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Hey Buddy, I don’t understand the reasoning that lockdown period isn’t going to save lives …

We (the collective we) need to get reliable home testing kits out fast so people can know it you have had it, immune or not had it and then effectively at risk- this is what will slowly start the economy and bring some normally back those that have had…[Read more]

Yes totally Glasiad, good post.

I was coming to a similar thought this morning. Someone mentioned‘Isn’t it funny that Prince Charles AND Boris Johnson have both tested positive?” And I did the math.

Now maybe these high flyers are more exposed.
Or maybe they get regular tests.
At time of writing, 20K tested positive out of 80M.
So any given…[Read more]

Many of the “experts” probably already have it, and you might have had it two. It’s symptomless for the vast majority of people.

A recent Oxford University study suggests that up to half the population probably have had the virus already but don’t know it because IT HAS NO SYMPTOMS. Only a small minority feel ill for a day or two. An even smaller minority (0.3 to 0.05%) will die from the virus and they (almost) all have other diseases at the same time (and be very old). The…[Read more]

Then you are going to be interested to see how the first very poor nation in Africa deals with this. We have a totally broken public health system, slums and extreme poverty for more than half the population. Telling people who have no water and sanitation to wash their hands every 30 minutes will be interesting. We have rampant, but curable tb…[Read more]

I really don’t think there is a “correct” way to handle this. With such a long gestation period it’s going to spread. If you’re walking around for a week and feel fine while you’re spreading it then it’s hardly your fault. If they can develop a vaccine… great. But that’s not a given. That’s the only way diseases have ever been “defeated”.…[Read more]

I suppose what I’m getting at is that nobody can help getting ill, no matter how healthy they are. However, there are things we can all do to give ourselves the best chances to avoid getting ill and coping when we do get ill. There is both individual and collective responsibility for that and the government and NHS should be at the forefront.…[Read more]

Unless I’m misunderstanding you, you’re suggesting that the government are making decisions to not do everything possible to protect the most vulnerable? Apologies if I have that wrong but either way, now that CV is happening I think the options open to governments are limited to managing the spread and therefore the levers they have to play with…[Read more]

Hahaha! Well it was my taxes too, and as far as I’m concerned, if you injured yourself in the course of making yourself healthier your mistake was both forgivable and even commendable.

Not at all Dominic, I think my initial comments were fueled by watching too much TV news coverage and a visit to the local supermarket!

I can remember lying in a hospital bed 25 years ago with a broken leg, feeling very relieved to be in an NHS hospital and somewhat guilty at having had an operation (to insert titanium rods) at no cost to me for…[Read more]

Forgive me if I’m taken aback by a response which is reasonable, if in disagreement, but thank you.

Yes, I’m not trying to straw man or put words in your mouth, that’s just where I see the endpoint of it. We could draw a line between collective benefit and individual self-sufficiency half way.

But particularly in the case of coronavirus, the…[Read more]