because of all we?ve > done, the risk to the American people remains very > low." > https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/re > marks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members > -coronavirus-task-force-press-conference/ > > He was wrong, he can be wrong. Like saying inject > disinfectant. > https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/re > marks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members > -coronavirus-task-force-press-briefing-31/ Just > because of his position it does not mean he is > automatically correct. It's a shame as it means we > lose faith in one of the most influential people > in the world. Blah blah is wrong about the definition of disinfectant- it is a general word meaning to remove an infection but according to blah blah it has come to mean dettol or tcp or that kind of thing only. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disinfect https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disinfectant Deaths per million puts the USA way below most European countries Look at the table https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/

From these figures https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/ we have a close death per million to France but if you compare population density of the UK with France UK = 259 per sq kilometre (and England is by far more densely populated than Scotland, Wales or NI) France = 122 people per sq.km we are not doing too badly in my humble opinion. Covid 19 is FACT as is HIV, SARS 2002, etc etc

Mark Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > President Trump said that ?Because of all we?ve > done, the risk to the American people remains very > low." > https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/re > marks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members > -coronavirus-task-force-press-conference/ > > He was wrong, he can be wrong. Like saying inject > disinfectant. > https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/re > marks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members > -coronavirus-task-force-press-briefing-31/ Just > because of his position it does not mean he is > automatically correct. It's a shame as it means we > lose faith in one of the most influential people > in the world. As for injecting 'disinfectant'...it does not mean shooting up bleach, or Dettol https://www.drugtargetreview.com/news/59290/decoy-ace2-receptors-could-be-promising-covid-19-infection-preventing-drug/ and https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/how-you-can-help/convalescent-plasma-clinical-trial/ both these treatments would entail injecting. Trump could have worded his statement a bit more clearly but he seemed to be trying to say it in layman's terms to give some succour to the American people. There are some very good articles in Nature btw a disinfectant is a general term for something that removes an infectant Deaths per million of population is interesting https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > He doesn't read anything. It is claimed he has > never read a book ever. Totally far fetched to > even argue that reading that Express article would > lead someone to conclude disinfectant can be used > to fight the virus internally. It was research conducted in Sweden I think- I read it myself a couple of weeks ago...it is about 'decoy' proteins and would not have been published unless it had been peer reviewed. Anyway so what if he has never read a book- who claims it...no prizes btw. Lots of people do not read books- they do not see the point as it does very little to enhance your actual life unless your life consists of mixing with other people that read books and talk about them.

wordsworth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have a lot of time for James O'Brien. He's got a lot of time for himself.

Disinfectant- 'an agent that frees from infection'...he may have read the article about decoy proteins... https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1270123/coronavirus-science-decoy-proteins-cells-infections-Leicester-university-covid-19

I have but it's been unusable except for weekends until the last 2 weeks due to noise and dust from the builders next door. They have put a fence up but there is still noise, and I've got roadworks outside to look forward to starting on Monday. With vulnerable adults and people trying to work in the house it's a joke- and no lifting of the lockdown for the foreseeable. And judging from these photos in the DM it looks grim for the future https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8273783/UK-announces-coronavirus-deaths-hospitals.html?ito=push-notification&ci=14128&si=1160965

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Zoonotic viruses can emerge from anywhere > seenbeen, where there is intensive contact between > animals and people. Where do you think swine flu > comes from? We all farm pigs. We live with the > risk of new viruses all the time. You also do not > always need a vaccine to manage a virus either. > Anti-viral drugs do an effective job against some > viruses. > > On food consumption and production, how do you > tell an entire nation what they can and can not > eat? Bats are the most virus ridden species on the > planet, but still, people eat them all across > Asia. Swine flu originated in Mexico....the theory about its spread centres on breaches of quarantine as it has been shown to be a recombinant virus (i.e.of several strains) https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1743-422X-6-207 and fishbiscuits is exactly right....and the WHO is in china's pocket so nothing was done after SARS in 2002 and nothing PREVENTATIVE is being done now. We can all be vegan etc but with this kind of pandemic we are ALL at the mercy of superstition and unsanitary practices

Yes late autumn or early spring- which Julian Fowgies does know about as he was giving instruction on it when he was in Bromley so there is no point contacting him as he's forgotten everything he ever knew! https://www.ravensbournevalley.org/tree-news.php

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sadly that may well be the case mrwb, especially > if the virus regularly mutates in the same way > Influenza A does. It is just too early to know > yet. We have to remain hopeful that either > effective drug treatments or a working vaccine > emerge. We have a level of biotech now that > scientists could only have dreamed of in 1918. > This gives us a better than average chance of > finding a way through at some point. There is still no vaccine for HIV though- but medication has improved. BUT how long before the next zoonotic is upon us given that the practices with animal markets resumed very soon after the lockdown of china was lifted. https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/wildlife-trafficking-campaign-wet-markets-china-coronavirus-pandemic-a9476821.html

dbboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Don't you think the Government are doing the best > they can? > > It can't be easy dealing with this pandemic, which > is not just national but global. It's very easy to > sit on the edge, pass judgement, pick holes, slag > those off who are working hard to overcome the > virus and try to reduce the number who are dying > as a result. > > James O'Brien on LBC this morning did his three > hour phone it, it was totally depressing, at every > opportunity he was taking pot shots at the > Government. > > What do you think any other Party would do > differently? Sounds par for the course for him. He is a great disseminator of fake news most of the time anyway.

TE44 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seenbeen,manifestations of immune system, is not a > new idea. Most people who suffer from auto immune > disease are aware. If you mean in regards to the > virus, until there has been > A connection that seperates these symptoms from > other on going cases still undiagnosed which have > also been seen in adults, regarding vasculitis and > other similiar symptoms. Many people not being > given a diagnosis. If diagnosing these problems > have been difficult in the past, It would be good > to be alerted to the differences berween these > similiar symptoms, especially when it > Is so difficult to come up with a diagnosis. Most people are not aware of most manifestations of the immune system mostly due to the innate immune system at the beginning of an infection. For example my young son was exhibiting symptoms of appendicitis so we took him to A and E...it turned out to be mesenteric adenitis- inflammation of lymph nodes in his abdomen....these days it is best to err on the side of caution as covid19 is about.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As SAGE is secret, TV is what we have to go on (If > you want that to change allow us to see the > minutes). > > Ominous whispers and secret meetings reminds me of > AIDS in the early 80s. > > https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavi > rus-children-illness-nhs-doctor-warning-health-ale > rt-a9485441.html > > To be honest if we start saying such as there may > be multiple pathogens are out there then the > conspiracy theories will become more attractive. People need to be aware of these manifestations of the immune system especially since early on we were led to believe that young people do not get covid19 seriously etc. Also the government do not want to precipitate mass hysteria. There is still no vaccination against HIV btw- just great advances in treatments

redjam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fair enough, though I'm sure there are more > practical ways you could help NHS staff > (volunteering? fundraising?) rather than getting > so worked up about someone sitting in the sun. > > But you're right of course about the child on the > bike - and if I'd seen his parents I'd have said > something along those lines (even though privately > I can't see how a kid's bike would permanently > damage the grass - but rules are rules). It would > be a real shame if Alleyn's close the field > because of the occasional misuse. I hope they will > realise that the vast majority are using the space > sensibly and that it's a real boon to the area. It is not occasional- every day that I went there there were at least 3, and up to 7, at one time- football games- including adults using the football nets there. The ball was being kicked so that it goes near other people and social distancing was not always being used on retrieval of the ball. And as I said before- if we all stick to 1 hour of exercise per day outside then there will be quality space for everyone. And as for children being cooped up- remember- they would have been in school cooped up in the main...

TE44 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why issue an urgent alert, then give such vague > reasoning and uncertainty around it. > It is hard enough to make sense of the alreadu > many contradictions. Wouldn't it be better to have > more information before giving people something > else to fear. There seems to be no information on > the cases or any tests done that connect cases > with sars2cov, if so, this should be told. It seems to be emerging in details https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/28/children-dead-contracting-kawasaki-disease-linked-coronavirus-12619738/

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pedestrians are much more vulnerable to > attackers/abductors/muggers/snatchers who approach > in a car from behind on the same side of the road > as you. If you are facing the oncoming cars, you > can be much more aware of what is happening or > likely to happen and take evasive action such as > running past the car because the car is unlikely > to reverse against the flow of traffic > > 1. I was talking about and responding to what's > actually in the Highway Code > > 2. If you walk on the inside of the pavement > (nearest the houses) you are far less likely to be > attacked (you can't readily be reached from a > passing car or bike) - and if you are not visibly > on your mobile phone or swinging your handbag > similarly. Most suburban streets are sufficiently > parked up that these cars additionally act as a > barrier. > > 3. Suburban streets, particularly at the moment, > are surprisingly traffic free - so the option of > 'backing up', were that a sensible suggestion, is > far more available to criminals than on a busy > urban or shopping street. If I'm out for my hour of exercise I do not take anything except house keys and hand gel. The problem is nipping into the road out of the way of the multiple obstructions on the pavements- in these unprecedented times-

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello James > > Can you look into the issue that road works are > now scheduled by Conway starting the first week of > May along Crystal Palace Road (resurfacing) and > Barry Road (crossing update and pavement > improvements at the area around Barry's Off > licence ) > > These works will obviously require parking > restrictions and people to move their cars but no > consideration is given to people who are shielded > with cars who can't physically get out to move > them for another 2 months. > > Whilst the quieter roads may be an ideal time for > Conway to work, it's not a great time for > residents. > > Can these "non essential" works not be postponed > until the Vulnerable groups no longer be required > to stay home to shield them from the virus. > > I look forward with eager anticipation to your > response as this is possibly being repeated all > over Southwark at the moment and as someone > elected to represent people (not Conway) then I > hope you can stop this blatant stupidity from > continuing Yes, can you?

Ashlar Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think having a one way system for walkers is a > good idea, but the Highway Code suggests the > opposite. You are safest if you are walking > towards oncoming traffic as you can see the cars > coming. That way if you want to overtake a slower > walker you can step into the road easier as you > can see what?s coming. So effectively you walk > facing the traffic with houses to your right. Anyone who walks in the countryside where there is no pavement knows this. The problem we have is that there are pushchairs, kids on scooters, bikes and even adults on bikes, on the pavement. Then there are more cars on the road recently, bikes on the road and then joggers going both ways on the pavement- so if you need to nip in the road to avoid the aforementioned- because 9 times out of 10 they will not shift for you - you are taking your life in your hands....people walking hand in hand are a problem too.

German docs get paid la lot less than ours https://www.quora.com/Which-countries-are-physicians-paid-the-most