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Offline Hugo

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« Reply #181 on: April 11, 2020, 04:26:26 pm »
'I thought because I was young it wouldn't affect me'

A Paisley man who is recovering from coronavirus has called on young people not to underestimate the impact the virus can have.

Calum Wishart said when news of the pandemic first broke his "naive arrogance" led him to believe he would be OK because he is only 25-years-old.
But within days of the lockdown Mr Wishart started displaying symptoms of the virus and was hospitalised.

He described it as "the most horrendous experience".
Speaking to BBC Breakfast, he said: "I had the completely wrong attitude.

"I would not say I was hugging strangers or anything like that, I think I just underestimated the real impact of it.
"I had the perspective that because I was young it would not affect me, that it would be like a kind of flu."

cont  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-52254674


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« Reply #182 on: April 11, 2020, 05:13:08 pm »
I'm not sure if anyone has posted this yet but apologies if they have. The North Wales Resilience Forum have posted an item titled ' Planning for difficult times ahead'
They are arranging for a facility to be set up in Mochdre. This facility may be needed if the region's hospitals & funeral directors are unable to cope with the rise of Coronavirus related deaths & will be located on the Commerce Park site in Mochdre. The facility will act as a respectful & dignified holding point before funerals can take place.

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« Reply #183 on: April 12, 2020, 12:22:49 pm »
It's not the time to have a pop at the Government as we need to work together to get this pandemic under control.       There are two things however that I cannot understand and they are:-

The Government alleges that there is a problem with the distribution of equipment yet three quarters of a million people have volunteered to try and help the NHS.       In addition there are thousands of drivers from coach firms and haulage businesses that could provide this service

The second thing that I couldn't understand was that farmers were saying that their fruit and vegetables would have to rot as there was no one to pick them!
It's strange really as millions of people are off work at the moment and surely on open farm land the social distancing would not be a problem.         At times like this we all need to work together and even the do gooders couldn't  defend them if the Government conscripted all the long term healthy physically and mentally unemployed to help out by working in this crisis

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« Reply #184 on: April 12, 2020, 01:02:58 pm »
I read the piece below a few days ago.......

Record numbers of people in the UK are looking for farming jobs, according to figures released by job search engines.

Totaljobs says it has seen 50,000 searches for farming jobs in the past week alone.
“who have been temporarily displaced due to Covid-19 are now looking for roles in other sectors”.

The UK faces a shortage of fruit and vegetable pickers because of travel restrictions on overseas workers.

Totaljobs said it had seen an 83% increase in applications for agricultural roles in the past month.

It added that searches for terms such as “fruit picker” or “farm worker” had surged by 338% and 107% respectively.

Full story https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52215606

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« Reply #185 on: April 12, 2020, 02:13:07 pm »
It's not the time to have a pop at the Government as we need to work together to get this pandemic under control.       There are two things however that I cannot understand and they are:-
The Government alleges that there is a problem with the distribution of equipment yet three quarters of a million people have volunteered to try and help the NHS.       In addition there are thousands of drivers from coach firms and haulage businesses that could provide this service

I must admit to thinking that it was more the shortage of PPE as against transport, but everything is difficult these days,
The BBC story below, raises some questions I have had for awhile, "who should wear it?" apart from the obvious, there are many others I think who should be considered, for instance, there have been 9 London bus driver deaths, how many other jobs need protected ?

Has the NHS got enough PPE?

Personal protective equipment (PPE) - masks, gloves and other clothing to stop the spread of coronavirus - saves lives.

NHS staff treating patients in hospitals and in the community need it to be able to do their jobs safely.

The government says there is enough of this "precious resource" to go around.

But the British Medical Association (BMA) union for doctors say supplies are dangerously low in some parts of the country and staff are at risk.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52254745



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« Reply #186 on: April 12, 2020, 03:18:59 pm »
These people are putting their lives on the line, so the least we can do to help them is to strictly observe the guidelines we are given


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52263285?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/wales/north_west_wales&link_location=live-reporting-story

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« Reply #187 on: April 12, 2020, 04:25:08 pm »
It's not the time to have a pop at the Government as we need to work together to get this pandemic under control.       There are two things however that I cannot understand and they are:-
The Government alleges that there is a problem with the distribution of equipment yet three quarters of a million people have volunteered to try and help the NHS.       In addition there are thousands of drivers from coach firms and haulage businesses that could provide this service

I must admit to thinking that it was more the shortage of PPE as against transport, but everything is difficult these days,
The BBC story below, raises some questions I have had for awhile, "who should wear it?" apart from the obvious, there are many others I think who should be considered, for instance, there have been 9 London bus driver deaths, how many other jobs need protected ?

