Coronavirus

[Flashheart]

I'm ignored by 1. Oxfordhater.

I have no idea who they are, but I've a hunch that they're not keen on Oxford.

[mexico red]

Genuinely surprised no one is ignoring me. I’m ignoring loads of you

[Arriba]

https://twitter.com/jdpoc/status/1252266724449230848?s=19

Take a look at this thread. Shocking stuff.

[mystical_goat]

Wow. Hopefully that is huge news tomorrow morning.

[Matchworn Shirts]

Deaf, transitioning & mentioning non-binary people, hmm appears a somewhat questionable account. Actually on second thought it sounds like Sam Smith

[StfcRusty]

https://twitter.com/jdpoc/status/1252266724449230848?s=19

Take a look at this thread. Shocking stuff.

Jeez. The propaganda war in full flow. But bet it hardly registers a mention in the media.

[StfcRusty]

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exclusive-nhs-using-flawed-covid-19-test-missing-25-of-positives/

If the leaked document reported in this article is true about knowingly using flawed test then .. what the actual fuck!?

[Boeta]

Political point scoring is seemingly never off limits

I hope not. Got to look at things as they are. The conservatives are capable of good and bad governments.

In this, there has been good and bad. For me, the inaction over lockdown (plus allowing Chelt Festival & Liverpool & Atletico), the lack of PPE for NHS workers and the lack of testing to firstly slow the virus but now also to enable us to plan how to move forward strongly outweigh the fantastic work to by The exchequer to secure almost everyone’s income for the period

[Boeta]

Interesting video:
The steps taken in certain countries to prepare for the coronavirus may have allowed them to flatten the curve substantially sooner than others
https://twitter.com/businessinsider/status/1252157897510924288?s=21

[pauld]

I hope not. Got to look at things as they are. The conservatives are capable of good and bad governments.

In this, there has been good and bad. For me, the inaction over lockdown (plus allowing Chelt Festival & Liverpool & Atletico), the lack of PPE for NHS workers and the lack of testing to firstly slow the virus but now also to enable us to plan how to move forward strongly outweigh the fantastic work to by The exchequer to secure almost everyone’s income for the period

Completely agree with this. The govt's economic measures, while not perfect, is where they have performed well. On the public health front it has been a catastrophe

[Ardiles]

I agree.  Ironically, they are the most progressive, even socialist measures probably ever taken by a Conservative government.

Edit:  Or by any government, for that matter.  Maybe not up there with Attlee's establishment of the welfare state, but not far off it.

[REDBUCK]

Indeed but I'd imagine that a labour government would have pushed the boat out further. 100% loan gurantees, 100% salary on furlough etc.

[mystical_goat]

Jeez. The propaganda war in full flow. But bet it hardly registers a mention in the media.

Correct!

[4D]

Indeed but I'd imagine that a labour government would have pushed the boat out further. 100% loan gurantees, 100% salary on furlough etc.

We can only imagine.

[pauld]

Spin vs reality: while the govt responded to the PPE scandal over the weekend with a symbolic order of 300k units from Turkey (and fucked that up so they've now had to send the RAF to fetch it) the Telegraph has story today that over 5m units of PPE and 1m ventilators were shipped overseas last week because the govt is not replying to offers to supply kit to the NHS. They can send the RAF out to back up a PR spin piece, but can't even reply to emails and phone calls to solve the actual problem.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/20/exclusivemillions-pieces-ppe-shipped-britain-europe-despite/

(Non paywall version: https://archive.fo/Mr0uU)

So over 3.5 months after the govt said it had started to urgently source PPE and 2 months after the Dept of Health appealed to manufacturers and suppliers to get in touch, suppliers are still complaining that they are having to let PPE go overseas because no-one has replied to their offers to supply the PPE healthcare workers are (literally) dying for. Clearly NHS procurement is a mess, Hancock has had over 3 months to get a grip on it and still hasn't.