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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52232147 Coronavirus: Should the world worry about Singapore's virus surge?

Today on sky news, my mum tells me, was a young woman who had blood cancer who was told by her GP about DNR and that she wouldn’t be allowed a ventilator if she went to hospital. then I saw this: If someone tries to tell me I will be denied care because of my conditions, I will not...

Second half Alyson: (about the deputy chief medical officer saying that we don’t need to follow WHO as that’s for poorer countries), says: I think it’s British imperial arrogance Bharat & Alyson both talk about the fact that we’ve decimated our public health laboratories, communicable disease...

I’m watching this. There’s no visual footage of hospitals, patients etc, it’s a panel discussion (Zoom I think). Have watched half now. Anthony Costello says look at South Korea, China, Singapore - between 1 and 3 deaths per million of the population. In the UK, 103 deaths per million. Talking...

My mum says my local hospital keeps coming up on the news, saying it’s one of the most affected in the country :(

I agree with you. It’s very distressing. I find it very hard to understand that we’ve got tens of thousands of NHS workers who are seeing this every day, but they don’t seem to be leading a coordinated effort to demand a change. I feel that the media is complicit in this - the extent of the...

I think someone has already posted the link earlier to the report with a group of experts that are speaking out publicly: But with that, there’s another bit of recording from that video here: “I’ve been an emergency prepared-ness planner for over 20 years. I’ve never, ever, ever, sat at...

Right. But after they first started talking about herd immunity, coronavirus hit the UK - so they can actually see the reality now here. They will know it’s impossible to carry on with herd immunity because nothing will function for a long time and far too many people will die and suffer...

I hope more NHS workers speak out. Even with the threat of bullying and feeling like they need to remain united, I would have thought that more would have, since they are the ones who can see what’s happening in the hospitals, who is dying, etc. The lancet makes a good point. “The response is...

From the lancet offline link: “This disease is unlike anything I have seen before. If you end up on ICU, you are potentially in real trouble. I have never seen anything like it before.” These words were written by one intensive care physician working at a London teaching hospital. As deaths...

I did not watch this (I am not able to watch it at the moment as I find that watching things visually make things feel more real and distressing than if I read it or discuss the science or policies here). I know they used to follow herd immunity and the leaked records and definitely suggest...

All the articles (Guardian, BBC, independent, byline times) were published on Thursday (yesterday) and in all of them they say the Conference Call happened on “Tuesday”. By that I’m presuming this Tuesday just gone - 7 April. So very recently.

More about the BBC article from earlier about those in the passport office being told to go to work... LEAKED HOME OFFICE CALL Reveals Government Wants Economy to ‘Continue Running’ As ‘We Will All Get’ COVID-19 Anyway Leaked recordings of a Home Office conference call on Tuesday, exclusively...

I forgot if this has been posted today This was a “hard hit” area of Germany: “How many people have really been infected by the coronavirus? In one German town a preliminary answer is in: about 14%. The municipality of Gangelt, near the border with the Netherlands, was hard hit by...

I was thinking about this. Either, they make an exception for PWME or those with severe neurological conditions with sensory impairments/ those who absolutely must stay at home and be allowed their usual carers Or We could be allocated a side room in the central quarantine, if severely/very...

Cleaners, caterers and other low-paid workers are still being made to show up to work in the Houses of Parliament despite the COVID-19 lockdown Cleaners – including around 60 employed by outsourcing giant Atalian Servest – are being forced to go in day and night, even though parliament is not...

Beautiful and moving. I felt she put into words so much of what I’ve been feeling.

Instead of people having to self isolate at homes, they are isolated away from their homes, so that it doesn’t continue spreading through their homes and/or communities. I think it worked well in other countries. As to whether I’m in favour of it, think there should certainly be a voluntary...

This week a package was left outside our door with lots of tins of food, bread and fruits and vegetables. My mum only noticed in the evening. At this time we don’t need it - as we have been ok with supermarket deliveries - so my mum asked our downstairs neighbour if she wanted it, and she was...

I am aware of that. This is an interesting thread on centralised quarantine by a scientist I follow: