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RE: Coronavirus - is enough being done to contain it? - southsidestu - 01-05-2020 18:39
According to The Telegraph, the government carried out 122,347 on the final day of April. The Telegraph reports this includes 27,000 tests that were mailed to homes & may not have been carried out.
Not exactly 100,000 tests but you would never know given the Telegraph's headline of "Government beats 'audacious' 100,000 testing target on final day of April".
The Telegraph making it abundantly clear that it is nothing more than a propaganda arm of the government, or to be precise Boris Johnson.
RE: Coronavirus - is enough being done to contain it? - lovebabes56 - 01-05-2020 19:54
Are you suggesting thst our Pm might have faked enough tests to help his Govt hit that target...?
RE: Coronavirus - is enough being done to contain it? - The Silent Majority - 01-05-2020 22:37
It may or may not be 100,000, but it's a big enough number I'm prepared to let it go provided they can keep on that trajectory.
Because a hell of a lot of people, who are not the government, will have busted a gut to get the testing ramped up and I don't think it's fair on them to brand it a failure just to have a pop at Hancock.
RE: Coronavirus - is enough being done to contain it? - Charlemagne - 01-05-2020 22:37
(30-04-2020 14:24 )Charlemagne Wrote: Also Dr Fauci (Trumps advisor) has said that Remdesivir, an experimental antiviral drug has shown positive results in helping patients recover more quickly from the illness caused by the coronavirus. Patients recovered 31% quicker than the patients given the placebo.
Remdesivir has now been approved by the USA for use today.
RE: Coronavirus - is enough being done to contain it? - The Silent Majority - 02-05-2020 07:18
^ It's been given emergency approval even though the trials have not been completed.
Liver damage is already listed as a possible side effect.
RE: Coronavirus - is enough being done to contain it? - munch1917 - 02-05-2020 07:44
Reading a report this morning suggesting that many of the home tests may give false negative because of being incorrectly taken.
Apparently the home kit is a swab test just like the testing centres, but that requires two swabs, one from a long stroke along the tonsils, and one from high up the nose, both of which are faintly unpleasant to achieve, and therefore not easy for someone to do correctly by themselves.
People could be swabbing incorrectly, and therefore getting a negative result when they are in fact positive, and then spreading the virus unknowingly.
RE: Coronavirus - is enough being done to contain it? - lovebabes56 - 02-05-2020 07:49
That why I would say if you are going to have a test done, let a medical professional do it
RE: Coronavirus - is enough being done to contain it? - southsidestu - 02-05-2020 11:05
Newsnight: Did the government meet its target of 100K tests? Sort of
As policy editor Lewis Goodall & SilentMajority both mentioned it will be interesting to see whether the Government can maintain that level of testing or whether it was ramped up to meet a political target. Time will tell, lets hope they can maintain this level at least
RE: Coronavirus - is enough being done to contain it? - lovebabes56 - 03-05-2020 06:31
How many of us trust the Govt figures on testing? And how many of us feel that the lockdown, should not be eased this month but in June?
RE: Coronavirus - is enough being done to contain it? - munch1917 - 03-05-2020 08:40
(03-05-2020 06:31 )lovebabes56 Wrote: ... And how many of us feel that the lockdown, should not be eased this month but in June?
I'd say the numbers of deaths need to be about half what they currently are before we can safely relax.
But of course, we all know that Boris' mantra of being 'led by the science' is poppycock, so the decision will be a political one, not a sensible, rational, medical, saving lives one. There is increasing pressure from business, sport (looking at you premier league), and restless natives, to ease lockdown.
Another 3 weeks as is would be sensible to allow the numbers to fall further, then review end of May, with, hopefully, a chance to relax starting June, but I'm really not convinced that will be what happens.