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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Fish said:
I agree, if you’ve not been tested, then I think you have to ‘assume’ you’ve not had it even though you had ‘some’ of the symptoms! I accept that they’ll be many thousands possibly who have had it to some degree, and may have self isolated and now feel ok, but without a test knowing you were positive, not just negative, and then think you’re possibly immune, we’ll that’s like playing Russian roulette, but with other people lives not just there’s!!
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Just because you've had it and have built up an immunity it doesn't mean you can't still pass it on to others.
Me and the Mrs are 95% certain we've had it but we're still following all the rules.
And although there's some evidence that you can't get reinfected they don't know for certain.
 
Leftitshort said:
Why would you sack the most qualified/best person for the job in a medical crisis? She should apologise/explain her reasons, but to sack seems knee jerk.
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I wouldn’t sack her. However, I would expect her to stand down once this is over. Her race is run now. Use her knowledge and expertise to beat this then allow her to walk away, knowing her reputation will always be tarnished.
 
pauldj42 said:
These are peoples lives your talking about, I’m genuinely not sure whether your proud of your prediction or disappointed it wasn’t correct!
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Pointing out the fact that a number of weeks back, many on here were not taking this virus seriously, possibly yourself included.
 
JustOne said:
That's pretty much what I was thinking.




So there are 2 types of test, one to see if you have it and one to see if you've HAD it.

So assuming you got tested (because you think you've had it) and YES you've had it.... now what? Do you think the rest of the Country could benefit from seeing you out and about?

And what if it's NO, you havent had it? .... wasted anyone's time?
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The antibody test doesn't exist yet.... There's a few gone out (the spanish from china spring to mind) but none have been laboratory verified and the Spanish ones were complete duds.

If i had it, yes the country could benefit.

Macro level - I can contribute to society as usual and not take state aid(i'm not, but there are probably many people like me).
Micro level - there's 6 people I know who are completely alone due to health issues and risk. Including a 100 year old that can't even use a mobile or pc. As someone that has been quarantined for over 5 weeks (was lucky enough to have a day and half out before we got locked down) these people being alone worries me terribly.

In my circumstance it over a month ago, so early doors. I could have easily gone to the hospital and got tested, but living in London I didn't want to run the risk of infecting anyone getting to the hospital. Having an italian missus, I was well aware of how serious it could have been if I did. If there was contact tracing I would have been found instantly and then tested. (My missus' desk mate was taken to hospital for bad symptoms and tested positive)
 
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She has been taken off the front line campaign now but will remain in post.

Move on.

She has been incredibly stupid and slapped the Scottish public in the face with her hypocrisy. She will keep her job till this is over at least.
 
bluewolf said:
I wouldn’t sack her. However, I would expect her to stand down once this is over. Her race is run now. Use her knowledge and expertise to beat this then allow her to walk away, knowing her reputation will always be tarnished.
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Agreed. She has shown an error in judgement. However these are odd times, people make bad calls under stress
 
bluewolf said:
I wouldn’t sack her. However, I would expect her to stand down once this is over. Her race is run now. Use her knowledge and expertise to beat this then allow her to walk away, knowing her reputation will always be tarnished.
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No need for this. She's only driven to her other home for christ sake. Read he the riot act and let her carry on her job. Final warning.
 
Jacko_G said:
She has been taken off the front line campaign now but will remain in post.

Move on.

She has been incredibly stupid and slapped the Scottish public in the face with her hypocrisy. She will keep her job till this is over at least.
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Like what most MP's do on a weekly basis.
 
Jacko_G said:
She has been taken off the front line campaign now but will remain in post.

Move on.

She has been incredibly stupid and slapped the Scottish public in the face with her hypocrisy. She will keep her job till this is over at least.
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no sack her....give the baying mob what they want :eek::eek::eek:
Especially those outside of her jurisdiction :sleep:
 
Jacko_G said:
She has been taken off the front line campaign now but will remain in post.

Move on.

She has been incredibly stupid and slapped the Scottish public in the face with her hypocrisy. She will keep her job till this is over at least.
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Be interesting to see how ranter Morgan deals with the First Minister tomorrow, it appears she's now relented and going on his program just before 0800 hrs
 
Leftitshort said:
Agreed. She has shown an error in judgement. However these are odd times, people make bad calls under stress
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The error of judgement she made was on a monumental scale given her position, it's not like she was on national television every night telling the nation what you should and shouldn't do, oh wait, she was and not only that, she made that very same "error of judgement" twice.
 
Old Skier said:
Be interesting to see how ranter Morgan deals with the First Minister tomorrow, it appears she's now relented and going on his program just before 0800 hrs
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Nicola will be very open and honest. Dr Calderwood will still in her role. She has been invaluable blah blah blah....


However she will no longer front the campaign.

Nicola is not daft she is a very astute and clever woman.
 
HappyHacker1 said:
The error of judgement she made was on a monumental scale given her position, it's not like she was on national television every night telling the nation what you should and shouldn't do, oh wait, she was and not only that, she made that very same "error of judgement" twice.
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Is she the best person for the job, I genuinely don’t know. If she is, she’s employed for her medical knowledge not political nouse
 
JustOne said:
There's a huge arguement about testing.....

WHY do we need testing right now?
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Two answers.
Antigen testing is needed for selected cases, particularly front line staff. Only a minority of those who self isolate with symptoms have coronavirus. If we can ID cases more accurately a lot of unnecessary self-isolation can be avoided.

Antibody testing is needed to better understand the prevalence in the community and identify those who missed antigen testing who had the virus. It could be that a sizeable fraction of the population has been exposed and that will affect the suppression strategy.
 
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