Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
#271
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
Thank you. Tbh though I'm not altogether crazy about the decisions of the UK government either. Today there were just over 600 positive cases recorded in the UK, equating to a positive testing result of 0.64%. I can certainly understand maintaining caution but it's starting to feel like a lot of fuss over very little to me. My chances of being hit by a car every time I leave my home are probably greater than that.
#272
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
To be fair though, I think this is a sort of morbid dream come true for some medical professionals and particularly those in academia. If you're a virologist then this year will probably keep you going on the lecture and text book circuit for decades to come. It's also in the interests of the media to paint as grim a picture as possible since they're going to prefer people be at laptops or the TV rather than outside enjoying themselves. Medical professionals rarely need to care about economics because economies don't really affect them like they do most other people. Unless they're living in somewhere like Venezuela then it's highly unlikely they'll be out of a job.
#273
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That doesn't surprise me and I'd totally expect her to.
To be fair though, I think this is a sort of morbid dream come true for some medical professionals and particularly those in academia. If you're a virologist then this year will probably keep you going on the lecture and text book circuit for decades to come. It's also in the interests of the media to paint as grim a picture as possible since they're going to prefer people be at laptops or the TV rather than outside enjoying themselves. Medical professionals rarely need to care about economics because economies don't really affect them like they do most other people. Unless they're living in somewhere like Venezuela then it's highly unlikely they'll be out of a job.
To be fair though, I think this is a sort of morbid dream come true for some medical professionals and particularly those in academia. If you're a virologist then this year will probably keep you going on the lecture and text book circuit for decades to come. It's also in the interests of the media to paint as grim a picture as possible since they're going to prefer people be at laptops or the TV rather than outside enjoying themselves. Medical professionals rarely need to care about economics because economies don't really affect them like they do most other people. Unless they're living in somewhere like Venezuela then it's highly unlikely they'll be out of a job.
#274
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
That doesn't surprise me and I'd totally expect her to.
To be fair though, I think this is a sort of morbid dream come true for some medical professionals and particularly those in academia. If you're a virologist then this year will probably keep you going on the lecture and text book circuit for decades to come. It's also in the interests of the media to paint as grim a picture as possible since they're going to prefer people be at laptops or the TV rather than outside enjoying themselves. Medical professionals rarely need to care about economics because economies don't really affect them like they do most other people. Unless they're living in somewhere like Venezuela then it's highly unlikely they'll be out of a job.
To be fair though, I think this is a sort of morbid dream come true for some medical professionals and particularly those in academia. If you're a virologist then this year will probably keep you going on the lecture and text book circuit for decades to come. It's also in the interests of the media to paint as grim a picture as possible since they're going to prefer people be at laptops or the TV rather than outside enjoying themselves. Medical professionals rarely need to care about economics because economies don't really affect them like they do most other people. Unless they're living in somewhere like Venezuela then it's highly unlikely they'll be out of a job.
#275
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
I have no real big issue with the UK government listening to the NHS though. I just wish they'd pay less attention to the WHO, an organisation that I believe couldn't find its own arse with both hands at this point.
#277
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
No but they have a lot of sway over them, especially in places like the UK and Canada where the healthcare system is public owned.
I have no real big issue with the UK government listening to the NHS though. I just wish they'd pay less attention to the WHO, an organisation that I believe couldn't find its own arse with both hands at this point.
I have no real big issue with the UK government listening to the NHS though. I just wish they'd pay less attention to the WHO, an organisation that I believe couldn't find its own arse with both hands at this point.
#278
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I havent seen what shes seen, what shes shared with me is enough. I dont need to see it to believe it.
#279
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
To be fair though, I think this is a sort of morbid dream come true for some medical professionals and particularly those in academia. If you're a virologist then this year will probably keep you going on the lecture and text book circuit for decades to come.
Medical professionals rarely need to care about economics because economies don't really affect them like they do most other people.
#280
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
Possibly although I'm not sure if all the people in the pictures I've seen of crowded protest marches, beaches and bars in some of the larger cities might entirely agree with you. A lot of this seems to be largely generational regardless of which country you're in.
#281
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
You want to be 'fair'? Try this. At a time where nurses and doctors are working their guts out, risking their own safety and that of their families by caring for people with covid-19, you're accusing them of taking some sort of warped pleasure in the pandemic? You either need to get some psychiatric help, or be banned for trolling.
#283
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
The countries which were slow to react, those deciding to do very little or go for herd immunity are the ones with the worst figures. The ones being restrictive or cautious, depending on how you look at it are those doing better. That's not coincidence.
#284
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
In your analogy, the man taking off the parachute may well survive with negligible injury depending how close to the ground he is.
#285
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Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
Once again the thread has been taken off topic by some............. SIGH.
I have removed Gozit and Digital Ghosts OFF TOPIC posts from this thread to a separate thread......... please keep off topic posts to that one...
Thanks.
https://britishexpats.com/forum/cana...thread-934199/.
I have removed Gozit and Digital Ghosts OFF TOPIC posts from this thread to a separate thread......... please keep off topic posts to that one...
Thanks.
https://britishexpats.com/forum/cana...thread-934199/.