NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
Bunch of selfish fucking Yank cunts moaning in the comments about "muh freedumbz". Dying of the plague is too good for 'em.
Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion
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Bunch of selfish fucking Yank cunts moaning in the comments about "muh freedumbz". Dying of the plague is too good for 'em.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
I am sure your shouting w a s appreciatedFFS some people don't even know how much 1m is let alone 2!! had to shout at 3 lots of people in space of 10 mins
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
You'd imagine a positive would mean people phone NHS 111, a negative would mean you still don't really know whether you've got it so you'd continue social distancing.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Yeah, not used properly.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
No, don't need to do anything if you're positive. We're turning people away from hospitals who are likely (or confirmed) positive unless they're very ill. This is one reason why generally avaliable tests comes with some problems. Thousands of people with very mild symptoms who test positive flooding healthcare providers demanding treatment. Which is happening a bit anyway already.
Callie
Pivoting
nah phoning 111 is for those that require medical assistance ONLY.
A positive on this test may well just show past exposure to the virus (days/weeks/months ago) so not an active infection.
Sort of depends if it can differentiate between IgG and IgM antibodies. IgM would indicate recent/current infection.
If they are using it for healthcare workers it will be a way to get them back to work more quickly. No value for those with mild illness or who have had mild illness other than it will give us a better idea of the true number of cases - assuming large numbers of the population are tested.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
I'm mildly concerned that the news that the tests are going to be arriving soon is going to result in panicked crowds mobbing chemists demanding them.
The behaviour of quite large numbers of people recently is pretty shocking. Today the police had to go to a park near me to disperse crowds gathering and hanging out like it was warm bank holiday ffs.
The behaviour of quite large numbers of people recently is pretty shocking. Today the police had to go to a park near me to disperse crowds gathering and hanging out like it was warm bank holiday ffs.
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I've been having the ppe argument with people for the last couple weeks, even staff in my pharmacy are wearing badly fitted surgical masks and adjusting them with dirty gloves on. Would like to think the cleaning company staff I saw get out of their van and into a block of flats already wearing full kit head to toe are being v careful about how/when they remove that when they leave, but...
cupid_stunt
Where's the bloody sun?
It's been confirmed that these tests will not be available to the general population, just the likes of critical workers.
bimble
floofy
Where? The newspapers are saying they’ll be in boots.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Saw hints that only for key workers, maybe they'll need ID. Can foresee massive problems if that's the case. They need mobile testing teams going from workplace to workplace I think. They'll be riots at anywhere that stocks them.
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
Who gives a fuck? people need to at least try keeping distance!I am sure your shouting w a s appreciated
cupid_stunt
Where's the bloody sun?
BBC & Sky News, on the telly.
They will be available in the future at the likes of Boots, not now, not with these first 3+ million test kits.
I looked up the advice for this today (staff where I live sent out a letter saying to phone 111 if you have symptoms) and they've changed the wording slightly:
Don't think it's what they meant but last few lines read like they now want ANYONE with Sx to use 111 online, or phone if they can't use the online service.NHS website said:
andysays
Love and solidarity
If testing does become more widely available, it would surely make more sense to be administering the tests in some sort of planned way across the whole population so that the results can tell us something about how the virus is spreading than simply making home testing kits available to buy in Boots
bimble
floofy
Lot of people will not know that, whether on purpose or not. But good that’s it’s going to people who can make use of it first.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Since I live alone, I was planning on going by temperature / blood oxygen should I get sick, but the oximeter I ordered is trapped in an Amazon locker at work 
Perhaps I should set up some sort of "dead man's handle" instead
Perhaps I should set up some sort of "dead man's handle" instead
cupid_stunt
Where's the bloody sun?
Looks like a cock-up by Prof Sharon Peacock.
Prof Sharon Peacock, the director of the national infection service at PHE, told MPs on the science and technology committee that mass testing in the UK would be possible by next week.
The UK government has bought 3.5m tests, which the health secretary, Matt Hancock, mentioned on Tuesday with no suggestion that they would be available to the public so quickly, and is ordering millions more.
UK coronavirus home testing to be made available to millions
Test to be validated this week, then made available to healthcare workers and general publicwww.theguardian.com
cupid_stunt
Where's the bloody sun?
The government's request for 250k NHS volunteers has been answered by over 400k coming forward. 
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
"Look for the helpers"
Callie
Pivoting
I guess its not beyond the realms of possibility that PHE will field the NHS staff management issue using the tests and do their epidemiological thing with as many as they need AND private enterprise are forking out the cash to buy tests too so they can reap the financial rewards? raises eyebrow
andysays
Love and solidarity
How is that going to "restore many people's lives to a semblance of pre lockdown normality" though?
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Are they hoping that the "immune" herd will start grazing again?
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Yeah, I hope she gets a bollocking, and the press have been irresponsible over the testing thing. It could quite easily cause massive chaos and problems.
cupid_stunt
Where's the bloody sun?
It's not in the short-term, Peacock spoke out of line, and the press went with it.
andysays
Love and solidarity
I'm not sure if it's intended as a direct quote from Peacock or just wishful thinking on someone else's part.
Treacle Toes
Time
My local park today...Moving people on.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Gotta say; that seems fucking stupid. When we're being herded into shops to survive, walking/sitting in the park with loads of space around seems like a healthy option.
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