Coronavirus - is enough being done to contain it?

Macron has said that the lockdown will remain in affect until July but will allow Schools to return on May 11th because their closure is exacerbating inequality.

I would think that the UK government would want to watch France & see what the loosening of restrictions will do before making a decision

Two of the worlds leading vaccine manufacturers GSK & Sanofi have joined forces to develop a vaccine. The CEO of GSK, Emma Walmsley, has said that human testing is expected to start in the 2nd half of 2020 with the vaccine estimated to be ready in the 2nd half of 2021.

This virus is not going anywhere

(14-04-2020 12:54 )Chrisst Wrote:  I dunno but I'll tell you this.
In 2050 under the thirty years rule I reckon it'll be revealed that his coronavirus was political to make us take more notice of it.

No

A timeline comparing the responses of the German & British Governments to the Coronavirus

https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardelli...son-merkel

Long read but lays it out very cearly

Was reading about this earlier today, it was just over 1 million then, now it's over 3 million

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/t...kforthenhs

We live in one of the seven most economically powerful countries in the world and yet we need a 100 year old man with a Zimmer frame to walk a 100 lengths of his garden to raise funds to aid in the adequate funding of our health service during a health crisis

And some people wonder why a lot of people in Scotland want independence

https://www.thenational.scot/news/183771...-scotland/

For some reason, I feel this is either karmic justice or almost worthy of a Darwin award.

Texan woman throughout March 2020 mocks Covid-19 and buys into Trump/Fox New's Dem Hoax theory. Same woman dies of Covid-19 2 weeks later and the family sets up a Go-Fundme to fund the funeral.

Screenshots of her media posts:
https://twitter.com/sunnmcheaux/status/1...5893453825
https://twitter.com/CTerp23/status/1250159122785480705

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/04/texa...ater-died/

He's raised £4m now

He deserves a knighthood more than those MP's do

And apparently 20 more 5G masts were attacked over Easter including one serving the Birmingham Nightingale Hospital three men two aged 18 & 1 19 were arrested.

Finally, a hoarder gets the short shrift in Aussie!!

A hoarder tried to return 4,800 toilet rolls and 150 bottles of hand sanitizer to a store and get a refund...

AND WAS REFUSED!!!!

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11402033/s...d-hoarder/

About time stores did the same here and then those who were idiotic to stockpile the bog rolls in the first place are left embarrassed by their stupidty and are hit financially with stuff they can't sell!!

(14-04-2020 20:57 )dundeered Wrote:  And some people wonder why a lot of people in Scotland want independence

https://www.thenational.scot/news/183771...-scotland/

Except it seems to be a totally false story. Denied by Public Health England, the National Clinical Director of Scotland and Nicola Sturgeon all I believe before you made your post!