Saturday, March 28, 2020

As the UK continues to defy the World Health Organization on mass-testing and contact tracing, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer attempts to gaslight the public into thinking the WHO's recommendations somehow don't apply to us



























16 comments:

  1. Thanks for that info about England James, when is the post coming out for Scotland not following WHO guidelines on contact and trace? Or are you just going to complain about another Governments health policy and not your own countries health policy.

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    1. Don't be so bloody ridiculous, I've been making the point for weeks that Scotland has got itself boxed in with this "Four Nations" approach, and that questions will be asked when this is over about why we didn't resist the 'herd immunity' strategy when Vallance was quite openly pushing it. I was also heavily critical of Jason Leitch's Grand Complacency Tour of the TV studios when he was telling people there was no need to close schools and that going to mass gatherings was totes fine - indeed, that he would do so himself.

      It's not my fault if you haven't been bothering to pay attention.

      Of course Scotland should test and trace. Of course we should break off the UK shackles and do that ourselves.

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    2. Scotland continues to test at a ~40% higher rate than the rUK.

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    3. No it hasn't, there are only 2 labs currently able to do mass testing in Scotland. Or you think that nhs Scotland just waves a wand and staff and equipment and expertise appear?

      More are planned soon.

      I see nothing wrong with what Scotland is doing within the current framework we are stuck with due to existing powers.

      If independent we could diverge more from England than we can at present. Eg close borders, had shut down earlier.

      Scotland only got powers to shutdown on Friday.

      And Scotland is diverging with community testing which will allow to see if hotspots develop.

      England is currently not doing this.

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    4. For reference, my testing numbers (per capita) are simply from that released each day by respective governments.

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    5. Anonymous.
      Tests for coronavirus are currently carried out in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary which is the latest to join the group.

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    6. Yes I agree and once other labs are on stream, capacity will increase.

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    7. Earlier in week only glasgow and dundee labs were testing.

      This is because they have expertise in pcr testing.

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    8. Edinburgh virus lab has been testing from the beginning. All virus labs in Scotland have expertise in testing using PCR techniques which have revolutionised virus testing in the last 10-20 years.

      In addition to the virus labs in Scotland some of the larger Microbiology facilities have virus testing capabilities.

      University research departments also have PCR technology and could, with minimal adjustment, contribute to the testing of samples from those suspected of being infected by the virus.

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  2. Some more data to feed into things. It's from the Herald, so once again I have to apologise for using disreputable websites:

    "New data from the Italian National Health Institute covering 6801 patients who have died reveals that just over 70% are men.
    It reveals that less than one in ten of the deceased are over 90.
    Around one in seven are under the age of 70...
    The analysis reveals that of those that died, 4789 were men and 2012 were women...
    The latest Italian analysis reveals that around three in four of those who died suffered from two or more chronic diseases. Half had suffered from three or more chronic conditions."

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  3. Balacullush doing the best strategy in all Britain, we should all be following suit to keep everyone well, shows great community spirit and logic,
    Was on channel 4 news

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  4. Those are my experts, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

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  5. Anon: Comment deleted for a silly (and frankly rather desperate) attempt to spread disinformation. You're talking about a subsample of fewer than 100 people, not "a poll". Better luck next time.

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    1. Lmao so you're going to ignore a subsample this time.

      Thought so.

      Independence is dead.

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  6. Until at least such a time that we can actually leave our homes to vote, I'd imagine it is yes. Nobody in their right mind would support a vote for independence 'tomorrow' (the standard question if read literally) at present.

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