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I really would like to see the model, and would also like to see many other epidemiologists and scientists (including ones critical of the original Imperial model and SAGE decisions), have a look at this model. We’ve already been down a disastrous road before in the UK, and again it seems to be...

UK plan to turn ExCel centre into new 4,000 bed critical care hospital in London: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/23/nhs-plans-to-turn-excel-centre-into-coronavirus-hospital They may also have to use the 02 concert arena which is nearby.

I don’t think this is going to work out well.. Lots of people are still going to be travelling into and going to work in the UK. This particularly involves all manufacturing and construction industries. Still a big lack of clarity. And doesn’t seem to be about “essential work”, as first thought.

Something needs to be done about the tube because this just looks like a superspreader event. https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/24/tube-carriages-still-packed-brim-despite-uks-coronavirus-lockdown-12446763/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

@Invisible Woman the Met police were on the News yesterday saying they had been put in a “very very difficult position” and that the govt had not communicated with them at all about how they were supposed to deal with or enforce these new rules. It seems they were just as much in the dark as...

I don’t think it’s fake news: from what I understand, They’ve already tested people; however it was a small sample size so far. They were planning on testing the entire population with the help of the company mentioned in the article, but since there’s been a shortage from that company from the...

I feel calmer now. Except as soon as I started feeling a bit calmer, a few worries have entered my head 1) what about the tube: we’ve seen scenes of the tube this past week absolutely packed with people, as they had cut the no of tube stops 2)what about supermarkets: it’s absolute chaos in...

A very good 3-part summary into the UK’s decisions and analysis of the SAGE documents that have recently been released. Part One The Politicised Science that Nudged the Johnson Government to Safeguard the Economy over British Lives...

I think I may be in the vulnerable group, judging by the list, due to severe asthma (defined as taking inhaled steroids + another inhaler, which I do take, plus also another medication), so I’ll post it if I get it.

I don’t know if you’ve seen this before or if it’s been posted here before: Iceland is doing a mass testing program, including testing asymptomatic cases, So far, Of 1800 non symptomatic people that they tested, 1% had the corona virus...

UK - trying to go it alone... Faisal Islam, BBC

Whether or not that was their aim, it seems to me that it will still be a side effect? Ie by not mass testing people inc healthcare workers, not doing contact tracing, not doing effective social distancing (Infact making things worse eg people crammed onto a smaller number of tubes, people...

New UCL research - UK’s current (latest) strategy likely to cause 35,000 -70,000 excess deaths

“Insiders told BuzzFeed News that the scientific advice from the government's experts still dictated that now was not the right time to implement a full-scale lockdown. They insisted that they would be guided by the science and take the appropriate measures if and when they become necessary.”...

This. My pain has been getting worse and I can’t go into hospital. Today, no new measures. Johnson just asking people to stay away from others but also that going out and about is good for mental health. You know what else is good for mental health? Having a govt that will close down shops...

@Arnie Pye Amazon has a few bits of food still available. We’ve been getting bits and pieces from there. There are some online ready meal delivery shops still available - like Cook Food. However these are far too expensive for every day food, more for entertaining. Did a quick google search and...

Thanks for explaining. That’s terrible, a very frightening prospect. The solution would have been to put more money and resources into Social services and care, so people would have had safe homes to go back to, but no.

They do have an online website, I’ve bought from them before. The person I know who works in a shop in my local area selling home accessories, also has an online store. Since people can’t be relied upon to behave as they should, the govt should have closed down all outdoor areas (parks...

Because the govt hasn’t forcefully closed shops in the UK yet, individual employees are resorting to things like this -

Todays Sunday Times as to the origins of the herd immunity theory practiced in the UK. (John Harris is a Guardian Journalist). I think this is big in the UK right now.