Coronavirus - is enough being done to contain it?

Thught I'd post this here as the next debate point on the virus...

Is the Post lockdown world/environment one you envisaged, or very different to what you guys knew before? And would you say it is likely we'll never go back to what we knew before?

(30-06-2020 22:17 )circles_o_o_o Wrote:  

(29-06-2020 15:22 )Charlemagne Wrote:  Reuters released this today regarding the price of Remdesivr in the US.

'Gilead’s CEO said that a five-day course of remdesivir will cost private health insurers in the US $3,120, and will cost governments of developed nations, including the US, $2,340'

The US has bought up the entire world supply of remdesivir for the next three months.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...id-19-drug

Is anyone surprised?

It's just Europe who are stuffed. Poor or middle income countries are allowed to manufacture the drug under licence. A manufacturing agreement is quickly needed with the US.

Another drug that appears to lessen symptoms in coronavirus patients is a common steroid called dexamethasone. This is available and a lot cheaper.

Interesting apparently we have a thing called the Crown Use exemption which means we can bascially take drugs in an emergency and make them here

https://www.potterclarkson.com/insights/...nt-rights/

(01-07-2020 08:10 )Charlemagne Wrote:  

(30-06-2020 22:17 )circles_o_o_o Wrote:  

(29-06-2020 15:22 )Charlemagne Wrote:  Reuters released this today regarding the price of Remdesivr in the US.

'Gilead’s CEO said that a five-day course of remdesivir will cost private health insurers in the US $3,120, and will cost governments of developed nations, including the US, $2,340'

The US has bought up the entire world supply of remdesivir for the next three months.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...id-19-drug

Is anyone surprised?

It's just Europe who are stuffed. Poor or middle income countries are allowed to manufacture the drug under licence. A manufacturing agreement is quickly needed with the US.

Another drug that appears to lessen symptoms in coronavirus patients is a common steroid called dexamethasone. This is available and a lot cheaper.

I would like to add and say it should be stressed that these drugs are NOT a complete cure for Corona but have proven to aid recovery only and I now worry if the US was to develop a working vaccine before we do they can hold the world to ransom with it.

As Leicester goes into UK's first local Lockdown further high risk areas have been identified as possible follows They are:
Havering
Wiltshire
Wandsworth
Gloucestershire
Ealing
Hammersmith and Fulham
Doncaster
Plymouth
Barking and Dagenham
Westminster
Milton Keynes
Wakefield
Haringey
Medway
Hounslow
Brent
Harrow
Kensington and Chelsea
Slough
Suffolk
Redbridge
Sandwell
Enfield (closest to me)
Tower Hamlets
York
Sunderland
Wigan
Windsor and Maidenhead
Leicester (already in Lockdown)
Gateshead
Isle of Wight
Richmond upon Thames
Portsmouth
Redcar and Cleveland
Derbyshire
Walsall
Be intreesting to see how many more are added to the list and follow

John Lewis to announce store closures and job losses due to virus. i would imagine in many local areas that would be a huge hit to the local retail and economy if that was to happen.

As UK releases holiday 'safe' list a spike in cases is reported in Spain not far from Barcelona with 400,00 people affected

Assuming we should have been hiding from it in the first place it all seems to be being relaxed too quickly to me.
I didn't like the report of apparently no social distancing at the studio either.

Glad to see everyone was so sensible at the pubs yesterday

Boris Johnson has been trying to pass the blame for all the care home deaths by saying that too many care homes did not properly follow procedures during the coronavirus pandemic.

Suzie Dent is trending on twitter after she gave a defination of the word 'smellfugus'. It is a grumbler, faultfinder, or one who likes to shift the blame for their own mistakes onto someone else.
Boris Smellfugus it is then