Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson is an embarrassment to journalism

[ViolentPanda]

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Covid-19: Experts divide into two camps of action—shielding versus blanket policies

Two open letters sent to the UK’s four chief medical officers signal the polarisation of opinion among medical professionals over how the government should tackle the emerging “second wave” of covid-19. One group of doctors and academics is calling for segmentation and shielding of the most...

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TBF, I don't believe anything Sikora says, the self-aggrandising dog's ringpiece.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I have spoken to a few Swedes who basically support the government's strategy and they are appalled at the way eg Cummings' Durham trip (which wasnt allowed in Sweden), Trump has handled it and the thought of letting it rip through.

Visions of you in a field, chatting to rutabagas.

 

[ska invita]

TBF, I don't believe anything Sikora says, the self-aggrandising dog's ringpiece.

That sounds fair

 

[elbows]

I havent bothered to try to find a way to read the latest pandemic shite from Pearson, but the headline "What is the point of saving lives if you lose all vestiges of humanity?" invites me to respond "You tell me, since you got ahead of the game by losing of all vestiges of humanity long before this pandemic"

 

[frogwoman]

All medicine is about postponing death

 

[LDC]

Yeah right, I'm totally up for my death being postponed as long as possible please!

 

[bellaozzydog]

Life is death postponed surely

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Life is death postponed surely

Exactly what I was thinking. I'm sure Kafka & Heidegger will join the thread shortly.

 

[MickiQ]

Well duh, I kind of thought that was the aim of the entirety of human progress from mastering fire onwards

 

[Badgers]

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She has an excellent point.

In her mind the strongest (richest or luckiest) survive and the others are left to die.

But if translated in then the fittest survive. So we should all follow the most violent and ruthless

 

[teqniq]

A doctor quoted that tweet:

 

[Pickman's model]

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her family has form - you should see the telegram her grandfather sent neville chamberlain on the outbreak of ww2 (it's in the national archive). it will not be a shock that it was in the same vein.

 

[bellaozzydog]

her family has form - you should see the telegram her grandfather sent neville chamberlain on the outbreak of ww2 (it's in the national archive). it will not be a shock that it was in the same vein.

Giz a link

 

[agricola]

her family has form - you should see the telegram her grandfather sent neville chamberlain on the outbreak of ww2 (it's in the national archive). it will not be a shock that it was in the same vein.

TBF he might have had a point - yes, the country postponed being ruled by eugenicist bellends by winning ww2 but here they are again.

 

[LDC]

Postpone all our deaths, bring hers forward.

 

[elbows]

Someone needs to point out this sort of thing to her as well. Except it wont make any difference because she is just looking for any shit that she thinks serves the agenda.

The quality-adjusted life year or quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) is a generic measure of disease burden, including both the quality and the quantity of life lived. It is used in economic evaluation to assess the value of medical interventions. One QALY equates to one year in perfect health.

Quality-adjusted life year - Wikipedia

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I first started my pandemic nerdy thread (that I havent had time for recently due to too much pandemic news) with a document that relied heavily on QALY estimates when considering the various effects of lockdown: #1

I hadnt heard of QALYs before I read that document. Some of the tables in that report are fascinating, not least because of all the areass where they think the short-term impacts involve an increase in quality adjusted life years, not a decrease! (although plenty of those are reversed by long term effects in their estimations).

 

[Chilli.s]

She should know that the entrails of a journalist provide a far more accurate reading.

 

[Smangus]

I note that all those calling for the Sweden approach , herd immunity, etc aren't exactly rushing out to do their bit by catching said virus

 

[magneze]

I doubt they consider themselves 'the herd'.

 

[Pickman's model]

I note that all those calling for the Sweden approach , herd immunity, etc aren't exactly rushing out to do their bit by catching said virus

They're forming an orderly queue

 

[frogwoman]

If they went to Sweden they'd soon be crying about freedom tbh.

 

[frogwoman]

The generous welfare state in Sweden goes somewhat against the Tory ethos too.

 

[frogwoman]

'All those people were gonna die anyway'

Everyone 'dies anyway' lol.

 

[frogwoman]

There's little point in breathing is there? Why postpone the inevitable?

 

[elbows]

Guess the headline for next weeks column. I'm going for 'they wouldnt even let me out of lockdown to go to my own funeral, is it because I am a shit propagandist?'

 

[NoXion]

'All those people were gonna die anyway'

Everyone 'dies anyway' lol.

I don't think I've seen anyone take such a cavalier attitude with their own elderly or vulnerable relatives. And if they did, then their sociopathy would be obvious for all to see.

 

[krtek a houby]

I doubt they consider themselves 'the herd'.

Obscene, but not herd.

 

[Pickman's model]

She should know that the entrails of a journalist provide a far more accurate reading.

Those bowels are made for treading

 

[Pickman's model]

Obscene, but not herd.

 

[Pickman's model]

The generous welfare state in Sweden goes somewhat against the Tory ethos too.

But the history of eugenics they find attractive