I wouldn't mind getting Coronavirus. Apparently they put you up in a hotel in Brighton for a couple weeks and they even let you use a Playstation so I hear. Sounds good to me.
Diseases do not afflict societies in random and chaotic ways. They’re ordered events, because microbes selectively expand and diffuse themselves to explore ecological niches that human beings have created. Those niches very much show who we are—whether, for example, in the industrial revolution, we actually cared what happened to workers and the poor and the condition that the most vulnerable people lived in.
Select committee live now with Professor Chris Whitty.
yes they should be told to leave the room. Being aware of cough/cold type symptoms and the chance of not spreading them should be enough for them to make their excuses and leave.And, someone in the room is coughing away.
Government has reversed their decision not to give location details of new cases (Guardian)
At one point Chris Whitty coughed into his had whilst speaking. It can't be helped. The important thing is cover your mouth and wash your hands as soon as possible.yes they should be told to leave the room. Being aware of cough/cold type symptoms and the chance of not spreading them should be enough for them to make their excuses and leave.
Government has reversed their decision not to give location details of new cases (Guardian)
Speaking to the Commons health committee he said: “I think we had a bit of a communications fumble on this one. We are intending to provide geographical information.
“We are intending to have some delay of about 24 hours to be absolutely sure we’ve got the details right. I think we do intend to continue with these geographical things. And in fact, in due course, will use maps and other things to enhance that.”
Thanks for the link.Here's the link.
Coronavirus UK: U-turn over plan to stop daily geographical updates
Chief medical officer admits ‘communications fumble’ over providing data on virus spreadwww.theguardian.com
He did go on to say it would continue to be at county & city level, not specific communities, so not a lot of help.
Thanks for the link.
I think there's a balance to strike between providing info to the public and the risk of identifying individuals. Not sure how useful it would be to know, e.g., what street newly diagnosed cases live on.
You should trademark crorogue this may just be the very first use of a new word.
you seem to be taking the lead on this oneneed a thread on the profiteers, name and shame
Slight derail but there was this excellent interview in the New Yorker with the Frank M Snowden who has written a book about pandemics
How pandemics change history
with an interesting observations that
I really hadn't thought go it that context...although I see where you're going with it.need a thread on the profiteers, name and shame
I'd imagine that historians would find it very difficult to isolate the societal impacts of the 1918/19 influenza epidemic from the world shattering events that had immediately preceded it.How did the 1918 Spanish Flu change society, not sure that it did in that case, the Plague certainly did.
How did the 1918 Spanish Flu change society, not sure that it did in that case, the Plague certainly did.
This exemplifies how responses to the flu reflected gulfs in understanding. The 1918 pandemic struck a world that was entirely unprepared for it, dealing a body blow to scientific hubris, and destabilising social and political orders for decades to come.
OK, I'll ask...why have the shops been cleared of bog-roll?
Not a single sheet in my Lidls.
What's that all about, then?