Mutating Corona Virus

[honeybee13]

That's a shame, hightail. Not a very good reflection on a medical group who should be aiming for patient safety.

[honeybee13]

It's not unexpected but I think the scrapping of GDPR is very worrying. The only hope is that if it goes too far, other countries won't exchange data with the UK.

 

 

What is GDPR and why does the UK want to reshape its data laws? | GDPR | The Guardian

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The government says an overhaul will boost growth and increase trade – but it must be careful not to go too far

 

[honeybee13]

That's what I was saying, UB. If the UK wants to swap data with other countries, hopefully they can't go too far or they will lose the facility.

 

Given how much faith they put in 'data' to manage everything, this seems a bit of a backward step.

[honeybee13]

BMA's press release about the shortage of test tubes yesterday.

 

'We are at a very perillous point'.

 

BMA says doctors will have to make very difficult choices about which patients get blood tests as the shortage of blood tubes worsens - BMA media centre - BMA

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Press release from the BMA

 

[honeybee13]

So halfway through the Greek alphabet already.   I wonder what happens if they run out of letters?

[honeybee13]

Quite right, they should get public money back if the kit's useless or didn't even arrive. It's a shame they seem to have paid everything up front.

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The NHS data grab has been postponed as we know, but GPs are still worried about patient data.

 

Why some concerned GPs paused the NHS ‘data grab’

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While government plans to start sharing patient data this week have been halted, some doctors and campaigners remain...

 

The NHS talks about 'saving lives' but I've never really understood what kind of research they mean. Can anyone enlighten me please?

[honeybee13]

Indeed, scary.

[honeybee13]

Ivermectin is supposed to be for worming horses, isn't it?

[honeybee13]

I think they should be vaccinated too. Someone in the know on Twitter suggested that the vaccine committee quoted incorrect statistics with a lower case rate in the over 12s.

[honeybee13]

Here's Deepti Gurdasani's Twitter thread on why she doesn't agree with the JCVI's reasoning on 12-15s being vaccinated.

 

 

[honeybee13]

Gabriel Scally has some thoughts on how to protect everyone in this. I think the importance of good ventilation is being overlooked, especially in schools and offices.

 

The winter Covid plan will be marked by delay, confusion and ignorance. Sound familiar? | Gabriel Scally | The Guardian

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We now know so much more about the virus. But we are failing to act on the knowledge

 

[honeybee13]

I'm not sure what you're saying here.

[honeybee13]

I know this isn't a direct comparison, but this is the French figures. Guillaume Rozier is a data scientist who's quoted a lot in the press in the UK and France and his figures are worked out from government data.

 

According to the graph on his Twitter feed, non-vaccinated people [orange] make up 80% of hospital admissions, partly vaccinated 5% and totally vaccinated are at 15%. The figures on the left are for the percentage of the population that's vaccinated or not.

 

[honeybee13]

He's also worked out that non-vaccinated 20-39 year olds were 47 times more likely to be hospitalised than people of the same age who are vaccinated, according to the latest figures on the rise in cases.

 

5 fois pour les 0-19 ans

47 fois pour les 20-39 ans

44 fois pour les 40-59 ans

30 fois pour les 60-79 ans

11 fois pour les plus de 80 ans

[honeybee13]

It needs someone independent like Guillaume Rozier to dissect it, doesn't it, TJ?

[honeybee13]

Didn't the herd immunity percentage figure go up after the delta variant appeared?

[honeybee13]

They've had all this time to prepare...

[honeybee13]

Well, I don't know all the technicalities but very early on in the pandemic, our own @BazzaSsaid the virus spread through droplets that we exhale when we breathe or speak. 

 

I'd like to thank Bazza again for educating me when I needed it, this has guided how OH and I have protected ourselves throughout. I remember the last time I saw my GP in person, very early on, all the doors and windows were open and air was flowing freely. 

 

Going back to ventilation, it can't have come as a surprise that it needed to be looked at in work premises, schools, etc.

[honeybee13]

From Ian Dunt on Twitter a bit earlier today. Says it all really.

 

'We pi**ed away the summer. No attempt to get numbers down while the weather was good. No attempt to ventilate offices or schools. No support for isolation. No effort at all to get us into a better place before the cold weather arrives..

[honeybee13]

We seem to have another glitch that means posts are being duplicated. If I see one on here, I'll delete the duplicate.

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It may have been fixed, Fingers crossed.

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Full Fact have said recently that the £37bn is an overestimate at the moment.

 

Misleading claims about Serco’s role in Test and Trace resurface - Full Fact

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Most of the money spent on Test and Trace goes on testing. Serco plays a big part in tracing, but does not receive a majority of the funding.

 

[honeybee13]

Local authorities are doing an incredible job in the circumstances. As we've said all along, the money should have gone to them but HMG wanted to reinvent the wheel and give money to their cronies. 

 

I see Lord Bethell got sacked. It'll give him more time to devote to the Good Law Project law suit.

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I agree, UB. OH's workplace has said that anyone who has cold-like symptoms should stay at home for 10 days, even if they have a negative Covid test.

 

But at the same time, they've organised a conference in London for people from all over the world to meet in person. OH didn't want to go when he was told about it and fortunately, he has a meeting that clashes with the dates.