Has the NHS got enough PPE?
Personal protective equipment (PPE) - masks, gloves and other clothing to stop the spread of coronavirus - saves lives.
NHS staff treating patients in hospitals and in the community need it to be able to do their jobs safely.
The government says there is enough of this "precious resource" to go around.
But the British Medical Association (BMA) union for doctors say supplies are dangerously low in some parts of the country and staff are at risk.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52254745

The subject of PPE and testing equipment in Wales is getting, out of hand, the WG is showing dangerous incompetence.

Plaid Cymru has called on the Welsh Government to obtain personal protective equipment (PPE) internationally.

It comes as the Northern Ireland Executive has ordered PPE from a Chinese supplier.

The Welsh Government is working with the UK government on PPE supply.

But Adam Price, Plaid Cymru's leader, believes the Welsh Government should "take a belt and braces" approach and procure its own supply too.

The Welsh Government says it is "making every effort to source PPE" for the coronavirus response which includes "engaging with suppliers domestically and internationally".
Mr Price says he has been given authorisation by First Minister Mark Drakeford to "explore international co-operation".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-52260820

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« Reply #188 on: April 13, 2020, 02:30:40 pm »
The UK is really beginning to look stupid............

14:18  ref BBC
Leanne Wood 'in self-isolation' after falling sick
The former leader of Plaid Cymru, Lennne Wood, has called for figures on how many people have recovered from coronavirus after she and her husband Ian both fell ill.

In a Facebook post the AM said her husband had isolated himself from the rest of the family two weeks ago, before Ms Wood became sick herself a few days later.

Ms Wood described symptoms ranging from nausea, diarhorrea and exhaustion. "For most of Friday I couldn’t lift my head up from the pillow and opening my eyes was very painful."

Their symptoms have passed, but the AM said she doesn't know if they had Covid-19. "It looks like it’ll be some time before tests are available to be able to know, which is a shame because if we have had it and are now immune, we could potentially be useful," she wrote.

Most other countries apart from the UK show a figure for those who had the virus and recovered from it, Ms Wood added.
"The UK’s figures don’t show that number. It’s because no one seems to be counting and that’s down to a lack of adequate testing and tracking of cases.
Wouldn’t it be uplifting for us all to know how many people are recovering?"

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« Reply #190 on: April 14, 2020, 04:16:42 pm »
I am spending a lot of time getting sidetracked on the internet, but coming across some interesting points of view, especially some

Korean interviews, I posted one recently  "Leading COVID-19 Expert From South Korea"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAk7aX5hksU&t=1s

which I found interesting, but received no comment,?  here are another two, discussing upcoming subjects which are going to affect the UK soon.

What Koreans Think of Wearing Masks During COVID-19   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZpKKI4MxDA

'Vaccines won't work': US virologist breaks down COVID-19, how to curb spread          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVBc7-Te_yA 




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« Reply #191 on: April 14, 2020, 06:01:00 pm »
That last link, the quote from which was 'Vaccines won't work', is slightly misleading in that's not quite what he's saying. The virologist was actually saying that vaccines do work, but they don't cure the already infected, they take time to work (about two months is average before a vaccine becomes effective) and it depends on the individuals concerned already having a viable immune system.

But it's worth watching, albeit with those caveats in mind.
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.  ― Michel de Montaigne

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« Reply #192 on: April 15, 2020, 11:15:40 am »
The Welsh Government is only testing 14% of the 5,000 a day it had hoped to test by mid-April.

Wales is currently able to test 1,300 samples a day, well below the original target.

The most recent analysis, for Easter Monday, showed just 678 tests were carried out.

Testing lets people confirm if they have the disease and provides information about the virus' spread.

cont    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52284979

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« Reply #193 on: April 16, 2020, 04:42:41 pm »
For anyone who has purchased the Virustatic Shield Snood I received mine today. They were sent from Parc Caer Seion which is situated on the Morfa just outside Conwy. Had a bit of a shock when I saw them as they looked very small, but had a Large label on the packaging. Quite difficult to get on but I would advise you give them a good tug to make them bigger before attempting to pull over your head.

What I did was put the snood around a large earthenware pot and left it there for about 3 days and then tried it on and it fitted well.    I've not warn it outside yet but it's there for protection when I feel I need it

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« Reply #194 on: April 16, 2020, 04:45:21 pm »
Workers at Airbus UKBroughton will help produce thousands of ventilators to save critically ill patients in the battle against coronavirus.

An order for 15,000 more ventilators has been confirmed by the Government after the first newly adapted design backed by a high-tech manufacturing consortium received regulatory approval.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has authorised the Penlon's Prima ES02 model for use in hospitals, with hundreds of units expected to be built over the next week.

It has worked with the VentilatorChallengeUK (VCUK) consortium, which includes Formula One racing teams Mercedes, McLaren and Williams, and Ford, Siemens, Rolls-Royce, Airbus and BAE Systems.
cont   https://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/airbus-broughton-help-make-thousands-18101281